Welcome back festivarians to Three Sisters Park on the banks of the Illinois River and the inaugural Solshine Reverie on May 24-26, 2024. Headliners Goose, John Summit, String Cheese Incident, Disco Biscuits, STS9, Umphry’s McGee, Big Gigantic and Slander led four days of non-stop, high octane, at times unpredictable fun. Illumination Woods, Moonshine Stage, Campfire stage and the Red Barn showcased a tsunami of non-stop, live music that spilled over into countless genres. From Wednesday forward, this party always has always had the same problem…When to sleep?

Baitbucket had to repair the Oldsmobuick at literally every stop on the tour. It was still limping along and the brakes were turning to dust when they passed the sign, Peoria 24 miles. The red blinking lights of the windmills appeared to be bouncing in the morning darkness. They pulled into Three Sisters Park just the time the sun appeared to rise out of the Illinois River. Canadian geese flew over the cornfields, plants only ankle high. A thick dust covered everything until the rains would later come and clean and soften everything back down to an earlier, primordial self.

They arrived from all over the U.S. to help build the Twerk Church. The most elaborate Three Sisters Hobo Kamp to date and a high water mark to be sure. Electricity to the masses with indoor plumbing right around the corner. Oh, it’s a new day here in Chillicothe. Always near the same spot on the forest trail, not far from the main intersection. Daryn and Turtle, the original site ops team, just returned from the Sea of Cortez, where they had been helping to save the embattled vaquita. Zane, the world’s greatest dishwasher stopped by for a few songs before continuing down the dusty trail. Scores of festivarians from all manner of party swung in the Florida room for tea and scones. This forest allows its residents to get filthy whilst pursuing excellence with an elegance and class reserved for only the most bourgeoisie mud holes.

Pedro volunteered to operate the VIP DUI Support Shuttle again this year with trips to all over the state. The goal remains to include all willing participants, using any means at our disposal. No one should be left out when the portal is fully engaged. Sunsquabi, Doom Flamingo, Keller and Future Joy? Splooshness. And yoga, arts and crafts aplenty with a little time set aside to visit the animals at Mi Kulture. They get full credit for bringing the first boatloads of Kamp Happiness refugees to Chillicothe. Haggard and worn, they came with some of the earliest crumpled velvet from the Orient.

Happy Scampshine: What’s in a name? Summer Camp changed its name to Solshine Reverie and the audience trembled at what extreme changes would befall the physical world. In truth it was not much. By losing a couple of stages they were able to beef up the others. Each night the music on three stages ran until four in the morning. In a world of midnight quiet hours, more of this is needed in the festival world. Greetings of “Happy Scamp” could be heard all weekend. Same as it ever was. Give it a name. This is the original summer camp festival experience and the family will continue to show up as long as they have a spot in the woods. Team building, problem solving and a Slumberjack party under the stars. Happy Solshine.

It was Jello Shot’s birthday when she stepped on the ketchup packet at Church Catering, sending the warm goo shooting up her leg. This was a sign. Things were going to get weird. It was also Pedro’s birthday although the orphanage had lost the birth certificate in the fire and no one could be sure. The Artist formerly known as Spyderman made one of his early morning appearances. What’s this? Taking the weekend off? Mental health days are not the same as nappin’ on the job.

There is no going back.

Grown up choices? When did the Fallout Shelter cease making adult cocktails? Where were the Manhattans and Old Fashioned? In this version high and low, nary a mixer could be found. The bottles were passed around as if by hobos in an Arlo Guthrie song. Who amongst them would be train-hopping their way out of Illinois? Straight brown liquor? Oh, there’s a devil in that bottle. Gasoline for the party with no brakes. When did Baitbucket began falling down? He couldn’t remember but there were signs all over his body. Inflamed knee, shoulder and elbow pain. All from Tuesday night? In Ethiopia, it’s both a marathon and a sprint. The medical condition is referred to as “wet brain”.

“Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
feel the wheels rumblin’ neath the floor”      -City of New Orleans

Lucy and Sketch found some ferns outside of the bunkhouse and recommissioned them to the Illumination Bar where, along with the Christmas Lights, helped set the proper mood. Whomsoever would be looking for them would obviously find them there and at least they weren’t drying in the sun. Kamp Happiness ran power from one of the outlets sticking up in the forest but the cord vanished before they could plug it in. Luckily, Bfly had the Hurtlocker’s construction-grade extension cord left behind at Hulaween. They were all about festival power when they were able to connect to it and yes, Lucy knew she still owed her a new inflatable rainbow.

