This year’s MARS Fest (Music-Art-ReCreation-Sustainability) promises to be a dandy. Music starts Friday evening and goes from early afternoon on Saturday till whenever. Many artists, food, nature, swimming, hiking, mountain biking, great weather. Please join us. For info check out www.marsfest.wordpress.com for pertinent info, guidelines, line-up. Free camping & only $25. Help us grow this homegrown, homemade festival. It ain’t Bonnaroo & never will be. Check out Wednesday’s Mountain Eagle & e-mail me at jwebb@appalshop.org for info or call 606-634-3306

Well, after much consternation & frustration I can update this thing. Please come to MARS Fest - this is the 2nd one & the music line-up is nothing short of spectacular. If you enjoy the Soiree you’ll love MARS Fest. Special guest will be Kentucky’s Poet Laureate & all around great guy Gurney Norman. A slew of artists will be there and various good groups who are all trying to make the planet a little better. There will be good food concessions, great T-shirts, a silent auction, readings, hikes, swimming, and camping is free. We’ll have Gatewood & his running mate in attendance, the splendor of Kentucky’s second highest mountain & good people. Kids are welcome but please refrain from bringing dogs. The Resort has a stable of 5 dogs including 3 german shepherds and they can be a bit territorial. BYOB, BYOF & F (flashlights and friends). We hope to grow this into one of the finest SMALL festivals in the world. M (Music)- A (Art) - R (Re-Creation) - S (Sustainability) MARS Fest - please join us & help make our corner of the world just a little bit better Ever Upward & Onward to MARS Jim Webb aka Wiley Quixote

I’ve been lost in cyberspace. The Soiree is, of course, on the Saturday closest to the FOOL Moon. Thus this year’s is this weekend Aug 8th. Don’t forget the 2nd Annual MARS Fest (Music-Art-Re-Creation- Sustainabilty) coming up Aug 21 & 22nd at the Resort. It’ll be a dandy - great music, art, poetry, life changing opportunities, nature, hiking & Minnie More. Don’t miss it

Yea verily it is short notice. But better than not being noticed at all. The Resort, due to a conflagration of the stars, will have its first music event of the 2008 season. Batter Recharger from Brooklyn NY and The Mack from Louisville will perform at the Sand Bar & Gorilla on the shore of the Walled In Pond on Saturday April 12th. BYOB, BYOF, BYOF. Camping encouraged. $10 (or more) donation. 633-7006 or 634-3306 for enlightening info.

As always, the Soiree is on the Saturday closest to the Fool Moon in August. This year, Belo and Hold Saturday August 16th is a Fool Moon. Ain’t life grand. This year’s theme: “Signs That Light Up.” Neon, Flo-Rescent, Tavern Rejects, Home-Made, whatever but never stolen. We will light up the universe.

Sinseriously,
Wiley Quixote