Have you download the Summer Camp 2013 app yet? It is available on iPhones and Droids! Click the pictures below to download the app now.

We are excited to announce some big improvements to the VIP area at this year’s festival!

1. Special VIP only sets by some of your favorite Summer Camp artists
2. Expanded wooded area for VIP camping. Shade & more space!
3. VIP welcome party with beer provided by Goose Island
4. VIP Showers & A/C bathrooms with flushing toilets
5. Hang out with Summer Camp artists such as moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Thievery Corporation, Griz and more!
6. Massages
7. VIP lounge featuring discounted drinks

VIP packages also include: Thursday Pre-Party pass, VIP poster, VIP Parking, access to the Red Barn Late Night Show(s) of your choice and more.
Deluxe, Super Deluxe and Rockstar Packages also available! 
For more info on all the VIP Packages available click here.

Don’t miss THESE special VIP only performances in the VIP Lounge:

Friday
1pm: Keller Williams
3pm: Zoogma
5pm: Caravan of Thieves
6:30pm: VIP House Band: Easy Riders
1am: Prophet Massive (Jason Hann of EOTO)

Saturday
1pm: Floodwood
3pm: Lettuce Jam
5pm: Victor Wooten and Friends
6:30pm: VIP House Band: Easy Riders
12am: Julian Sanza
1am: Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation

Sunday
12pm: Gospel Brunch with Brother Jocephus
2pm: Roster McCabe
4pm: Sun Stereo
6pm: The Ragbirds
6:30: VIP House Band: Easy Riders
1am: DJ Thibault

ASPIRING FILM MAKERS – Summer Camp Music Festival is looking for 5 people who know how to shoot great video!  We want you to help us document this years festival.  Working under the direction Jay Blakesberg you will be shooting bands on stage, off stage, back stage, fans, campers, hula hoopers, vendors, late night revelry, and everything in between!  You MUST have high end video gear.  Preferably a DSLR such as a Canon 5D Mark II or Mark III, or a Nikon D600 or D800 (we can discuss other gear options). We will hook you up with a festival production pass and even feed you some hamburgers!  If you want to take on this super fun opportunity, email info@rockoutbooks.com.  Please have cool video samples somewhere online as portfolio material.  This is NOT for cell phone video shooters!

UPDATE:

Your response has been so awesome and enthusiastic that we need to cut off submissions for this opportunity tonight at Midnight!

So if you want to be considered, please send your info asap to info@rockoutbooks.com

UPDATE:

Aspiring Film Makers! Summer Camp Film Crew is being decided on over the next few days!

Thanks so much for the enormous outpouring of love and interest for this project! We are going through all the submissions and will be reaching out to you by mid next week if you were chosen.
If you don’t hear back from us, please don’t take it personally, there are just so many submissions and only so many slots.
Amazing how talented you all are! Love it! Summer Camp is honored, stay tuned!

If you can’t be there for the whole weekend, you can still have the Summer Camp experience by getting a Sunday One Day Ticket!  Some of the great artists you can see on Sunday: moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Trey Anastasio Band, The Avett Brothers, Zeds Dead, Big Boi, North Mississippi Allstars, Taj Mahal Trio, Lettuce, Future Rock, DJ SOLO, Henhouse Prowlers, Wick-It the Instigator and many more!!

Summer Camp Music Festival opens the gates to Three Sisters Park one day before the festival officially starts for our Thursday Pre-Party. This is a chance for folks to come in a day early and snag the best camping/RV spots, catch up with friends and start the party early with some great music.  Check out the daily schedule to see all the great artists performing at the Thursday Pre-Party!

If you haven’t purchased your Thursday Pre-Party pass get yours now for only $33

Gates open before Noon and music starts at 1pm so come early to hear great music – hand selected to get your ready for the best weekend of your summer

Calling all LIVE VISUAL ARTISTS!  We’re hosting a contest for our Live Art Gallery this year and we want one of YOU to win a spot in the gallery!  Submit 5 pieces of your work to volunteers@summercampfestival.com by May 3rd for your chance to win a spot in the Summer Camp 2013 Live Art Gallery hosted by Make a Difference.  We will then enter all submissions on our Facebook Contests app and everyone will have a chance to vote!  The submission with the most votes by May 13th will win a spot in the Live Art Gallery!

Don’t forget, 3-day passes will move up to the next price level ($200, +fees) after 11:59pm Central on April 20, 2013. Buy yours now and save!

