NedFest 2009 is an 11th annual three-day outdoor music and microbrew festival with camping located in the mountains of Nederland Colorado, just 17 miles west of (3,000 ft. above) Boulder. It happens at the end of August and the music featured is in the Bluegrass, Jazz, Jamband and World Beat genres, or moreso, a sound that blends these styles and others together. Up to six bands perform each day on one stage, with acoustic 'tweener sets between each band.
2) Three Full Days & Extended Hours - NedFest will again be a three-day festival!! That's right... we will run from 2:00 PM until 10:30 PM on Friday; from 10:00 AM until 10:30 PM on Saturday; and from 10:00 AM until 8:30 PM on Sunday. Additionally, there will be special late-night shows happening each night at the Black Forest Restaurant in Town. This totals roughly 40 hours of live music and fun! For the price... what a deal!!
3) Camping - For a low price NedFest offers Family Camping in Chipeta Park, quite close to the festival grounds, for anyone willing to rough it over the weekend. Additionally, there are many places to camp in the nearby wilderness area that are unaffiliated with the Festival if you are willing to rough-it... many of which are 100% FREE. Click HERE for more info about camping.
4) MicroBrew Festival - We will again be hosting a number of microbreweries at the Festival including Stone Brewing Company, Oskar Blues, all bringing amazing selections of beers... plus our good friends at Redstone Meadery bringing their award winning honeywine.
5) Inexpensive Advance Ticket Prices - 3-Day Weekend Passes are just $ 114.99 at the Advance rate. We recently set up our very own online Ticketing Service so as to maintain the lowest possible Service Charges for you Festival-goers, so please click for Ticketing Info.
6) Kids 12 & under enter the Festival for FREE with a paying adult. Additionally, there is a children's play area with a Moonbounce and other activities, some of which are free and some for only a very small charge. NedFest is an extremely family-friendly event!
7) Free Parking - Yes, it's true that parking is FREE in designated areas, but just keep in mind that parking in small-town Ned is limited, so please carpool if you can. You can also ride the bus up from Boulder. The RTD's first stop in Nederland is a very short walk (about one block) to the NedFest Box Office.
8) Free Water - Paying for water at Festivals and concerts sucks! We'll hydrate and re-hydrate you for free, compliments of our friends at Indian Peaks Springwater.
9) Great Food and lots of local Arts & Crafts - There is still Vending space available, so if you are interested in VENDING, please click HERE.
10) The Sound - Our production company again this year is Sweetwave Audio. They will be bringing their Meyer line array speakers and Soundcraft mixing boards. You may recall hearing the amazing Meyer sound if you saw any of the last several hundred Grateful Dead shows. Meyer speakers are simply the best concert speakers ever made, and we are excited that Sweetwave will be with us again to maintain our extreme level of sound quality. The line array technology helps put the sound exactly where we want it: Not too loud in front and not too quiet in back... a fantastic listening experience for all.
11) A really cool, Professional Stage - The stage we have used the past few years has been great! No more "wedding tent" like in our early years (ha ha), so it will look great from wherever you are in the Festival grounds. This stage also helps improve our sound. And if that weren't enough, the new stage comes with a better lighting rig so it will be an impressive light show once dusk sets in this year. Pretty exciting stuff!
12) Nederland, Colorado is beautiful - Located just 17 miles west (3,000 ft. above) of Boulder, the Festival's waterfront location has amazing views of the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. The town has a long musical history dating back to the late 60's and early 70's... back in the day when Stephen Stills (allegedly) used to get
thrown thru the front window of the Pioneer Inn. Members of String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon, The Motet and many other fantastic bands currently call Nederland their home. It's a great little community!
13) You'll be supporting good causes - Multiple non-profit corporations such as KGNU and Boulder County ACLU will be on hand to help keep you informed about things relevant to our local and World community.
14) NedFest is an independent, grassroots, non-corporate, homegrown event organized and staffed by kind, cool, down-to-earth mountain folk who know how to have a good time.
15) Its one heck of a party!!!
"One of Colorado's premier summer festivals."
- The Boulder Weekly -
