Fri 5/29 @ 7PM
Sat 5/30 @ 10AM
Hippies, take heed! The second annual Grateful Dead-themed Shakedown Festival V.2 is taking place in Kent, Ohio! For one evening and a full day, you can wallow in psychedelic/good vibes/tie-dye culture with music, vendors, art, dance, a jam session, yoga, a drum circle, and a whole lot more.
It kicks off Friday night with a screening of the 2003 British documentary Festival Express, looking back at a 1970 Canadian train tour that included artists such as the Dead, Janis Joplin, the Flying Burrito Brothers, The Band and more, with footage from the tour and “looking back” interview with some of the participant. It screens at Standing Rock Cultural Arts’ North Water Street gallery at 7pm.
Now that your head is firmly back in 1970, you’re ready for the next day of activities, which run from 10am until midnight. It starts with morning yoga at 10-11am at the Kluth Gallery; admission is “Love donations.”
Then the rest of the day, from noon to midnight will be packed with music and art with Grateful dead vibes, and vendors inside and out (yes, there’ll be a tie-dye vendor), henna artists, tarot readings, vegetarian lunch items, a food truck and a raffle table with items donated by vendors, all taking place on North Water Street in downtown Kent.
Virginia Lynn King will lead a drum circle from 1-2pm, and Jim Zeller with lead a jam session from 2-4pm: bring your instruments, The Squatch Doctors play from 4-6pm, with raffle drawing at 6 offering a brief break in the music before it resumes from 7-9pm with Sunset Drive, and wraps up with the Brown Brothers from 9-11pm. While it’s free, you can tip the musicians and Standing Rock activities are all pay-what-you-can.
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