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We're puttin on this HUGE benefit festival to bring communities together to help PEACE the pieces back together for those effected by the Midwest floods and tornados as well as the earthquake in China. This first annual event will take place Aug 1-4 in Clear Lake and Mason City, IA on several stages including the legandary Surf Ballroom, the VFW, Lorados, Dillingers, and East Park Bandshell. There will be a limo van/party bus shuttling people around between the stages all weekend. There will be vendors, information booths, and activities for all ages. If you buy tickets from us or at the Surf before Aug 1st or at Lasting Impressions in Ames or Delusions in Marshalltown, they're $25 a day (Friday is free) or $75 for the extended weekend Fri through Mon. If you buy them on line at betterthanadream.com or frontgatetickets.com the price went up on the 4th of July to $30 a day or $90 for the weekend. Children 12 and under are free. We have over 50 amazing bands from all over the nation who feel passionate about our cause and pumped to come and rock with us. Here's the lineup so far, and more are adding everyday.Special announcement: We have a special treat in store for us all, a one time only performance of the best of the best musicians Sunday night at the Surf.Steve Molitz of Phil Lesh and Friends and Particle, Darrin Pujalet of Mickey Hart Band and Particle, Jason Fladager of Big Wu and God Johnson, Andy Miller of Big Wu and Banyan, and Willie Waldman of Banyan, Perry Farrell, and Tupac Shakurwill form a one time band calledThe Clear Lake Allstarsand rock Iowa like its never been rocked before.You can not miss this!Thank you to everyone who helped make this sweet experience possible! Cheers!That 1 Guy, North Indiana Allstars (members of Umphrey's McGee and Jane's Addiction and more), Joseph Israel, Charlie Parr, Pert' Near Sandstone, Radio Active, Javier Trejo, International Farmers, Mr. Baber's Neighbors Solar String Band, The Four Zoas, Morning Will Break, Remedy Dead Larry, Hyentyte, Jon Wayne and the Pain, Jordan Mayland, Floodplane, Bernie King, Jumbies, Insectoid, Northern Drift, Neumoniker, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Space Moose, The Mayflies, Ben Wantland, Austin Chadderdon, Pimp Hand Strong, Jason Sturges, The Human Co-Op Family Band, Sol Spectre, Jaden Carlson, Strong Like Bear, The North River Ramblers, Cirrus Minor, Luie Lopez III, George and Tim, The Jason Dixon Line, 2EASY, Bear's Acoustic Honey, The Teddy Boys, Give Away The Plot, The Felt, Michael Fugitt, Followed By Ghosts, Magic Celebration Factory, The Desert Highway Drifters, Funks G, TUGG, Home, Chastity Brown, Jonathan Bergo, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, David Zollo, Cpt. Clawtooth, Jacob Tyler Wolfgang, Fatty Geezer, and more--------------------------------------------------- Here's the tentative schedule for this huge benefit event: Friday August 1st Clear Lake VFW 219 Main, Clear Lake 6:30 pm Chastity Brown 8:00 pm The Desert Highway Drifters 9:30 pm Capt. Clawthroat (AKA Joe Downing) 11:00 Fatty Geezer At East Park Band Shell 4th St NE, Mason City 6:30 pm The Four Zoas 8:00 pm The Bear Clan Music Cooperative 9:30 pm The Teddy Boys ----------------------------------- Fri at Lorado's 118 N. Federal Ave., Mason City 6:30 pm Funks G 8:00 pm Magic Celebration Factory 9:30 pm Irie Sol 11:00 pm George and Tim ----------------------------------- Fri att Dillinger's Bar and Grill 1617 S. Monroe Ave., MC 7:30 pm Ashley Fumich 9:00 pm Senseless Beauty 10:30 pm Give Away The Plot Midnight Papa Smiley and the Brain Bananas----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------Saturday August 2nd At the Surf Ballroom: 10:00 am Morning Will Break 11:15 am T.U.G.G. 12:30 pm Remedy 2:00 pm Mr. Baber's Neighbors 3:30 pm Dead Larry 5:00 pm Hyentyte 6:30 pm Jon Wayne and The Pain 8:00 pm Javier Trejo 9:15 pm Sol Spectre 10:30 pm Joseph Israel ------------------------------------ Sat at East Park Band Shell 4th St NE, Mason City 11:30 am Pimp Hand Strong 1:00 pm The Human Co-op Band 2:30 pm Ashleigh Fumich 4:30 pm Bernie King 6:00 pm Jordan Mayland 7:30 pm George and Tim 9:00 pm The North River Ramblers -------------------------- Sat at Lorado's 118 N. Federal Ave., Mason City 4:30 pm T.U.G.G. 6:00 pm Magic Celebration Factory 7:30 pm Desert Highway Drifters 9:00 pm Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles Sat at Dillinger's Bar and Grill 1617 S. Monroe Ave., MCity 2:30 pm Jacob Tyler Wolfgang 4:00 pm Michael Fuggit 5:30 pm Chastity Brown 7:00 pm Funks G 8:30 pm HOME-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------Sunday August 3rd At the Surf Ballroom: 10:00 am The Human Co-op 11:15 am Bernie King 12:30 pm Jumbies 2:00 pm Northern Drift 3:15 pm Neumoniker 4:30 pm Insectoid 5:45 pm Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank 7:15 pm Charlie Parr 8:30 pm Pert Near Sandstone 10:00 pm That 1 Guy -------------------------------------- Sun at Clear Lake VFW 219 Main, Clear Lake 1:00 pm Long Shadow Men 2:30 pm Jonathan Bergo 4:00 pm Followed By Ghosts 5:30 pm The Teddy Boys 7:00 pm The Felt 8:30 pm Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles ------------- Sun at East Park Band Shell 4th St NE, Mason City 11:30 am Radio Active 1:00 pm The Bear Clan 2:30 pm Space Moose 4:30 pm Pimp Hand Strong 6:00 The Jason Dixon Line 7:30 pm Cirrus Minor 9:00 pm Dead Larry ---------------------------------- Sun at Dillinger's Bar and Grill 1617 S. Monroe Ave., MCity 5:30 pm Capt. Clawthroat (AKA Joe Downing) 7:00 pm Michael Fuggit------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------Monday August 4th At the Surf Ballroom: 11:00 am HOME 12:00 pm Ben Wantland 1:15 pm Jason Sturges 2:30 pm Strong Like Bear 3:45 pm Jaden Carlson 5:00 pm Radio Active 6:30 pm The Mayflies 8:00 pm International Farmers 9:30 pm That 1 Guy 11:30 North Indiana Allstars

