Events

[FESTIVAL] For the first time in 12 years, Slyfest—the annual world music and percussion festival held by the Sly Boots School of Music—will feature a DJ as a headliner. But not just any DJ, but DJ Logic. If you know anything about DJ Logic, you’ll realize that this is a brilliant choice for a percussion based music festival. The turntablist from the Bronx has the uncanny ability to roll together rhythms seamlessly, creating massive grooves for the audience to get lost in. He’s collaborated with and toured with a huge amount of musical acts that anyone would recognize, since he became active in the early 1990s, and that list will be expanded when he comes to Slyfest 12 at The Heron this weekend for a collaborative set with Critt’s Juke Joint. Toubab Krew, Consider the Source, the Mike Dillon Band, Sophistafunk, and the Slyboots Circus are among the fellow headliners along with a huge line up of local acts that range from percussive world music inspired stuff to indie rock, and folk rock. The three day festival runs Friday, August 11 through Sunday, August 13 on the Great Blue Heron festival site in Sherman, New York, and is not only a wonderful weekend of music, but also a fundraiser for the Sly Boots School of Music. For the full lineup see www.slyfest.com.