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DFEST
Hayley Williams of Paramore. Her band plays at 10:30 p.m. Friday on the Hadaly Stage; to see the full Dfest schedule log on to tulsaworld.com/Dfest. And to read a story about Paramore, see today's Scene section. Courtesy
By Staff Reports
Published: 7/24/2008 2:07 AM
Last Modified: 7/24/2008 4:10 AM
Big D: festival
headliners
Diversafest, Tulsa's biggest rock festival, begins at 6 p.m. Friday and rocks through 2 a.m. Sunday. Performance times and stage locations are all available at tulsaworld.com/Dfest. You can also read Jennifer Chancellor's blog updates from the festival: tulsaworld.com/BarrelhouseBeat.
Here are Dfest's headlining acts:
Friday
Ravi
Ty England
moe.
Ghostland Observatory
The Disco Biscuits
Edison Glass
Phantom Planet
Paramore
All-American Rejects
The Apples in Stereo
Saturday
Zappa Plays Zappa
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
AM
The Roots
Helmet
Clutch
Dfyi: What you need to know
What’s up with the weird, non-corporate
stage names? Oh yeah, it’s an indie music
festival.
Hadaly Stage (main stage): Hadaly, a mechanical
woman run by electricity, in Auguste
Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s “Tomorrow’s Eve”
(1886) — the novel credited with popularizing
the word “android.”
R.U.R. Stage (secondary stage): Artificial
people, in Karel Capek’s “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal
Robots)” (1921) — credited with coining
the term “robot.”
Take a shuttle, save time, stay cool
Dfest has a shuttle service this year. Get to
the grounds with
an air-conditioned ride.
Fans can park at OSU-Tulsa and TCC-Metro
campuses starting at 3 p.m. Friday. Five buses
will run continually, one making a stop every
5-10 minutes, until 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Dfest swag
Get your Dfest souvenirs next to the Information
Booth at Second Street and Elgin Avenue:
$15: Tee (There are two shirt themes: A dark
theme for the metal rockers with a scary robot
on it tearing o^ the blue dome, and a fashion
tee design for those who want something a little
more subtle.)
$15: Girlie tank (There is a lime green ladies
tank with the hornBot, Dfest’s female robot
mascot, on it.)
$15: Commemorative Flatstock poster (limited
100-print run)
$2: Dfest poster with listing of bands
$2: Dfest button pack (two different packs)
$5: Combined two button packs plus regular
poster
$3: Glow-in-the-dark shot glass
$3: Guitar pick pack (5 picks)
$3: Beer koozie
$10: Dfest pack (one shot glass, one koozie,
one picks pack, and button pack OR small
poster)
Free: Dfest stickers (with purchases)
Also: Look for the booths near each festival
stage to buy music and merchandise from your
favorite bands. Prices average $2-$45, from buttons
to hoodies.
Where to find programs
Programs will be available at registration
Thursday (at Crowne Plaza Hotel) and available
at the festival Friday and Saturday at the ticket
booth and information booth. (see map, page
14)
There are only 20,000 being printed to avoid
waste since Dfest is on a “greening e^ort.” The
schedule is also available on dfest.mobi.
Bring the family
Children of all ages are welcome. Tickets are
necessary for children ages 6 and older. Please be
aware that some club stages are 21 and over only.
Hungry?
Vendors vary, but food costs range from $2-
$20. Here’s a sampling of what’s offered:
Shaved ice, hamburgers, jalepeno cheese
balls, onion rings, Cajun curly Qs, Philly cheese
steaks, beef fajita tacos and nachos, beef and
potato gorditas, grilled hot dogs, loaded baked
potatoes, tostadas, Porky’s breakfast (eggs and
hash browns and other breakfast items), corn
dogs, lemonade and iced tea, barbecue ribs, hot
links, polish sausage, bologna, gyros (chicken,
sausage, veggie), pulled-pork sandwiches, Cubano
sandwiches, alcohol-free mojitos, funnel
cakes, ribbon fries, fried green beans, bratwurst
burgers, popcorn pork, steak sandwich, Italian
sausage sandwich, fries with cheese & bacon or
chili, kettle corn.
Thirsty?
$2: Water, 16.9 oz. bottle
$3: Sodas (Pepsi products — 20 oz)
$3: Gatorade, 20 oz. bottle
$3: Red Bull Energy Drink
$4: Domestic canned beer, 16 oz.
Two 21+ zones with mixed drinks, premium
liquors & shots:
$5+: Import beers
$6+: Well cocktails
$7: Premium cocktails
$5: Well shots
$7: Premium shots
Add $2: Red Bull in any cocktail
Don’t even think about it
For everybody’s safety, please remember:
No weapons of any kind
No large backpacks
No outside alcohol
No fireworks
No illegal substances
No unauthorized, unlicensed vending
No skateboards, roller skates, bicycles or
scooters or personal motorized vehicles will be
permitted (This includes, but is not limited to:
golf carts, ATVs motor scooters and powered
skateboards.) For safety reasons, any vehicle
that would carry you faster than a walking pace
will not be allowed.
No glass containers of any kind (Including
all glass food and drink containers — no glass
pickle jars!)
No outside food or beverages, with the exception
of factory-sealed water bottles
No carts
No large chains or spiked jewelry
No explosives
No chairs
No tents
No coolers
No moshing
No professional photography equipment
(Small hand-held cameras without additional
lenses are fine.)
And no pets.
Declaration of
Independence
We recommend indie bands,
then let them speak
World music writer Jennifer Chancellor’s mustsee
Dfest indie and Okie acts: Callupsie, Stars Go
Dim, El Paso Hot Button, Jesse Aycock, Klondike
5, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Mayola, Cheyenne,
Crocodile, PDA, Samantha Crain, Sir Threadius
Mongus. (See schedule at tulsaworld.com/Dfest)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey on the oddest song
inspiration and the name of the resulting song:
Groupies: Bumper Crop of Strange
El Paso Hot Button’s Mickey Reece on his music:
I feel like a con artist when I finish a show and
people want more.
“Some say we are girly music.”
—Stars Go Dim
Cheyenne’s Beau Jennings’ post-Dfest plans:
Becoming rich and famous.
Klondike5 String
Band’s music is guaranteed
to bring out
the inner hillbilly in
anyone.
Rapper PDA’s music
career began with him
doing opera and choir
work when he was 5.
Samantha Crain on
Dfest’s Port-a-johns:
We usually go to the
bathroom on the side
of the road so port-ajohns
will be luxury
toilets for us.
Read everything the bands had to say. tulsaworld.com/Dfest
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