Dear Campers,

Well, it’s that time again! Put on your tank tops and down some bug juice because Summer Camp Festival is taking place again this year May 23-25 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, just 20 miles north of Peoria. Advance tickets (including camping) are now on sale for $140.

Here are your camp counselors for the summer, with more still to be announced:

Moe. (3 days!) Umphrey’s McGee (2 days!) The Flaming Lips The Roots O.A.R. STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic G. Love & Special Sauce The New Pornographers Girl Talk The Avett Brothers Tea Leaf Green Clutch Blind Melon Hot Buttered Rum The Lee Boys Cornmeal Groovatron Family Groove Company 56 Hope Road Future Rock Phonograph Banyan U-Melt Euforquestra The Hue Elsinore Madahoochi Zmick Brainchild Cosmopolitics Uglysuit The PMG The Macpodz Creek Road Ramblers Sub-ID Mifune

Activities for the summer session include:

 Swimming lessons with A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers
 Hiking with Moe.
 Modern dance with Gregg Gillis (a.k.a Girl Talk)
 Arts and crafts with The Flaming Lips and Girl Talk
 Drama with Blind Melon
 Badminton with G. Love
 Poetry with The Roots
 And more to be announced!

This is the eighth year of Summer Camp Festival, and it’s sure to be a great time! So what are you waiting for?! Buy your ticket now and get your summer started off the right way!

We’ll see you in May!

Sincerely,
Mary Sobchak
Camp Intern