Over the past few days organizers of the Summer Camp Music Festival have announced even more additions to their jam-packed lineup. HT faves Medeski Martin and Wood, The Wood Brothers, Everyone Orchestra and The Wailers are just a few of the bands announced since Wednesday that are set to play Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois over Memorial Day Weekend.

Jon Wayne and The Pain, The Mike Dillon Band, Jimkata, Dopapod, James Wallace, Gangstagrass, Indigo Sun, SPREAD, AJ Sacco, Ties & Tassels, DotEXE, DIRTY No1ZE, The Mundies, Hubbard Stew, SunSquabi, ClusterPluck, Blue Rising, James and The Devil, Zeta June, Mr. Baber’s Neighbors: The Solar String Band, Ifdakar, Caravan of Thieves, Afternoon Moon, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Sun Stereo, The Coop, TOKiMONSTA, Digital Tape Machine, Trinketz, The Great I Am, Lake Shore Vibe, The Stone Sugar Shakedown, Soap, Tricky Ol’ Puss and Alvin Risk have also been added to the Summer Camp lineup. Also, Roosevelt Collier of The Lee Boys will be an Artist At Large at Summer Camp ’13.

All of these acts join the dozens of previously announced Summer Camp acts such as moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Trey Anastasio, STS9, The Avett Brothers, Big Gigantic, EOTO, Big Boi, Diplo and Thievery Corporation. Tickets are available through the Summer Camp Festival website.

Today, Summer Camp Music Festival announcers have revealed a large batch of acts set to play Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois over Memorial Day weekend. Among the acts joining headliners moe. (three nights), Umphrey’s McGee (three nights), Trey Anastasio Band (two sets), STS9 and The Avett Brothers will be Tea Leaf Green, Orgone, Break Science with Chali 2na, Zoogma, Maps and Atlas and Soul Rebels Brass Band.

Here’s the list of Summer Camp 2013 artists announced today…

Big Boi, Paper Diamond, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Minnesota, Popeska, Break Science with Chali 2na, Zoogma, Manic Focus, Savoy, Cosby Sweater, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Tea Leaf Green, Orgone, Zmick, Tauk, Maps and Atlases, The Ragbirds, The Bright Light Social Hour, Spirit Family Reunion, Project Weather Machine, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Henhouse Prowlers, The Apache Relay,Tumbleweed Wanderers

Joining previously announced acts…

moe., Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, Trey Anastasio Band, The Avett Brothers, Thievery Corporation, Zed’s Dead, Big Gigantic, Keller Williams w/ More Than A Little, Yonder Mountain String Band, Taj Mahal Trio, Gramatik, Griz, Cornmeal, Lettuce, Family Groove Company, John Brown’s Body, Cherub, DJ Solo, Pimps of Joytime, The Floozies, Roster McCabe, Positive Vibrations, Chicago Farmer, Southside Cindy & The Slip-Tones, Twin Cats, Miss A, Old Shoe, Brainchild

All in all event organizers promise over 75 acts on Summer Camp’s seven stages. Tickets are currently available through the Summer Camp Music Festival website.

[UPDATE 2/15:] Yonder Mountain String Band will join moe. in the Red Barn on 5/24

Each year the organizers of the Summer Camp Music Festival hold “Late Nights” at the Red Barn on the Three Sisters Park property. These concerts are ticketed separately from the rest of the festival “due to the limited capacity of the barn.” The extra income these shows provide probably doesn’t hurt either. Recently, Summer Camp organizers have announced most of the acts set to play this year’s Late Nights during the three-day festival which takes place in Chillicothe, Illin. on May 24 – 26.

Jam stalwarts moe. and Yonder Mountain String Band will play the Red Barn on Friday, May 24th. STS9, Big Gigantic, Griz and Gramatik will perform at the Red Barn on Saturday, May 25th, while Thievery Corporation and Zeds Dead close out the fest will a late night on Sunday, May 26th. Late Night show tickets are available as part of the event’s VIP Upgrade packages. Pre-sales for individual Late Nights will be announced HERE closer to the festival. Other Summer Camp late night options, which are included in the price of a festival ticket, are Late Night Campfire Jams, the Late Night Vibe Tent and Late Night at the Soulshine Tent.

In addition to three days of moe. and Umphrey’s McGee, other Summer Camp ’13 headliners include Trey Anastasio, STS9, The Avett Brothers and Thievery Corporation.

