The Hornucopia Festival! 10nights.16 shows.30+ horny & brassy bands September 4, 2008

The stellar lineup has just been announced and discounted tickets packages are on sale for The Hornucopia Festival, a ten-day homegrown bay area sonic bonanza celebrating the power and presence of horns and brass in a cornucopia of musical styles.

Taking place September 4th – 14th at multiple Bay Area venues, The Hornucopia Festival will feature over 30+ mostly local, totally eclectic bands with strong horn and brass elements in mind blowing soul-shaking concerts playing everything from Gypsy Brass to Afrobeat, Marching Bands to Cartoon Bands, rounding up Jazz Cats, Soul Stirrers and Salseros alike, with Punk rock Polka, New Orleans Brass, Apocalyptic Hoboluvin Lo-Fi and more thrown in for good measure. Plus a DIY parade! Without a doubt, this is the horniest festival anywhere.

Check out hornucopiafestival.org for tickets, schedules, and full lineup now!

If you want the info right now, here is the rocking full festival lineup; September 4 – 14!
The Realistic Orchestra • Frank London's SF Klezmer Brass Allstars • The Yard Dogs Road Show • Shotgun Wedding Quintet • Aphrodesia • Extra Action Marching Band • Brass Menazeri • Rube Waddell • Iron + the Albatross • Todd Sickafoose • Marcus Shelby • Orgone • Mitch Marcus Quintet • Lord Loves A Working Man • Polkacide • The Bayonics • Manicato • Sara Wilson's Brass Tonic • The Monophonics • Kapakahi • Edmund Welles • Kugelplex • Dan Cantrell's Megaband • The Japonize Elephants • The Brass Mafia • Gaucho • Tin Cup Serenade • Blue Bone Express • Franco Nero • The Amulettes • Du Uy Quintet • Gommorran Social Aid + Pleasure Club • Zoyres • Brass Liberation Orchestra • The Cottontails • The Nice Guy Trio • Spaceheater • Hot Pocket • The Wylde Bunch

Official Website: http://www.hornucopiafestival.org