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Enjoy Music, Change the World: HeadCount on the Festival Scene

Music festivals are about more than the magic of music and the camaraderie of community. For some, they’re also about giving back. At major fests and Dead & Company shows nationwide, HeadCount creates the Participation Row Activism Village where festival attendees are encouraged to register to vote or see if their current voter registration is active. It’s about “meeting voters where they are,” said Lindsay Berberich, HeadCount’s onsite director.

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Unleashing Your (Inner) Child: Camping & Music Festivals For All Ages

By Jeff Zbar

 

Time was when this music festival-going parent saw a weekend retreat to a music festival as an escape from the demands of family obligations. I mean, I was an involved dad and all. When they were squirts, I was the lone daddy who took our kids to “Mommy and Me.” As they grew, I shepherded them to dance competitions and travel hockey tournaments.

But what could be more escapish than critter-free times with a group of friends unleashed into our favorite music and camping scene, with a few libations and whatnot thrown in – especially with the kids in their mother’s able (maybe more able than my own) hands?

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When a Jam Band ‘Road Trip’ Includes the Mexican Riviera Maya

By Barry Bluth

Fans of Widespread Panic know all too well that we must beware of those who build monuments to themselves.  We’re a pretty bright lot if I must say.

We also know that we can’t always road trip “on the road,” though it is our preferred way of hitting up awesome music –  and what RoadTripMojo is all about.  After all, we were given Driving Song, and Up All Night.  But the truth of it is we have Airplane.  Though the song does exclaim, “DRIVE my liquor down, – to Mexico!”  it’s not always practical to drive. 

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Whoosh, laughs, and barks – A Travelblog from Fort Myers Beach…

By Zoe Zbar

You’re sitting on the beach of Fort Myers, nothing but a thin towel between your body and the powder-white sand. The only sounds hitting your eardrums are soft “whooshes” of the waves in front of you, muffled screeches of seagulls, laughs of children making sandcastles and chaos, and barks of dogs having the time of their lives.

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