Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: This was for the home team.
This was for the home team.
[00:00:14] Speaker B: Hey, Tailgate Beers, tailgaters. Austin Ryan. Hey, we're here.
The announcement. I know it's been long awaiting for Bloomington, Illinois for tailgate and tall boys. We're here to talk about it, so let's kind of go through what we've got lined up here.
[00:00:33] Speaker C: Austin, dude, I'm beyond pumped. I know everybody's been waiting for this right now. I mean, this could be dropping either a, the lineup just dropped.
Here we are. Or this might be dropping the night before, a couple hours before. Hopefully you guys all enjoy this no matter what. Thank you for listening again. This festival has been something that means a lot to us. And for Tailgate Beers, the whole reason behind this is we wanted to bring information to fans that go bring inside information, interviews, and not only that, just information at the festival, behind the scenes, behind the scenes, but just information leading up to it. Where do I get my wristbands? What are the giveaways that are going on? What nights are they cruise ins? Are they in Bloomington? Where does my wristband get shipped?
[00:01:24] Speaker B: So a quick story for me. I had a golf cart last year, Bloomington, Illinois, and I was driving around. I was actually doing a lot of different stuff behind the scenes out in the camp area and all kinds of stuff. And I would see people that would walk all the way down the middle dirt road, right, all the way down to the main entrance. Then they figure out, oh, no, VIP entrance is all the way back. So then they're high tech and it all the way back over, all the way around back to the vip. We're here, I'm here. And I know Austin is too. We are here because we want to be able to help, you know, figure out what those maps look like. Where's this at? Where's that at? Where am I supposed to go? What's the best area for me to park if I'm camping, where's my camp spot at? What kind of amenities am I going to have in that camp area?
What should I expect? All of that is what kind of raised this whole Tailgate Beers from a podcast.
And we've had a lot of fun along the way, don't get me wrong, but this is what kind of it started with.
[00:02:32] Speaker C: Yeah, and you've been around me enough at the festivals. I know last year, I mean, I didn't hardly see you for a while because you were out with all that, but because of the box office, because of my position and you know, what we're doing with Tailgate and tall boys.
I mean, I deal with all of these questions. If you're watching this and you've seen me, I'm usually running around trying to put out these fires of people having problems, complaints, good things, bad things, all the above.
I just simply want you to have the best experience at the festival. We really do try our best to think of every scenario.
I know. We've also created part of our own problem by changing things up.
I mean, think about, you know, one year, it's like the stage is here. Next year we move the side stage, we change the entrance over. We are here to answer those questions and share this information. So if you know somebody, share this page with them. Follow us. We will be sharing all of this information throughout the year. And we want to be that spot where people can reach out to and get this information and know we got your back. And again, we also want to share exciting announcements like this lineup that we're going to be sharing with you. We want to share the exclusive meet and greets. We want to give some stuff away. I mean, I got signed posters. I've got extra posters. I love giving shit away. Wayne hates it. I love it. But that's the whole give and take of our relationship, of we want you guys to be happy and we want to be that voice that helps you along the way, and we want to be the ones. You guys wake up the next morning going, those fuckers got me so drunk that I don't want to talk to them anymore.
[00:04:19] Speaker B: Well, for a few hours at least. And then you're like, all right, well, Austin and Ryan are cool again, and let's go back and let's start again.
[00:04:28] Speaker C: Yeah, I miss you guys, but I do kind of inside a little fucked up, want people to, like, listen to our podcast and be like, oh, God. Oh, man.
Memories. The memories come flying back.
[00:04:40] Speaker B: The memories.
[00:04:41] Speaker C: I have that effect on people. And I. I want to come out. We, and we talked about this earlier. We want to do a podcast at a campsite. We want to sit down with some of you, but we want to know who's got the best campsite. No half assing it. We want.
We want the real partiers and we want some interesting people that we want. We want to talk about.
[00:05:02] Speaker B: Absolutely. Bloomington, Illinois is, in my opinion, and correct me if I'm wrong, is the biggest tailgate in tall boys that we have currently. And it's the most cumbersome, it's the most traveled. If you want to say that, it's the biggest. All right there in one Big venue of the fairgrounds in Bloomington. Everybody is walking around, everybody's partying, everybody's having a good time. Everybody's looking for, you know, other things to do. And my hope, Austin's hope, our hope we're here with Tailgate Beers is that we can. We can help provide some of that information, but then also, you know, drive some of that good time as well.
