(NESTFEST MOVED INSIDE BUT THE SCHEDULE REMAINS THE SAME)

Since this is the year without a major jam music festival within a comfortable driving distance in the Red River Valley, Refrain Magazine has partnered with some regional venues to sponsor some events, bringing in some great musical talent.

The very first Refrain Presents event will be Nestfest at the  Nestor Tavern in Fargo on Saturday, July 10, 2010, starting at 5 pm and going until closing time.  Admission is $10, but since it’s a bar event, you must be 21+.  (Please note that changes in the artist lineup have occured. Pat Lenertz and Yam Cannon will not be playing Saturday.)

Both an indoor and outdoor concert, Nestfest will start outside at 5 pm with Classical Chill.

These local Fargo players offer up rock that experiments with techno and metal and even drifts into jam rock. It will get the party started. Classical Chill has been together for about a year, bringing the talents of Alec Koch (drums, vocals), Andrew Overby (bass, guitar, electric guitar, and vocals), Cullen Hoglund (electric guitar, tenor saxophone, and vocals), and Dallas Graten  (keyboards and synthesizers). You can see by their array of instruments that they have the tools to dabble across all sorts of genres.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/classicalchill

Next up is Nick Taylor from Seattle who offers a tasy acoustic guitar with some thoughtful instrumental arrangements of some rock classics and originals. His band The Fillers will play a later set at 7:10 pm. The Fillers are Jeff Meyer (vocals, guitar, and mandolin), Joey Kuntz (vocals, guitar, and harmonica), Scott Guttormson (guitar), and Nick Taylor (on 8-string guitar, beatbox, and loops)….And you did read that right 8-string guitar. These guys dance all around the roots medium and sometimes offers something a little heavier diving into alt rock. But it’s all sweet stuff.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/8stringbeatboxer

The Insideout Strings take the stage at 6:30. 

These Moorhead music industry and performance students will offer a taste of the headliner act that will follow at 8:30 pm. Nathan Pitcher (acoustic guitar and vocals), Steven Burket (mandolin and vocals), Ross Cameron (upright bass), and Alec Koch (drums and auxiliary percussion) produce a bluegrassy jazz blend that is sweet. The do a few originals but handle their own arrangements of Miles Davis and John Scofield tunes to Umphrey’s McGee, the Beatles, and the Wood Brothers. So when you see those bluegrass instruments trucked out on stage, you know they aren’t going to be playing “Rocky Top.”

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/3insideoutstrings

Elephant Revival from Nederland, Colorado will close out the outdoor stage with some jazzy, rocking, bluegrassy music with a little Celtic flavor thrown in.  (See separate story on Elephant Revival)

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/elephantrevival

Moving everything inside, Heavy Iz The Head will start immediately at 10 pm. They offer a reggae vibe to just about anything, even ripping Radiohead, I’m told. 

Those Moorhead jammers O’fosho will bring it on at 11:05.

 As Matt Johnson (vocals and guitar), Dan Olson (drums), and Brant Niemi (bass) say: Forget the genre. Here the music. Sit back and enjoy.

Fargo”s Sovereign Sect will close out the fest at 12:15 to 1:30 pm. Three years ago DJ Baktatr (Chris Patano) and drummer Seth Holden decided to create a touring Midwest electronic collective that would blend hip-hop, glitch, dubstep, trance dance, electronica, and live hand drums. The band has expanded to a four-piece and has played major festivals in the region including 10KLF, Bella Sol/Madre Music Festivals, FatFest, and the Big Wu Family Reunion X, gaining respect from electronic fusion acts like EOTO and Pnuma Trio.

http://www.myspace.com/sovereignsectmusic

Here’s the Schedule.

Outdoors

5:00 – 5:45 – Classical Chill

5:50 – 6:20 – Nick Taylor and Friends

6:30 – 7:15 – The Insideout Strings

7:10 – 7:55 – The Fillers

8:30 – 10:00 – Elephant Revival

Inside

10:00 – 10:50 – Heavy Iz The Head

11:05 – 12:00 – Ofosho

12:15 – 1:30 – Sovereign Sect

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