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Dirtybird Campout: Summer Camp in October

Miss the days of tie dying, tug of rope, color wars, and the anticipated talent show? Dirtybird Campout was all that and more. This past weekend, October 6th - 8th, the South Shore of Lake San Antonio became the home of the 2017 Dirtybird Campout. A music festival founded by Claude VonStroke that aimed to provide a weekend summer camp experience combined with music from all your favorite DJs.

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Top Songs for Dirtybird Campout: October 2017

Dirtybird Campout this year is bigger and better than ever and has found a new home in Bradley, California! Join the camping adventure with us this October 6th - 8th. The festival takes place at the San Antonio Campgrounds, just…

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Dirtybird Campout is moving North

After two years in Southern California, Dirtybird Campout is moving up North this year making the festival only a 2 hour drive down from Santa Cruz county! The location has moved to the south section of Lake Antonio in the…

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RPM’s August Festival: HARD Summer

Destructo is back once again with a hot lineup to heat up your summer! The event will be moving to the Glen Helen Amphitheater & Regional Park this year and will be taking place over the course of August 5th-6th. The…

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Lightning in a Bottle 2017: My Experience

This Memorial Day Weekend was another unforgettable Lightning in a Bottle (LIB). Festival attendees started showing up on Wednesday to set up camp and feast their eyes on the giant lake bordering the festival grounds. Thanks to Northern California's recent rains, last year's dry lake bed was now a home for hundreds of inflatables and a hand full of floating DJ structures...

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Molly Tuttle Band, Wed May 10th

Molly Tuttle grew up playing bluegrass with her family members in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is now an award-winning songwriter (first place in the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at Merlefest) and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist. Molly has been gaining broader recognition…

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RPM’s June Festival: EDC

RPM is hyped for Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas this June... Here at KZSC we represent every genre of music and talk imaginable. This year’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) brings together some of the biggest and best names in…

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Wobbleland Round 3

For the last three years, I have been honored to attend one of San Jose's biggest bass festivals of the year Wobbleland. Every year Vital Events brings us bigger surprises and this year was no different. The bass festival extended…

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KZSC at the Santa Cruz Music Festival

Over President's weekend, 10 KZSC staff members took to the streets of downtown Santa Cruz to interview and document the musical festival for our listeners. Throughout the day, we aired interviews and updates for those of you who could not…

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Activism in Santa Cruz County

The Artists on Art show for January 18th, 2017, featured spiritual activist and author, Ami Chen, community activist Miriam Stombler and Didje Koffa to talk about the protests happening in Santa Cruz County in response to the inauguration of the 45th President…

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Text graphic promoting Wobbleland 2017 at City National Civic in San Jose, California, on February 17th, 18th, and 19th. Website link provided: www.wobbleland.com.

Wobbleland in San Jose: back for 3 days!

Wobbleland 2017 back at the City National Civic in San Jose, February 17, 18 and 19 Wobbleland is back for three days this year! One of the most well known bass festivals of NorCal is back in San Jose. Last year,…

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