[00:05:46] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, we're. I feel like that's. That's a definition of us, of Tailgate Beers want to have a good time, good conversation, and that's what we're here to do.
[00:05:57] Speaker B: So let's get into a little bit of that lineup. So if you're hearing it here first, just know we've got four full days of music in Bloomington, Illinois, and. Full days. I mean, full days. So we've got artists after artist after artist. We've got multiple stages.
Tonight we're going to talk about some of the biggest headliners we've got coming in. Direct support coming in as well.
There's going to be future podcasts that we talk about and we just break down some of those openers. For me, that's one of the most things I'm excited about.
[00:06:34] Speaker C: The undercards.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: Yes, the undercards. And talking about, you know, some of those songs that you don't even know that, you know, those artists that you're not even sure that you've ever heard of before. I almost promise you you've heard of something from them and they do bring a ton of value. And I hope that you come out early on all of those days to come out and see them too.
[00:06:57] Speaker C: Yeah. And here we sit. Do we sit in December? And there's some of these undercards that, I mean, side stage acts that by the time the festival rolls around, like, people could be shitting themselves that. How is this person even on the side stage? I mean, a lot can change in six months.
[00:07:16] Speaker B: So an example of that from last year, Tucker Wetmore. Yeah, I mean, just. I mean, he was an opener in Midland, Michigan, by the time. Yeah, yeah. By the time even he was performing as.
[00:07:26] Speaker C: Yeah, people were showing up super early just to see him.
[00:07:29] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:29] Speaker C: Again, these artists, depending on what they drop, depending on what comes out. And I. I know that with this lineup, there are some people on here that are gonna boom in the next six months.
[00:07:41] Speaker B: So we've got some. Some Tailgate and Tall Boys alum that are coming back. Yes, we've got some Tailgate Beers alum that are gonna come and join us for possibly the first time at Tailgate and Tall Boys. Some, some folks from some cruisins, you know, alum that have seen us over over the last couple of months. We've been doing this podcast as well that I'm looking forward to seeing again.
[00:08:03] Speaker C: Oh, dude, I'm, I'm so pumped. I mean this, this lineup is, is a very well thought out. We've worked our ass off for it and we. Again, I know everybody's been blowing us up wanting the lineup. There's a lot of things that go into it. Trust me when I say if it was as easy as just throwing it out there, we would have done it. But there's been a lot of moving parts. Things change. We have to wait on teams to approve, we have to wait on their tours and I know other festivals have announced and great for them.
Different strokes for different folks.
This is where we're at. So the lineup is here.
We're dropping it. Some of you will be hearing this for the first time right here exclusively on Tailgate Beers. And we hope you guys enjoy. Again, this is not just something we, you know, threw together on a whim. This is a, this is a thought out lineup. And yeah, we hope you enjoy.
[00:09:01] Speaker B: And just in time as some of you, especially men like Austin and I, who are very late in getting our special ones gifts, just in time to be able to, to pick up some tickets to tailgate. Tall Boys 2025. Yeah, that Christmas gift that they've been looking forward to.
[00:09:23] Speaker C: Oh yeah, that stocking stuff.
[00:09:24] Speaker B: Yes. There you go. So yeah, let's, let's go ahead and get into it. I mean, we're talking about Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, packed full of artists. So what's, what's Thursday look like for us?
[00:09:37] Speaker C: Full fucking days.
[00:09:39] Speaker B: Yeah, four days.
[00:09:41] Speaker C: Four days.
[00:09:41] Speaker B: So we're talking about middle of June. What's the dates this one?
[00:09:45] Speaker C: June 12th through the 15th.
[00:09:46] Speaker B: June 12th to the 15th. So 15th, probably Father's Day, I assume.
[00:09:51] Speaker C: Father's Day Sunday.
[00:09:53] Speaker B: Okay. We got some, some artists lined up for Father's Day. So that's a good Father's Day. I mean, I would appreciate a ticket to Tailgate and Tall Boys for Father's Day.
[00:10:03] Speaker C: Yeah. So we looked at going a couple different routes with Father's Day. It could have gone either way. We looked at going a route that was more maybe in favor of fathers and bring in some like different artists that would be more our genre. 40 year old, you know, type artist too.
At one point. I mean, we had it on the table for Post Malone to play either Thursday or Friday.
