Langerado
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Langerado Music Festival is an annual music festival in Broward County, Florida, founded in 2003 by Ethan Schwartz of South Florida Jams Productions and Mark Brown of Brown Coffee Productions. For the last two years the festival has been held at every spring at Markham Park, in Sunrise, FL. The festival features primarily music of the jamband genre, but also offers a wide selection of other musical styles and has traditionally offered a stage for local Florida bands, also.
The main attractions of the festival are multiple stages of live music featuring an eclectic assortment of music acts. Craftsman and artisans selling unique products, food and drink vendors, and other activities from various sponsors are offered.
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[edit] Past Langerado Festivals
[edit] Langerado 2003
[edit] Details
The first Langerado was held as a single day festival and took place in a field adjacent to Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, FL in the Ft. Lauderdale Stadium Festival Fair Grounds. The show was held on March 8, 2003 and included three stages and fifteen bands. Approximately 3,500 fans were in attendance for the show.
[edit] Lineup
The lineup for the inaugeral Langerado Music Festival included: moe., Medeski Martin & Wood, G. Love & Special Sauce, MOFRO, Charlie Hunter Trio, the Codetalkers feat. Col. Bruce Hampton, Reverend Jeff Mosier's Ear Reverents, raq, Moonshine Still, Perpetual Groove, Hashbrown, Almost Acoustic Band, Swayback, Kynda, and DJ Le Spam.
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[edit] Langerado 2004
[edit] Details
The second Langerado Music Festival was held on March 6, 2004 in the heart of downtown Hollywood, FL at the Young Circle Park, a curious little area full of baobob trees and surrounded by the quaint atmosphere of downtown. In excess of 4,000 people attended this show, which followed in the tradition of the previous year and was a single day event.
[edit] Lineup
The lineup for the 2004 Langerado Music Festival included: Cake, moe., The Wailers, G. Love & Special Sauce, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Cracker, Drive By Truckers, MOFRO, Moshi Moshi, Perpetual Groove, ulu, Brothers Past, Rana, the Spam Allstars, Seth Yacovone Band, Whirlaway, louque, the Yoko Theory, and Way of the Groove.
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[edit] Langerado 2005
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The third Langerado Music Festival was held on March 12 and March 13 in 2005. This marked the first year of Langerado as a multi-day event and the debut of the festival at Markham Park in Sunrise, FL. Over 10,000 festival patrons flocked to the show in 2005. The 2005 Langerado was also the first time the event had multiple aftershows at various venues in the area, forming what came to be known as "Late-Night Langerado."
[edit] Lineup
The lineup for the 2005 Langerado Music Festival included: The String Cheese Incident, Medeski Martin & Wood, Toots and the Maytals, Keller Williams, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Soul, Umphrey's McGee, MOFRO, Particle, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Soulive, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, the New Deal, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, New Monsoon, Donavon Frankenreiter, the Benevento Russo Duo, Kaki King, the Spam Allstars, the Hackensaw Boys, deSol, DJ Williams Projekt, Pencilgrass, and the Wrinkle Neck Mules.
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[edit] Langerado 2006
[edit] Details
The fourth Langerado music festival was once again held at Markham Park in Sunrise, FL on March 11 and March 12 in 2006. The fourth installment of this festival series expanded further, with several pre and post festival shows. On March 10, the festival kicked off with a separately ticketed event at the Markham Park grounds called the "Langerado Sound Check" and featured a handful of artists not performing on the actual two-day festival. Each evening on all three days of the Langerado weekend, multiple late-night shows took place at venues such as the Culture Room and the Revolution. The festival drew a reported 12,000 attendees each day.
[edit] Lineup
The lineup for the 2006 Langerado Music Festival included: Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, the Black Crowes, the The Flaming Lips, Wilco, the Meters, G. Love & Special Sauce, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Keller Williams, Burning Spear, Slightly Stoopid, the Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, the Secret Machines, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Drive-By Truckers, Mofro, Brazilian Girls, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Kinky, Lake Trout, Lotus, Kid Koala, Lyrics Born, Los Amigos Invisibles, RJD2, Steel Train, Brothers Past, Rose Hill Drive, The Spam Allstars, the New Mastersounds, and the Pnuma Trio.
[edit] Press
- Langerado: Just a Music Festival
- The Lasting Impressions of Langerado
- Markham Moments: Rob's 'Rado Recap
- Lips, Crowes Rock Latest Langerado - Rolling Stone
- Ice Cream Man Review
[edit] Langerado 2007
Announced on Sept. 14, 2006, so far only the dates are known: Friday, March 9, 2007 - Sunday, March 11, 2007. This year the lineup will be expanded to three full days of music.
[edit] Day by day performers
Friday March 9: Trey Anastasio, moe., Sound Tribe Sector 9, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, North Mississippi All Stars, Galactic, The Hold Steady, New Monsoon, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Tea Leaf Green, Assembly of Dust, Lotus
Saturday March 10: My Morning Jacket, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Disco Biscuits, JJ Gray + Mofro, Soulive, Perpetual Groove, Yerba Buena, The Slip, Toubab Krewe, Apollo Sunshine
Sunday March 11: Widespread Panic, Matisyahu, OAR, The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Toots and the Maytals, Cat Power and Dirty Delta, Pepper, Explosions in the Sky, New Orleans Social Club, The Mutaytor, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, The Spam Allstars, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kid Beyond.
[edit] Late Night Shows
Thursday March 8 @ Revolution Sound Tribe Sector 9
Thursday March 8 @ Revolution Trey Anastasio
Thursday March 8 @ Culture Room New Monsoon and Tea Leaf Green
Friday March 9 @ Revolution The Disco Biscuits
Friday March 9 @ Culture Room Mofro w/ special guest
[edit] Press
Saturday March 10 @ Revolution Michael Franti & Spearhead
Saturday March 10 @ Culture Room North Mississippi Allstars w/ special guest The Slip
Sunday March 11 @ Culture Room Perpetual Groove
