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Nevada

Stick Figure is an American reggae and dub band founded in 2006 and based in Southern California. The group has released seven full-length albums and one instrumental album, all of which were written and produced by frontman and self-taught multi-instrumentalist Scott Woodruff. The live band consists of vocalist, producer and guitarist Scott Woodruff, keyboardist Kevin Bong, drummer Kevin Offitzer, bassist Tommy Suliman and keyboardist, backup vocalist and guitarist Johnny Cosmic. Cocoa, an Australian Shepherd, often joins the band onstage, and has accordingly been nicknamed Cocoa the Tour Dog.

Stick Figure

Cali Roots is not just a music festival, it's a multi-layered experience, curated for music lovers who want to bring more than just stage performance memories home. Sure, we deliver the best of the best in music - our stages are consistently stacked with the who's who in the reggae rock & conscious hip-hop genres with acts of today and tomorrow - but that's not all that makes up our identity! We are proud of all the accomplishments we have made as a community, purposefully implementing initiatives that to further enhance the overall festival experience. As an event and a community we will continue to grow, stretching our branches while always remaining true to our California Roots.

California Roots Music and Arts Festival has always been rooted in a genuine enthusiasm for an experience that stimulates all senses through a release of creativity that can be heard, felt, seen, and embodied. We have pioneered the Cali Roots experience, partnering interactive art and music to create an immersive experience. What started in the early years as an opportunity for painters to create art on stage during the music performances has evolved into interactive art experiences for fans and artists alike scattered throughout the venue via the Art Retreat, Interactive Art Stations, Paint Workshops and a Festival Fashion Zone.



Cali Roots is not just a music festival, it's a multi-layered experience, curated for music lovers who want to bring more than just stage performance memories home. Sure, we deliver the best of the best in music - our stages are consistently stacked with the who's who in the reggae rock & conscious hip-hop genres with acts of today and tomorrow - but that's not all that makes up our identity! We are proud of all the accomplishments we have made as a community, purposefully implementing initiatives that to further enhance the overall festival experience. As an event and a community we will continue to grow, stretching our branches while always remaining true to our California Roots.

California Roots Festival

New festival alert! Reggae Rise Up is heading to downtown Las Vegas in April for 2 full days full of positive vibes and great music!

The latest addition to a rapidly growing list of festival properties, Reggae Rise Up Maryland takes place in Downtown Baltimore’s developing Port Covington district.

For their inaugural festival in “The City of Firsts”, Reggae Rise Up is kicking things off to a strong start as they continue the tradition of coalescing the brightest lights in reggae for a three-day event that will undoubtedly become another pilgrimage for dedicated fans of the genre all over the world.

Nestled in one of the nation’s oldest Atlantic ports on the north end of Chesapeake Bay, Reggae Rise Up Maryland provides fans easy access to all the action and amenities of downtown Baltimore while being only an hour drive from Washington D.C.

New festival alert! Reggae Rise Up is heading to downtown Las Vegas in April for 2 full days full of positive vibes and great music!The latest addition to a rapidly growing list of festival properties, Reggae Rise Up Maryland takes place in Downtown Baltimore’s developing Port Covington district.

Reggae Rise Up

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual music festival held over two weekends in Indio, just east of Palm Springs. It is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Presents which never fails to bring the world's biggest artists from every genre to the festival. The festival has had many iconic performances and celebrity sigtings including a holographic Tupac, Dr. Dre, Prince, Kanye West, Weeknd, Beyonce, Calvin Harris, AC/DC, Metallica, and so many more. Coachella is also known for its beautiful art installations throughout the polo grounds as well as the food vendors that are in attendance. 

Coachella

California Vibrations is a three day festival that will take place at Marina Green Park in Long Beach, CA.


Cali Vibes Fest

Long Beach

The Lake Tahoe Reggae Festival is an annual music event that takes place in beautiful Lake Tahoe each summer. This year, join us at the Palisades Tahoe!

Lake Tahoe Reggae Festival

REGGAE RISE UP MARYLAND FESTIVAL 2022
JULY 29-31st, 2022
SWANN PARK - BALTIMORE, MD

REGGAE RISE UP MARYLAND FESTIVAL 2022JULY 29-31st, 2022SWANN PARK - BALTIMORE, MD

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheatre built into a rock structure near Morrison, Colorado, 10 miles west of Denver.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Morrison

Two of the biggest and most iconic music venues in Deep Ellum will reopen under a new name. The Bomb Factory and its neighboring venue Canton Hall have been rebranded as The Factory in Deep Ellum and The Studio at the Factory, according to new websites and social media accounts for the new venue.

The phone number and email address for The Bomb Factory have also been delisted, indicating the change for the historic venue is already underway.

