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Last year Dana subscribed us to a service called Festivalnet.com, which lists street fairs and festivals and makes it easy for artists and performers to reach them. We dug through the listings and found that many of the festivals in NJ are booked by some of the same people. Some are booked by our good friends at This Is It! and some, like the Nutley Father’s Day Festival, are booked by JC Promotions. So we sent them our info and landed a couple of slots; we’re getting more and more out-of-town gigs, which is exciting.

The Nutley Father’s Day Festival rivaled Hoboken’s Art & Music Fest; block after block of food, art, and swag. The stage boasted a variety of acts, from local teen rockers to a soulful R&B group from Newark… and of course the Fuzzy Lemons. We were first up for the day, which of course meant a VERY early departure from Hoboken. We took a LONG time to get set up for some reason, I think because we were using someone else’s sound equipment and so we had to re-learn where everyone was plugged in. The band reached an important decision this morning: we ALWAYS bring our sound board and our snake — even if we’re just plugging that stuff into an existing PA — so we know where to plug in. Fortunately Dave Entwistle was along for the ride and worked his magic, as usual.

The show itself (the “Wild City Safari” set again, of course) went pretty well. The crowd was mostly passing through; while we had the luxury of performing on a shaded stage, the street in front of us was exposed to the merciless sun, and I don’t blame people for not lingering!

The folks from JC Promotions liked us, I think; we’re hoping to book more fun events with them.

Also, today kicks off a long week of gigs for me and another Week of Justin. What with six Lemons sets, plus a rehearsal before the big Gordys show on Thursday, I’m going to be hanging with Justin every night this week except Friday. He’s good company!