We have one of our first announcements for the 2013 Summer Festival season and it comes from the Summer Camp Music Festival organizers. Trey Anastasio and TAB will play two sets at next year’s festival as per a note on the event’s Facebook page.

Summer Camp 2013 will take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois over Memorial Day Weekend (May 24 – 26). More artist announcements are expected soon.

Back at this year’s Summer Camp Music Festival, Chuck Garvey hosted a Rock The Earth workshop in which moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey mixed sharing his thoughts on the environment with a few acoustic performances. For the finale of the 50-minute workshop Garvey welcomed his moe. band mate Vinnie Amico and Umphrey’s McGee guitarist Brendan Bayliss for a cover of Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton…

Chuck Garvey, Vinnie Amico, Brendan Bayliss – Bell Bottom Blues

Here’s the full 50-minute workshop featuring performances of moe. tunes Where Does The Time Go?, Suck A Lemon and Hi & Lo as well as the Clapton cover. Take a look…

Chuck Garvey’s Rock The Earth Workshop @ Summer Camp

Thanks to YouTuber Foosman1 for capturing Chuck’s set.

After four packed days and nights of music, the Summer Camp Music Festival came to a close on Sunday in a fitting way, by extending into the sunrise hours during sets by Pretty Lights and Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble. Sunday also saw two sets from moe. and a set from Umphrey’s McGee as well as performances by a bevy of HT faves including Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Galactic, Jane’s Addiction and the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

[All Photos by Mike Sherry]

• Pictures From Scamp: Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Once again, we’ve got a full set of snaps from Mike Sherry…

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The Summer Camp Music Festival continued on Saturday with a full day of music that included two sets a piece from headliners moe. and Umphrey’s McGee (who also played a private set in the venue’s church) on the Moonshine and Sunshine stages respectively and the return of Gov’t Mule and ALO to the festival as well as performances from plenty of up-and-coming acts such as Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, The Lumineers, Tauk and Orgone.

[All Photos by Mike Sherry]

One of the days big sit-ins was Warren Haynes collaborating with G. Love and Special Sauce on Slim Harpo’s I’ve Got Love If You Want It. Haynes also sat in with moe. on Happy Hour Hero. The day also saw the return of Beatles/Pink Floyd tribute act Brain Damaged Eggmen featuring members of Umphrey’s McGee and the Disco Biscuits plus the second-ever performance from Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, a band made up of Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner (The Disco Biscuits / Conspirator), Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken (Big Gigantic) Chris Michetti (Conspirator / RAQ) and Ben Baruch (Underground Orchestra). For Umphrey’s encore of All In Time, the members of the band donned Star Wars masks, with bassist Ryan Stasik as Darth Maul, Brendan Bayliss as Darth Vader and the rest of the group as Stormtroopers.

• Pictures From Scamp: Thursday, Friday

Here’s a full gallery of photos from the lens of Mike Sherry…

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One of the first big sit-ins of Summer Camp took place last night at the Moonshine Stage where Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist Bob Weir came out during the Primus set for The Other One at the second day of the annual festival in Chillicothe, Illin. The Primus/Bobby connection stems from drummer Jay Lane who has been the drummer in Ratdog since Weir formed the group and currently mans the kit for Primus as he did from the group’s start until 1988. In fact, Les takes credit for introducing Lane to original Ratdog bassist Rob Wasserman and “putting Ratdog together.”

[All Photos by Mike Sherry]

The last Claypool/Weir collaboration took place at All Good in 2009 when the Primus bassist emerged during a stuff jam and stuck around through a cover of Tomorrow Never Knows, a song that Bobby had sat in with Claypool’s solo band on at Gathering of the Vibes 2000 and 2007. Also at GOTV 2000, Les was Ratdog’s guest on a pair of bass jams and a Spanish Jam that led into, you guessed it, The Other One. Furthermore, back on January 31, 2006; Weir, Lane and Claypool teamed up for a set billed as “Performance 3″ at a tribute to “Dr. Don” Pearson at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Bobby was at the festival along with Jackie Greene and Chris Robinson for a trio set earlier in the day.

Other highlights from Friday at Summer Camp included moe. guitarist Al Schnier sitting in with Keller Williams and Umphrey’s launching into their second version of Tool’s 46 & 2.

Check out a full gallery of Mike Sherry’s photos…

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The Summer Camp Music Festival is well underway at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illin. where Floodwood, The Infamous Stringdusters, Digital Tape Machine, Van Ghost, Caravan of Thieves and The Werks were among the acts who played the six stages hosting sets on Thursday.

