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Posted by: Hophead on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:53 PM
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 The Donna Hopkins Band is happy to announce that we’ll be a featured act at this year’s Smilefest, http://www.smilefest.com, June 2-4, at the Gorges Music Park, in Lake Toxaway, NC, and we’d love for all our extended family to join us there. We’ll be on the bill with Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams and the Keels, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sam Bush, the Everyone Orchestra, Hot Buttered Rum, and a ton of other great artists.
In case you’re unfamiliar with this event, we can tell you that Smilefest is one of the southeast’s most respected eclectic music and camping festivals, and this will be its twelfth year of providing “three days of peace, love and music in the Carolina sunshine.” It regularly hosts acts from all sorts of genres, including Bluegrass, Folk, Alt-Country, Jambands, Rock, World Music, Funk and Jazz. So you’re sure to enjoy the weekend, whatever your musical tastes.
Gorges Music Park is located about 35 miles outside of Asheville, NC. And it’s one of the most intimate settings you’re ever going to find for a camping festival. Unlike most of the “superfests,” Smilefest restricts its ticket allotment to ensure that everyone has plenty of space and they’re able to get as close as they’d like to their favorite acts. And if you opt to use the free tent camping, you’re able to lay claim to a space as large as you’d like. In fact, some bands’ online fans actually set up their own little tent cities for the weekend so they can enjoy all the activities together while matching faces to discussion board names.
In addition to a full bill of world-class musicians, appearing on three stages, Smilefest 2006 will also include a robust Kids’ Universe, diverse culinary offerings, a wide array of high-quality vendor merchandise, scenic waterfall exploration, beautiful hiking and biking trails, and free rustic camping. This year will also see the return of Smilefest’s Festi-VOL Village, an interactive exhibit area where attendees will be introduced to worthy non-profit groups they can serve in their own communities once they return home.
If you have any questions about the festival, be sure to visit their website and poke around a bit. We’re really excited about the chance to play at Smilefest and to get to meet as many of you folks as possible. So if you have the time, and you’re up for some great fun and super music, give some thought to coming out with us.
We hope to see you there!
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