Okeechobee Festival Announce PoWoW!

Article Contributed by Mason Jar Media | Published on Thursday, February 16, 2017

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March 5) is excited to announce the final lineup for this year’s PoWoW!, a  one-time-only live collaborative concert under the stars at Sunshine Grove. The 2017 PoWow! will take place on Saturday, March 4 at the Here Stage  from  10:15 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. and will feature legendary singer-songwriter-composer and keyboardist Michael McDonald, R&B crooner Gallant, DJ and electronic producer GRiZ, funk outfit Vulfpeck, Eric Krasno (Lettuce/Soulive), American R&B singer Antwaun Stanley, the horn section of instrumental jazz group Snarky Puppy and many more special guests. The PoWow! will focus largely on special reinterpretations of beloved classic songs woven together with modern music by this incredible live band. The goal of the PoWow! is for artists and audience to share a transcendent experience of connection and shared energy as these stars align at Okeechobee. More information on this year’s PoWoW! can be found on the festival’s website HERE.

Recently, Okeechobee also announced its highly anticipated daily lineups for Thursday, March 2 through Sunday, March 5. Including all performers on its three main stages (Be Stage, Here Stage, Now Stage), Jungle 51 and Aquachobee Beach, this year’s Okeechobee lineup for these stages can be viewed HERE. Okeechobee has also announce the return and expansion of ChobeeWobee Village, the festival’s cultural epicenter. Everything from yoga classes and earth arts workshops to late night fire performances and intimated performances can be viewed HERE. Additionally, festivalgoers can download the official Okeechobee app through the App Store that will allow for a personal schedule to be created, up-to-the-minute News direct from the festival, FAQs, information on ticketing (VIP packages, RV parking passes, shuttles), site maps and a chance to win official 2017 Okeechobee merchandise. More info on the app can be found via Okeechobeefest.com. Three-day passes to the festival are SOLD OUT and a limited run of four-day passes remain at the final price tier. Visit Okeechobeefest.com for more details.

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, is a diverse, multi-genre event celebrating the start of spring with world renowned and on the rise performers, art installations to inspire with awe, yoga and meditation to cleanse the soul, great food, and friends new and old to enjoy it all with. The second annual edition of North America’s most exciting new festival will take place at Okeechobee, Florida’s beautiful Sunshine Grove, located on over 600 acres of pristine grasslands, clear lakes, and exotic tropical woodlands. Artists performing at the 2017 festival include Kings of Leon, Usher & The Roots,

Bassnectar, Sturgill Simpson, The Lumineers, Flume, Wiz Khalifa, Pretty Lights, Solange, Logic, Rae Sremmurd, Young The Giant, Porter Robinson (Live), Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, and many more. For additional details on the artists performing, along with information on Okeechobee’s exciting nightly dusk-till-dawn electronic experience, Jungle 51 (along with complete ticketing information and payment plan options), visit OkeechobeeFest.com.