Bunchland

Welcome to Bunchfest

For music lovers, summer = festival season. If music and sunshine are both things that feed the soul, it makes sense to put them together, right?

One of Bunchland’s goals for this summer is to find ways to help you create that festival feeling right in your own backyard.

We’re thinking:

• How to make your own festival merch
• Eating nothing but the finest in festival food (i.e. stuff that you would find -on-a-stick or -in-a-cone)
• Creating various play and relax zones in your backyard and neighbourhood
• How to pack for an all-day picnic
• The best tunes for your outdoor dance party
• How to put on a concert for your pals

What would you like to see from BunchFest this summer?

Photo, Dave Bidini and kids from Hillside 2009, by Flare via Flickr

Take kids to an outdoor music festival for a summer experience you’ll never forget

Perry Farrell’s kids!

Bringing little ones along for a day (or two, or more) of watching bands play under a blue sky while lazing on the grass is no longer the domain of celebrity families. All-ages events can be found throughout North America and beyond, and often, bringing kids is encouraged with free admission for smalls and special kid stages and play areas.

Kidzapalooza is an area of Lollapalooza where kids and parents can hang out, watch bands play on the Kidza stage and take part in activities like hip hop workshops, getting punk-rock hairdos and rock star video karaoke. “The whole point of Kidzapalooza,” Lolla co-founder/music producer Tor Hyams told us over the phone from Los Angeles, “was that I wanted to figure out a way to get families together doing something musical, something the whole family could participate it.” (Hm, sounds just like the principle behind the infamous Bunch Family Dance Parties.)  Read more...