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California has a long tradition of music festivals. From Monterey Pop to Coachella, festivalgoers have had many opportunities to enjoy the best that popular music has to offer, all in a festival setting. While its scale is more modest than its bigger and better-known brothers, the inaugural Kaleidoscope Music Festival aims to shine a light on Santa Cruz and its homegrown music scene. The festival happens Saturday, March 30 at the Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building.<\/p>\n
The festival is the brainchild of local musician and entrepreneur Jimmy Palafox. Head of Mountain Music Productions, Palafox says that the inspiration for the Kaleidoscope Music Festival grew out of enthusiasm surrounding the impending release of a new album from his band, The New Horizons. That album, Kaleidoscope<\/i> \u201ctook about five years to complete, so I figured that I\u2019d do a big celebration,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I\u2019d go about celebrating by choosing some of the best bands in the area.\u201d The event\u2019s lineup will include five groups: Flat Sun Society, Floratura, Santa Cruda, Santa Cruz Latin Collective and The New Horizons.<\/p>\n
Working with a team of organizers that includes Julie Horner and Michelle Murphy, Palafox began work only eight months ago on the largest festival project with which he\u2019s ever been involved. The venue for the festival has a special meaning for him, as the Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building was the site of the very first New Horizons gig. \u201cAnd that show was the very first event I ever put together, shortly after I finished high school,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Palafox says that planning and organization have all proceeded smoothly and without incident. \u201cGetting everyone to come together in one place at one time was a little difficult,\u201d he admits, \u201cbut everything has fallen into place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Membership in the five bands includes some overlap: Palafox, for example, is a member of both The New Horizons and Santa Cruz Latin Collective. \u201cHere in Santa Cruz,\u201d he explains, \u201cit\u2019s a small community of musicians. We all know each other, and our bands end up sharing [musicians].\u201d The evening will feature six hours of music from the five bands, all of which are based in Santa Cruz. Palafox says that he and his co-organizers \u201chope the community will come out and listen to the different styles of music that Santa Cruz has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The five bands on the bill for the inaugural Kaleidoscope Music Festival explore different corners of the musical landscape, but all share a love of and dedication to the spirit of making music together. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of great music here in Santa Cruz, music that a lot of people don\u2019t know about,\u201d says festival organizer and musician Jimmy Palafox. \u201cAnd this festival is a great opportunity to come out and appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bill featured these five bands. Click on each for a feature.<\/p>\n
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