That did not happen. So sorry to burst anybody's bubble. I'm going to go ahead and throw that one out there. Not saying we didn't have a major conversation. There was a conversation of Morgan Wallen again, unless everybody wants to, you know, pay $800 a ticket or something like that. I mean, it just, it wasn't gonna. It wasn't gonna pan out. And a lot of these artists at the end day, no matter even if we wanted to have them, the reason Post Malone passed wasn't because of money, wasn't because of anything. He has his own plan of what he wants to do. And as you could see, now he's doing stadium tours with Jelly Roll. And they have this methodical process of why they do certain things and do or don't play certain markets.
And we sit in a market two and a half hours, three hours from Chicago, two and a half, three hours from St. Louis, two and a half, three Hours from Indy. We do sit in a very central point, which is good and bad, because when they play these stadiums, they don't want to play a festival.
That hurts that stadium show.
[00:11:50] Speaker B: Right. Or hurts.
Takes away from.
[00:11:52] Speaker C: See what I'm saying?
[00:11:53] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah.
[00:11:53] Speaker C: And these are things that again, I want to share with people so they understand, like, why people do or don't choose these things. And it's not like you just have an option of, well, here I'd like to buy Post Malone to play the show. And it just happens that way. It doesn't. Sometimes it doesn't matter. And it doesn't come to. No matter what we offer them, it just doesn't work out.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: And there's lots of other things that go into playing an outdoor type of festival too. I mean, there's a little bit of liability there, I'm sure. And everything else that's involved and.
[00:12:21] Speaker C: Yes. And what their look and what they're wanting to do for an artist. And there are artists like, I don't give a shit. This is what we're doing and doesn't matter. There are other people that play hundreds of shows a year and will take date, date, date, date, date, date, date, and they're gonna rock those out.
[00:12:41] Speaker B: And what I've come to learn too is it's all about routing and, you know, where you're going and where you're heading and directions and stuff like that and that. I mean, obviously it makes sense, certainly, but, you know, you want to find some gigs along the natural route that you're heading anyway.
[00:13:01] Speaker C: So, yeah, before we go into the artists, we're going to introduce a brand that we're sitting here drinking in Surfside. They're going to be the side stage sponsor this year. Going to be a big part of the festival. You're going to see them everywhere throughout our podcast, throughout Cruis, Inside at Tailgate and Tallboys. All three festivals. They've got a number of different flavors. The flavors that are going to be at the festival will be iced tea, vodka and vodka lemonade.
Go check them out. Let us know what flavors you want to see. They got a list of them on their website. They got green tea, they got black cherry, raspberry, strawberry, you name it. And they're really good.
[00:13:44] Speaker B: And this is, this is a company that we've gotten to know and love.
We've met, we've sat down with Matthew Quigley, who is the co founder, president. Yep, yep. He's the guy that came and sat down with us here on Tailgate Beers. Talked specifically about Surfside, talked specifically about Stateside, which is the vodka that they make as well. And super excited because I love it.
This is just a great rtd, ready to drink type of vodka, iced tea, lemonade. Other flavors, too, that are out there thatthat are available in different locations across the country too. Yeah.
[00:14:25] Speaker C: If you're weird about. And again, I would say I'm a weird person. When it comes to artificial flavors, when it comes to water, when it comes to different tastes and stuff, I would say I'm pretty picky. We've been drinking them for a while and I don't feel that like. Yeah, like that taste. I feel like we've just been sitting here drinking some iced tea that you just brewed again. 100 calories, no bubbles, 2 grams of sugar.
Again, check them out. Check them out at Cruis'n's. Check them out. Tailgate and Tallboys and great drink, but also great, great guys, great people, great partner to be involved with. They're gonna bring a lot to the table and we're pumped to have them. So we'll hop into it right now. If you're watching this, the lineup is here. You've been asking for it. Friday, December 13th. Tickets are on sale.
Not really sure how this is going to be released. You could be watching this a day or so before it's even announced. So this is kind of a Tailgate Beers exclusive that we're going to go through.
[00:15:29] Speaker B: How many texts or calls or messages have you gotten in the last month and not a specific number of people saying, hey, you know what? Who's coming? You know, what's, what's the lineup? Because I've gotten some. And I have nothing to do with it.
[00:15:43] Speaker C: I get quite a bit. I know Wayne gets quite a bit.
Not so many texts now. It's really during that. It's like, hey, can I get some tickets? Yeah, you know, that's where it really comes in. But I, I did. I mean, I woke up the other night to a random text of just hey, tell me who's coming to tailgate and tall boys. Nevertheless, we're going to run through these names, guys, from top to bottom. In my heart, this is a great lineup.
We put a lot of effort into this. You know, Wayne does not sleep without thinking about this lineup.
