Beartrap 2011

When the Taj Mahal Trio exits stage left, Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 will officially be over, and it has definitely been one for the history books. The bands, the vendors, the workshops, the food, and yes...the people- they have all made up one of, if not the best Beartrap Festival ever...

This weekend, you've seen posts about the bands (obviously), the kids, the umbrellas, the cribs, the dogs, and more. What have you may not know, is that you wouldn't have seen any of that had Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 not happened. And Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 would not have happened, without these people...

Johnny Cash. Elvis Costello. Eric Clapton. Dustin Kensrue. These are the men that define a certain style of music. But, it's more than just a style of music. It's an attitude, a lifestyle. It's folk music, but it's so much more. It's blues, rock, pop, classical, and more all rolled into one. It's a public diary of a broken soul, and if there is one man that gets what folk music is, it's Jalan Cros

If you were to look across the meadow at Beartrap Summer Festival 2011, you would see a plethora of different kinds of people. Older folks, younger folks, musicians, hippies, yuppies, girls in bikinis, guys looking at girls in bikinis, and more...

If you like Reba, Dolly, Patsy, June, and others, then chances are you will love The Jaspers.

Though they're not actually from Boulder (more like mid-Denver?...ish?), the only negative one could say about Boulder Acoustic Society is that they were somewhat dishonest about their namesake. Everything else about them just...rocks.

Have you ever been invited to a party, and on the invitation it said something along the lines of from 7:00-?, insinuating that nobody knows when the party was going to end? Well, basically that's what the Beartrap Summer Festival has done this year.

One of the best parts about a Casper summer is, obviously, the Beartrap Summer Festival.

If you're a fan of country, bluegrass, folk, rock, and rap (okay, maybe not rap) then you would be a fan of Jim Lauderdale, as he combines all of those styles into one that has lasted nearly 25 years and has been recorded by artists such as Patty Lovelace and George Straight.

Long Road Home is a long way from home, but that doesn't mean that they're not rocking! This men's group seems to have an affinity for nice clothes, cool facial hair, and awesome music.