Virginia Key Grassroots Festival 2012 Set Times

The Herd has finally landed on the beaches of Virginia Key.

It’s been over two decades since Donna the Buffalo’s Tara Nevins and Jeb Puryear “led a mass gathering of its friends, fellow bands, and followers — nicknamed The Herd — to Ithaca, New York, for the inaugural Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival.”

But today, they’re launching a Grassroots spinoff in South Florida. It’s all about “bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, blues, reggae, and all that sort of stuff.”

The music begins at dusk. See the cut for the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival’s set times.

Virginia Key Grassroots Festival 2012 Set Times

*Subject to change according to virginiakeygrassroots.com

Thursday, February 9

Meadow Stage

5 p.m. Opening Ceremony

6 p.m. Diali Cissokho

7 p.m. Donna the Buffalo

9:15 p.m. Soulflower

10 p.m. Arrested Development

12 a.m. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad

Dance Tent

8 p.m. Jahfe

11:30 p.m. Equanimous Minds

Orange Pavilion

8:45 p.m. Raffa & Rainer

12 a.m. The Heavy Pets

Green Pavilion

11:30 p.m. Omniscient

Friday, February 10

Meadow Stage

2 p.m. The Grady Girls

4 p.m. Mishka

6 p.m. Suenalo

7:45 p.m. Keith Frank

9:30 p.m. Chaka Khan

11:30 p.m. Fishbone

Dance Tent

10 a.m. Tai Chi

11:30 a.m. Yoga

1 p.m. Tensegrity Practice

2:30 p.m. Hooping Workshop With Jewels

4:30 p.m. Rowan Cunningham Band

6:30 p.m. Jim Lauderdale

8 p.m. Swing Dance Workshop

9 p.m. Christabel & The Jons

10:30 p.m. Salsa Dance Workshop

Orange Pavilion

12 p.m. Grassroots Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, and Mandolin Competition

3 p.m. The Habanero Honeys

6:45 p.m. Cope

8:45 p.m. Diali Cissokho

11 p.m. Keith Secola

Green Pavilion

1 p.m. Vocal Harmony Workshop

3 p.m. Banjo With Richie Stearns

5 p.m. Araka

8 p.m. Soulflower

11 p.m. DJ Richard McVay

Saturday, February 11

Meadow Stage

11:30 a.m. Big Cosmo

1 p.m. Keith Secola

3 p.m. The Lee Boys

4:30 p.m. Willie Watson & Evil City

6:30 p.m. Del McCoury Band

8:30 p.m. Donna the Buffalo

10:30 p.m. Immortal Technique

12 a.m. Toubab Krewe

Dance Tent

9 a.m. Yoga

10 a.m. Tensegrity Practice

11:30 a.m. Capoeira Supercao

1 p.m. Thousands of One

3 p.m. Cajun Dance Workshop

4 p.m. Beausoleil Ave Michael Doucet

6:30 p.m. Sim Redmond Band

8 p.m. Rueda Dance Workshop

9 p.m. Locos Por Juana

11 p.m. Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band

Orange Pavilion

10:30 a.m. Grassroots Band Competition

1:30 p.m. Michael Steel Drum

4 p.m. Mixed Culture

6 p.m. Gibbor Green

8 p.m. Elastic Bond

10 p.m. Hobex

12 a.m. ArtOfficial

Green Pavilion

9:30 a.m. Kid’s Yoga

10:30 p.m. Parade Crafting Workshop

12 p.m. African Drum Workshop With Diali Cissokho

1:30 p.m. Fiddle Workshop

3 p.m. Driftwood

5:15 p.m. Hindu Cowboys

8 p.m. Diali Cissokho

9:30 p.m. Big Brass Juke

11:30 p.m. Bill Kelly

Sunday, February 12

Meadow Stage

11:15 a.m. Gibbor Green

12 p.m. Sim Redmond Band

2 p.m. Thousands of One

3:45 p.m. Revelation Mizik

5:30 p.m. Disip

7:15 p.m. Locos Por Juana

8:45 p.m. The Lee Boys

10:30 p.m. Donna the Buffalo

Dance Tent

9 a.m. Yoga

10 a.m. Tensegrity Practice

11 a.m. Keith Secola

12:30 p.m. The Grady Girls

2 p.m. Willie Watson & Evil City

4:30 p.m. Preston Frank

7:30 p.m. The TalkToMes

9 p.m. DJ Waggy Tee

Orange Pavilion

9:15 a.m. Wellness Workshop

10:30 a.m. Grassroots Songwriters Circle

1:30 p.m. Bobby Lee Rogers

4 p.m. Michael Steel Drum

5:45 p.m. Rubblebucket

8:45 p.m. Jacob Jeffries Band

Green Pavilion

9 a.m. Kids’ Stories

10 a.m. Kids’ Hooping

11 a.m. Latin Percussion With Nery Arevalo

12 p.m. The Sunsetters

2:30 p.m. Crazy Fingers

4:30 p.m. Driftwood

7:15 p.m. Jah High Towa

Virginia Key Grassroots Festival. Thursday, February 9, to Sunday, February 12. Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, 4020 Virginia Beach Dr., Key Biscayne. Gates open at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Four-day festival passes cost $50 for youth and $90 to $100 for adults via grassrootsstore.org. Call 786-332-4630 or visit virginiakeygrassroots.com.

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