Date: Oct 18-19, 2008, $60

For the third time, the hot California desert will become the site for a two-day music festival focused around roots-rock artists. Scheduled for mid-October when the intense heat has hopefully subsided, festival goers can watch The Devil Makes Three [ tickets ], Trampled by Turtles, Hillstomp [ tickets ] and more as the two stages alternate acts, making it possible to catch every set.

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Lineup (subject to change):

• The Devil Makes Three
  
• Trampled by Turtles
  
• Hillstomp
  
• Nathan
  
• The Stairwell Sisters
  
• The Starlings
  
• The Belleville Outfit
  
• Thrift Store All-Stars
  
• Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun