Win tickets at Agave for FreeFall Bluegrass Festival
Logic Grass brings out DJ Logic and special guests from the bluegrass world on Thursday
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If you can’t wait a month until the FreeFall Bluegrass Festival in Avon, don’t worry, we’ve got a little pre-party to tide you over until the three-day festival comes to Avon. On Thursday night, come out for Logic Grass, featuring DJ Logic and other bands, FreeFall Bluegrass ticket giveaways, discounted tickets, free swag and more.
You may hear the name DJ Logic and wonder how bluegrass fits into the mix. The New York City turntablist who has been around for decades and is credited with fusing the jazz and hip-hop world, but he has collaborated with so many artists including Bob Weir, John Mayer, Carly Simon, Jack Johnson, O.A.R., The Roots and more.
“He just bounces from one genre to another, in fact, he’s currently on tour with the Miles Electric Band, honoring the legendary trumpeter Miles Davis’ 100th birthday, but he has a big history of playing with the bluegrass guys, with Green Sky Bluegrass and String Cheese and all of them,” said Diane Moudy of Resort Entertainment, the organizer of the FreeFall Bluegrass event. “So, he literally made some phone calls and has gathered quite a group of talented folks to play at Agave on Thursday.
Joining DJ Logic will be Rapid Grass, Skin the Rabbit and Blue Ox Boys and some very special guests that won’t be revealed until the night of the show. But you can take a guess as to who might be coming to join DJ Logic.
The FreeFall Bluegrass Festival, which has been held in Vail previously, is going to be hosted in Avon’s Harry A. Nottingham Park on Oct. 9-11. Headliners include Railroad Earth, Molly Tuttle and Bluegrass Generals.
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“I just love everything Molly Tuttle does. She is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Billy Strings taught her how to play guitar, she just married Katch Secor from Old Crowe Medicine Show and she’s just a great human being. And then I’ve worked with Railroad Earth a ton of times. They’re just great and are celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary. Lots of good friendships going on there,” Moudy said.
Joining Tuttle and Railroad Earth is Bluegrass Generals, which is a blend of players from Infamous String Dusters with Paul Hoffman from Green Sky Bluegrass and Bill Nershi from String Cheese Incident.
“We’re also really excited to bring out Ross James Electric Deadgrass which is Nicki Bluhm, and we just love her and she’s with Garrett Sayers, who’s from the Motet, and Alex Koford, Bill McKay and then they add Paul Hoffman and Bill Nershi in as special guests. The one thing that’s beautiful about the bluegrass world is all the great collaborations going on and they all love playing with each other,” Moudy said.
There are over a dozen bands that will be playing throughout the three-day festival, but if you want to win tickets to the event or buy tickets without fees, come to the pre-party.
“We’re going to be giving away VIP tickets as well as general admission tickets and you can also buy tickets that night for the festival without having to pay any fees,” Moudy said. “We’re giving away a Weston snowboard, sunglasses from Zeal, Archer Roose Wines is bringing a bunch of merch to give away, and we’ll have FreeFall Bluegrass-branded stuff to hand out as well at Agave on Thursday.”
Moudy said she is excited to have FreeFall Bluegrass in Avon and will be hosting more events with Agave.
“We’re going to be doing all our after parties at Agave during the festival. One of the after parties is going to be Bill Nershi from String Cheese Incident and it’s his album release of The Nershi Family Band,” Moudy said. “Agave will also have two shuttles running between the venue at Nottingham Park and parking lots and area hotels, so it will be very convenient. Speaking of hotels, we’ve got deals like at the Christie Lodge where you can get a night’s stay for $99. The Spring Hill Suites will have rooms for $120 and the Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek Village will be $160 for one of their suites.”
Get the party started early and heading to the event on Thursday night. Tickets for the pre-party are $10 and it stats at 9 p.m. For more information you can go to freefallbluegrassfest.com to get more details about the festival, schedule, musical acts and FAQ’s.
