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HUICHICA MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2013 LINE UP
Boutique festival brings hand-curated music, food & wine to Sonoma June 14 & 15

HUICHICA MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2013 MUSIC, FOOD AND WINE LINE UP FEATURING:

MUSIC:
BLITZEN TRAPPER, FRUIT BATS, JONATHAN WILSON, CASS MCCOMBS, DAMIEN JURADO, JESSICA PRATT, THE DONKEYS, WHITE MAGIC, FLOATING ACTION, MARTY MARQUIS, ERIC D. JOHNSON, DJ ANDY CABIC

FOOD:
BUNK SANDWICHES, SALUMERIA, CRAFTSMEN AND WOLVES, NAMU GAJI, RANCHO GORDO, MIKE THE BEJKR, SKYLITE SNOWBALLS AND SONOMA FARMERS MARKET

WINE:
2010 MOUNTAIN CUVEE, 2011 PINOT NOIR, 2012 GEWÜRZTRAMINER, 2010 MERLOT

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY APRIL 12, 10AM PST VIA WWW.HUICHICA.COM
FRIDAY NIGHT $18
SATURDAY ALL DAY $40
TWO DAY $50

Sonoma, California—April 11, 2013
In the era of mega-festivals, Huichica founders Eric D. Johnson and Jeff Bundschu are excited to announce the line up for the 2013 Huichica Music Festival, an intimate and artisanal festival they created in 2010. The Huichica Music Festival combines hand-curated collections of emerging and established artists and celebrated restaurants in an intimate and beautiful wine country setting. This year’s festival will take place Saturday, June 15th, with a special opening night show on Friday, June 14th. The festival will feature 12 bands and performers on two stages, 7 celebrated restaurants, a selection of estate grown wines, and a Sonoma Farmers market featuring local produce, cheese, charcuterie and artisan products. Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, April 12th at 10am, PST at Huichica.com

On the heels of a successful 2012 that saw the festival add an opening night and a second stage, Huichica organizers are back with the strongest musical line up to date and a list of world class food purveyors. As always, performers for Huichica were invited based on artistic integrity, musical expression, and the key attribute of an ideal Huichica participant, personal approachability. For 2013 that approach was extended to food purveyors. In addition to being recognized near and far as top tier in their respective styles, all participants are down-to-earth and authentically connected to the Huichica vision of being one of most tightly curated and overtly artist and chef friendly festivals in the world. Musical performers in 2013 include Blitzen Trapper, Fruit Bats, Jonathan Wilson, Cass McCombs, Damien Jurado, Jessica Pratt, The Donkeys, White Magic, Floating Action, Marty Marquis, Eric D. Johnson, and DJ Andy Cabic. Restaurants and food purveyors include Bunk Sandwhiches, Salumeria, Namu Gaji, Rancho Gordo, Mike the Bejker, Skylight Snowballs, and the Sonoma Farmer’s Market featuring a selection of local produce, cheese and crafts. Featured estate grown Sonoma wines from Gundlach Bundschu will include 2010 Mountain Cuvee, 2011 Pinot Noir, 2012 Gewurztraminer, and 2010 Merlot.

Huichica organizers are also very excited to announce their alignment with two of the San Francisco bay area’s most distinctive cultural voices. (((folkYEAH!))), based in Monterey, Big Sur and San Francisco, is a veteran producer and promoter responsible for some of the most memorable and intimate concerts in recent California history. Swimmingly (http://swimming.ly/) is a pioneer in the rapidly expanding space where independent music and artisanal food culture intersect. Both have lent their considerable expertise to Huichica 2013, and as a result the experience promises to be one the richest and most truly unique yet.

The idea for Huichica was born of a chance meet up of vintner Jeff Bundschu and musician, composer and Fruit Bats founder Eric D. Johnson. Bundschu, also a concert producer, had hosted amazing nights with Jonathan Rice, Deer Tick, Ra Ra Riot, among others at his family’s 155 year-old Sonoma winery, Gundlach Bundschu. Johnson, who had performed at some of the most famous mega-festivals in the world, had always envisioned creating a boutique festival in a beautiful natural setting with a unique artist and fan friendly approach. After a Fruit Bats show at the winery, he knew exactly where he wanted to do it.

Now in its fourth year, the Huichica Music Festival in Sonoma, California is the embodiment of a new breed of festival—stunning location, hand-chosen lineup of music, food and wine, celebrated by artists and fans alike.

DATES: Saturday, June 15, 2013 with special opening night show Friday, June 14

WHEN/WHERE: GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU WINERY, SONOMA, CA (Gundlach Bundschu winery’s grounds are located one hour north of San Francisco and 90 minutes west of Sacramento.)

THE MUSIC LINEUP: Blitzen Trapper, Fruit Bats, Jonathan Wilson, Cass McCombs, Damien Jurado, Jessica Pratt, The Donkeys, White Magic, Floating Action, Marty Marquis, Eric D. Johnson, and DJ Andy Cabic

THE FOOD LINEUP: Bunk Sandwhiches, Salumeria, Namu Gaji, Rancho Gordo, Mike the Bejker, Skylight Snowballs, and the Sonoma Farmer’s Market featuring a selection of local produce, cheese and crafts.

THE WINE LINEUP: Estate grown Sonoma wines from Gundlach Bundschu including 2010 Mountain Cuvee, 2011 Pinot Noir, 2012 Gewurztraminer, and 2010 Merlot.

TICKETS: On sale Friday, April 12 at www.huichica.com/tickets. $18 Friday night only, $40 and $50 for both days.

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ABOUT HUICHICA MUSIC FESTIVAL:
Huichica Music Festival is a boutique music, food and wine festival with a unique artist and fan friendly approach. Now in its fouth year, the Huichica Music Festival in Sonoma, California is the embodiment of a new breed of festival—boutique in size, a stunning location, a hand-chosen lineup of music, food and wine, to be celebrated by artists and fans alike.

ABOUT GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU:
Founded in 1858 and wholly owned and managed by the sixth generation of the Bundschu family, Gundlach Bundschu is California’s oldest family-owned winery. The family makes small lots of premium terroir-driven wines from its sustainably farmed hillside vineyard in Sonoma and are proud to share their rich, personal relationship with the land on which they live. The winery is located at 2000 Denmark Street, Sonoma, California, 95476.

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