BYO Radness: Camp Totally Awesome Fest returns for its 14th year

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Camp Totally Awesome Fest 14

Dogs, tarantulas, and human children are encouraged to come to the 14th Camp Totally Awesome Fest.

In fact, everybody is welcome at this annual Ypsilanti event, but last year Awesome Fest’s guiding force, Patrick Elkins, specifically said dogs, tarantulas, and human children should come hear some jams, and I’m just going to assume the offer stands for this year’s throwdown since the Facebook event post says, “Free! All Ages! All Species!”

Spread over April 27-29 at six venues, Camp Totally Awesome Fest is primarily about music -- there are about 45 bands and a few DJs and performance artists on the lineup -- and the genres span R&B and indie rock to hip-hop and modular-synth electronics.

But Camp Totally Awesome Fest is also about celebrating the area’s creative community in general. Plus, pancake races.

And it truly is a camp if you want it to be: BYO sleeping bag and tent if you want to crash at Sin Haus (415 Pearl St.).

The full schedule is below with as many links to the artists’ pages that I could find.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27

Venue: VGKids (884 Railroad St.)
5:00 p.m. DJ TYE DYE
6:30 CHILD SLEEP - Facebook | Bandcamp 
7:00 ZZVAVA - Facebook | YouTube 
7:45 CJ RENE - Facebook | Soundcloud 

Venue: Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington St.)
9:00 DOORS / DJ
9:30 SONNY DOLPHI - Facebook | Soundcloud | Spotify
10:00 FANGS 'N' TWANG - Facebook | Bandcamp 
10:45 ELECTRIC BLANKET - Facebook | Soundcloud
11:30 PAT2DOPE - Soundcloud | Twitter 
11:45 HEAVEN
midnight APPROACHABLE MINORITIES - Facebook | Bandcamp 
12:45 a.m. KEEP IT G PRODUCTIONS
1:45 a.m. SHADES
* CAMPING AT SIN HAUS *

SATURDAY, APRIL 28

Venue: Veva House (114 S. Adams St.)
* TAKE-IT-HOME FASHION SHOW *
12:00 BSRB - Facebook | Soundcloud 
12:30 HEARTLESS ARTICHOKES - Facebook | Bandcamp 
1:00 NATE HOCKMAN - Facebook | Website 
1:30 ANDREW THE THIRD
2:00 DANI DARLING - Facebook | Soundcloud 
2:30 SUGAR PRINCE * ALBUM RELEASE * - Instagram 
3:00 HEAVY LOCALS
3:30 QUEEN FRANCES - Bandcamp 
4:00 ANNIE PALMER - Facebook | Bandcamp 
4:30 PARTY DAYS
5:15 CRAIG JOHNSON - Bandcamp 

Venue: Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington St.)
7:00 DOORS / DJ SILAS GREEN - Facebook
7:30 DREAMLAND PUPPET TROUPE
8:30 SHINDIG MACHINE - Facebook 
9:00 TYNDARIDAE
9:45 TRUE BLUE
10:30 WRAITHS - Facebook 
11:00 NATHANAEL PAUL ROMERO
11:30 KLAYTON DAWSON * ALBUM RELEASE *
12:15 a.m. JUAN CULBREATH - YouTube 
1:00 AMBIT - Bandcamp | Website 
1:30 BATTERY ACID
* CAMPING AT SIN HAUS *

SUNDAY, APRIL 29

Venue: Sin Haus (415 Pearl St.)
12:00 PANCAKE RACES
1:00 p.m. DORIS DOROTHY DARLING & THE TAURUS SCORPY STARLINGS - Instagram
1:30 RUSSELL DAVIS
2:00 GROWTH SPERT - Facebook 
2:30 ISAAC LEVINE
3:00 MODERN LADY FITNESS - Facebook | Bandcamp 
3:30 MARISA DLUGE - Website
4:00 REBECCA ROSEN
4:45 AIMEE ADAMS
5:30 MC ROBOTRIPPER - Bandcamp

Venue: Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington St.)
8:30 DOORS / DJ
9:00 CRIME VICTIMS
9:30 HUMAN SKULL - Facebook | Bandcamp 
10:00 KING MILO - Bandcamp 
10:45 JOLS
11:30 PATRICK ELKINS - LocalWiki 


Christopher Porter is a library technician and the editor of Pulp.


Camp Totally Awesome Fest runs April 27-29 at various venues in Ypsilanti. Visit the event's Facebook event page for more info.