Two of the biggest and most iconic music venues in Deep Ellum will reopen under a new name. The Bomb Factory and its neighboring venue Canton Hall have been rebranded as The Factory in Deep Ellum and The Studio at the Factory, according to new websites and social media accounts for the new venue.

The Factory

Deep Ellum

The Mission Ballroom is a scalable, state-of-the art concert venue scheduled to open in summer 2019. The 60,000 square-foot ballroom anchors North Wynkoop, a new 14-acre mixed use project by Denver-developers Westfield Company, located at the north-end of the RiNo neighborhood.

The Mission Ballroom features a moving stage that provides flexible capacity from 2200 to 3950 guests, unrivaled sight lines via tiered rows, state-of-the-art sound and lights, and a large dance floor. Full-service bars conveniently placed around the venue maximize flow, efficiency and patron experience.

The Mission Ballroom is not only a premiere concert facility, but also serves as a unique special event space for corporate meetings and other functions, award shows, galas, weddings, receptions, launch parties, trade shows, private events, and more.

The Mission Ballroom is operated by AEG Presents. AEG Presents is one of the world’s largest live music companies. The company is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global concert tours, regional music events and world-renowned festivals.

The Mission Ballroom is a scalable, state-of-the art concert venue scheduled to open in summer 2019. The 60,000 square-foot ballroom anchors North Wynkoop, a new 14-acre mixed use project by Denver-developers Westfield Company, located at the north-end of the RiNo neighborhood.

Mission Ballroom

RiNo Art District

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre is the largest outdoor amphitheater in the Denver metropolitan area. With 7,000 reserved seats as well as a lawn that can hold up to 10,000 guests, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre is the premiere outdoor event space in Colorado.

Equipped with state-of-the-art stage, sound, and lighting equipment, the amphitheater is able to host a wide range of private events, theater productions, seminars, conferences, and trade shows. In addition, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre has multiple spaces within the grounds that can accommodate a wide range of guest capacities.

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre is the largest outdoor amphitheater in the Denver metropolitan area. With 7,000 reserved seats as well as a lawn that can hold up to 10,000 guests, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre is the premiere outdoor event space in Colorado.

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

Englewood

With its extraordinary architectural design and aesthetics, the Aragon Ballroom is one of Chicago’s premier live entertainment venues. The Aragon Ballroom Chicago was built in 1926, and at a cost of $2 million, was one of the most elaborate venues of its time. Indeed, soon after its opening, the Aragon Ballroom was called 'the most beautiful ballroom in the world.' Crystal chandeliers, mosaic tiles, beautiful arches, extravagant balconies and terra-cotta ceilings combine to create a truly magnificent and unique venue in the Aragon Ballroom Chicago.

Aragon Ballroom

Uptown

Showbox added to its family in 2007 with the addition of the larger Showbox SoDo, a converted-warehouse-turned-concert venue located just south of the sports stadiums in the SoDo district. The space boasts beautiful wood-beam and brick architecture, and has incredible production capabilities and sightlines. In its short history, the venue has already hosted events featuring Kid Rock, Heart, The Pogues, M.I.A., The Hives, Dropkick Murphys and many more.

The Showbox SoDo

SoDo

Brooklyn Steel is a 1,800-capacity music venue in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. In 2018 Brooklyn Steel was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Brooklyn Steel

East Williamsburg

The Complex is Salt Lake City's live music and entertainment headquarters. There are 4 separate venues all housed within the 42,000 square foot area of The Complex. The Complex focuses on national and international touring artists.

The Complex

Downtown

Crystal Ballroom, originally built as Cotillion Hall, is a historic building in Portland, Oregon, United States. Cotillion Hall was built in 1914 as a ballroom, and dance revivals were held there through the Great Depression

Crystal Ballroom

The Laurence Frost Amphitheater, commonly known as Frost Amphitheater, is a prominent amphitheater at Stanford University. It first opened in 1937 and was the site of commencement ceremonies for the university from 1938 until 1984. It can hold about 8,000 people.

Frost Amphitheater at Stanford

Stanford University

The Les Schwab Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater built in the historic Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon. The amphitheater was named in honor of Central Oregon businessman Les Schwab, a graduate of Bend High School.

Hayden Homes Amphitheater

With a standing room capacity of 1,500 and over 14,000 sq. ft., Marathon can entertain parties of up to 600 in formal banquet seating, 750 in a theater arrangement, and 900 in cocktail functions. The versatile, open floor design is accented with exposed brick walls, a lofty steel beam ceiling, polished concrete bars, and metal chandeliers guests will love.

Marathon Music Works

Watkins Park

Mesa Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert venue with lawn seating located in Mesa, Arizona. It opened in 1979 and has a maximum capacity of 4,950 people. The amphitheatre has kept its original design since opening and has become a popular destination for small and big acts alike.