Summer Camp Music Festival‘s Make a Difference and Field Day will be hosting a cellphone drive at the Umbowl IV on April 26, 2013 at Park West in Chicago ! The drive will support Special Olympics Illinois! Bring a cell phone to be recycled and you will be entered for a chance to win a ticket to Moe. and Yonder Mountain String Band Late Night show in the Red Barn presented by Technaflora! Every cell phone your bring will get you another entry, so the more donations you bring, the better your chances are to win great prizes.

Special Olympics Illinois is truly reaching and changing the lives of children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more ways than ever before.  Special Olympics Illinois athletes have opportunities to participate in training and competitions in 19 sports throughout the year.  For more information call 773.278.2178 or email kmclaughlin@soill.org.  BE A FAN!

This is a Field Day event, so every donation counts towards the Red, Yellow, Blue or Purple team. The team with the most donations at the concert will win the event for Field Day 2013!

Summer Camp Field Day is a Color War that takes place on site at the festival, and year-round at concerts throughout the country and online. To learn more about Field Day, check out the website: http://www.summercampfestival.com/field-day

The Make A Difference area at Summer Camp is a space for collective consciousness. The Soulshine Tent in the Make A Difference area at the festival is a place to increase your social and environmental awareness by learning about the nonprofit organizations on site, take in an acoustic set for a good cause, participate in workshops and activities and so much more. With activities around the clock, the Make A Difference Area will provide you with an eye opening, and maybe even transforming, experience. Throughout the year, Summer Camp’s Make A Difference sponsors all kinds of drives at Summer Camp related artist shows in an attempt to raise awareness and goods for worthy causes.  Thus, utilizing the Summer Camp Music Festival to really Make A Difference all year.  Learn more about Make A Difference here http://summercampfestival.com/community/make-a-difference/

Summer Camp Music Festival‘s Make a Difference and Field Day will be hosting a donation drive at the Zeds Dead show on April 12, 2013 at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL! The drive will support the Homeless Youth/Transitional Living Program, Roundhouse and TIMES Center programs of Community Elements in Champaign. Bring THREE items from the wish list below and receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a ticket to Zeds Dead and Thievery Corp Late Night Show in the Red Barn presented by Technaflora! Every three items will get you another raffle ticket, so the more donations you bring, the better your chances are to win!

Community Elements provides behavioral health/wellness services in Champaign-Urbana including: therapy, case management, psychiatry, prevention/education, residential options, and shelter services for a wide range of consumers. For more information call (217) 398-8080, or check out all they do atwww.communityelements.org

Wish Lists: http://communityelements.org/charitable-giving/wish-lists/

This is a Field Day event, so every donation counts towards the Red, Yellow, Blue or Purple team. The team with the most donations at the concert will win the event for Field Day 2013!

Summer Camp Field Day is a Color War that takes place on site at the festival, and year-round at concerts throughout the country and online. To learn more about Field Day, check out the website: http://www.summercampfestival.com/field-day

The Make A Difference area at Summer Camp is a space for collective consciousness. The Soulshine Tent in the Make A Difference area at the festival is a place to increase your social and environmental awareness by learning about the nonprofit organizations on site, take in an acoustic set for a good cause, participate in workshops and activities and so much more. With activities around the clock, the Make A Difference Area will provide you with an eye opening, and maybe even transforming, experience. Throughout the year, Summer Camp’s Make A Difference sponsors all kinds of drives at Summer Camp related artist shows in an attempt to raise awareness and goods for worthy causes.  Thus, utilizing the Summer Camp Music Festival to really Make A Difference all year.  Learn more about Make A Difference here http://summercampfestival.com/community/make-a-difference/

Announcing our first ever Summer Camp Masquerade Troupe, congratulations! Check out each winner’s video below.

A message from our judges: “To those of you who submitted a video for the Summer Camp Music Festival Masquerade Troupe contest… first of all, thank you!!! Myself (Lydia), Christine, and Ali had a great time going through all of your entries and watching all of you lovely and talented people.”

Chad F. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e6KWAP6VB8

Dan R. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfwRvJEjQQ

Eric S. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf40YBjsyqk

Evan D. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl2ivABp0z8

Grace G. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlnYZWetcl4

Jacquie I – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJwz856ReUM

Kiersten M. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeVoHjKkxf4

Sami J. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdp05XcaQjM
Sarah H. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6D6q2g2W6w
Steve K. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myHPiMUfwro

Your Prize: The Troupe will have exclusive performances with different artists throughout the festival, and will also perform in the Vibe Tent for the Chalice Dubs Masquerade! Masquerade Troupe members will also be hosting workshops throughout the festival, and did we mention everyone selected to be a part of the troupe gets in FREE??