West Beach Music Festival 2010!

The West Beach Music Festival on Saturday September 25 in beautiful Santa Barbara, California had everything going for it. Not only were there amazing bands playing on three stages, but the weather was perfect, and it made for an unforgettable day at the beach. 

We were greeted by one of our favorite South Bay bands, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, as they performed their set in the beautiful afternoon sun. After their performance, we headed backstage to get some footage for SurfRoots.com. Thanks to Resin Music, I was able to spend a majority of the afternoon interviewing the bands as they hung out backstage, and spent time with fellow musicians. I basically interviewed anyone and everyone I could and I got some great interviews with several standouts in the world of California Reggae music like Rebelution and Tomorrow's Bad Seeds! You can see the footage at http://www.resinmusic.com/ !

After the festival, I met up with some old friends and headed to Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara to catch yet another set by the Bad Seeds. Surprisingly the town was pretty dead, and there were not too many people out and about. Trying to have shows after an entire day's worth of music was probably just too much for most people to handle. Not us though! Our group raged throughout the night and we were all reminded of just how great the city of Santa Barbara can be.

I would say the only negative part of the West Beach Festival, was the lack of people in attendance. Even with headliners like UB40, Rebelution, and Soja, the attendance dwindled a little. It definitely was far from empty, but we were surprised at how few people were there for a "festival". I really hope that next year there are thousands more people in attendance, and the West Beach Festival lives up to it's true potential.