LUVstock 2009

The weekend of July 11 took us down to the Refuge again for another weekend of great music and great people.

Day 1 of LUVstock took place at Dong Shan Paradise, an abandoned theme park just down the road from the Refuge (to accommodate bigger crowds).

It is the annual minifest: LUVstock...In the words of Boston Paul....

The 5th (ish) annual 2Day minifest 'LUVstock' is a Celebration of Life. In a world full of haggard politics we should all be thankful for another day that we are all still alive and reasonably well.

Though this Minifest has gone through a few changes over the years from an impromptu Birthday Party [mine ;-)] to what is now called LUVstock, it promises to be one of the Highlights of your Summer.

Like last year and the year before, LUVstock has traditionally attracted hundreds of Musicians, Artists and Bohemians from around Taiwan; gathering to Celebrate Life, enjoy the company of like minded people, make music, make new connections, make acquaintances, lounge around on the grass, eat, drink and be Merry.

It was definitely one of the highlights of this Tribes summer!

As usual the Tribe got stuck in to help out - the kids made the hearts that were stuck up around the venue, Jason got stuck in with setting up the sound, and I took care of welcoming the refugees.

There was, as usual, a great line up of music from artists all around the island....some included: Jagabags, Avery and Frenz, Waysoon (great country and bluegrass music), Gruveballs (from Tainan), .22, Dr Reniculous Lipz & The Skallyunz, The Stackers, Moshang, and Militant Hippi...and some others.

There were also fire dancers, drummers, artists, vendors selling clothing and hand made items and of course yummy food and thirst quenchers!

There are lots of reasons why our Tribe enjoy going to the Refuge, but I think what I love about the gatherings at the Refuge the most is the fact that it is kid friendly....and if your kid happens to be of the furry kind, they are welcome too! The kids have an absolute fab time and they often go on until the early hours of the morning - jamming right alongside the muso's!


LUVstock ~ Day 1

Day 2 started later in the afternoon (since we all only got to bed when the sun was coming up!)...so it was great to just sit around and chill at the Refuge. The kids had a bit of a jam session with Daddy and then a few muso's had a jam, after which they had a great group called Taichung Improv - Improv comedy at its best! We had great plans to leave early so we would not arrive home too late...but with all the good music and good company....it was another late one! We arrived home in the wee hours of the morning...but this Tribe had a great one!


LUVstock ~ Day 2

~* Peace and Love *~