NedFest
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NedFest (The Nederland Music & Arts Festival) is a three-day outdoor music and microbrew beer festival with camping, located on the shores of Barker Reservoir, in the mountains of Nederland, Colorado, in the United States. The festival site is 17 miles (27 km) west of (3,000 ft (900 m) above) Boulder, Colorado. The event happens at the end of August and the music featured is in the bluegrass, jazz, and worldbeat genres.
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[edit] Notable Past performers
Artists who have performed at the festival include:
- Dr. John
- Sam Bush
- Steve Kimock
- Keller Williams
- Yonder Mountain String Band
- Stanley Jordan
- Charlie Hunter
- Victor Wooten
- Merl Saunders
- New Monsoon
- Animal Liberation Orchestra
- Skerik
- Robert Walters
- Will Bernard
- Garaj Mahal
- Kai Eckhardt
- Fareed Haque
- ThaMuseMeant
- Fareed Haque
- Jeff Austin
[edit] History
The first NedFest happened at Nederland's Chipeta Park in 1996. After a short hiatus it was resurrected during the first weekend of August 1999 at its current site, The Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park.
[edit] Management
NedFest was founded by "Michigan" Mike Torpie, with Nederland Music & Arts Festival managing all bookings, promotions and infrastructure, and Nederland Music Association handling administrative work.
[edit] Attendance
There is a limit of 2,000 tickets sold for each day. In addition to three full days of music, the festival also features arts and crafts, local microbrew beer, food, merchandise, service and information booths.
