Snarky Puppy's GroundUp Festival returns

Snarky Puppy have announced details and lineup for their second annual GroundUp Music Festival, held in Miami Beach, Florida from 9-11 February 2018. Bela Fleck, Joshua Redman and Robert Glasper are among thirty artists on the bill, while electronic guitar and vocal magician Lionel Loueke will be the resident ‘Artist At Large’. Festival Food will be created by celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein.

it’s all organised by bassist Michael League who explained on Facebook Live how they are looking to build on the success of last year’s event, by making improvements rather than expansions. You can see his video below, alongside the announcement video.

The full lineup is as follows…

Snarky Puppy (performing each night)
The Wood Brothers
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Trio
Robert Glasper
Kitailo & The Spoken Words Feat. Buika
Joshua Redman
Jojo Mayer / Nerve
Charlie Hunter & Silvana Estrada
Banda Magda
Becca Stevens
Forq
Lionel Loueke (Artist At Large)
Mark Guiliana's Beat Music
Eliades Ochoa
Knower feat. Dennis Hamm, Sam Wilkes, and Jacob Mann
Under One Sun
Weedie Braimah & The Hands Of Time
Roosevelt Collier
Breastfist
Sirintip
Alina Engibaryan
Paris_Monster
C4 Trio
Harold Lopez Nussa Trio