MEDIA ADVISORY: March 24, 2014
CONTACT: Andrea Thomas, 386.397.2733, Andrea.Thomas@dep.state.fl.us
JJ GREY & MOFRO TO HEADLINE THE FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL
~62nd Annual Florida Folk Festival to be held Memorial Day Weekend~
 JJ Grey with his guitars.
WHITE SPRINGS –The Florida Department of
Environmental Protection announced today that country band JJ Grey & Mofro will headline the 62nd Annual Florida Folk Festival this Memorial Day
Weekend, May 23-25, 2014. The event takes place at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Fla.
JJ
Grey grew up in Whitehouse, a community west of Jacksonville. Many of
Grey’s songs reflect his love for the North Florida wilderness in which he grew
up.
With six albums to his career, JJ Grey's music has been described
as “Impassioned singing, riff-based Southern rock, cold-blooded
swamp funk and sly Memphis soul” by The New York Times. When
prompted with questions about his past accomplishments or future plans, JJ lays
down a little wisdom:
“I’m just a salmon swimming upstream.
Going back home I reckon. I don’t know why and I quit caring why a long time
ago. I guess there is no ‘why’ that my mind could understand anyway. All I do
know is that I’ve enjoyed and I’m still enjoying every second of just being
here and doing whatever it is I’m doing.”
JJ's band Mofro has also been a
decade in the making. According to JJ, the present incarnation -- with Art Edmaiston on
saxophone, Dennis Marion on Trumpet, Anthony Farrell on organ and piano, Todd
Smallie on Bass, Anthony Cole on drums and Andrew Trube on guitar – is “the
crème de la crème."
Grey has shared stages with the
likes of Lenny Kravitz, B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes,
Los Lobos, Jeff Beck, Ben Harper, Booker T. Jones, Mavis Staples and many
others. JJ’s songs have appeared in film and network television including
House, Flashpoint, Crash, Friday Night Lights, The Glades, The Deadliest Catch
and the film The Hoot.
Tickets on Sale now! Buy
in advance and save!
Advance
tickets for the Florida Folk Festival are $25 per day or $50 for the
weekend for adults and $30 per day or $60 for the weekend at the gate.
Children under six are admitted free. Ticket prices for children between the
ages of six and 16 are $5 for the entire weekend. Call Elevate Ticketing at
877-569-7767 or visit www.FloridaFolkFestival.com
for tickets. Tickets powered by Elevate Ticketing.
The Florida Folk Festival is
a rain or shine event! Gates open daily at 8 a.m. Camping is not offered during the festival. Area camping options include Suwannee
River State Park, O’Leno State Park, Ocean Pond and Spirit of the Suwannee. For a
comprehensive list of local public and private campgrounds (27),
cabins and motels (53)
in Suwanee County, nearby Columbia County (Lake City) and Hamilton County
(White Springs and Jasper), visit SuwanneeValley.org.
Pets are not allowed at the
Florida Folk Festival. Personal golf carts are not allowed at the Florida Folk
Festival.
For more information, please
call 1-877-6FL-FOLK (1-877-635-3655) or visit www.floridastateparks.org/stephenfoster or www.FloridaFolkFestival.com.
Gates open
daily at 8 a.m.
Friday -
Sunday, May 23 - 25, 2014
Stephen
Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
11016
Lillian Saunders Drive/Highway 41
White
Springs, Florida 32096
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