Turks Head Music Festival 25th Anniversary

Get ready for the 25th (and best) TURKS HEAD MUSIC FESTIVAL !

This year's date will be Sunday July 15th (w/ a raindate of July 22nd)

Time: Noon til 8pm with 11 bands performing.

Being that this year is the Silver anniversary, we're steppin' things up a notch.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 25th Anniversary Turks Head Music Festival as great as it was. We had a wonderful crowd. terrific bands, gracious vendors and crafters and good weather. We are happy to say that thisyear's  "mid summer tradition" in West Chester was a great success.

Thank you to ALL of our wonderful sponsors (listed at the bottom of this page), all of the folks on the Turks Head Music Festival Committee, all the talented crafters and vendors, our Summer Camp Staff (who helped run the event), and of course THANK YOU to anyone who came out for 5 minutes or 5 hrs. After all this festival is for the folks in and around West Chester to come out, listen, and enjoy. See you next year.

Check out www.dave1photo.com for about 250 pictures from the Soundbites and the Festival. Dave Lakatos was generous enough to donate his time and talent to help make this year's festival unforgettable. (Once on his website click on "view images" and then type in the pass word "turkshead" then click away and enjoy.)

Just added: Jaxon from 93.3 WMMR will be emceeing a portion of the show. (time TBD)

Set times have been finalized:

Alfred James Band - Cello driven acoustic rock       12:44- 1:24

Big Leroy Foster - Blues Noon - 12:40

Blue Sinatra - New School Funk 6:36 - 7:16

Bodega    Grove/Jam - (check out their myspace page) 2:12 - 2:52

Deb Callahan Band  - Blues 3:40 - 4:20

 Franco - Latin (check out his myspace page) 2:56 - 3:36

Funky Butter - A syngestic burst of honest songwriting 5:52 - 6:32                                                                           

Ike - Power Pop 4:24 - 5:04

Inity - Rough and rugged reggai on the rocks  (check out their myspace page) 5:08 - 5:48

Lima Bean Riot - Rock 1:28 - 2:08

The Rob Dickenson Band - Americana & Rock and Roll 7:20 - 8:00

SOUNDBITES

To spice up this year's Turks Head Music Festival weekend, we've gotten together with some terrific venues in West Chester to host a couple of these great bands on the Friday night before the Sunday festival. (July 13th) For only $15.00 you can buy a wristband from the West Chester Recreation Dept. and this will get you into EVERY one of these venues, w/ no cover charge. Plus once inside you'll be privee to "specials" that each venue will offer. Hence the name Sound "Bites". (Funds raised from the sale of the wristbands will benefit our "Send A Kid To Camp Fund" and help give deserving children in the West Chester area a chance to go to camp next summer.)

WRISTBANDS ARE ON SALE NOW!!! Only $15.00 per person to enjoy all the great music. NO COVER CHARGES, PLUS FOOD SPECIALS WHILE YOU'RE AT EACH VENUE.

The venues and what band is playing there are as follows. The bands will be playing at different times so you can take in a set from some or all of them.  Plus, fill your stomach with each venues terrific food deals.

Bodega will not be able to play  at 15th North because they've been booked at "The All Good Music Festival" on the same night. But they will be back in time to play at the Turks Head Festival on Sunday the 15th. Congrats guys, go jam with Weir, Leftover Salmon, Claypool, The Slip, and a bunch of other sick acts.

Alfred James Band will be playing at Baxters (40 East Market Street) from 7:30pm - 9:30pm FOOD SPECIAL: 1/2 appetizers while the band is playing.

Ike will be playing at Kildare's Irish Pub (18 West Gay Street) from 10pm - 2am with a special opening act. FOOD SPECIAL: 30% off your food order while the band is playing.

Blue Sinatra will be bringing their funk to Doc' McGrogan's Oyster House (117 East Gay Street) for 4 hours from 10pm - 2pm FOOD SPECIAL: 25% your food order while the band is playing.

Spence Cafe  ( 29-31 East Gay Street) will be hosting Funky Butter from 10pm - 2am FOOD SPECIAL: 10% off your food order while the band is playing.

Barnaby's (15 South High Street) plays host to Inity and their rugged Reggae from 4pm - 8pm FOOD SPECIAL: 1/2 appetizers while the band is playing.

Iron Hill Brewery (3 W. Gay St.) welcomes Big Leroy Foster  from 9:30pm until 12:30am. FOOD SPECIAL: 1/2 price appetizers in the bar area from 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Local stalwarts in the West Chester music scene the Rob Dickenson Band will be rocking at Ryan's Pub (124 West Gay Street) from 7pm - 10pm FOOD SPECIAL: $6.00 Dozen Wings & $6.00 Ryan's Nachos while the band is playing.

We here at the West Chester Recreation Department never want to hear ANYONE say "there's nothing to do in West Chester". So come check out what's going down!!!

Big ups to our sponsors for the 25th Anniversary Turks Head Music Festival on Sunday July 15th, 2007 (rain date Sun. July 22nd) @ Everhart Park 100 S. Brandywine St. West Chester, PA 19382

Davis Lumber, O'Rourke Steele, George's Music, The Daily Local, Knox Equipment Rental, Mitch's Market Street Gym, Pepsi Bottling Group West Chester, M.S. Yearsley's & Sons, & The PA Council on the Arts; A State Agenc

We'd also like to give a big shout out to Phinhead (C.B.W.) and his crew that have been coming out all these years, helping set up the stage, direct traffic, and pretty much anything else you could think of. We couldn't have done it all these years without this crew and we seriously appreciate all the blood sweat and tears.

If you are interested in volunteering your time to be on the Turks Head Music Festival Committee, contact Keith (with the West Chester Recreation Department) at 610-436-9010. We need help planning and coordinating the event along with the actual running of the event on July 15th.