Here are some details about what’s going on with the Monterey Music Summit, where BandsOfTheBay.com will stage a performance featuring three of our site member bands:
Monterey, CA, May 6, 2008 – The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-1 to allow the Monterey Music Summit to proceed with its plans to hold a three-day music and art event at the Laguna Seca Recreational Area in Monterey at the end of the month.
The focus of the vote and controversy was the addition of international hip-hop music star Snoop Dogg to the diverse line-up. The festival was in danger of having its permit revoked because some thought the performer’s presence could incite gang violence. Festival promoters are working with anti-gang organizations such as Barrios Unidos and Salinas Youth Center to help make the festival successful.
Joe Fletcher, the promoter of the event, has presented more than 1,000 artists, including Ludacris, Clay Aiken, Ani DiFranco, Alison Krauss, Motley Crue, BB King, Hilary Duff, 50 Cent, Eminem and Black Eyed Peas.
”I am very happy that the Board felt the same as I do, that you cannot censor music. I was confident that we would prevail over this controversy. We are moving full speed ahead to continue building a safe and positive festival,” Fletcher said.
ABOUT THE MONTEREY MUSIC SUMMIT:
The Monterey Music Summit” is being held May 30 - June 1, 2008 on more than 1,000 acres at Laguna Seca Recreation Area. More than 30 performances will take place on two stages throughout the weekend, offering attendees regional favorites to international stars of pop, rock, surf punk, hip-hop, folk and world beat.
ABOUT SNOOP DOGG:
A musical and cultural icon, hip-hop Renaissance man, entrepreneur and Hollywood’s newest leading man, SNOOP DOGG is quickly becoming a hot commodity in the world of entertainment. His recent, 2008 album, “Ego Trippin” has been getting solid reviews and radio play. USA Today said, “Musically, Trippin’ ranks with the rapper’s best work; he and his co-producers fold ’80s electro-funk into arrangements that feel at once nostalgic and bracingly fresh.” His appearance at the Monterey Music Summit will be the first concert of his summertime amphitheater tour.
ARTIST LINE UP:
Musical artists currently include: Snoop Dogg, Ky-Mani Marley, Slightly Stoopid, Coheed and Cambria, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Ozomatli, The Crystal Method, Tea Leaf Green, Melvin Seals and JGB, Moonalice, Fishbone, New Moonson, Dieselboy with MC Messinian, Albino!, Tibetan Monks and Mystical Arts of Tibet, Paula Cole, Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace, Shelby Lynn, Crash Hot, Hot Buttered Rum, West Indian Girl and others.
TICKET AVAILABILITY AND INFORMATION:
Tickets are available only through InTicketing.
3-day tickets are $169 each.
Single day tickets are available, starting at $49.00 for Friday.
This festival is an all ages event.
One child 12 & under will be admitted free for each paid adult
For every ticket sold directly through www.inticketing.com, InTicketing will plant one tree.
LINKS:
Map of Monterey Music Summit Event SiteLaguna Seca Recreational Area-