New York, NY -- moe. will host Snoe.down March 17-19, 2006. This event,
which kicks off the week long Adirondack Almost Springfest celebration,
will take place at the famed Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY, home of
the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, and at nearby Whiteface.
Friday and Saturday nights will feature moe. at the Olympic Center's
1980 Rink Herb Brooks Arena. Several other bands are scheduled to
perform with moe., and at various other venues throughout the weekend.
These additional bands and venues will be announced over the coming months.
Great Northeast Productions, the organizers behind all of Phish's
legendary festivals, have joined with moe. to make Snoe.down a unique
Winter event not to be missed.
Fans will be able take advantage of a myriad of Lake Placid winter
activities. Day skiing and snowboarding at nearby Whiteface will be
available from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Olympic Center arena will open at
5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. During the concerts fans will even have
the option of ice skating while listening to the show!
Other Snoe.down activities include: Public bobsled and luge rocket rides
(weather permitting), outdoor public speed skating (weather permitting),
gondola rides to the top of Whiteface, visiting the Olympic ski jump
towers and touring the 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympic Museum.
Tickets for Snoe.down will go on sale October 3. All ticket information,
including event prices, packages with deeply reduced lift tickets,
and additional details will be announced in the coming weeks at
www.moe.org. Lodging information may be found at
www.lakeplacid.com or by calling the Lake Placid Essex County Visitor's Bureau at 800-447-5224.
Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1991, moe.'s tours have taken them from
Woodstock '99, to New York's Central Park and to Japan. As one of the
finest groups in the jamband movement, moe. is also critically acclaimed
for its songwriting and studio work; the group's 2001 studio album,
Dither, was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone. moe. has released 10
recordings in the last 14 years: Their latest album, Wormwood, finds
moe. at the top of their game - receiving four stars by Blender
Magazine. moe.'s Tsunami Benefit concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New
York City on February 10, 2005, raised $150,000 for Tsunami survivors.
The bands annual Labor Day Weekend event, moe.down, draws fans from all
over the world. Past performers include The Flaming Lips, Ani DiFranco,
They Might Be Giants. This year, The Sixth Annual moe.down line up
included The Violent Femmes, North Mississippi Allstars, Keller Williams
and many more. moe. also raised over $15,000 for various charities
including the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina survivors. The band is currently in the studio right recording a new album due early 2006.
moe. will co-headline a West Coast tour with Gov't Mule in October.
Here are the dates:
10/12 - 10/13 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
10/14 - 10/15 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/16 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
10/17 - McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
10/19 - Caesars Showroom, Stateline, NV
10/20 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
10/21 - 10/22 - Warfield, San Francisco, CA
10/23 - Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
10/25 - The Grove, Anaheim, CA
10/26 - 10/27 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
moe. will also perform the following dates (withouth Gov't Mule):
10/29 - VEGOOSE, Las Vegas, NV
10/30 - VEGOOSE, Las Vegas, NV
11/25 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
11/26 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
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