The Primate Fiasco
Main Stage @ 2:00pm-4:00pm
Smith’s Billiards @ 4:00pm-4:15pm

The Primate Fiasco spawns from the streets of Northampton MA. With tuba, banjo, clarinet, saxaphone, drums, and vocal harmony, it’s the instrumentation of a New Orleans sidewalk band but with modern influences. While the band can play authentic “Traditional Jazz”, the music that’s more likely to come out of their ancient instruments is often recognized as funk, reggae, bluegrass, hip hop, rock, latin, trance, the occasion Serbian gypsy jam, etc. But the world has enough labels already. Most would agree on the category of “fun”. If you want to invent a genre, “psychedelic dixieland” seems to get the point across.

The band started on city sidewalks and eventually started getting invited into venues and festivals frequented by the Jam Band or Indie scene. At a Primate Fiasco show, you’ll see hippies and punks, ravers and jazz enthusiasts, elderly and children, all dancing on the same floor. An important thing to note about The Primate Fiasco’s music is that they can play the same song for the children, weddings, or a club full of drunk screaming college students. This formula works like a skeleton key.

The Primate Fiasco will throw down on any occasion. While no strangers to major festivals and rock venues, they still honor their roots on any given sidewalk.

The Fiasco fan base covers a spectrum from hippies and ravers to children and politicians. It’s hard to answer the question, “who is your audience?”, though they can say with ease, “whoever you are, welcome to our show.”

http://www.theprimatefiasco.com

Maxxtone
Main Stage @ noon-2:00pm
Smith’s Billiards @ 5:00pm-??

Maxxtone is a five piece Pop-Rock band from the Springfield, MA area. The band has been performing together since May of 2003. Founding member Aaron Fay (vocals) has years of experience playing in a multitude of national touring cover bands and original acts. His diversity along with veteran musicians Pete Maserati (guitar), Jesse Casinghino (drums/vocals), Ed “Stylz” Blizniak (sound, guitar and vocals) and Nate Fay (bass) make Maxxtone one of the best Pop-Rock bands in the Northeast.

Maxxtone performs regularly in the Northeast and has supported such acts as Switchfoot, Howie Day, Mandy Moore, Paula Cole, Stereophonics, Mute Math, Jeffery Gaines, Duncan Sheik, Motley Crue, Eve 6, Tiffany, Better than Ezra, Strangefolk, DADA and Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees.

Maxxtone also has the Northeast’s premiere LIVE BAND KARAOKE show. Choose from a list of over 500 songs and come up on stage and rock out with a live band backing YOU up. They have been booking numerous college and club dates and have been filling their tour schedule with Original dates and Live Band Karaoke all over the East coast.

In 2010/2011 Maxxtone has showcased their music @ the NACA Northeast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic college fairs, coming out as spotlight-high for these performances. Maxxtone has also ventured into the world of being a back up band for other artists. With their already versatile song list, professionalism and talent, Maxxtone can be found playing Country, Rap, Rock and everything in between. No song or situation is off limits for Maxxtone!

Maxxtone also plays the Chicken Box Nantucket on a regular basis as well as the major summer holidays. Maxxtone has been a staple @Box Nantucket for over 8 years. This past October Maxxtone strapped on their competing gloves and auditioned for the NBC television show America’s Got Talent! We can’t say what happened, but stay tuned!

http://www.maxxtone.com