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THE 2018 CIDERSTOCK music festival is expected to draw as many as 10,000 music fans, like these at the 2016 show, to the Woodchuck Cidery back yard in Middlebury.
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Ciderstock brings bands to Middlebury
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MIDDLEBURY — Woodchuck Hard Cider doesn’t do anything halfway. When the company needed more brewing and bottling space a few years back, it didn’t just add on to its existing facility, it built a beautiful new, 100,000-square-foot plant that looks (somewhat) like a big red barn. When it wanted to show off the space and treat its customers a good time it threw a party — a really big party. They called the music festival and hang-out event “Ciderbration” that first go-around in August 2014, and around 8,000 people came to Woodchuck’s backyard — a grassy expanse behind the cidery off Exchange Street in Middlebury — and listen to the bands, eat great food and party. The event has got better every year since then — drawing thousands of cider aficionados and music fans every August. This year’s music festival, now dubbed “Ciderstock,” will take place Aug. 18, and it promises to be at least as fun as the four that preceded it. . Ciderstock guests will have opportunity to meet the cider makers, sample new styles of cider, and kick back and enjoy lawn games with friends. Local food vendors will be on hand to sell their wares — almost a dozen are signed up this year, including lulu Ice Cream of Vergennes and Bristol, and Thelma’s Bread Dough (do you may remember them from Field Days?). “We are very excited that Ciderstock is celebrating its 5th year,” said Woodchuck Marketing Vice President Bridget Blacklock. “We have a great line up to help us mark this anniversary of bringing cider and music together. Many save this date on the calendar each year, and we look forward to welcoming these enthusiastic fans and more to celebrate Woodchuck in our backyard!” And the bands. The headliner this year will be “311,” a band formed in Omaha, Neb., (now based in L.A.) that mixes rock, reggae, hip-hop and funk into their own unique sound. The quintet has charted three No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Alternative Radio Chart — “Down,” “Love Song” and “Don’t Tread On Me” — and sold more than 9 million albums. Other acts on the bill are Moon Taxi,
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FRANK MCELROY, LEFT, and Toby Leaman — both members of the band Dr. Dog — rocked into the night at a past Woodchuck Hard Cider celebration.
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Jukebox the Ghost, along with Vermont’s Seth Yacovone Band. Moon Taxi is a five-piece band hailing from Nashville with three albums under their belt, appearances on all the big light night shows (Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien and David Letterman) and performances at many music festivals, including Bonnaroo, Coachella, Lollapalooza and more. Jukebox of Ghosts has been described as a trio of piano pop wizards. Probably most familiar is the Seth Yacovone Band, the original bluesy hard rock improv power trio from Burlington. Ciderstock 2018 will take place Saturday, Aug. 18, 2-10 p.m. at 1321 Exchange St. in Middlebury. Tickets — $35 now and $40 day of the show — can be had at the cider house or online at woodchuck.com.
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