It Takes A Village: Arise Festival Leaves No Trace

If you’re considering the Arise Music Festival in Loveland August 2 – 4, here’s a tip: Bring your own water bottle. The festival provides water itself, but no single-use plastic. They even plant a tree for every ticket sold. Bands and performers who follow the guidelines of ‘Leave No Trace,’ headline the event: Tipper, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth and more. “We are more than a music festival,” organiser Mo Hnatiuk said. “It’s a movement. Music is supposed to feed your soul.”

Thievery Corporation – Inside The Temple Of I & I

One cold February morning in 2015, the two masterminds behind Thievery Corporation—Rob Garza and Eric Hilton—left the frigid air of Washington D.C. and touched down in Kingston, Jamaica. They then made the 60-mile journey to the jungle-hemmed city of Port Antonio, a place the locals call the “real Jamaica,” where they would record their 10th studio album, The Temple Of I & I.

ARISE Year Three: Setting an Example for the Future

ARISE | Photos by Dylan Adams

As we move into a new era of Colorado festivals the focus has been shifting as the tastes of Colorado music fans has been shifting as well. While the formula of big names + camping + various visual gimmicks = ticket sales has more or less stayed the same from festival to festival, ARISE has tapped into something missing from the others; cleanliness.

ARISE In It’s Third Year Prime: Loveland’s Conscious Music Movement

Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado hosted it’s third annual Arise Music Festival. The three day camping extravaganza featured artists such as Earth Guardians, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, Mike Love, The Shook Twins, Elephant Revival, Caustik, Polish Ambassador, Project Aspect, Rising Appalachia and many others.

BandWagon’s Adventures Through ARISE

While attendance was not quite where it could have been, it was still a success overall and there is little doubt about a year two. Over the next week, the BandWagon will be sharing our experiences at the festival meeting people, taking pictures, interviewing bands, and exploring all the things that make festivals the experience we all love having.