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Read moreThe California Roots Music & Arts Festival is only three short weeks away. Monser Designs is putting on the third annual festival with the help of Vibez Entertainment and Sure Thing Productions and has some great sponsors including: Kona Brewing Co., California Roots Clothing, Rooted Apparel, Double L Designs, Twisted Roots, Raized Crazy, Polynesian Underground, Surf Roots Radio, and Resin Music. More impressive than the great sponsors for this year’s event is the amazing talent that will be present.
As seen in the above picture there are a number of talented artists and bands attending the third annual festival including a number of bands TheDubSide has covered including SOJA, Passafire, The Simpkin Project, The Green, Iration, Fiction 20 Down, The Closeouts, Fortunate Youth and the Whiskey Avengers among others. Acts like J-Boog, Anuhea, Micah Brown, Seedless, Katastro & Clear Conscience will also be rocking the stage. Have we scratched the surface yet? We hope so. Simply put, this will be two days of great times with good people and some kick ass music. Below is a little preview of a few of the bands that will be taking part including our friends Fiction 20 Down, The Green and Fortunate Youth.
Fortunate Youth Live @ Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this past February.
Fiction 20 Down “Victorious” Video
SOJA “Strength To Survive” Music Video
The Green Live @ The Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, VA