Summer Camp Music Festival

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Summer Camp Music Festival
20th anniversary (2020–2021) logo
Genre	Jam
Dates	Memorial Day Weekend
Location(s)	Chillicothe, Illinois
Years active	2001–2019; 2021–2023
Founders	Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment
Attendance	20,000
Website	summercampfestival.com

The Summer Camp Music Festival is a multi-day music festival created by Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment and held annually on Memorial Day Weekend at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The event typically attracts around 20,000 visitors, of which between 8,000 and 10,000 arrive before gates open.^[1] In 2014, it was listed as one of the top 40 music festivals in Rolling Stone^[2][3] and in 2015 on Rolling Stone's 50 Must-See Music Festivals.^[4]

Soulpatch is a long-term, interactive garden space at Three Sisters Park. Experts have been providing education and answer questions about gardening at Summer Camp since 2014.^[5]

The first annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held June 23–24, 2001.^[6] The initial event saw over 1,000 attendees.^[7] Twenty bands on 2 stages played for 2 days.^[8]

The second annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held July 5–7, 2002.^[6]

The third annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 24–26, 2003.^[6] This year marked the first time Umphrey's McGee began playing at Summer Camp.

The fourth annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 28–30, 2004.^[6] This year, the festival expanded to 35 bands.

The fifth annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 26–29, 2005.^[6] This year featured over 40 bands. The 2005 event also featured a “Playground Kids Camp” area with arts, crafts and games, including water balloons, hair wraps, face painting, and other activities.^[9]

The sixth annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 25–27, 2006.^[6]

The seventh annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 24–27, 2007.^[6]

• Tag Team - Constantly changing band composed of members of Umphrey's McGee, Moe, and Tea Leaf Green. Band members would "tag" each other when they wanted to switch out with someone playing on stage.

The 2008 Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 23–25.^[6]

The 2009 Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 21–24, 2009.^[10] Over 10,000 people attended.^[5]

The 10th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 28–30, 2010.^[6] The event featured 55 bands on 5 stages.^[9]

The 11th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 27–29, 2011.^[6]

The 12th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held May 25–27, 2012.^[6]

The 13th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 24–26, 2013.^[6] Attendance was approximately 13,000.^[11]

The 14th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 23–25, 2014.^[6]

The 15th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 22–24, 2015.^[6]

The 16th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 27–29, 2016.^[6]

The 17th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 26–28, 2017.^[12]

The 18th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 24–27, 2018.^[6]

The 19th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 24–26, 2019.^[6]

The 2020 event was slated for May 22-24, 2020.^[13] It was rescheduled to August 21-23, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[14] Officials decided to cancel the 2020 festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20th festival was deferred to August 2021.

The 20th annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on August 20-22, 2021.^[6] This event had over 25,000 attendees, its highest attendance.^[7][15] The Illumination Woods, a new experiential art area with psychedelic art installations, was a new attraction at the 2021 event.^[15][5] It also hosted the 10th annual Field Day, an annual color war where teams competed in tug-of-war, giant Twister, dodgeball, eating contests, and other competitions.^[15][16] The indoor events at the Red Barn were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]

The 21st annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 27–29, 2022.^[6]

The 22nd annual Summer Camp Music Festival was held on May 25–28, 2023.^[12] Goldberg announced the 2023 festival would be the last, as the event in its past incarnation would go on hiatus.^[18][19][20] Goldberg cited competition from other festivals, supply chain issues, sourcing labor, expenses, and logistics.^[18] Chillicothe’s mayor, Michael Hughes, said the festival brings in approximately $50,000 on average.^[18] The event is planning a "redefined" version for 2024, which may be smaller with fewer stage acts.^[18][20][21] Goldberg told the Pantagraph that the new event would continue to offer diverse music styles.^[21] Goldberg told WCBU that the new event would offer a "clean slate" without expectations from the last two decades.^[22]

The 2023 event hosted over 150 artists playing 247 sets, with over 260 hours of music.^[7] Over 20,000 attendees participated.^[23]

In December 2023, it was announced that Summer Camp Music Festival would be rebranded as Solshine: A Music & Arts Reverie. The scheduled dates for Solshine are May 24 – May 26, 2024.^[24]

on Friday 5/24, there was a short “code red” prompting a temporary shutdown of music because of inclement weather. Lightening and thunder was in the area with rain. The gates reopened near 6pm, and String Cheese performed at 6:15pm, one hour later than scheduled.

Headliners

Umphree McGee

Goose

The Werks

Disco Biscuits

deadmau5

STS9

String Cheese Incident  

• List of jam band music festivals

• Summer Camp Music Festival — official website
• Soulpatch — official website

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