Tomorrow sees the start of the Todos Santos music Festival.
Back for it’s fourth year the organizer, Peter Buck of R.E.M reckons it will be
the best yet.
In 2014, the festival raised $62,000, which was distributed
to several charities in the town. The 2015 edition will benefit disaster relief
since the village of Todos Santos was hit hard by Hurricane Odile.
This year’s lineup features the Autumn Defense, Old 97’s,
the Jayhawks, and Grammy-winning Latin quartet La Santa Cecilia playing the
first weekend. Weekend two will feature Conor Oberst, Dawes, M. Ward, and the
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible on the final night. Of course,
Buck will be on hand to jam with many of the acts, and there will likely be
special guests (Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones showed up in 2014 and jammed
with the Dream Syndicate), as well as returning artists such as Kev’n Kinney on
both weekends and Steve Wynn on weekend two.
Says Buck, “It’s going to be a really good year.”