[00:16:15] Speaker B: I don't think he sleeps at all.
[00:16:16] Speaker C: No. And again, this is something that we definitely worked on. So Thursday, June 12, we are looking at Co Wetzel, Gavin Adcock, Old 60 and Hudson Westbrook on the main stage. Banger of a start.
[00:16:31] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:16:32] Speaker C: I mean people have been asking me for years to bring CO Wetzel and me personally, I will say. And this is where this job and everything we do. You have to take the fan side out of the like.
[00:16:45] Speaker B: Right.
[00:16:45] Speaker C: The thought process. I love CO Wetzel. My kids walk up song was Fuss and Fight. Like we love. I love Coetzel. Been ready for him to come here for years. This is the perfect year because of where he's at with his album, his career. And you throw Gavin Adcock right before that with old 60 and then Hudson Westbrook to start the day off on the main stage. And that's just the main stage.
[00:17:10] Speaker B: No, I mean there's a whole side stage that we'll get into it at a later date and time of what's happening over there. But goodness, I mean that lineup right there, I mean that's just a rowdy. That's a Thursday night. Yeah, Thursday night rowdy bunch. Right.
[00:17:24] Speaker C: And I feel comfortable enough at this point. It's going to be out right now where we sit in November, guys. There still are a few things on the side stage, but I'll say this because it goes side stage. Main stage, side stage, mainstage. Side stage.
Main stage. Main stage. It's going to go Hudson Westbrook, Main Stage, Old 60, Main Stage, Vincent Mason headlining the side stage.
[00:17:50] Speaker B: There you go.
[00:17:51] Speaker C: Then Gavin Adcock.
[00:17:53] Speaker B: Then CO Wetzel and Vincent Mason just dropped a song with Gavin Adcock here in the last week or so he's been out on tour with him. I know. I mean they've been playing together and then follow all that with CO at The end. I mean, that's ridiculous.
[00:18:09] Speaker C: So you get all done with that. And that's Thursday night.
[00:18:11] Speaker B: That's Thursday.
[00:18:12] Speaker C: Yeah, that's Thursday. You're waking Friday morning saying what? You're going Friday the 13th. Yes, another Friday the 13th. Tickets are going on sale Friday the 13th. You're waking up Friday the 13th going.
[00:18:26] Speaker B: How do I beat Thursday night?
[00:18:27] Speaker C: We've got June 13th, Hardy, Treaty Oak Revival, Josh Ross, Austin Snell, and hold the Phones, Lakeview headlining the side stage.
[00:18:41] Speaker B: That's. That's only day two.
[00:18:42] Speaker C: Bang bang, back to back Hardy headlining, Coming back to Tailgate and Tall Boys. Last time he played, he opened for Morgan Wallen. So he has never headlined Tailgate and Tall Boys.
[00:18:55] Speaker B: I was there. I was there when he opened up.
[00:18:56] Speaker C: For, for Morgan Hardy, Treaty Oak Revival.
Love Treaty Oak Revival.
[00:19:02] Speaker B: I was going to say, if you have not heard Treaty Oak Revival, and we'll do some, some podcasts here coming up in the next few months that, that dive into some of those artists that you may don't know that you know, but I almost would bet that you do know.
But yeah, Treaty Oak Revival. Go. Go follow them. Go listen to some of their music.
[00:19:23] Speaker C: Because cut to a song right now. Here's Trudy Oak Revival. Play it.
[00:19:29] Speaker A: And I wish that I could take away the weight that all of this brings.
I feel like you're across the hall.
[00:19:38] Speaker C: But really you're 100 miles away now you've gotten to hear Treaty Oak. We're going to keep cutting to some different songs throughout. Again, Josh Ross.
So Josh, family to us, you know, been on Tailgate Beers, you know, been to Cruisins, played Clinton, Iowa, last year, was on Bloomington's festival. Last year was replaced with Lakeview kind of months prior to. Because he had other commitments that he had to do. I think he. I think he went on tour with Luke Combs. I believe he is coming to Bloomington, you know, returning again. He played 2023. He played side stage. Bailey Zimmerman got up there on stage.
So, yeah, and then Austin Snell, our boy playing. Actually, as we're sitting here talking about this, he either played yesterday or coming up. But Austin Snell, homeboy, he's going to bring it, you know, kick the day off on the main stage.
[00:20:44] Speaker B: Yeah, going back to Josh Ross. We had so much fun when Josh Ross was here at Cruising in Peoria back in August, timeframe, whatever it was, of 2024.
