A Garrett, Indiana Parks and Recreation Event

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free to the public

bring lawn chairs

Click here for the official City of Garrett web site.

(I am no more than an enthusiastic volunteer publicist and supporter)

45th Anniversary of Woodstock!

At Garrett’s Feick Park (where the swimming pool is situated)

ALL AGES

If you’re too YOUNG to love the SIXTIES,
Come and your SOUL will expand! 

2:00 pm  through 8:00 pm:

·         Live Music and Dancing

·         Food and drink (including Brownies and Kool-Aid)

·         Art, beads, pottery, incense, candles, posters, t-shirts, etc

Sometime in the afternoon and/or evening:

·         Sixties Dance Demos (in the course of the live music)        

·         Various activities and contests for kids and adults

·         Vintage Car Cruise-in (at close-by (easy walk) American Legion Post #178, 6:00-9:00 pm)

·         Beer Deck (at close-by (easy walk) American Legion Post #178, 6:00-9:00 pm)

·         Balloon Release / charity fundraiser for St Martins (health care for the poor). Release times will be staggered.

8:00 through Midnight:

·         Sixties record hop with black lights and Go-Go dancers (that means You!)

       No way? WAY! Click on Go-Go Dancers and Dance Missionaries

All day:

·         Wear Sixties garb! 

·         Be groovy! 

·         Have Fun!  

The night before:

·         Sixties Art Exhibit at the downtown Garrett Museum of Art  

The days after:

·         You will be high for a week!

FREE EVENT POSTER/FLYER DOWNLOADS

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Full 8.5 x 11 size 

for promotional distribution 

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distribute in black/white

Click here to download the event poster above

based on the Cosmic Kaleidoscope graphic

then File...Download (or Print)

Or click here to download the event poster below 

based on the 
Train/Radio/Guitar against the Purple Haze Night Sky

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showing the event details

See you there!

In the meantime, listen to

Grace Slickand the Jefferson Airplane

(click on the link immediately above and "feed your head")

What's with the Train?

You might be mystified by the Garrett Summer Sixties Music Fest train, radio, guitar, and purple haze night sky icon.

Back in the Sixties we got most of our music from the radio, that’s easy.

And those radio tunes were dominated by the guitar (the big band era having passed, and jazz never approached Rock and Roll in popularity).

The purple haze night sky suggests American blues music, re-discovered in England and repatriated per the British Music Invasion; and SHOUTS the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Purple Haze), which had enormous impact on music and pop culture.

But what’s with the train?

Garrett was basically founded when the B&O Railroad bought 604 acres and developed large switching and roundhouse operations (for locomotive repair and maintenance). Words alone cannot convey the railroad’s imprint on the town and its people... the wonder, awe, and mystery that enveloped Garrett youngsters growing up there "back in the day."


That said, this will be a regional festival, drawing from LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, Dekalb, Whitley, and Allen Counties, perhaps even beyond. And that's why we wanted to explain the train.

The Music

Expect live music at two “stages” from 2:00-8:00pm, and a Black Light record hop from 8:00pm to Midnight, DJ’d by Michael Gentis.

Stage musicians and bands have been selected, announced on Facebook, and listed below. In addition, there will be some time for open-mic performances by musicians who would like to perform maybe 1-3 tunes, so bring YOUR instrument, voice, and friends.

Musicians who are not assigned time to play on a stage and don't opt for open-mic time might still come out and play acoustically throughout the day without amplification, as long as there is no interference with the stages or dance and vending areas. 

It would be very cool if people could see all sorts of musicians playing all sorts of instruments and singing all through the day, on stage and off, so if you play anything at all, bring it and 10 friends with you!!

Band Lineup and Stage Time Slots (as of Aug 13)
start	stop	Stage 1		start	stop	Stage 2
2:00	2:50	As Is (Kevin Derrow)		2:00	2:30	Ed Bates
				2:40	2:50	open mic (10 min max each)
3:00	3:50	Barker Boys (Morris Barker)		3:00	3:50	The Dutchman (Kevin Derrow)
4:00	4:50	Probable Cause (Dan Davis)		4:00	4:50	Jim Weber
5:00	5:40	Numbers (Tim McEntee)		5:00	5:30	Austin Marsh and Brandon Park
				5:40	6:20	open mic (10 min max each)
5:50	6:20	open mic (10 min max each)
6:30	7:00	Rock-N-Country (Larry Baker)		6:30	8:00	Tim, Sharon, and Paul
7:10	8:00	Wailhounds (Scott Wasvick)
8:00 - Midnight: Black Light Record Hop in Pavillion (DJ Michael Gentis) This is an excellent lineup, however familiar you are or are not with the names, but here’s the thing: If you are just going to hear who you’ve heard before and know, you’re missing the big picture: that this will be a COSMICALLY GROOVY AND GLORIOUS CELEBRATION! So come and be that incredibly unique person that you are, One gem among many in the Cosmic Kaleidoscope that will glow so bright that day!