For Immediate Release June 12, 2017

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BOHEMIAN NIGHTS ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR BOHEMIAN NIGHTS AT NEWWESTFEST 2017

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FORT COLLINS, Colorado, June 12, 2017 – Bohemian Nights today announced national headliner ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CAKE and a lineup of more than 80 Colorado bands slated to perform during this year’s Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, Aug. 11, 12 and 13. Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest is a free, three-day music festival held each August in historic downtown Fort Collins and is co-produced by Bohemian Nights and the Downtown Fort Collins Business Association.

“We’re excited to announce a wide-ranging lineup that will expose community members to new, emerging and established Colorado artists,” said Bohemian Foundation Music Programs Director Tom Scharf. “With this exciting lineup, we are representing a wide variety of genres, bands from different parts of our great state, and top-notch talent from top to bottom throughout the festival. We hope folks come out early and stay throughout the weekend.”

National headliner on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 8:30 p.m. is rock band CAKE, whose most recent , “Showroom of Compassion,” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and was touted as “deadpan brilliance” by the New Yorker. National headliner on Sunday, Aug. 13 will be announced this Friday, and the third headliner will be announced in mid-July. Headliner performances all take place on the Mountain Avenue Stage.

The full lineup will feature a diverse offering of Colorado bands performing across six outdoor music stages. Artists in this year’s lineup include Slow Caves, a synth-punk Fort Collins favorite touted as one of the next national bands to emerge from Colorado; Grammy-nominated acoustic bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters; Skydyed, a Fort Collins-based, live EDM band on the rise; and Los Dreamers, a collaborative project featuring members of legendary Colorado groups including DeVotchKa, the Fray, Flobots, Ozomatli and more.

Music performances will run from 5–10 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m.–7 p.m. on Sunday. Visit BohemianNights.org or download the Bohemian Nights app from the App Store ​ ​ or Google Play for the music schedule and for more information about all Bohemian Nights music events.

Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest is part of Bohemian Nights’ many music offerings, which also ​

include Bohemian Nights Presents Thursday Night Live, a free weekly summer concert series, and ​ ​ Bohemian Nights Presents Concerts at the Armory, a year-round ticketed concert series. ​

The complete lineup featured at this year’s Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest follows. For the full schedule of performances, visit BohemianNights.org or download the Bohemian Nights app. ​ ​

1. Alright Alright 2. Analog Son 3. Anthony Ruptak 4. Augustus 5. Bethel Steele 6. Bison Bone 7. Black Mesa 8. Bonnie and the Clydes 9. Brent Cowles 10. Bud Bronson & The Good Timers 11. CAKE 12. Clouds & Mountains 13. Coop and the Chicken Pluckers 14. Cousin Curtiss 15. Cracker 16. Doctor Noize 17. Downey Sisters 18. Dragondeer 19. DubSkin 20. Edison 21. Elise Wunder 22. Emma Marie 23. Evanoff 24. Flobots 25. Florea 26. Franny & the Jets 27. FY5 28. Gabrielle Louise 29. Gasoline Lollipops 30. Ginny Mules 31. Gipsy Moon 32. Grace Kuch & Eli Slocumb 33. Great American Taxi 34. Grim & Darling 35. Hazel Miller Band 36. Igaus Davis 37. In The Whale 38. Irregular Wildlife 39. Julia Kirkwood 40. Jyemo Club

41. Kind Dub 42. King Cardinal 43. Last Call Romance 44. Little Kids Rock - Polaris Showcase 45. Little Kids Rock - The Tavelli Tiger Stripes 46. Los Dreamers 47. Mama Lenny & the Remedy 48. Mama Magnolia 49. Mr Kneel: Hip-Hop for Families! ​ 50. My Dog Ate Chad 51. Nadalands 52. Pandas & People 53. Paper Bird 54. Saja Butler 55. Skydyed 56. Slim Cessna's Auto Club 57. Slow Caves 58. SolPride with Carlton Pride 59. Strange Americans 60. Sur Ellz 61. Tea on Mars 62. The Coteries 63. The Drunken Hearts 64. The Haunted Windchimes 65. The Holler! 66. The Iguanas 67. The Infamous Stringdusters 68. The Railsplitters 69. The Subdudes 70. The Two Tracks 71. The Violet Tides 72. The Workshy 73. TIERRO with Bridget Law 74. Todd Snider 75. Trace Bundy 76. Whippoorwill 77. WhiteWater Ramble 78. Wolf van Elfmand 79. Write Minded 80. YaSi 81. Zach Heckendorf

The lineup featured at this year’s Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest in block text form is as follows. This list duplicates the one above, in a different format:

Alright Alright; Analog Son; Anthony Ruptak; Augustus; Bethel Steele; Bison Bone; Black Mesa; ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bonnie and the Clydes; Brent Cowles; Bud Bronson & The Good Timers; CAKE; Clouds & ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Mountains; Coop and the Chicken Pluckers; Cousin Curtiss; Cracker; Doctor Noize; Downey ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sisters; Dragondeer; DubSkin; Edison; Elise Wunder; Emma Marie; Evanoff; Flobots; Florea; ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Franny & the Jets; FY5; Gabrielle Louise; Gasoline Lollipops; Ginny Mules; Gipsy Moon; Grace ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Kuch & Eli Slocumb; Great American Taxi; Grim & Darling; Hazel Miller Band; Igaus Davis; In The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Whale; Irregular Wildlife; Julia Kirkwood; Jyemo Club; Kind Dub; King Cardinal; Last Call ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Romance; Little Kids Rock - Polaris Showcase; Little Kids Rock - The Tavelli Tiger Stripes; Los ​ ​ Dreamers; Mama Lenny & the Remedy; Mama Magnolia; Mr Kneel: Hip-Hop for Families!; My ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Dog Ate Chad; Nadalands; Pandas & People; Paper Bird; Saja Butler; Skydyed; Slim Cessna's ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Auto Club; Slow Caves; SolPride with Carlton Pride; Strange Americans; Sur Ellz; Tea on Mars; ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The Coteries; The Drunken Hearts; The Haunted Windchimes; The Holler!; The Iguanas; The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Infamous Stringdusters; The Railsplitters; The Subdudes; The Two Tracks; The Violet Tides; The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Workshy; TIERRO with Bridget Law; Todd Snider; Trace Bundy; Whippoorwill; WhiteWater ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ramble; Wolf van Elfmand; Write Minded; YaSi; Zach Heckendorf ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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