Sunfest 2009

For the past few years artists have tended to exclude south Florida from their national tours because of its relative isolation from the heart of the country. Its just been too expensive to drive that far south. However one event that has consistently attracted popular performers to south Florida is Sunfest and the 2009 lineup looks like the best that we've seen. Need more incentive - the festival is located in the nicest section of West Palm Beach right on Flagler Drive - overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway. The promoters are right on when they exclaim "Where Music Meets the Waterfront".

No wonder the artists flock to this event. We are talking about 311, Citizen Cope, James Taylor, Slightly Stoopid, Randy Bachman, Collective Soul, Pepper, David Cook, Cold War Kids, UB40, Need To Breathe, G. Love & Special Sauce, Matt Nathanson, Bettye Lavette, and the Steve Miller Band. And this list doesn't include dozens of other excellent Reggae, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Americana, and Acoustic artists that will be performing throughout the festival.

The 2009 Sunfest runs from Wednesday April 29th through Sunday May 3rd. Tickets range from a one day early bird pass (purchase by April 26th) for $29 to a five day pass for $65 ($60 early bird). What a bargain compared to other festivals. Most festivals of this size charge close to $100 for just 3 days of music (See the Austin City Limits festival); but Sunfest, 5 days for $60-$65. Come on. This is an awesome event. You will be sure that MyJoog.com editors will be onsite; there's no way we would miss this fest. And like most festivals we attend, feelfree to upload our photos of the event to the MyJoog Sunfest Facebook page. Now for the full lineup:

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
pbpulse.com Stage	Tire Kingdom Stage	Coors Light Stage
5:30 p.m. Wavves (beach punk) 6:30 p.m. The Mae Shi (punk) 7:45 p.m. Solillaquists of Sound (hip-hop) 9:15 p.m. 311 (alternative rock)	5:30 p.m. Spam Allstars (funk/electronica/Latin) 6:45 p.m. Awesome New Republic (punk/soul) 8:00 p.m. Kinky (electronica/alternative rock)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
pbpulse.com Stage	Tire Kingdom Stage	Coors Light Stage
5:30 p.m. Black Finger (American rock/indie) 7:15 p.m. Risa Binder (pop/rock/country/soul) 8:45 p.m. James Taylor (pop/folk/soft rock)	6:00 p.m. Griffin Anthony (acoustic/soul) 8:15 p.m. Citizen Cope (hip-hop/folk/blues)
Friday, May 1, 2009
pbpulse.com Stage	Tire Kingdom Stage	Coors Light Stage
5:30 p.m. The Expendables (reggae/punk) 6:05 p.m. Crisis in Hollywood (pop/punk) 6:50 p.m. Pennywise (punk rock) 8:20 p.m. Pepper (reggae/dub/rock) 9:50 p.m. Slightly Stoopid (punk rock/reggae/dub)	5:15 p.m. The Ben Robinson Band (blues/rock) 7:15 p.m. The Nouveaux Honkies (Americana/roots/country) 9:15 p.m. Randy Bachman (rock)	5:45 p.m. Monty Warren & the Whatevers (Americana/adult contemporary rock) 7:30p.m. Mark Gaignard & The Also Ran (singer/songwriter) 9:00 p.m. Collective Soul (alternative rock/post-grunge)
Saturday, May 2, 2009
pbpulse.com Stage	Tire Kingdom Stage	Coors Light Stage
12:15 p.m. Card Sound Road (rock/country/blues) 2:00 p.m. Tonic (alternative rock) 4:00 p.m. Gin Blossoms (alternative rock) 6:15 p.m. New Noise Standard (pop/rock) 7:30 p.m. NeedToBreathe (rock/alternative) 9:30 p.m. David Cook (alternative rock)	1:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Classic Albums Live's Jimmy Hendrix/The Who/Beatles (tribute rock) 5:30 p.m. Hep Cat Boo Daddies (rock/blues) 7:00 p.m. Ever So Klever (power swing) 9:00 p.m. UB40 (reggae, dub)	1:00 p.m. The Resolvers (reggae) 3:00 p.m. Sly & Robbie (reggae) 5:15 p.m. Wait for Green (alt rock/funk/reggae) 7:15 p.m. Dharmata (hard rock) 9:15 p.m. Cold War Kids (indie-rock/blues-rock)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
pbpulse.com Stage	Tire Kingdom Stage	Coors Light Stage
12:15 p.m. Cerveza (ska/rock) 2:00 p.m. B-Liminal (surf/reggae/roots) 3:45 p.m. G. Love & Special Sauce (alternative hip-hop) 5:45 p.m. The Jesse Young Band (acoustic rock) 7:30 p.m. The Steve Miller Band (rock)	12:15 p.m. Debbie Orta (jazz) 2:15 p.m. Spyro Gyra (jazz fusion) 4:15 p.m. Candlebox (alternative rock) 6:15 p.m. The Darrell Raines Band (blues) 7:45 p.m. Bettye LaVette (soul)	12:30 p.m. The Pretty Faces (new wave/garage pop) 2:00 p.m. Thriving Ivory (rock/pop) 3:45 p.m. Shauna Sweeney & Friends (acoustic rock) 5:00 p.m. Erin McCarley (alternative music) 6:15 p.m. Matt Nathanson (folk/rock) 7:30 p.m. Jack's Mannequin (alternative rock)