Betty White showed up wearing the jacket she made from her grandmother’s couch. She’d built a hacienda in staff parking in which it appeared she would remain all weekend. One would just see her in passing, flying by on her way to Slander. “Did he play Tweaker? He’s playing it now?” BFly and Sketch joined the parade of patrons who would return to their vans and Subaru’s anytime it rained, which occurred at regular intervals all weekend.

Pedro had stolen Lucienda’s “Something in the Water’ high-vis and Bagdalini ended up with the purple Coldplay from Hangout. Everyone was looking very official, as per OSHA guidelines and an unofficial inspection revealed extra fire extinguishers and bio-hazard bags.

Soapy was out somewhere in RV parking when she decided to test herself “I can make it home” she lied. She was having ample problem walking and navigating when the rains came. Things were getting sporting and she would need a place to “hole up” while she figured out her next move. If anything happened to her, who would look after the button babies?

After a slow start, the staff got back to business with the Circle K? Hagglin’ Post. It wasn’t any time before the spicy trade and circulating inventory got business booming. Bear’s teeth and video games were among the heady trades of the day. Every once in a while when supplies got low, all trades went for cigarettes strictly. As soon as the cache was refilled, regular trading could continue. These are the some of the variables that cause fluctuation in the modern hippy trading market.

White is black. Black is white.

The Escalation. News Flash! Lucienda had been thrown out for crimes against humanity. Heavy drinking? Harassment? Insider trading? Could it be true? Those were some of her favorite pastimes, but who was doing the accusing? Were there any witnesses? There were so many questions to ask to but this wasn’t the time. Surrounded by high-management security personnel, she felt very small. In the blink of an eye, she was out, shut down like a bad daycare. She held her arm up as they came at her with the scissors. This wasn’t her first rodeo. She knew what was coming before they even said it. “We’ll escort you to your camp so you can gather your belongings.”

No one wants to be the girl who returns to camp with several golf carts worth of security and administrative personnel. It’s a tough look to be the grand marshal of your own parade. Lots had occurred in a short time and she needed to find a place to rest and recoup while she figured her next move. Man, that escalated quickly.

Usually when kicked to the curb, Lucy knew exactly why it was happening and respected it because after all, it likely saved lives, but this time she was in the dark. Could there have been a blackout? Could that have happened this time? Was there a time in the middle of the party when the darkness could have slipped under the door like a haunted fog? Had the sparrows indeed been flying? Could it have been like one of the mornings when she woke up with blood on her shirt, and not her own?

Could it have been a doppelganger? Another beautiful savage going around causing all manner of mischief, besmirching her good name? Possibly. And was it really all that good? She wanted to face her accusers and get to the bottom of it but she wasn’t completely sure she wanted to reopen the can of worms. Who knows what would be unearthed? By now more stories had surely come to light. More bodies found with their teeth still intact. Maybe best to move forward and work from the comfort of the distant future. The Consigliere would agree that some cases were best left unsolved.

The next morning it was time to muster the troops but no one would wake up. This was a bone fide emergency and they were rolling over in their tents with their bracelets squeezed on too tight. The music had already started on the Campfire Stage. The White Ninja suggested entering through the surrounding miles of soybeans that must have stretched all the way to Kansas. Either way, she was coming back. The job wasn’t done. Spaceman Sketch brought her to the front door and let her out as a reborn vendor. She slipped back under the cover of the forest. Reinvented as Jacinta, the Mexican ninja, she was looking for a good time. Future Joy anyone?

Things were finally getting back to “normal”. Lucinda’s paranoia was waning and lespecial’s set was blasting right down the trail into the Twerk Church. Spaceman Spiff was bartending the STS9 set in the Red Barn and when he wasn’t supplying camp with crotch whiskey he was tagging the sheriff’s golf carts and rescuing hippies from the Kroger parking lot. This was his time. It’s good to work with professionals.

The Potato Sisters trotted off to grab a little Umph love at the Moonshine Stage. Baitbucket ran into Danimal from Frick Frack and tried to convince him to help them steal the briefcase of souls. “I knew we should have brought some old lace.” Forest neighbors all worked together to try and figure a way to grab the Jolly Roger that hung from the lights in the forest. For at least the second year, no one could climb the tree and steal the booty. Bruh, do you even ball?

