The Herd has finally landed on the beaches of Virginia Key.
It's been over two decades since Donna the Buffalo's Tara Nevins and Jeb Puryear "led a mass gathering of its friends, fellow bands, and followers -- nicknamed The Herd -- to Ithaca, New York, for the inaugural Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival."
But today, they're launching a Grassroots spinoff in South Florida. It's all about "bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, blues, reggae, and all that sort of stuff."
The music begins at dusk. See the cut for the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival's set times.
Virginia Key Grassroots Festival 2012 Set Times
*Subject to change according to virginiakeygrassroots.com
Thursday, February 9
Meadow Stage
5 p.m. Opening Ceremony
6 p.m. Diali Cissokho
7 p.m. Donna the Buffalo
9:15 p.m. Soulflower
10 p.m. Arrested Development
12 a.m. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Dance Tent
8 p.m. Jahfe
11:30 p.m. Equanimous Minds
Orange Pavilion
8:45 p.m. Raffa & Rainer
12 a.m. The Heavy Pets
Green Pavilion
11:30 p.m. Omniscient
Friday, February 10
Meadow Stage
2 p.m. The Grady Girls
4 p.m. Mishka
6 p.m. Suenalo
7:45 p.m. Keith Frank
9:30 p.m. Chaka Khan
11:30 p.m. Fishbone
Dance Tent
10 a.m. Tai Chi
11:30 a.m. Yoga
1 p.m. Tensegrity Practice
2:30 p.m. Hooping Workshop With Jewels
4:30 p.m. Rowan Cunningham Band
6:30 p.m. Jim Lauderdale
8 p.m. Swing Dance Workshop
9 p.m. Christabel & The Jons
10:30 p.m. Salsa Dance Workshop
Orange Pavilion
12 p.m. Grassroots Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, and Mandolin Competition
3 p.m. The Habanero Honeys
6:45 p.m. Cope
8:45 p.m. Diali Cissokho
11 p.m. Keith Secola
Green Pavilion
1 p.m. Vocal Harmony Workshop
3 p.m. Banjo With Richie Stearns
5 p.m. Araka
8 p.m. Soulflower
11 p.m. DJ Richard McVay
Saturday, February 11
Meadow Stage
11:30 a.m. Big Cosmo
1 p.m. Keith Secola
3 p.m. The Lee Boys
4:30 p.m. Willie Watson & Evil City
6:30 p.m. Del McCoury Band
8:30 p.m. Donna the Buffalo
10:30 p.m. Immortal Technique
12 a.m. Toubab Krewe
Dance Tent
9 a.m. Yoga
10 a.m. Tensegrity Practice
11:30 a.m. Capoeira Supercao
1 p.m. Thousands of One
3 p.m. Cajun Dance Workshop
4 p.m. Beausoleil Ave Michael Doucet
6:30 p.m. Sim Redmond Band
8 p.m. Rueda Dance Workshop
9 p.m. Locos Por Juana
11 p.m. Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band
Orange Pavilion
10:30 a.m. Grassroots Band Competition
1:30 p.m. Michael Steel Drum
4 p.m. Mixed Culture
6 p.m. Gibbor Green
8 p.m. Elastic Bond
10 p.m. Hobex
12 a.m. ArtOfficial
Green Pavilion
9:30 a.m. Kid's Yoga
10:30 p.m. Parade Crafting Workshop
12 p.m. African Drum Workshop With Diali Cissokho
1:30 p.m. Fiddle Workshop
3 p.m. Driftwood
5:15 p.m. Hindu Cowboys
8 p.m. Diali Cissokho
9:30 p.m. Big Brass Juke
11:30 p.m. Bill Kelly
Sunday, February 12
Meadow Stage
11:15 a.m. Gibbor Green
12 p.m. Sim Redmond Band
2 p.m. Thousands of One
3:45 p.m. Revelation Mizik
5:30 p.m. Disip
7:15 p.m. Locos Por Juana
8:45 p.m. The Lee Boys
10:30 p.m. Donna the Buffalo
Dance Tent
9 a.m. Yoga
10 a.m. Tensegrity Practice
11 a.m. Keith Secola
12:30 p.m. The Grady Girls
2 p.m. Willie Watson & Evil City
4:30 p.m. Preston Frank
7:30 p.m. The TalkToMes
9 p.m. DJ Waggy Tee
Orange Pavilion
9:15 a.m. Wellness Workshop
10:30 a.m. Grassroots Songwriters Circle
1:30 p.m. Bobby Lee Rogers
4 p.m. Michael Steel Drum
5:45 p.m. Rubblebucket
8:45 p.m. Jacob Jeffries Band
Green Pavilion
9 a.m. Kids' Stories
10 a.m. Kids' Hooping
11 a.m. Latin Percussion With Nery Arevalo
12 p.m. The Sunsetters
2:30 p.m. Crazy Fingers
4:30 p.m. Driftwood
7:15 p.m. Jah High Towa
Virginia Key Grassroots Festival. Thursday, February 9, to Sunday, February 12. Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, 4020 Virginia Beach Dr., Key Biscayne. Gates open at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Four-day festival passes cost $50 for youth and $90 to $100 for adults via grassrootsstore.org. Call 786-332-4630 or visit virginiakeygrassroots.com.
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