A 3 day music and arts festival at the beautiful 70 acre Page Farm venue in Croydon, NH July 17-19th, 2015. The grounds are a hidden gem in the pristine woods of NH. Campsites are included with lots of community and campsite fire pits to gather around. Wander through the wonderland of psychedelic ground art, earthy and funky vendors, groove to multiple stages of continual regional and national music acts and be blown away by the stellar visionary artists in the Visual Arts Village. Saturday will start kicking it up a notch with a free and open Body Painting Art Experience like you'll see nowhere else with a catwalk of beautiful festie creations. The Mystic Arts UV forest will be rising to a new level of weird for you to chill in with the Tea-man's spacecraft lounge, hookah lounge, late night drums and belly dancers. Travel through the rabbit hole with us on as our theme will be Alice in Wonderland. Our creative team of misfits and madmen have countless surprises in the works to truly give you a Spectral Experience.

$60 Early bird tickets on sales now: http://www.eventbee.com/event?eid=106825133

Musical artist submissions, please email: info@spectralfest.com

Visual Artists inquiries email: art@spectralfest.com

Vendor inquiries: vending@spectralfest.com

Volunteer inquiries: staff@spectralfest.com

Based on the concept of free-flowing improv and communication through instruments all while maintaining a deep pocket groove, Background Orcs formed in late 2011. From the minute the four musicians got together to jam in a college classroom in 2009, none of them could deny that their was a special chemistry between them. All with professional and experienced backgrounds in music, the group combines elements of Fusion, Funk, Free-jazz, Progressive Rock, Electronic, Afro-Cuban, Gnawa, and West African music to create an atmosphere of psychedelic-trance for listeners. 
In April 2012, Background Orcs made their performance debut after being called last minute for a gig at Tammany Hall in Worcester, MA opening up for the former national touring jam band Psychedelphia. The band went on a short hiatus after while the guitarist and keyboardist (Riley Stockwell and Scott Lyman) traveled to Ghana for 3 weeks to study traditional African drumming under Dr. Royal Hartigan. Now armed with an array of grooves and fresh material, Background Orcs is ready to serve any musical situation. With big plans for the Summer 2012, the group has already lined up several club and festival dates around the northeast and will be recording a debut EP, all while maintaining the goal of elevating listeners and expanding the realm of possibility in the live music setting.

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