What is Solid Sound?
- Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival is a three-day celebration of music, comedy, art and community held at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in the scenic small town of North Adams in The Berkshires of Western MA. Envisioned by Wilco and presented in collaboration with MASS MoCA, the weekend features two headlining Wilco concerts, a comedy cabaret programmed and hosted by John Hodgman, additional musical performances on four stages selected by Wilco and including Wilco-related side projects, a wide array of all-ages programming, and of course, world-class modern art.
Past non-Wilco performers include Mavis Staples, Levon Helm, Thurston Moore, The Books, Syl Johnson, The Handsome Family, The Baseball Project, Here We Go Magic and more. There are also featured speakers, workshops, theatrical performers, food and drink, camping, shuttle buses, pop-up stores and more (in the two festivals done to date, “more” has included everything from live falconry demonstrations to Jeff Tweedy in a charity dunk tank).
In short, the festival is a fun, fantastic collective experience for Wilco and its community of fans. 2013 will be the third iteration of the festival.
sounds_sound, you want to go? I know that bgood79 and scrimetime are going. I just bought my ticket.
If I get an internship anywhere near Mass. for the summer, I'll most likely be going. It's either going to be that, or Osheaga up in Montreal. Unfortunately, haven't made much headway on the summer internship thing yet, so I won't know for a while. Can't wait to see the rest of the lineup for this year.
I'm looking forward to the lineup too. Let me know if you end up going, we'll have to meet up. Should be a blast. edit: Oh, and good luck either way with the internship
Can't seem to even find the line-up. Mind pointing me in the right direction?
It's not been released yet. I'm looking forward to it though. What I do know is that wilco headlines both nights and they pick the bands. In the past I recall this including Mavis Staple and Andrew Bird, which would be great. You should come. Seriously.
wow. you guys bought tickets to a show who you don't really know is playing at? that's some wilco love right there.
It will be great because of the experience too, regardless of who plays. But here's to hoping that the lineup is great. You should fly to Raleigh and I'll drive us to Massachusetts.
Apparently, You thought I was joking about that Raleigh thing. I still love you though.
Yep. Spoke to scrimetime today about hotels. He's going to look in to where to stay. He also said he'd bring a handle of whiskey and a copy of Winterland 78.
Thanks! I'll send you a message in a couple months when I'll know for sure if it's a yes or no.