The fourth annual Winter Wondergrass Festival enraptured the small town of Avon, CO during a beautiful, bluebird weekend. In years’ past, snow, ice and freezing temperatures made the festival a struggle, but never impeded its reception. The combination of the near-perfect weather and stellar lineup made this year one of WWG’s best years yet.
It’s February and us Colorado locals are well into the routine of skiing, drinking whiskey and listening to Bluegrass in our ski gear. These activities are a Coloradans way of “living the life.” So why not bring them all together and call it a festival? Well, a few great minds at Bonfire Entertainment did just that. Once again, our favorite bands are playing at a small festival..in the middle of a ski town…where the beer flows freely.
The music scene in Colorado is about as diverse as it gets. Bluegrass, Rock, Funk, Soul, Roots and Reggae music are just some of the genres that are well represented locally…and often time’s bands pull from various genres in order to produce their signature sound. Bonfire Dub is one of those bands. Born in Vail, Bonfire Dub has a sound that represents a lot of what Colorado is about. Their performance will take you on a genre spanning journey, yet still allow you to stay in the same groove.
Rancho Del Rio was home to Campout for the Cause again this year. While over the years it had traveled downstream to the State Bridge venue, this year, founder and promoter, Scott Stoughton decided to return the festival to its roots by placing it back at the pseudo-shanty town/river paradise that sits against the back drop to the usually peaceful Colorado River. It didn’t turn out to be so peaceful this weekend, but we’ll get to that later.