Side Pony Music Festival in Bisbee, Arizona

November 11-12, 2022:

Any excuse to spend some time in Bisbee works for me so I'm on the road heading there on November 11th even though I'm not exactly, positively sure if the festival is for real as their web site and promotion is terribly lacking.  It was cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but I had been there in 2018 and 2019 and loved it.

The festival is an all volunteer event over three days with assorted genres of music held at several downtown Bisbee venues.  The bands are predominately Arizona based, mostly Phoenix area and only locally known, no big label stars, but lots of raw vibrant talent.  The key action takes place in the Brewery Gulch area which adds to the character and debauchery of the event.

All the shows are intimate where you can interact easily with the musicians and the attendees are there for the music, no distractions, although some of the attendees are pretty weird and somewhat distracting ? 

I have put up hundreds of Bisbee photos over the years, so I will go lightly here, stick to a few performer stills and short videos. 

A sad disturbing  story at the museum

The newspaper heading is great

Interesting street art is common in Bisbee

Love the downtown Bisbee night views

Le Trebuchet were a favorite

LaLuz de Luna were impressive

Gnarwhat Jrz were dynamic performers

The St Elmo bar meet the requirements for a dive bar

Golden Boots from Tucson were great

The art gallery stairway  is loaded with thought provoking stuff

Inside the Bisbee Grand Hotel

Spent some weird but fun time with these two on the street

They were a favorite of mine, but didn't get much of a video as my phone battery gave out

Loved his wild spinning motions

This amazingly excessively decorated vehicle parked in town

Just crazy !

Greta's Earth Army of Planetary Revenge vehicle 

The Whiskey Lickers were a favorite of mine

                                            

There was so much more, you just have to be there to experience it all. Now back to Tucson where many music events are taking place weekly from now to Christmas.