Oktoberfest – featuring Southern Culture on the Skids, Strawberry Sleepover, The Dive Bombs and Rodney Henry

Name: Oktoberfest – featuring Southern Culture on the Skids, Strawberry Sleepover, The Dive Bombs and Rodney Henry
Start: 2024-10-12T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-10-12T21:00:00+00:00
Location: CAA Park

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Oktoberfest – featuring Southern Culture on the Skids, Strawberry Sleepover, The Dive Bombs and Rodney Henry

October 12 @ 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sun Scape Live presents Oktoberfest on Saturday October 12th from 3:00pm-9:00 at The Vortex at CAA Park. Featuring Southern Culture on the Skids, Strawberry Sleepover, Rodney Henry and The Dive Bombs. German food and beverages including adult beverages will be provided so grab a lawn chair and blanket and come celebrate Oktoberfest at The Vortex! Authentic German food and beer provided by Guilford Hall Brewery. This will be our final event of the year!

Advanced tickets are $20 (no ticket fees) and will go on sale April 26th. Tickets are $25 the day of the event. Children 12 and under are Free!

Rain or Shine. No Outside Coolers. No pets allowed.

THE LINEUP:

The Dive Bombs: 4:00-5:00

Strawberry Sleepover: 5:30-6:30

Rodney Henry: 6:30-7:00

Southern culture on the Skids: 7:30-9:00

**THERE ARE PLENTY OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT GATE FOR PURCHASE FOR THIS EVENT**

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SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS:

https://www.scots.com/

Bio

Southern Culture On The Skids has been consistently recording and touring around the world since 1983. The band (Rick Miller – guitar and vocals, Mary Huff – bass and vocals, Dave Hartman – drums) has been playing together for over 30 years. Their musical journey has taken them from all-night North Carolina house parties to late night TV talk shows (Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show), from performing at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan to rockin’ out for the inmates at North Carolina correctional facilities. They’ve shared a stage with many musical luminaries including Link Wray, Loretta Lynn, Hasil Adkins and Patti Smith. Their music has been featured in movies and TV, parodied by Weird Al, and used to sell everything from diamonds to pork sausage. In 2014 the band was honored by the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with an exhibition featuring their music and cultural contributions. Their legendary live shows are a testament to the therapeutic powers of foot-stomping, butt-shaking rock and roll and what Rolling Stone dubbed “a hell raising rock and roll party.”

At Home with Southern Culture on the Skids is the latest full length album from the band and was released in March of 2021. It was recorded during the stay at home period of the pandemic when the band was at home and not touring. The album consists of 11 tracks recorded and mixed in Rick Miller’s living room with some additional tracks recorded at his studio, The Kudzu Ranch.

The first radio single off the album is “Run Baby Run”—a rocking number with deep garage roots. SCOTS bassist Mary Huff provides an urgent vocal while the band pulls back the throttle on a full race fuzz fest—cause she’s gotta to go fast! Run Baby Run!

The other songs on the album are a combination of the band’s unique mix of musical genres: rock and roll, surf, folk and country—all a bit off-center, what Rick proudly calls “our wobbly Americana”. Rick goes on, “We put a few more acoustic guitars on this one, as you would expect if you recorded in your living room, but it still rocks like SCOTS. So put your headphones on, get in your favorite chair/sofa/recliner, put on “At Home With” and let’s hang out for a while.”

Guitar riffs as lumpy as a camel, rough as a jackhammer or smooth and bright as Tennessee sippin’ whiskey, all slung loose and loud over salacious beats – No Depression

For over thirty years, Southern Culture On The Skids have played an eclectic range of Americana including rockabilly, surf rock, country and R&B, with a punk edge and heaps of humor. They are known for their legendary live shows and wacky antics…But it’s more than just great fun; they are fantastic musicians to boot. – Elmore Magazine

This Chapel Hill-based trio is flat-out amazing. Without resorting to needless flash or attention-hungry showboating, Miller in particular is one of the most spectacularly gifted guitar players I’ve ever seen. He juggles a lot of styles – country, garage rock, surf, rockabilly and soul to name just a few. – Stomp & Stammer