[00:20:55] Speaker C: I had to clean up the aftermath.
[00:20:56] Speaker B: That's true. I mean, such a great dude, guy from up in Canada who's won all kinds of awards this year. And I know you've got some songs that are out there that Josh Ross has. So do not, do not, do not miss that show.
[00:21:13] Speaker C: On a side note, Jesse just texted me and said, I'd kill a small child for you and Wayne. So I feel like Lakeview is ready to bring it for that day, but.
[00:21:26] Speaker B: Lakeview is ready to go.
[00:21:27] Speaker C: Yeah. So, you know, right now we're going to cut to a couple songs. We got Hardy. We're going to throw some Josh Ross in there. Awesome snout again. Our boys, Lakeview.
[00:21:50] Speaker A: All over me I got a king star bit just missing a queen Maybe the first girl after your last girl with him and you won't ever be single again.
But I gotta get, get there first before they build a wall I cannot tell if I'm going to make this work.
I got to cover miles on this ground I can see the light at the end of the bottle on the wrong side of the track Every station that comes on just brings you back I've been going off the rail since.
[00:22:33] Speaker C: The day you left all right, so you just got done listening to some of those songs. Saturday, so. Co Wetzel, Gavin Adcock. Thursday, Friday, Hardy Treaty Oak Revival. It's the weekend now. Yeah, you're waking up Saturday. If you are a veteran tailgate and tallboys, you're. You're ready to go. But the rest of you might be like, wow, yeah, my head slapped. My head's not well.
[00:22:59] Speaker B: I have two more days of this.
[00:23:00] Speaker C: My head's not well. Thursday and Friday are definitely the rowdiest nights those nights.
But we're not backing off because Cody Johnson returning on Saturday last year had to. Had to cancel last minute with a big storm came through. Cody Johnson is returning and he is followed up with Kip Moore, Maddie and Tay Timeyers.
[00:23:27] Speaker B: That feel like a true country music night right there. Just with. With that lineup you mentioned, I mean, there was so many people at tailgate and I was there tailgate last year that unfortunately, just because of the weather that we had come through, we had some massive winds coming through and rain and storms. That whole night was awash that we were supposed to have Cody. And I heard so many people say, you know, that was the night that they were looking forward to the most. And I'm sure they'll be right back out here.
[00:23:59] Speaker C: Me personally, I was looking forward to that night more than anything. Yeah, I mean, I wanted to see Cody. And what's crazy is I actually kind of thought like, like we might have missed Cody in His peak.
[00:24:11] Speaker B: Yep, he is.
[00:24:13] Speaker C: He's not done peaking well and he's coming in hot. And then to follow it up with again for my, one of my favorites I've seen before.
Kit Moore just told CMT that he is. He is going to drop his biggest, best album he's ever put out. He's going to be dropping new music. Maddie and Tay coming back on the scene. They've played the Riverfront back in the day. Tailgate and tall boys. Those girls crush it. And again, Ty Myers, major up and comer.
[00:24:45] Speaker B: Might not be quite as rowdy as Thursday and Friday, but I'm looking forward to a good country music night. Seeing Cody certainly. And Maddie and Tay and Ty Myers and everybody else that night. Yes, absolutely.
[00:25:01] Speaker C: If you're not familiar with Ty Myers, we're going to cut to a song right now. One of his top ones. Check him out. All of you have been messaging us. DMing us. Bring Ty Myers. We heard you. We put the offer in just for you. Here it is.
[00:25:17] Speaker A: To the ends of the earth thou wilt I'll follow you where the horizon meets the sunrise. If there's just what you choose to do.
[00:25:38] Speaker C: You've got Saturday's lineup now. Cody Johnson.
[00:25:43] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:25:43] Speaker C: Kip Moore, Maddie and Tay, Ty Meyers side stage is all to be determined right now. At this point, I can't really share that. We are going to jump to Sunday. Father's Day.
[00:25:54] Speaker B: Sunday, our day.
[00:25:55] Speaker C: Our one day.
[00:25:56] Speaker B: That's all I get.
[00:25:57] Speaker C: So for all you fathers out there, again, we kind of danced with where we were going to go with. Well, we chose your kids, to be quite honest with you. I mean, this day is for everybody. But I will say it's another one that I'm the most intrigued on because of the genre and the group of people that we're talking about here. So you go C.O. wetzel, Gavin Adcock. Thursday you go Hardy Treaty Oak, Cody Johnson, Kip Moore.
[00:26:28] Speaker B: Friday and Saturday. Yep.