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We'd love to meet all the freaky people who make the beauty of the world. We'd like to meet other peace makers, movers, and shakers. Other dreamers who want to be active citizens and make a difference. We want to meet leaders, thinkers, believers, and people age 1 month-110 years old who have an open mind and are enthusiastic about helping others, even strangers or foreigners, because they agree that we are all one race, one family, from one earth mama and one earth papa. Midwest Spearits unite!

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WOW! An amazing addition to our line up!

A very special announcement: We have a special treat in store for us all, a one time only performance of the best of the best musicians Sunday night at the Surf. Steve Molitz of Phil Lesh and Friends ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:42:00 GMT

Anyone interested?

Anybody need a ride to Clear Lake this weekend? Our good buddy, Jake, is riding down there from Mpls on Friday afternoon with either one or zero other ppl in an suv as of now! What a waste of gas...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:46:00 GMT

CAMPING IS BACK ON!!!!!

Ticket prices have been raised back to $30 a day/$90 for Fri-Mon if bought before Aug 2nd and $35 per day/$95 for Fri-Mon at the gate because we are CAMPIN, YA"AL!!!! We'll all be at the Nor...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:22:00 GMT

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Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Where can we camp???!!!

So, we hoped that this benefit festival would include camping and had it lined up with a local man whith 12 acres, and then the sheriff realized it was industrial and not agricultural and so wasn't le...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Who can help?

We're looking for volunteers to help at the festival to put wrist bands on people, hand out info, supervise activities for kids, carry equipment for bands, set up, tear down... Let us know if you'd be...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:22:00 GMT