Visit the Solshine Reverie website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram and X. Science, like math doesn’t care if you believe in it or not. Revisit some classics from the wranglers archives at “21: Restricted Access, “22: The Amalgamation and “23: The Illuminated. Things are always saucy in the forest.

Her last year at Chillicothe? Blaspheme. Sorry Pedro, it won’t be our last trip to the woods. This is still one of the best parties around. The crossroads at Shakedown St. is the heartbeat of the festival and it’s still possible to get lost in the protective embrace of the forest. Chillicothe remains one of the cornerstones of the festival circuit. Good times, great friends, heady trades scattered in with moments of blinding brilliance.

They were the last ones left cleaning up camp Monday morning. One would hope this means the cleanup crew ends up with Slumberjack’s Boom Town speaker but it really just means a freezer bag of cigarette butts and a couple extra clothes pins. Bfly was wearing a stranger’s bra and Pedro had packed up anything she could find, regardless of ownership. Welcome to the stress-free load out. It must be Mexican Monday, no further than a cheap hotel in Peoria.

Keep up with the wranglers as Kamp Happiness as we commit to the quick turn around with Mountain Music Festival before edging west to Manchester and then up to Rothbury. Baby steps. Small dog. Sometimes these missteps are just what is needed in order to take several large steps forward. Plan A is still in effect. Believe what you want. The receptionist accused her of being a vagrant when she entered the hotel, even though she had slept there the night before. “The breakfast isn’t even open. Why else would I sneak into the breakfast nook?” Five days in Chillicothe and everyone thinks you’re homeless.

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The event’s inaugural edition will take place at Summer Camp’s beloved venue of Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois from Friday, May 24 – Sunday, May 26, 2024, with a pre-party on Thursday, May 23. This is one of most action-filled parties of the year. Follow Kamp Happiness to the Twerk Church. Solshine Presents Daily Schedules.

Solshine Reverie will kick off the weekend on Thursday, May 23, with an eclectic array of acts gracing the Moonshine Stage, including renowned jam bands The String Cheese Incident (performing two sets) and moe., along with sets from Manic Focus and Maddy O’Neal. Thursday will continue with a special takeover titled A La Léemba with ‘A Night In Tulum’ on the Illumination Stage.

The Campfire Stage will host a bevy of jam acts on Thursday, including Steady Flow, Snakes & Stars, Sun Stereo, Old Shoe, TAND, Formerly The Fox, Undercover Organism, Jerm Theory, and Blucone.

On Friday, May 24, global party starter John Summit will close out the Moonshine Stage, preceded by performances from The String Cheese Incident (two sets), Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, Mihali, and Big Something.

The Illumination Stage’s Friday billing will feature performances from genre-bending bass acts such as Wreckno, EPROM, Buku, Levity, A Hundred Drums, Austeria, Black Carl!, Blue Future, Josh Teed, and Phyphr.

Friday’s Campfire Stage lineup will be anchored by Barclay Crenshaw, The Werks, Venbee, Zingara, Maddy O’Neal, Moon Hooch, Jason Leech, and Polyrhythmics.

On Saturday, May 24, the Moonshine Stage will feature performances from GRAMMY-nominated melodic bass duo SLANDER, Orebolo, and Keller Williams. Festival co-hosts moe. and Umphrey’s McGee will perform a rare collaborative set, in addition to their individual sets on Saturday.

Over at the Illumination Stage, Saturday will feature sets from DJ Marb Menthols, Late Night Radio, Saxsquatch, VCTRE, MZG, Motifv, Mantra Sounds, 20Twenty, Rendr, and The Original Cyberpunk.

Saturday’s stacked roster welcomes a collection of wide-ranging acts on the Campfire Stage, including the highly-anticipated linkup Kill Safari (Kill The Noise b2b Bro Safari), Manic Focus, Gaspar Benegas & L.A Argentinians, Sunsquabi, DOGMA, Eggy, Allie & The Night Krals, Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes, as well as Brainchild.

On Sunday, May 25, Solshine Reverie’s marathon weekend will be rounded out by Goose, who will be playing two sets on the Moonshine Stage, in addition to performances by deadmau5, Big Gigantic, moe., and Vibeline.