[00:26:29] Speaker C: Sunday you got Bailey Zimmerman coming back again with Jesse Murph, Tucker Wetmore, Graham Barham and side stage headliner Cameron Whitcomb.
[00:26:41] Speaker B: Wow.
So just bz, do you think he's going to show up like Thursday and just hang out for the whole weekend party with all of us? The whole weekend.
[00:26:50] Speaker C: This is hometown show.
[00:26:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:26:51] Speaker C: He looked at us last year and said like, I'm, I'm coming back to play the show. It's personal to him. It's again, he considers his hometown show.
[00:27:00] Speaker B: So he's from and I'm going to screw it up. But he's from Louisville. Louisville, Illinois, which is over, I think, on east coast. Coast. I don't. Not a coast, but east side of Illinois, I'm not mistaken.
[00:27:13] Speaker C: I thought he was down by Effingham, maybe. Yeah, like.
[00:27:16] Speaker B: Yeah, that's down that way.
[00:27:18] Speaker C: Let's just call it Southern Illinois. All win.
Yeah.
[00:27:22] Speaker B: Somewhere around there.
[00:27:22] Speaker C: Anything past Springfield, which a little fuzzy.
[00:27:24] Speaker B: Which isn't terribly far from here, so. So, yeah, family and. And whatnot. That's a home show for him.
[00:27:31] Speaker C: Correct. And again, Jesse Murph never played here. Super excited to have her with Bailey. Her and Bailey have that song. We'll cut to that song right now, let you hear a bit of it.
[00:27:42] Speaker A: Someone in this room is someone's bad decision.
Someone's too fucked up to leave the kitchen.
If someone is a martyr, someone's bad religion, and someone's dragging someone right down with them.
[00:28:08] Speaker C: So we got Bailey, we got Jesse, Tucker Wetmore. I'm telling you right now, all you dads out there, if you don't like Tucker 1000%, your kids love Tucker Wetmore and they love Jesse and they probably love Bailey. So happy Father's Day. Graham Barham, good friend of ours, somebody who we are pumped to have on here. Big up and comers. Somebody that wants to be on this festival. He's releasing song after song.
[00:28:36] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:36] Speaker C: And we're excited to have him. So, hey, right now, if you don't know who Graham Barham is, check him out.
[00:28:43] Speaker A: Mississippi. There's a little town of 150 cypress. Knees sticking out a hole in water. Sun's about as hot as the farmer's daughter catching crawfish in a ditch.
[00:28:56] Speaker C: All right, so you just got a little taste of Graham Barham again. This is Sunday, June 15th, the final day that you're going to be at Tailgate. And tall boys talking side stage again. Can't share everybody else really at this point. Cameron Whitcomb, I mean, we have seen this guy blow up on TikTok. We. I do not personally know him, never had him here. Cruisins. Maybe between now and until Gate and Tall boys, we'll have a chance to talk to him. But again, another exciting one that we have. And we'll cut to another reel of him right now.
Could be riding. He's always hiding.
[00:29:44] Speaker A: He's a sheepskin demon in disguises.
[00:29:47] Speaker C: All right, guys. Well, you guys have got to see. So we have C.O. wetzel, Gavin Adcock, all 60. Hudson Westbrook on Thursday with Vincent Mason headlining the side stage. Hardy Treaty Oak Revival. Josh Ross, Austin Snell Lakeview, headlining the side stage. That's Friday the 13th, Saturday, June 14th. You've got Cody Johnson, Kit Moore, Maddie and Tay, Ty Myers. Side stage to be determined. At this point, though, guys, I will say it probably is finalized and it'll be there when the lineup gets dropped or it'll pop up here on the screen. Right now it's November, so don't really know. Sunday, Bailey Zimmerman, Jesse Murph, Tucker Wetmore, Graham Barham with Cameron Whitcomb. Headline in the side stage.
[00:30:39] Speaker B: And I'll say too, if you have never seen Bailey Zimmerman, bz, I mean, he puts on a hell of a show. I mean, just the energy that he has running around stage, you know, doing. Doing all kinds of stuff. Just out in front, out back, side side. I mean, just running around up on top, you know, I mean, just a hell of a show. So you do not want to miss that. Even if it's. Even if it's Father's Day. Bring your father out.
