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Weather Forecast Looks Perfect!!!!

We have all been holding our breath here in Live Oak, keeping our fingers crossed that Hurricane Ida would either miss us in Live Oak or blow past us prior to Bear Creek. Incredibly, both of these ideal scenario seem to be coming true. The weather forecast for Thursday through Sunday is festival perfect. High's in the upper 70's, lows in the upper 50's and warm autumn sunshine. looks like the best weather we have ever had. Bring it on!!!!!!

Costume Party!!!!

A bunch of Bear Creek veterans and a few noobs requested that we hold an annual costume party at the festival. Sounded like a great idea to us. We want the energy from Halloween and Friday the 13th to spill over into our first annual Saturday Night Costume Party.

Best costume winner will receive 2 VIP tickets to Bear Creek 2010.

Official Bear Creek Poster

Checkout out the official 2009 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Poster designed by our friend Jeff Wood. Jeff will sign and number 300 festival posters which will be available at our merchandise booth. Get 'em while you can!

Food Drive Prizes

Any festival goer who turns in five or more food items for our annual food drive supporting the Suwannee Valley Food Bank will receive a copy of the festival poster and a Bear Creek sticker.

Bear Creek Schedule Announced

We are thrilled to announce the 2009 Bear Creek schedule. Go to Jambase.com and complete you own personalized weekend schedule for a chance to win a pair of VIP tickets for the festival.
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Ticket Prices Increase October 1

Early-bird weekend pass prices will increase from $125 to $140, while VIP ticket prices will rise from $275 to $325 on October 1. Please buy early, support the festival and save a bunch of money.
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Bear Creek Visual Artists Announced

Check out our exciting roster of visual artists who will interpret Bear Creek music through their creative expressions.
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Lineup Additions

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Bernie Worrell will be joining the party as a special guest artist, sitting in this year with Third Stone and as an artist-at-large. Many of you will recall that Bernie was the original keyboard/sythesizer player with Parliment/ Funkadelic. He is also well known for his many years touring with the Talking Heads.

Old friends Cadillac Jones and Jacksonville’s Saltwater Grass have been added to Bear Creek, as well as a second show by The Ryan Montbleau Band.

We have added guitar slingers Matt Grondin (Inca Maya) and Cameron Williams (Tishamingo) and trombonist Jonathan Lloyd (Dubconscious and Cadillac Jones) to the mix as artists-at-large.

Bobby Lee Rogers will be joining the Donna Hopkins Band for their Bear Creek set.

Full Lineup!

Sunday's Schedule Announced

We realize that many of you have jobs, school and life to get back to after your Bear Creek experience. We suggest ignoring these realities for an extra day because you should NEVER MISS SUNDAY AT BEAR CREEK. We think the Sunday schedule is so funkalicious that missing the day could be considered funk blasphemy. Check out the Bear Creek Sunday schedule and start making your travel plans for the weekend. The full schedule will be announced on Tuesday, September 29.
Check out Sunday's Schedule!

Be A Bear Creek VIP

For the first time, we are offering a limited Bear Creek VIP package for up to 200 guests. VIP tickets are $275 until November 12 and $375 at the gate. Those of you that have already purchased early-bird tickets can upgrade to VIP by calling The Spirit of the Suwannee office at 386-364-1683.
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Follow Us On Twitter And Win A Bear Creek Ticket

Sign up to follow Bear Creek on Twitter between September 10 and September 30 and be eligible to win a Bear Creek ticket.
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Thursday Night Pre-Festival Party

We are excited to announce our special Thursday night pre-festival kick-off party featuring full sets from Toubab Krewe, Pnuma Live PA, Pimps of Joytime, The Heavy Pets, Brother Bean & Gravity A. The Thursday night show will only be available to weekend festival ticket buyers. The additional price for the Thursday night show is $40 and includes music, primitive camping and all taxes and fees. Tickets available online or at the gate.
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The Bear Creek Video Montage

Check out this awesome video montage that Jeremy Sewell put together for us: View Video on Vimeo

2009 Bear Creek Visual Artists

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Food Drive and Charity Disc Golf Tournament

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