Purple Hatter’s Ball 2015 kicked off last night with a super pre-party featuring El Dub, Flat Land, Mouth, Cure for the Common, Elephant Revival, Space Capone, and DubConscious. We put together a recap of fan and band memories below, along with a few photos:
Flat Land
Taking place at the famed Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida May 8 – 10, 2015, the three-day music festival benefits The Rachel Morningstar Foundation (a non-profit 501c3 organization) in honor of longtime SOSMP friend and music festival lover Rachel Morningstar Hoffman.
The most memorable moment of the weekend is when Rachel’s loving mother, Margie Weiss (aka Momma Margie), leads an emotional Mother’s Day Ceremony celebrating her daughter’s memory. Last year, they released 24 monarch butterflies – 23 to represent Rachel’s age when she was taken from this world and 1 for her spirit that lives on.
The Rachel Morningstar Foundation exists to help the public understand the benefit of guidelines for law enforcement’s use of confidential informants (CIs). Currently each state, county, city, college campus or law enforcement agency sets their own standards, laws or guidelines as it relates to recruiting and using CIs. The efforts of this foundation are dedicated to the memory of Rachel Morningstar Hoffman (December 17, 1984 – May 7, 2008) a 23-year-old Florida State University graduate. She was murdered while acting as a police informant during a drug sting that started on May 7, 2008. The first of its kind in the U.S., Rachel’s Law, a Florida law that went into effect on July 1, 2009, established new guidelines for law enforcement when dealing with confidential informants.
Purple Hatter’s Ball 2015 Lineup:
Lotus
Nahko and Medicine For the People
Alex Grey & Allyson Grey
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaries
Toubab Krewe
The Werks
Random Rab
Roosevelt Collier’s Suwannee Jam
Adrian Crutchfield and the Extraordinary Gentlemen
DubConscious
Greenhouse Lounge
TAUK
The Malah
Catfish Alliance
Benyoro
Mingo Fishtrap
Raja Kassis’ Humanbeing
Kansas Bible Company
Cadillac Jones
Grandpa’s Cough Medicine
Mouth
Cure For The Common
Trial By Stone
Empire Strikes Brass
Les Racquet
Shak Nasti
MZG
Scott Campbell Band w/ Avis Berry
SuperMande Jam
Parker Urban Band
New Earth Army
Future Vintage
The Galbraith Group
Lucky Costello
Sex Manatee’s Basshole
Aaron Lebos Reality
Daria & The Hip Drops
Firewater Tent Revival
Lava
Tambor
Bells and Robes
Flat land
Grit
Ruby & Friends
Vlad the Inhaler
Sir Charles
Zak the Blak
Ben Danner
Combustible
bleek ‘n coy
Charlie Hustle
Cry Havoc
Chews
Ardency
Brother Dan
Mhkaz
Live Artists:
Brian Barnard
Bean Spence
Stacey Coon
Justin Seabolt
Zak Holly
Leo Hearn
Bridget Adams
Bonnie Goodson
Camille Malm
Stephen Barry
William Bowers
Emily Kell
John Gay
Jerry Cahill
Chryssha Guidry
Purple Hatter’s Ball Information:
www.PurpleHattersBall.com
www.facebook.com/PurpleHattersBall
Twitter + Instagram:
@PurpleHatters (#PurpleHatters #PHB2015 #PurpAllDay #RachelHoffman)