The Illumination Stage’s Sunday lineup will be helmed by several smashing sets from Ravenscoon, Vampa, Moody Good, Esseks, Bad Snacks, Thought Process, Artifakts, DJ Logic, and COFRESI.

Closing out the Campfire Stage on Sunday night, the festival will host Philadelphia-bred jamtronica outfit The Disco Biscuits, LP Giobbi (performing her iconic Dead House set), Night Tales, lespecial, Doom Flamingo, Mickman, Alika, Henhouse Prowlers, and Armchair Boogie.

Solshine Reverie attendees with VIP tickets also gain access to the exclusive VIP Lounge that offers intimate performances from artists like Orebolo, Mihali, Keller Williams, Big Something, Gaspar Benegas & L.A. Argentinians, lespecial, Sunsquabi, Doom Flamingo, The Werks, Eggy, Moon Hooch, DJ Brownie, Jason Leech, Brainchild, Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes, Formerly The Fox, Polyrhythmics, Steady Flow, and TAND, in addition to more special sets that are yet to be announced.

In February, Solshine Reverie embarked on their 20-date ‘On The Road’ tour, stopping in cities in the Midwest and beyond, where emerging local acts had the opportunity to compete in a ‘Battle Of The Bands’ for a spot on the Solshine Reverie lineup. Up-and-coming bands who won their local ‘Battle Of The Bands,’ and will be showcasing their talent at Solshine are Blucone, FEVERDREAM, Haize and Company, Half House, Jerm Theory, Keep The Eleven, Mr. Please, Thunderboogie, Undercover Organism, Worst Impressions, Act Casual, Blake Gardner & The Farmers, Float Like A Buffalo, LOA, Mycota, The Original Cyberpunk, Y-Not, and Zack Fedor & The Long Goodbyes.

As Summer Camp transitions into the Solshine Reverie era, the festival is staying true to its new identity by revamping its layout to evoke an experience akin to entering a reverie – a dreamlike state. The streamlined festival navigation will be reflected in the event’s increased intentionality; while Solshine will preserve the essence of Summer Camp, the refurbished festival will come with meaningful updates.

Solshine Reverie has updated Summer Camp’s previous stage layout to create a more fruitful, efficient experience for guests. Notably, the festival transitions from three main stages to two, bidding farewell to the Sunshine and Starshine Mainstages. By removing the two stages, Solshine Reverie is fostering a greater emphasis on the Moonshine Stage and the Campfire Stage (which is being elevated to the size of the previous Starshine Stage). This consolidation allows for a seamless transition between genres on both stages, and allows for less overall overlap so attendees can see exactly who they want.

In other exciting news, the festival’s official mainstage curfew is now being extended from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. This additional time will allow guests to experience even more music at Solshine’s biggest hub, before heading back to their campgrounds.

The Summer Camp Music Festival Community Contribution Fund will be a vital part of the new festival concept as well. For every full-price admission ticket purchased for Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie, $1.50 is set aside and put into the Community Fund to directly benefit the City of Chillicothe and surrounding cities. A committee consisting of local Chillicothe area residents will recommend how the funds will be distributed.

There are a plethora of ways to get involved with Solshine Reverie. Applications and information on how to get involved as a volunteer are available on the Solshine website here.

The inaugural Solshine will continue the brand’s longstanding Memorial Day Weekend affair at the breathtaking Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The private park provides a natural amphitheater and a stunning landscape that creates the perfect scenic playground for festival goers to explore. Attendees can also camp within the festival grounds, further elevating the festival’s community-oriented make-up.

All Solshine tickets will have camping included. There are a variety of additional add-ons available including VIP upgrades as well as RV and car camping spots. The VIP upgrade includes exclusive amenities, access to the Thursday pre-party, VIP camping and viewing areas, VIP lounge, air-conditioned bathrooms, and more. Solshine attendees now have the chance to purchase two-day GA and VIP passes for Saturday and Sunday, as well as GA and VIP single-day passes for Sunday here.

Watch for the Kamp Happiness Illumination Bar Takeover every single night as the Wook wranglers take over the cantina. Make sure to visit for all your suds and cordials. Open every day from early afternoon until fourish in the morning. How is that possible? you may say. Amazing people doing amazing things. Look for the White Knight, JBfly, Brocoleah and more. Visit Pedro and Lucy at the Twerk Church for more Illumination. Gentlemen start your engines. The summer festival season is about to be in full gear.

