South Padre International Music Festival

South Padre International Music Festival (also known as SPI Music Fest) is an annual 3-day music festival held on South Padre Island, Texas. The event features international and national artists, encompassing a wide range of musical genres including country, funk, reggae, rock, indie, Latin rock, ska and jazz. 2007 marked the inaugural year of SPI Music Fest with almost 10,000 visitors throughout the weekend. The festival producer is GamePlan Marketing & Events, a strategic marketing and advertising agency located in Austin, Texas.[1]
The festival is set in a tropical atmosphere with temperatures averaging high 70s in late October and early November.[2]

South Padre International Music Festival
Genre	country, funk, reggae, rock, indie, Latin rock, ska, bluegrass, Americana, hip hop and jazz
Dates	2008: October 31-November 2
Location(s)	South Padre Island, Texas, United States
Years active	2007–present
Website	www.spimusicfest.com

History

When The South Padre Convention and Visitors Bureau had a goal to attract visitors during the fall off-season, it held a bidding for a music festival. GamePlan Marketing & Events was selected and began the process of producing a music festival that would help South Padre be a cultural entertainment destination, attracting worldwide tourism. Early visions for a music festival included concerts on the sand flats north of the South Padre Island Convention Centre. However, the producer and CVB agreed they wanted to put the concerts near the businesses to better help the local economy.[3] November 2–4, 2007 marked the inaugural SPI Music Fest. The 2008 date for SPI Music Fest will occur on October 31-November 2.

2008 lineup

Willie Nelson Foghat Los Lonely Boys Blue Öyster Cult Ghostland Observatory Steel Pulse Alejandro Escovedo Del Castillo Grupo Fantasma Fastball Sara Hickman Vallejo Airline meridianwest Nakia and his Southern Cousins

Pelican West The Last Vegas Ginger Leigh Twanguero Bongodogs Stewart Mann & the Statesboro Revue James Speer Big Burn Brownout Phillip Thomas Kellogg Suzanna Choffel Eric Hanke Bree Stevens

• More to come…www.spimusicfest.com for updated lineup

2007 lineup

More than 60 bands in 14 venues were officially involved[4] in the 2007 South Padre International Music Festival. Musical acts included:

Jaguares Robert Earl Keen Robert Randolph & the Family Band Reckless Kelly Plastilina Mosh Grupo Fantasma Los Amigos Invisibles Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jumbo Patrice Pike Mike Doughty Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Suzanna Choffel Jumbo Meridian West Boombox Big Burn Kathleen Braun Hope for the Stars Gerry's Kids

Pelican West Band Stewart Mann Frontera Jazz Quartet Haydn Vitera Joy Davis Eric Hanke Third Coast Peoples Army Bongodogs Twanguero! Leslie Blasing Wesley Cox On the Roadside Allstars Honeybrowne Rabanes Bombasta Papa Mali Jesus War Danny Schmidt Ideophonic

Brownout Carrie Elkin Two Tons of Steel The Authors Green Mountain Grass Amy Atchley Espina Billy Harvey Airline Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys Eidman Hall Nakia and his Southern Cousins Amy Cook Ruby James Pilaseca Miser Stereo Kitsch Slim Richey Jitterbug Vipers Leonhardt The Throwbacks The Gospel Silverstones Moving Matter DJ Gmau Philip Thomas Kellogg

Weather

The average temperature for South Padre Island during the last week of October and the first week of November is 80' (average high) and 66' (average low).[5]

Gallery

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  South Padre Island Sunset
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  South Padre Island Beach
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  One of the smaller music venue on the beach
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  Beautiful day in November during SPI Music Fest
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  People posing with SPI Music Fest stickers July 4, 2008

References

1. ."Work Page". www.gpexperience.com. Accessed November 4, 2008
2. "http://weather.com" Accessed March 26, 2008
3. Brownsville Herald. "Island Destination" Phillips, Carl. November 2, 2007
4. Coastal Current Weekly. "Music Festival washes over SPI". November 2, 2007
5. http://weather.msn.com Archived 2007-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. South Padre Island. Accessed April 2, 2008.