November 9 and 10, 2024:
The Side Pony festival is huge with over 100 music participants, covering many music genres, many which I have never heard of, who are mostly from the Phoenix AZ area along with several other local and touring musicians.
The music occurs simultaneously at 21 different venues, local bars, restaurants and various businesses which involves lots of walking (good exercise) from venue to venue. There is a list posted each day giving the daily lineup. It's pretty amazing how the performers / bands get to the proper venue at the proper time. It appears that this is worked out mainly by the performers themselves. Sound equipment, amplifiers and such are left at venues to be shared so the bands don’t have to lug everything around.
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| This is one side of the Saturday list |
I started off taking photos with my SLR camera, mostly landscapes and downtown shots, but switching to my phone for most videos. The following photos and videos tell the story of my wanderings around Bisbee during the festival, the captions add some insight. There could be errors in my video captions with band names as things did get confusing at times.
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| Impressive new sign |
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Tagging on top of another mural, especially a classic one is considered disrespectful, but
many also believe there should be no rules ? |
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| Love these street view in Bisbee |
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| Photo taken from the Silver King looking down on Brewery Ave |
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| A van dweller below adding to his graphics |
Ancient Egypt Band at the Silver King, I like their sound, but it's crude
LOSJONES Band at Old Bisbee Brewing, they were very good
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| This strange creative vehicle honoring climate hero Greta has a lot to take in |
This might be a guess, The Breakup Society at St Elmo's Bar
Bucky Mills at Gen's Place Bar, good insightful lyrics
Woody Rambell and the Wrecks with a country flavor but good
playing and vocals
Taylor Glasheen was very good and interesting
Carol Pacey and Andy Borunda at Bisbee Coffee Co.
Carol Pacey Band at St Elmo's Bar
Cilla Tides at the Silver King Hotel
A more stripped down version of Cilla Tides
Japhy's Descent Band at the Bisbee Social Club were rocking good
Cole Gallagher Band at the Grand Hotel
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| The impressive Cochise County Courthouse |
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| The iconic Bisbee sign on the hillside |
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| King Summer Band at the Bisbee Coffee Co. |
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| Half of the Couple of Wanderers Band through Gene's Bar front window |
She enticed me inside to see the show
Agnia del Carmen at Chuckleheads Bar had some great lyrics and delivery
The Little Room Band at Old Bisbee Brewing Co
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| The view inside St Elmo's Bar |
Jam Now Band at St Elmo's was very good
The Galena Band at the Quarry was mostly loud yelling
I leave Bisbee early Monday morning traveling to the San Pedro House located within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area which encompasses 56,000 acres. I take the River trail to the San Pedro River, the sun was just breaking through the clouds and it was beautiful ! The grasses and trees along the trail are turned amazing golden autumn colors. This lush oasis along the protected San Pedro River is beautiful. I spent about 2 hours there appreciating it all and took lots of photos, none of which truly captured its beauty.
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| Ancient Cottonwood Tree at the San Pedro House is sadly loosing its limbs |
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| View from the River Trail |
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| Approaching the green of the San Pedro River |
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| Looking back at the San Pedro House |
I then drive north several miles to the Charleston Road parking area adjacent to the San Pedro River where I take another short hike, equally beautiful.There is much to see and do in this area, lots of history, native cultural sites, Spanish ruins, ghost towns, 350 species of birds and more.
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| The river flows under an old abandoned bridge |
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| The San Pedro River is beautiful |
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| The trees are also beautiful |
This was a great ending to my weekend adventure and I drove straight back to Tucson feeling good.
I spent a couple of days in Bisbee some years ago (2016?) and liked the town.
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