Follow the wranglers as we head to SolFest, Mountain Music Festival, Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain, FloydFest, Electric Forest and more. Things are certainly getting sporting.

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Summer Camp’s new festival concept, Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie, drops star-studded Phase One lineup for debut edition. Headliners include Goose, John Summit, The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee, moe., STS9, deadmau5, Big Gigantic, and SLANDER. The party runs Friday, May 24 – Sunday, May 26, 2024 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois with a festival pre-party slated for Thursday, May 23. This party actually begins in the parking lot Wednesday night. Just ask the Lemon Merchant. Tickets on sale now “Past. Present. Future. That is the context under which the Reverie was conceived. Google defines reverie as “a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.” The idea was to make an intentional daydream about how an event like Summer Camp can still bring all the fun and excitement of a festival, but also invite us to use the power of that joy in an intentional way to impact the world. We want to tell the story of how Summer Camp came about, where we are now, and where we believe this dream can take us. The lineup is curated to help tell that story with nods to the godfathers of our scene, the current hottest artists in the genres we represent, and some of the tastiest up-and-comers that will lead us into the future.”  – Ian Goldberg, Founder of Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie & Summer Camp Music Festival The creators behind Summer Camp Music Festival have just unveiled the genre-bending Phase One lineup for their new festival concept: Solshine: A Music and Arts Reverie. The event’s inaugural edition will take place at Summer Camp’s beloved venue of Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois from Friday, May 24 – Sunday, May 26, 2024, with a pre-party on Thursday, May 23. Continuing Summer Camp’s long-standing tradition, Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie will be co-hosted and headlined by legendary jam rock band moe. and iconic genre-melding progressive rock band Umphrey’s McGee. Other Summer Camp-veterans headlining the first-ever Solshine include critically-acclaimed indie-jam five piece Goose, electronic-funk duo Big Gigantic, psychedelic jam rock band STS9, and GRAMMY-nominated melodic bass duo SLANDER. To usher in the new era of Solshine, the festival will welcome first-time headliners such as global party-starter John Summit, legendary jam band The String Cheese Incident, and Canadian electronic music icon deadmau5. Solshine will host a bevy of additional talented acts, including Summer Camp-favorites such as Twiddle-lead singer/guitarist Mihali, genre-blending, rock/bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams, North Carolina alt-rock sextet Big Something, future groove trio lespecial, synthwave six-piece Doom Flamingo, Denver-based electro-soul artist Manic Focus, bass experimentalist Eprom, queer rapper/producer/DJ Wreckno, joyful bass queen Maddy O’Neal, The Disco Biscuits’ bass player Marc Brownstein’s electronic moniker DJ Brownie, zany bass DJ Mickman, renowned rock improvisers The Werks, electronic duo Snakes & Stars (comprised of Michael Travis of The String Cheese Incident and Aaron Johnston of Brazilian Girls/David Byrne’s American Utopia), ascendent CT-based jam quartet Eggy, and Chicago-based bass producer/DJ DOGMA. Acts landing at Three Sisters Park for their first times include acoustic trio/Goose– offshoot Orebolo, Claude VonStroke’s bass alias Barclay Crenshaw, highly-anticipated linkup Kill Safari (Kill The Noise b2b Bro Safari), versatile trap producer Zingara, electronic trio Levity, British producer/DJ and sound design specialist Moody Good, and dubstep queen Austeria. The lineup is rounded out by acts including Allie Kral, Armchair Boogie, Black Carl!, Brainchild, Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes, DJ Marb Menthols, Formerly The Fox, Jason Leech, Late Night Radio, Moon Hooch, MZG, Old Shoe, Phyphr, Polyrhythmics, Rendr, Saxsquatch, Steady Flow, Sun Stereo, TAND, VCTRE, and Vibeline. In addition to its music programming, the Solshine will offer a variety of workshops, food & craft vendors, and activities – the heart and soul of what made Summer Camp a ‘home away from home’ for attendees who returned year after year. Solshine will also retain Summer Camp’s core ethos of building an inclusive community around music. Through its mission of sustainability, the festival will aim to inspire attendees to live a life of intention and purpose in order to create a positive impact on the world. To capture this spirit, the festival will host the coveted experiential art area The Illumination Woods and the permanent garden SOULPATCH as a dedicated area to increase knowledge of permaculture and sustainability. The inaugural Solshine will continue the brand’s longstanding Memorial Day Weekend affair at the breathtaking Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The private park provides a natural amphitheater and a stunning landscape that create the perfect scenic playground for festival goers to explore. Attendees can also camp within the festival grounds, further elevating the festival’s community-oriented make-up. All Solshine tickets will have camping included. There are a variety of additional add-ons available including VIP upgrades as well as RV and car camping spots. The VIP upgrade includes exclusive amenities, access to the Thursday pre-party, VIP camping and viewing areas, VIP lounge, air-conditioned bathrooms, and more.