[All Photos by Mike Sherry]

Bassist Rob Derhak sat in with his moe. band mates Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico during Floodwood’s set, while UM members Jake Cinninger, Brendan Bayliss, Ryan Stasik and Andy Farag fooled around with covers at soundcheck while awaiting the arrival of Kris Myers and Joel Cummins from Digital Tape Machine’s set. If you can’t make it to Chillicothe, you can watch many sets from the weekend on iClips.

Here’s a small gallery of Thursday @ Summer Camp shots from Mike Sherry…

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The 12th installment of the Summer Camp Music Festival has just begun at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. Running throughout the weekend, iClips will bring the action to those at home starting tomorrow. iClips has announced the schedule for this weekend’s webcast and as expected it’s heavy on sets from the event’s headliners.

You can currently purchase the iClips Summer Camp webcast for $4.99 per day or $14.99 for all three days. In addition to multiple sets from Umphrey’s McGee and moe., performances by HT faves Jane’s Addiction, Primus, ALO, Gov’t Mule and Greensky Bluegrass will be among those broadcast from Chillicothe. The webcast will feature a mix of live and pre-recorded broadcasts.

Here’s a look at the schedule…

Friday MAY 25

3:30 – Leftover Salmon
4:30 – The Infamous String Dusters*
5:00 – Gaelic Storm*
5:45 – moe.*
7:15 – Umphrey’s McGee
8:45 – Keller Williams*
9:15 – Umphrey’s McGee
10:45 – Gogol Bordello*
11:45 – Lotus
1:00 – Primus*

Saturday MAY 26

2:30 – Rebelution
3:30 – Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars*
4:15 – TBA
5:15 – Family Groove Company*
6:00 – G. Love & Special Sauce
7:15 – ALO
8:00 – Umphrey’s McGee
9:15 – Gigantic Underground Conspiracy*
8:00 – Umphrey’s McGee
11:30 – Gov’t Mule*
1:00 – moe.*

Sunday MAY 27

1:00 – Umphrey’s McGee
3:00 – TBA
3:45 – TBA
4:45 – Greensky Bluegrass*
5:30 – Michael Franti & Spearhead
7:00 – Yonder Mountain String Band*
8:00 – Shpongle
9:00 – Tedeschi Trucks Band*
10:00 – Jane’s Addiction
11:30 – Cornmeal*
1:30 – moe.*

* Denotes delayed broadcast

The webcast schedule is allowed to change at any time without notice. The couch said so.

While the iClips’ website doesn’t mention a timezone for the above schedule, we’d think the times listed are local time which is CDT.

If you’re like us, you always wondered how iClips was able to provide free webcasts from many festivals each year. Well the free ride is coming to an end this summer as the webcaster has just announced the first phase of its “Summer of Jam” broadcasts which will be offered on a pay-per-view basis. So far, iClips has revealed that Summer Camp, Mountain Jam, moe.down, All Good and North Coast are five of the seven festivals that will be webcast as part of the Summer of Jam, with two more fests to be announced later.

iClips offers a slew of pre-order options for Summer of Jam including “The Ultimate” which includes access to all seven festival webcasts, a t-shirt, a sticker and archival broadcasts. Other options include the ability to pay-per-festival and pay-per-day of each festival. Prices will rise once this presale window is over. While iClips hasn’t revealed which sets will be broadcast, the Summer of Jam page mentions that Umphrey’s McGee, moe., The Flaming Lips, Primus, STS9, Gov’t Mule, Gogol Bordello, Lotus and Yonder Mountain String Band will be among the bands to be webcast this summer.

So, will you throw down for any/all of these festival webcasts? Will you wait until the schedules are announced even if you’ll have to pay more? Any guesses as to the other two fests iClips will broadcast? Leave a comment, post on our Facebook wall or send a tweet our way with your opinion on iClips moving away from the free webcast format.

Summer Camp Music Festival organizers have unveiled yet another batch of additions to this year’s lineup including Common, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and BoomBox. These groups and more join an already HT fave-studded bill at the 12th annual event, which is set to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illin. over Memorial Day Weekend.

