AURA Music Festival
March 6 - March 8, 2015
Live Oak, Florida (Suwannee Music Park)
The roots of AURA, the leading independent music festival in the south, lie in the humble town of Brooksville, FL. Today it draws a nationwide audience of music lovers to the SOSMP for a multi-day festival every year. The famous home setting of the AURA festival is a picturesque 800 acre patch of oaks covered in Spanish moss and cypress trees alongside the Suwannee River.
Taking advantage of one of the country's finest natural amphitheaters, the organizers of the AURA festival enhance the presentation of their musicians with painstaking lighting and exceptional sound set-ups. The next scheduled festival - AURA 5 - is set to include delicious food vendors, expert craft workers, a village for interactive art installations, transformational workshops, and yoga and meditation classes.
Last year, the AURA music festival attracted more than four
thousand attendees - a 25% increase over the previous year. The venue remains
the Suwannee Music Park, located five hours outside of Boca Raton in the town
of Live Oak, FL. For extra appeal, this year's festival is scheduled for the
weekend of March 6-8, which coincides with spring break at FAU.
Aura Music Festival 2015 Lineup:
AMERICAN BABIES
ARTISTS AT LARGE: THE SHADY HORNS
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
COSBY SWEATER
DOPAPOD
FUSIK
GHOST OWL
JIMKATA
KETCHY SHUBY
KUNG FU
MCLOVINS
MOE. (TWO SETS)
PAPADOSIO (TWO NIGHTS)
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG
RAQ
SNARKY PUPPY
STINKY POCKETS
THE DISCO BISCUITS (TWO SETS)
THE MAIN SQUEEZE X2 INCLUDING A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
THE MANTRAS
THE MIKE DILLON BAND
UPROOT HOOTENANNY
Aura Music Festival 2015 Lineup:
AMERICAN BABIES
ARTISTS AT LARGE: THE SHADY HORNS
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
COSBY SWEATER
DOPAPOD
FUSIK
GHOST OWL
JIMKATA
KETCHY SHUBY
KUNG FU
MCLOVINS
MOE. (TWO SETS)
PAPADOSIO (TWO NIGHTS)
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG
RAQ
SNARKY PUPPY
STINKY POCKETS
THE DISCO BISCUITS (TWO SETS)
THE MAIN SQUEEZE X2 INCLUDING A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
THE MANTRAS
THE MIKE DILLON BAND
UPROOT HOOTENANNY
The musical selections presented at AURA include rock, funk, jam, and electronic music, and supporting artists and experts cater to attendees' interests in cuisine, camping, and yoga. UP was on hand for last year's festival, and they provided an inside look at what it was like to help stage the shows. Florida Atlantic students who played music, did set up work, or simply attended all contributed their insight.
Some music festivals are extremely high energy, like the
Warped Tour or Ultra. AURA moves at a slower pace. According to their Facebook
information, the presenters of AURA are interested in fostering togetherness,
spreading culture, and appreciating music and the arts. Staff and visitors
alike partake in camping activities, yoga, music shows, and eat from a variety
of food trucks (with vegetarian and vegan options well represented).
At this year's festival, attendees will be treated to music
by Break Science Live Band, The Disco Biscuits, Dopapod, moe and Papadosio, and
more than twenty other bands from all across the US. Native south Florida
musicians scheduled to play at AURA include The Heavy Pets and Uproot Hootenanny,
a band whose roster includes alumni of Juke, Fusik, and FAU.
Beside the live music scheduled throughout the
Thursday-Sunday festival, specialists in yoga and the healing arts will hold
workshops from Friday to Sunday. Noted experts include representatives from
AcroYoga in San Francisco and BoomYoga and Dharmi Vortex, both out of Miami.