[00:31:04] Speaker C: No, even. Even as a dad, like, it doesn't matter. Bailey Zimmerman has grown on every fan base there is. And even for somebody, you know, at my point when Bailey played here, it was one of those that, you know, what's this kid gonna do? Is he. Is this a tick tock thing? Is this a, you know, one hit? Yeah. What is this? I'm gonna tell you right now, there is not a motherfucker out there working harder than Bailey Zimmerman. And every time we have had him, this dude lives for perfecting his craft.
He is detail worrying about every detail about his performance from lights to the, you know, where the stage set up to every part of the production he has hands in.
And his performance has gotten better and better every time. Every time.
[00:32:00] Speaker B: No, I've seen him I don't know how many times, two or three times now. Just because he was in a couple different places last year and I think before as well. And. Yeah, no, every single time. He's been electric on stage and has always been exciting to watch. And I think I heard Taylor Holder say it to us on tailgate Beers at one point is just that he has the stage presence to be able to hold somebody's attention for that period of time. And you're just engaged the whole time.
[00:32:28] Speaker C: And then you go. I mean, then you go into Jesse Murph, which, you know, we just heard a song with Jesse and Bailey. If you don't know Jesse Murph. I'm not saying it's for everybody necessarily, but if you're a music lover, I mean, this woman's voice is goodness unreal. You saw her in Michigan.
[00:32:48] Speaker B: I did see her. Michigan, and phenomenal.
[00:32:50] Speaker C: She tore that performance up. And that was then, like, who knows where it's going to get to by the time we come around to June, that day is going to be a battle. When you look at Tucker Wetmore performing, Jesse Murph performing, Bailey Zimmerman performing, they're all three very still growing by the day.
[00:33:09] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. If only we could get Jesse to come in a couple days early as well and get up there with co and do her song with KO while they're in town together too. That would be the icing on cake.
[00:33:22] Speaker C: That would be the icing on the cake. But man, you get the artists that come there all weekend long that really, that really says something like when you have people literally stay for all four days because they're like, man, I just love being here.
[00:33:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:37] Speaker C: I mean, it kind of sucks for a hospitality backstage because we just have to keep feeding them and shit. But no, it's. It means a lot that people stay there and they want to see it and be a part of it. And we love having them. And we haven't even mentioned Ray's Rowdy hosting the festival. We're so excited to have them back. We have things in the works with them when it comes to backstage. Podcasts out in the campground, interviews, giveaways, all sorts of stuff.
We love those guys. Love having them a part of it. And last but not least, DJ Cliffy D coming back again. We love having Cliffy shout out Cliffy. He is somebody that every year he looks forward to this. He is proud of being part of this family and that him and raised Rowdy and now adding even tailgate beers to kind of the group. I mean, it's just a. It's a great combination.
[00:34:33] Speaker B: I can't wait. I mean, it legit is something that has marked up my calendar and I hope it is for all of you as well. And get out there, get your tickets early.
What's some of the perks for getting tickets early?
[00:34:46] Speaker C: So with, with this. We've talked about this in the past and I'll kind of talk on this again. Guys, we want this podcast. As I said, we want to be the voice for everybody. We get the frequently asked questions. We get the emails. We have a team that goes through those emails. If you have questions. Infousa-concerts.com you can DM us. You can DM tailgate and tallboys. We want to make this the best festival possible. So please follow us. We're Going to try to help along the way with all the details you need to know. Share this with your friends. Comment, let us know your questions. We'll be happy to answer them. When it comes to pricing, though, right now, cheapest to buy the pass this period. How this works is it's a tiered setup, just like an arena. You've got upper bowl, you've got lower mid bowl, you've got lower bowl, you've got the floor. And when we've all been to a concert where you go to select those tickets and that pricing changes as it go down. But naturally at the festival in ga, you could stand all the way at the front of the stage. You could stand clear back here. How our pricing works is it's a tiered setup. So the early people, there's a certain capacity. When that's out, it's going to jump up to that next capacity of pricing. Buy early, save money. That's, that's where we're at. Pricing is going to keep climbing. There are deals, Cruisins on Farmington Road has shows all the time. We have discounts. We're going to have exclusive offers, discounts, merch giveaways, maybe some autograph stuff, meet and greets, interviews again, the whole nine yards.
[00:36:22] Speaker B: Sit down with us on a podcast. Talk to, talk to artists maybe. So what do we got in Bloomington?
I mean, I would say, what, at least 20 artists?
[00:36:31] Speaker C: No, no, there's four main stage artists a day and then you have three side stage every day. So we have roughly 30 artists.
[00:36:41] Speaker B: 30 artists. So for the full weekend, Thursday through Sunday, you're looking at about 30 artists.