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“The spirit and community of Summer Camp will remain, but we are excited to again push boundaries, as we did when we started Summer Camp, and expand the festival’s mission by bringing the Solshine to the forefront. Soulshine had been the house of our Make a Difference program and sustainability efforts, so elevating that intentionality to the overall festival was a big part of the plan. Summer Camp had evolved into much more than a music festival, it was a community centered around music and art. I wanted to recognize that in the name by not calling it a festival but a Reverie full of music and arts, such that we all can create our experience together – and have that build intentionality in our actions once we leave.”  – Ian Goldberg, founder of Summer Camp and Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie

Following an impressive 22-year run, the creators of Summer Camp Music Festival will enter an exciting new era in 2024 with their new festival concept: Solshine: A Music and Arts Reverie. Debuting at Summer Camp’s beloved venue of Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, the first-ever edition of Solshine will take place from Friday, May 24 – Sunday, May 26, 2024 with a pre-party on Thursday, May 23. A pioneer in the festival space, Summer Camp has grown over the last 2 decades to become a staple in the US festival landscape. Expanding from 2,000 attendees in 2001 to over 25,000 attendees in 2023, Summer Camp’s cross-genre music lineup and experiential programming helped cultivate a dedicated fanbase and inclusive community. Since its inception, the festival has been hosted by legendary jam rock band moe. and eventually co-hosted by iconic genre-melding progressive rock band Umphrey’s McGee starting in 2006. Over the years the festival also hosted a wide variety of music acts including Tom Petty, Zac Brown Band, Skrillex, Diplo, Run The Jewels, The Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction, Billy Strings, Griz, Goose, Pretty Lights, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Subtronics, Primus, Willie Nelson & Family, Liquid Stranger, Common, De La Soul, The Flaming Lips, Papadosio, Phil Lesh And The Terrapin Family Band, Rebelution, REZZ, Slightly Stoopid, STS9, The Disco Biscuits, Excision, The Roots, Three 6 Mafia, Tipper, Trey Anastasio Band, Tycho, Zeds Dead and many more. Looking toward the future while celebrating the past, Summer Camp’s organizers will channel their flagship event’s longstanding legacy into their new Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie concept. The festival will host a diverse, cross-genre lineup of musical acts spanning jam bands, electronic, bluegrass, funk, rock, and everything in between. In addition to its music programming, the Solshine will offer a variety of workshops, food & craft vendors, and activities – the heart and soul of what made Summer Camp a ‘home away from home’ for attendees who returned year after year. Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie will also retain Summer Camp’s core ethos of building an inclusive community around music. Through its mission of sustainability, the festival will aim to inspire attendees to live a life of intention and purpose in order to create a positive impact on the world. To capture this spirit, the festival will host the coveted experiential art area The Illumination Woods and the permanent garden SOULPATCH as a dedicated area to increase knowledge of permaculture and sustainability. Since its first edition, Summer Camp has been hosted at the idyllic Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The inaugural Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie will continue the brand’s longstanding Memorial Day Weekend affair at the breathtaking Illinois venue. The private park provides a natural amphitheater and a stunning landscape that create the perfect scenic playground for festival goers to explore. Attendees can also camp within the festival grounds, further elevating the festival’s community-oriented make-up. All Solshine Reverie tickets will have camping included. There are a variety of additional add-ons available including VIP upgrades as well as RV and car camping spots. The VIP upgrade includes exclusive amenities, access to the Thursday pre-party, VIP camping and viewing areas, VIP lounge, air-conditioned bathrooms, and more. Stay tuned for the initial lineup announcement coming soon. Visit more Summer Camp nuggets from the wranglers archives with Summer Camp “21: Restricted Access, Scamp”22: The Amalgamation and Summer Camp “23: The Illuminated.

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