Resonate Suwannee “23: Previews and Postulations

Welcome back professional festivarians to the Florida Spring Tour and another plateful of musical magic brought to you by your friends at Resonate Suwannee. This camping/music festival has a slick lineup with the backdrop of the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. If you’ve never heard of it, you’ve likely been privy to some of the lore. It’s all true. The hits just keep coming to the banks of the Suwannee River and this is what we’ve come to expect. Follow the smell of gyros and the sound of thumping bass to that special place in the woods. This is Resonate Suwannee “23: Previews and Postulations.

RESONATE SUWANNEE REVEALS 2023 LINEUP WITH STS9,
LETTUCE, LAWRENCE, LOTUS, CIMAFUNK, THE FLOOZIES AND MUCH MORE
March 31-April 1, 2023 at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park

Resonate Suwannee Music Festival returns to Spirit of Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, FL, from March 30th-April 1st, 2023, and has released its artist lineup and on-sale date. Resonate Suwannee is a 3-day music and arts festival located at one of the most beloved campground destinations in the country.

The festival’s third edition boasts its most extensive lineup yet, curated in congruence with instrumental jamtronica outfit STS9, a park favorite and nationwide powerhouse, featuring an eclectic mix of electronic, funk, and jam artists. Headliners include progressive future funk collective Lettuce, instrumental electronic jam band Lotus, rising soul-pop group Lawrence, electronic sibling duo The Floozies, producer and DJ Emancipator, and Afro-Cuban rockstar Cimafunk. Complimenting these national fan favorites are other regional and local talent, including Ott, Opiuo, Big Something, Desert Dwellers, Dirtwire, Frameworks, Future Joy, Guavatron, Hive Mind, Late Night Radio, Lespecial, and more.

Essential Productions, a Midwest-based music event production team, and producers of Resonate Suwannee will be teaming up with friend and park ambassador Paul Levine of Purple Hat Productions. This newly formed partnership, exceptional lineup, and the beauty of Suwannee will inspire one of the best festival experiences available in the spring of 2023.

Attendees will enjoy three days of music (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) on two stages: Amphitheater and the Porch. Primitive Camping is included with ticket purchases; upgraded sites and cabins will be available for additional fees.

Click here for GA and VIP weekend passes.

Resonate Suwannee Artist Lineup:

STS9, Lettuce, Lotus, Lawrence, The Floozies, Emancipator, Cimafunk, Ott, Opiuo, Big Something, Desert Dwellers, Dirtwire, Frameworks, Future Joy, Guavatron, Hive Mind, Late Night Radio, Lespecial, Mark Farina, Michal Menert, Side Trakd, Sneezy, Tamayo, Vlad the Inhaler and Megan Hamilton.

Visit the Resonate Suwannee website and like their social media sites on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Essential Productions is a music event production company based in the Cincinnati, OH, and Northern Kentucky area. Partners Casey Schneider, Kevin Harris, and Zack Szabo began booking shows independently and combined forces in 2013. In their first year, EP curated Paradise and Resonance music and arts festivals in Kentucky and Ohio, which evolved throughout the years into larger footprint events. Most recently, EP has shifted its focus to Resonate Music and Arts Festival located at SOSMP. EP still hosts a variety of national, regional, and local talent at local venues throughout the festival offseason and has continued to provide impactful, music-inspired experiences across the country since its inception.

Paul Levine, the mastermind behind Purple Hat Productions, has founded several beloved events held at the SOSMP, including Bear Creek Music Festival, Purple Hatters Ball, and Hulaween, among several others. Other national events include Fool’s Paradise in St. Augustine and Daze Between in New Orleans.

Set amid 800 acres of Spanish moss-draped oak and cypress along the black Suwannee River and complete with the largest bat house in the southeast U.S., Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is one of the most beautiful live music venues in the country. The park also offers guest comforts, including a general store, a full-service restaurant, free showers, indoor bathrooms, and water stations.

Visit The Spirit of Suwannee: A Pictortial History and get an idea as to how far the park has come in recent years.

Be on the lookout for the Kamp Happiness takeover at the Hobo Kamp Fallout Shelter for games and prizes for all. Come for elevated conversation and stay for body paint,  face glitterdun, live music and the Circle K? Mercantile and Hagglin’ Post. It’s all there. Easy-peasy here comes Mr. Queasy.

Stay focused on the prize and join the wookish extensions of Kamp Happiness as we head into the eye wall of the Florida spring festival season. You don’t have to be very tall to ride this ride.    Namaste y’all.