Mesa Amphitheatre

The century-old Palace Theatre, located in downtown St. Paul, was originally operated as a vaudeville theatre in 1916. The building was converted to a movie theater in 1920s, until it was shut down in 1984. Currently undergoing a $15 million renovation, when it opens the Palace will be the only theater in the Twin Cities devoted to contemporary music, with a planned capacity of 2,700 people. The Palace Theatre is owned by the City of St. Paul, and will be co-managed and co-operated by First Avenue and JAM Productions.

Palace Theatre

St Paul

Opening in the summer of 2021, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is an architectural wonder on the edge of San Diego Bay and the heart of downtown. Years in the making, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is the soaring culmination of a long-time civic desire to have a state of the art concert venue that elevates the experience of live music while also serving as a public center for all of San Diego. Like well-known national venues such as Wolf Trap, Tanglewood and Ravinia, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park will provide a sparkling summer home for the Symphony.

Principals and Partnerships: Made possible by an agreement between the San Diego Symphony and the Unified Port of San Diego, the Embarcadero Marina Park South site will provide the community with a venue where culture and nature intersect, where music and a restored park are combined to give San Diegans a unique gathering place. To be managed and programmed by the Symphony, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park and surrounding park represents a partnership of business and the arts in service of the community. 

Opening in the summer of 2021, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is an architectural wonder on the edge of San Diego Bay and the heart of downtown. Years in the making, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is the soaring culmination of a long-time civic desire to have a state of the art concert venue that elevates the experience of live music while also serving as a public center for all of San Diego. Like well-known national venues such as Wolf Trap, Tanglewood and Ravinia, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park will provide a sparkling summer home for the Symphony.

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Chicago's new indoor/outdoor performance and community space located at the historic Morton Salt. While the Salt Shed opened its gates for the first time in 2022, the Morton Salt complex it inhabited has been an iconic fixture in Chicago for nearly 100 years. The facility was once informally called the “Elston Dock” and was designed to house the local salt, packaging, and distribution operations.

The Salt Shed

A stage overlooking the beach open from May to September. This outside portion of the historic Stone Pony plays hosts to many big artists.

Stone Pony Summer Stage

Stubb's is a standing room only venue in Austin, Texas. There is nothing like some cold beer and live music at Stubb's. 

Stubb's Austin

In a remix of the acclaimed 4,500-person live music venue, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has renovated touchpoints on all three levels of the theater including updated bars and luxury suites plus the addition of two new VIP lounge areas. The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas will spin out unforgettable live music with performances by both legendary and groundbreaking artists.

The Theater at Virgin Hotels

The Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell is a venue for outdoor concerts and other large gatherings in the Waikiki area of Honolulu, Hawaii. Built in 1956, the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell seats 2,400 persons and the lawn area has capacity for an additional 6,000 persons. It is under the management of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.

Waikiki Shell

Collie Buddz, from the isle of Bermuda, has become the most buzz-worthy current Reggae artist over the past few years. In the summer, 2007, Collie Buddz' Columbia Records self-titled debut album stormed the charts entering the Billboard Reggae Chart at first position. The Reggae singjay became an international star when this album went on to debut across the world from Japan to Germany.

Collie Buddz

Set in Stone

Smokin' Love (with Collie Buddz)

While it’s a rare commodity for a band to tour as consistently as Slightly Stoopid, the group’s diligent commitment to live music provides some insight into their loyal fan base and unique creative metamorphosis throughout their 17-year existence.  Though it’s been a couple of years since the release of their last studio album, Top Of The World (August 14, 2012), the Ocean Beach, California-based group—led by co-founders and multi-instrumentalists Kyle McDonald and Miles

Doughty—have also found the same passionate dedication to their studio craft, holing up between tours in their own San Diego recording studio and record label complex.  The balance of a prolific touring regimen between albums have helped to refine the tasty fusion and massive groove that permeates Stoopid’s trademark sound and seven album catalogue, as well as their live shows.

“We’re a touring act, and we’ve been on the road pretty much non-stop over the last decade,” explains Doughty, offering that the more recent creation of the band’s own local recording studio and rehearsal clubhouse (within the warehouse district of Mission Valley just inland of Ocean Beach) certainly aided and influenced their last release Top of the World, and has inspired their latest sessions, which the band anticipates could stretch into a few different recording projects.

“Over the last 3 years we started our own studio and within the last 9 months, anticipating the window for new album sessions, the band has invested into innovations and equipment upgrades for the studio in a quest to capture and progress our signature sound forward.   Having our own studio really enables us to make records at our own pace and to make the right records, hopefully (with a grin) at various stages of our career,” Doughty continues.  “What’s nice about having our own environment to record in and analyze the music is it really lets you keep an organic feel.  For us, I feel like it’s a step into the next level, as far as understanding the process of recording, understanding the process of songwriting.  We took everything that we’ve learned over the years and really put it into this place and into our music.”  The property also houses the creative loft space that has become the official offices of the band’s own label Stoopid Records, which issued the band’s second album in 1999 Acoustic Roots, and has continued to be their preferred method of distributing the band’s recorded material.

