Friday, March 8th
Reanimate Yourself Tent stage
Chipeta Park
3:00pm – 4:15pm
Hot Soup
A strong, tasty gumbo of rock and funk, with undertones of jazz: this ain’t your average broth for starting out a late winter music fest! Guitarist extraordinaire Matt Flaherty and friends welcome you to the first set of the Frozen Dead Guy Days Music Showcase!
4:45pm – 6:00pm
Power Lung Rangers
Mountain hip-hop, Nederland style, in all its groovin’ glory, featuring some of the backbone of our wonderful local music scene representing! and bringing it.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Rocktin Grove
This Boulder-based seven piece group of good friends serves up a tasteful blend of feel-good funk with overtones of everything from classical and bluegrass to world vibe, indie and soul. The result is well worth hearing. Happy birthday to Amanda and Hills…
8:00pm – 2:00am
The Good the Bad and the Frozen Blue Ball
This year’s Ball will feature:
- Ice Queen & Grandpa Look a Like costume contest helicopter tour prize from Colorado Heli- Ops
- LIVE music with Billy’s Rock Billy, a fantastic fusion of Nederland’s finest with an acoustic, gypsy, blue-grass opening by Gipsy Moon. Special guest will be in tow for this truly one of a kind show.
Tickets $12
Frozen cowboys and cowgirls WANTED!
Located at the Black Forest Restaurant. Just south of the Shopping Center. No tickets issued, your receipt is your ticket.
10:00pm
LIVE MUSIC- area restaurants and bars
Saturday, March 9th
Reanimate Yourself Tent stage
Chipeta Park
11:00am to 12:15pm
Acoustic Mining Company
Back this year for a hopefully successful round of “Please Pray For No Wind,” plus a bit of musical excavating, is our tight, traditional bluegrass friends from down in the acoustic mine also known as Denver.
12:45pm – 2:00pm
Horse & Sparrow
We’re excited and honored to host the debut appearance of a new project featuring Great American Taxi’s Chad Staehly, GAT alum and Ned allstar timekeeper Jake Coffin, and three other solid Front Range musicians, including the return to the Front Range of Arthur Lee Land!
1 HOUR BREAK FOR COFFIN RACES, 2:00 TO 3:00
3:00pm – 4:30pm
The Zydecoasters
Hailing from our own 80466 zip code, these guys play high energy Louisiana dance music and could be the highest zydeco band in the world…altitude-ly speaking, naturally!
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Jababa featuring Jubal, with special guest Monica Colbi
World music, funk, rock and soul are some of the stones that Jubal touches down on in his ongoing musical odyssey. Check out the big sound of Jababa, with special guest, vocalist Monica Colbi.
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Fox Street Allstars
Denver-based powerhouse of honky-tonk roadhouse blues blended with generous portions of funk, soul, jazz and rock: this only begins to describe Front Range luminaries FSAS—whose bottom end, we’re proud to note, is ‘Pumped’ out by respected longtime Nederland musician Dave Solzberg.
Brain Freezer Tent stage
First Street
11:00am – 12:15pm
Greg Schochet Swing Quartet
The noted Front Range swing trio features one of the sharpest shooters to ever sling an axe in Nederland…Greg Schochet.
12:45pm – 2:00pm
The Zimmermans
You like Bob Dylan? We like Bob Dylan. These fellows also like Bob Dylan. What’s not to like?? Check out our good friends, the Zimms, adding their own creative energy and rocking out the vibe of one of the greatest musicians and poets of ‘the sixties’ generation.
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Highway 50
The brainchild of Al Laughlin, fo
unding member of the seminal Boulder band The Samples, the road now trodden by Al and friends ‘on Hwy. 50′ winds through a colorful land of reggae, ska, jazz and R&B, woven seamlessly together with a vibe that goes on and on.
4:15pm – 5:30pm
Holden Young
Infectious energy. Shredding, funky, original, rocking lead guitar. Community. That’s Holden Young. Check it out!
6:00pm – 7:30pm
John McKay Band
The things we all love in good old fashioned rock and roll and folk music, with an original, well-informed modern touch, brought by an artist whose decades-long commitment to his craft comes shining through!
Sunday, March 10th
Reanimate Yourself Tent stage
Chipeta Park
11:00am – 12:15pm
She Said String Band
Sweet musical relief to start out your Sunday of fun in the park! Lovely harmonies, old timey feel, and enthusiastic lady pickers. Sounds good to us all around.
12:45pm - 2:00pm
Onda
Onda continues its evolution as Colorado’s most diversified Latin groove dance band…with special FDGDs guest, Latin Grass All Star, Andy Thorn, courtesy of the legendary Leftover Salmon!
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Stereo Giants
These kind folks hailing from the High Country of Colorado bring the horns, bring the funk and rock it out, with a healthy serving of Southern cooking to stir your dancing shoes.
4:15pm – 6:00pm
DeadPhish Orchestra
A seamless blend of just the sort of music you’d expect, with a healthy dose of “Split open and melt your face!”—and did you happen to know that the rhythm section features Chris Sheldon (drums) and Brian Adams (bass), from the locally beloved Great American Taxi? You do now.
Brain Freezer Tent stage
First Street
11:00am – 11:45am
Doug Brightwood & Caribou Mountain Collective
Every town needs a good local music store, and Doug and the gang at Brightwood Music are a huge asset to the Nederland community; not to mention, he’s a real fun guy to pick tunes with. Come on out Sunday morning and ‘spring forward’ into Daylight Savings Time with Doug and company!
12:15pm – 1:30pm
Kort McCumber & High Road
The consummate Colorado songwriter and musician, who as a solo performer has been a foundation of the Music Showcase for years, Kort brings his full band to the fest in 2013.
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Lesley Kernochan
This wonderfully multi-talented singer/songwriter first emerged in the Nederland consciousness with a solo ‘tweener set at the town’s famous Nedfest several years ago. Lesley is every bit, if not more captivating, with her crack band swinging behind her.
3:45 to 5:15 p.m.
Fat Rabbit
THE RABBIT LIVES! And so does the music of Coltrane, Garcia, Stone, et. al…!!