[00:36:47] Speaker C: And that's roughly around $17 an artist.
[00:36:50] Speaker B: $17 an artist. I mean, you can't even think about beating that anywhere else. No, I mean, that's ridiculously low.
[00:36:59] Speaker C: And then you have, then you have GA. You're looking at roughly $6 per.
[00:37:06] Speaker B: Artist for GA, and that's to go all weekend. See every single artist.
[00:37:11] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:37:12] Speaker B: Which obviously we recommend you do and visit all the vendors we've got and everything else that's going on out there. I mean, it's a vibe, it's a whole event.
[00:37:21] Speaker C: I mean, between the truck show that we've had every year to. Our vendors bring, I mean, they bring massive booths selling stuff, our merch. You know, we try to go big every year. We've been working with nothing fancy. I'll bring in hats to you guys. Ray's rowdy has merch out there. We've got jewelry stands to, I don't know, food. I Mean, our food vendors are big old corn dogs. They have amazing food from pulled pork to corn dogs to funnel cakes, you name it. The biggest thing is staying involved in the different deals that we have. You know, we'll try to guide you along the way. Things that you guys need to know, there are different passes, camping options, what, you know, where to go and buy those, what to look for. You know, we'll still have a flex pass where you can get four days individually broken up, you know, for anybody that needs to, you know, get single day passes but wants to go all four days. Yeah, we're your information hub right here.
[00:38:19] Speaker B: So if you're a camper, if you're a vip, if you're, you know, a ga, if you're just coming to hang out and bring your lawn chairs, we want you to tune in to tailgate beers and what we have to bring you because there's going to be some good and important and timely information that we provide, whether it's to go through the map of the overlay of the whole site, whether it's to go through where the gates are at or where the bars are at or anything else you might be interested in. Some of the rules, you know, bringing in, you know, backpacks and bringing in.
[00:38:57] Speaker C: That'S always a big question of like, what to bring. Can I bring my monkey is, you know, how big is my purse gotta be? I mean, dude, I want to have like examples on here. I want to walk people through these things. The map is a big one. We're constantly trying to make this easier. I promise we're not trying to make it more complicated. I mean, this year, I mean, I'll just, I'll go ahead and come out and say it. We are going to try to make the box office be more centrally located by the main entrance. We won't have two box offices again. You know, still have a box office by VIP, but for a GA1, we're just going to have one kind of by the main box office. That's something that's really important to me that I want people to know that we're constantly thinking of. We're always looking for sponsors too. We're always looking for partners that want to help get involved, do trades. You know, we've talked about wagon rides, getting people from the front entrance all the way down to the main entrance.
[00:39:51] Speaker B: There you go.
[00:39:51] Speaker C: So many different things.
[00:39:52] Speaker B: Have a wagon you do? Well, just like the pull behind.
[00:39:55] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, we're looking for those like, we're looking for those like Six Flags ones. It's got, like, the benches.
[00:40:00] Speaker B: I got a ring.
[00:40:01] Speaker C: If you're interested. Can reach out infosa-concerts.com we're always trying to make this easier, man. I'm. I'm so excited this is here. Hopefully you guys all enjoy the lineup. Let us know what you think. I mean, reach out.
[00:40:16] Speaker B: So for those people in your family, your friends, whoever it is, your friend group, whether it's guys, girls, doesn't matter. You know, those people that are hard to buy for, who have everything or, you know, are picky, this could be the perfect gift coming up for Christmas time.
[00:40:35] Speaker C: Oh, it's the gift that keeps on giving.
[00:40:36] Speaker B: Yeah. All the way through June.
[00:40:38] Speaker C: All the way through June.
[00:40:39] Speaker B: All the way through. So, yes, go out, check it out. Tailgate beers. Tailgate-beers.com if you're interested in following us as a podcast and the information we have to share with you, everything else is going to be out there as well. Tailgate and Tall boys, all platforms all across the board.
[00:40:56] Speaker C: Yep. Follow us on Tick Tock, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook. I don't think we have MySpace.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: Probably did one one time.
[00:41:02] Speaker C: No, I don't think we did.
[00:41:03] Speaker B: No. No. Okay.
Austin and Ryan here. Tailgate Beers Tailgaters. Hey, we appreciate you sticking in with us throughout these. These podcasts and really diving in.
It's been a lot of fun.
[00:41:17] Speaker C: Yeah. Enjoy, guys. December 13th.
Get your tickets. Cheers.
[00:41:23] Speaker B: Cheers.
