ENTERTAINMENT BUZZ
Your Spring 2018 Music Festival Forecast
By Joe Mack
STS9, Backwoods Music Festival
MOODYS, Okla. – Who
isn’t tired of winter? Who
isn’t already packed and
ready to fest all these
wonderful music-centric
festivals? Who are you
people anymore? Check
out these festivals and
discover yourselves again.
Outtakes Music Festival,
Mar. 30-31, Stillwater, OK;
reddirtfilm.com
Coinciding with the
annual Red Dirt Film
Festival, Outtakes offers
film industry folks and
the community at
large to enjoy free live
music showcases with
performances by Helen
Kelter Skelter, Carter
Sampson, The Trapps, King
Okie, Ben McKenzie and
many more. Free, age
restrictions apply.
of Arkansas’ best host
sites, Mulberry Mountain,
Backwoods brings
truckloads of club bangin’
EDM heavyweights
including STS9, Griz, Snails,
The Floozies, and dozens
more. Tickets $184-$364.
The Accidentals,
Power Of Music Festival
Backwoods Music Festival,
Apr. 20-22, Ozark, AR;
backwoodsmusicfestival.
com
Newly relocated to one
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www.thecurrentbuzz.net
Power of Music Festival,
Apr. 26-29, Bentonville, AR;
illflyawayfoundation.org/
pomfest
The second annual
Power of Music Festival
returns to downtown
Bentonville featuring
several of the best
songwriters from around
the world. Tony Arrata,
Randy Cook, Steve Poltz,
The Accidentals, Keith
Sykes and dozens more
will perform and workshop
in both ticketed and
free events across the
community.
Norman Music Festival,
Apr. 26-28, Norman, OK;
normanmusicfestival.com
NMF has gotten better
and better every year,
while ticket prices remain
the same – FREE! Tune-
Yards, Parquet Courts,
Japanese Breakfast, Snail
Mail, Anna Burch, Hosty,
Montu and over 60 other
bands bring the noise to a
dozen stages in downtown
Norman.
Calf Fry, May 3-5, Stillwater,
OK; calffryok.com
If Stillwater ever had
another institution other
than Oklahoma State
University, it’d be Calf Fry.
Turnpike Troubadours,