2026 LINEUP
Balkan Bump is the global electronic music project orchestrated by trumpet player, producer and ethnomusicologist Will Magid.
Balkan Bump’s music fuses heavy electronic production with global music influences including traditional Balkan brass melodies, Middle Eastern sounds and American hip hop. The Balkan Bump live show highlights Magid’s expertise as an orchestrator, ranging in size from a solo performer to a 12-piece band featuring a menagerie of global instruments including sitar, saz, oud, clarinet and trumpet. The live performance’s popularity has brought the project to global renown with performances at the world’s biggest music stages including Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lightning In A Bottle, as well as beloved jazz, blues and world music festivals including Harvest Music Festival and CA WorldFest, and numerous appearances at Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Balkan Bump debuted with the single “Aymo” alongside famed Slovenian producer Gramatik and American hip hop royalty Talib Kweli. Gramatik quickly championed the new project, unveiling Balkan Bump's live show on his Re:Coil Tour and releasing Balkan Bump’s debut EP on his Lowtemp label imprint. Since then the Balkan Bump project has gone on to collaborate with global and live music projects Beats Antique and Moon Hooch; international electronic music superstars CloZee, Fakear, & Manic Focus; and American hip hop icon The Gift Of Gab (Blackalicious). Balkan Bump has been featured in Billboard Magazine, NPR’s The World, The San Francisco Chronicle and Magnetic Magazine. In 2020 Magid curated a series of global music mixes for Los Angeles-based Dublab Radio under the Balkan Bump alias.
As a solo artist, Will Magid has collaborated and performed with artists including Bonobo, Erykah Badu, Pretty Lights, and soul music legend Solomon Burke. He has led numerous jazz and global music outfits including his eponymous soul-funk band’s seminal Alligator Spacewalk album in 2016, and the 2017 neoclassical exploration Lunar Conquest Suite. His music has been featured in campaigns for global brands including Warner Brothers, Uber, Porsche, HP, Vogue, GoPro and Ubisoft. Magid graduated from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music with a degree in Ethnomusicology.
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Coming from San Diego with deep roots in Hawaii, Sierra Marin is a quickly up-and-coming revolutionary artist, musical medicine woman, and producer. Crossing genres of reggae, hip hop, and folk, her music is rooted in catchy hooks and melodies while bringing listeners into ecstatic states of healing, gratitude, and remembrance.
Whether performing as a live loop artist or backed by the roots reggae band Roots Ascension, her music serves as a soundtrack for a new earth community on the rise, illuminating the beauty of the journey in these potent times of transformation.
Sierra’s intentional songs acknowledge the work required to heal through trauma and pain, anchoring frequencies of unconditional love, harmony, and beauty on this earth.
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The best way to experience Useful Jenkins is in concert. Their deep lyrics and incredible vocals ring straight from the soul and layer on top of jamgrass instrumentals. Between their vibrant, life-loving message and the wonderful Useful family, every UJ show turns into an absolute love puddle.
The band is made up of an acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, cello, electric bass and drums. 3-part vocal harmonies accompany the wall of stringed instruments, leaving listeners with a rich and joyful sound.
Members Pat Forsyth - Guitar, Vocals Karen Kozak - Violin, Viola, Vocals Nick Spielman - Electric Bass Chuck Boeke - Mandolin, Vocals Olivia Quintanilla - Cello Teeto Miller - Drums
From the Caribbean Sea to the California coastline flows a fusion of vibes in the original music of TreeHouse! Hailing from the beaches of the Carolinas with an engagingly positive message and energetic live show, this artist chants conscious vitality through bouncing hooks and singable melodies that have contributed heavily to the American Reggae Fusion genre, jam scene, festival circuits, healing communities, and beyond.
Having supported musical legends like 311, SOJA, Dirty Heads, Steel Pulse, Stick Figure, Badfish, Mike Love, Matisyahu, Michael Franti, The Wailers and more over the last decade, TreeHouse! has developed a modest cult following, with over 7 million streams across platforms, and listeners reporting significant, life-changing therapeutic improvements directly attributed to the TreeHouse! experience, attesting that this music resonates deeply in its ancient sacred power to heal hearts and minds.
Spare Change Trio is known largely for their eclectic live performances that incorporate the Australian Yidaki (didgeridoo) into flowing soundscapes of reggae, funk, and jazz-fusion. Deeply rooted in the positive message of reggae music, the band has grown to realize their calling: to spread peace, love, and harmony… while laying down an infectious groove.
Spare Change Trio has been fortunate to open for their idols Mike Love, Dirt Wire, Satsang and The Wailers. As well as playing some of their favorite iconic venues, 7th St Entry in Minneapolis, Schubas in Chicago, Shank Hall in Milwaukee, along with a coveted set at the Eagles Ballroom in the Rave opening for 311. Past festival appearances include Summerfest, Peacetree Music Festival, People’s Fest, Vibe HIgh, Wise Fest, Vibin in the Pines, Farm Fresh Reggae, Moon Dance, Best of All Festival, Galactic Get Down, and Shangri-la Music Festival.
As always Spare Change Trio is eternally grateful for the support of their family and friends!
More music, more family! ~The Trio~
https://sparechangetrio.com
DJ Kayla Kush is on a mission to spread love, light, and reggae wherever she goes, helping people remember that we are all one. Born with a passion for music and dance, her path was destined to intertwine with sound.
Spinning energetic live DJ sets at festivals from Driftless Music Gardens to California Roots Festival and venues all over Madison, Kayla is this year’s winner of DJ of the Year at the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (WAMIs) for the second year in a row, as well as a five-time winner of DJ of the Year at the Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs).
Since 2010, she has hosted a weekly radio show, now dubbed Saturday Night Style, on WORT 89.9 FM. As curator of the Rootfire Progressive Roots playlist, Kayla Kush continues to spread the powerful vibrations of reggae to millions worldwide.
Behind the decks, Kayla brings a joyful, high-vibration mix of roots, reggae, dub, dancehall, and global sounds, inviting everyone to move, connect, and feel the love in the music.
https://www.djkaylakush.com/
Rootz Within is a Minnesota-based non-traditional reggae rock band spreading a positive message of community & personal growth for 10 years now. With relatable lyrics & catchy hooks, they craft a signature island sound with elements of rock, funk, & jamband-like improvisation upon a smooth reggae foundation.
Over the last 10 years, Rootz Within has performed at venues, festivals, & private events across the Upper Midwest to the Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and Hawaiian Islands. They have played alongside many notable artists in the reggae genre including several legendary international artists (Alborosie, Luciano, and Clinton Fearon, among others) and national touring acts (Tropidelic, Mike Love, Kyle Smith, Safety Orange, and many more). Rootz Within has also released two full-length albums, Aloha Aina (2017) and Incrementum (recorded at world-renowned Pachyderm Recording Studio in 2022), as well as their first single Roll'n Up (Ganja) featuring Reggae Rapids in 2023.
http://www.rootzwithin.com
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