Another key ingredient to what makes Slightly Stoopid extraordinarily special is the inclusion of several musical guests, both live and in the studio.  “It really keeps that ‘family atmosphere’ for us,” says Doughty. “I think it really shows in the music — we live for the spirit of collaboration and on Top  of The World we had G. Love, Angelo Moore from Fishbone, Don Carlos, Barrington Levy, Ian Neville from Dumpstaphunk, Tory Ruffin fromMorris Day and the Time and Fishbone, and singer/songwriter Angela  Hunte.  Angelo Moore to me is one of the greatest front-men to ever step foot on a stage.  As a fan and out of respect, I try to do something with Angelo every time we have a record, really.  If you listen to his lyrics, his vocal performance—I don’t know who could keep up with Angelo on stage.  Don Carlos from Black Uhuru is one of the legendary reggae singers of all time and we’ve had the pleasure of working with him the last few years.  We’ve been friends with G. Love for over 15 years, and we’ve been able to work together quite a few different times in the studio.  It seems like second nature.  Whenever you’re recording with G., it’s almost like you’re really just hanging out with your bro and you happen to hit record.  We’ve done so many shows together and so many studio sessions, it becomes second nature.“

Slightly Stoopid has just announced their eighth annual outdoor amphitheater package this year entitled “Summer Sessions 2014” featuring So-Cal punk D.I.Y. cohorts NOFX, long time hip-hoppa bluesman and musical co-conspirator G. Love &  Special Sauce, hip hop icons Cypress  Hill and modern legend and Grammy winning reggae artist Stephen Marley!

Besides recording at their own studio, Slightly Stoopid have always been extremely hands-on when it comes to their career, going back more than a decade to when they founded their own record label, Stoopid Records.

“We started Stoopid Records around 1999,” Doughty clarifies.  “At that time, we were in transition as far as what we were doing with our records, and we thought it would be good to have our own independent label—like Sublime showed us back in the day with Skunk Records.  What’s nice is we’ve had a following with the fans, where people understand that Stoopid Records is Slightly Stoopid and other bands we want to help break out.”

“For us, it was a big turning point as far as having complete creative control over everything we do. That’s something big for this band—we want to make the music for ourselves and for our fans.  We don’t really make music for someone in an office that tells us something needs to be there. We’ve always had a very organic, do-it-yourself attitude. I think it’s paid off in dividends.”

In addition to 2012’s Top of the World, Slightly Stoopid also released the live in-studio CD/DVD Slightly Stoopid & Friends – Live At Roberto’s, recorded withGrateful Dead founding member Bob Weir at his state-of–the-art TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA.  The 32-song session included 2 sets (acoustic & electric), guest spots from Ivan Neville and Ian Neville of Dumpstaphunk, Karl Denson, Don Carlos of Black Uhuru, and Bob Weir himself!  The release also boasts a candid interview of the band conducted by Weir and comedian Tommy Chongwho MC’d the sessions and provided spiritual “Wisdom”!  The rock n’ roll gods smiled here and PALLADIA picked it up as an hour special which 2 years later is still in the channel’s rotation.

Slightly Stoopid’s current line-up for the upcoming “Summer Sessions 2014” tour consists of Miles Doughty (guitar, bass, vocals) and Kyle McDonald(guitar, bass, vocals) along with Ryan “Rymo” Moran (drums), Oguer “OG” Ocon (congas, percussion, harp, vocals), newcomer Andy Geib (trumpet), Daniel “Dela” Delacruz (saxophone) and Paul Wolstencroft (keyboards). Additionally, “unofficial 8th member” Karl Denson of Greyboy Allstars, who’s been touring with the band over the last few years and lent his saxophone talents throughout Top of the World, is joining the band on tour again this summer.

Nearly two decades into their artistry, Slightly Stoopid continues to progress into new musical territory, defining their signature sound while creating a contagious feel-good vibe that has its own lifestyle and subculture…and it’s been done entirely on their own terms.

Best Stick Figure Songs of All Time - Top 10 Tracks

Best Stick Figure Songs of All Time - Top 10 Tracks

Upcoming Events

1. Smokin' Love (with Collie Buddz)

2. World on Fire (feat. Slightly Stoopid)

3. Paradise

4. Edge of the Ocean

5. Way of Life (with Slightly Stoopid)

6. Fire on the Horizon

7. Choice Is Yours (with Slightly Stoopid)

8. Weight of Sound

9. Sound of the Sea

10. Breathe

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