Here’s the full list of additions…

Common, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, BoomBox, Dirty Dozen Brass Band (35th Anniversary Tour), LP, Banyan, Break Science, The Ragbirds, Brother Joscephus, Wick-It The Instigator, Midnight Conspiracy, The Werks, Jimkata, Twin Cats, Kinetix, Elsinore, Dani Jean, Old Shoe, Jaik Willis, Sun Stereo, Mathien, The Divide (formerly the Great Divide), JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound

All of the bands above will perform in addition to three nights of Umphrey’s and moe., plus Jane’s Addiction, Pretty Lights, Primus, The Bob Weir / Chris Robinson / Jackie Greene Acoustic Trio, Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gogol Bordello, G. Love & Special Sauce, Lotus, Zeds Dead, Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, Yonder Mountain String Band, Shpongle presents The Masquerade, EOTO, Keller Williams, Rebelution, Leftover Salmon, Cornmeal, Ozomatli, Victor Wooten, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, ALO, 12th Planet, New Orleans Suspects, FIGURE, Gaelic Storm, Devil Makes Three, Future Rock, Greensky Bluegrass, Minnesota, Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble, Lance Herbstrong, Kids These Days, The Infamous Stringdusters, Gramatik, VibeSquaD, Anders Osborne, Orgone, Hot Buttered Rum, The Dead Kenny G’s, Family Groove Company, Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, araabMUZIK, Rubblebucket, Van Ghost, DJ SOLO, Elephant Revival, Positive Vibr8ions, Fareed Haque & MathGames, 16bit, Flinch, Chicago Farmer, Spankalicious, The Giving Tree Band, Strange Arrangement, Chester Brown, Ponderosa, Brainchild, The Car Thief, Tauk, David Gans, Hogslop String Band, Caravan of Thieves, The Lumineers, Sexfist, The Steepwater Band, Zoogma, Team Bayside High, Afternoon Moon, UV Hippo, Zmick, Milk N Cookies, DJ Tim Williams, Kaboom Fantastik, a featuring a special Make a Difference performance by Everyone Orchestra and many more.

Tickets are currently available through the event’s website.

Jane’s Addiction has been added as a headliner to this May’s Summer Camp Music Festival, which is scheduled to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois on May 25 – 27. Other headliners include Umphrey’s McGee and moe., who are each set to play on each day of the festival, as well as Pretty Lights, Primus, Gov’t Mule and the Weir, Robinson, Greene acoustic trio.

Not So Early Bird passes are currently available through the festival’s website for $160. Yesterday, Summer Camp organizers announced the late night shows, including planned performances by Pretty Lights, Les Claypool and the Dead Kenny G’s.

Earlier this afternoon organizers of the Summer Camp Music Festival announced the late night acts for this year’s event. Les Claypool and the Dead Kenny G’s will perform in the barn on the Friday night of the festival. Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, featuring members of the Disco Biscuits, Big Gigantic, Conspirator and the Underground Orchestra will play a late night set on the Saturday night of the festival, while Pretty Lights will be performing the late night show on Sunday.

The 2012 Summer Camp Music Festival is set to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois from May 25 – 27. As usual, moe. and Umphrey’s McGee will headline. Primus, Gov’t Mule and the Weir, Robinson, Greene Acoustic Trio are also set to perform along with dozens of other acts. You will need a separate ticket for late night shows and details about how to purchase these ducats will be announced soon. Not So Early Bird tickets for the festival itself are on sale now.

Over the past few days Summer Camp Music Festival organizers have been “leaking” additions to their lineup via Twitter and Facebook. Now that the leaks are concluded we know that 20 bands in total were added including Gov’t Mule, Pretty Lights, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Keller Williams and G. Love and Special Sauce. Also of note, Gigantic Underground Conspiracy featuring members of Big Gigantic, the Disco Biscuits and Conspirator will make an appearance at the fest.

Here’s the full list of Summer Camp additions:

Pretty Lights, Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, G. Love & Special Sauce, Gigantic Underground Conspiracy (Featuring members of Big Gigantic, the Disco Biscuits and Conspirator), Keller Williams, Zeds Dead, Shpongle presents The Masquerade, EOTO, Leftover Salmon, 12th Planet, FIGURE, Minnesota, araabMUZIK, Fareed Haque & MathGames, 16bit, Flinch, Chester Brown, The Car Thief

Summer Camp 2012 will take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illin. on Memorial Day Weekend. Not-so-early-bird tickets will set you back $160 + fees and are available through the event’s website. The initial artist announcement featured moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Primus, Bob Weir – Chris Robinson – Jackie Greene Acoustic Trio, Gogol Bordello, Ozomatli, Cornmeal, Victor Wooten, Greensky Bluegrass, Infamous Stringdusters, Hot Buttered Rum,Family Groove Company, DJ Solo, Positive Vibrations, Chicago Farmer, Spankalicious, The Giving Tree Band and Brainchild.