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Posted:
Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:39 pm
Get ready to party as Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers throw their wildly popular music festival, Circus Mexicus at Sunset Cantina in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Mexico, Saturday, October 11, 2008. Fans from all 50 states and eleven different countries have attended in the past. Nearly 5,000 fans are expected to attend this year. Advance tickets are on sale now.
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Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 1695
Location: Houston, Texas
Posted:
Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:39 pm
"'Circus Mexicus' is more than just a concert, it's a rendezvous of kindred spirits," Roger Clyne explains. "There is nothing more gratifying to me as an artist than to play to the thousands of revelers who have made the pilgrimage to Rocky Point."
The weekend extravaganza launches with “A Hot Dog & A Smile Charity BBQ,” hosted by RCPM’s P.H. Naffah, Friday, Oct. 10 at JJ’s Cantina at 6 PM. Donations will be accepted for hot dogs and sodas, and RCPM t-shirts (featuring a winning fan design chosen by band) can be purchased. All proceeds will go to Esparanza Para Los Niños, a private, non-profit group that provides a home to about 30 orphans (www.esperanzaparalosninos.com).
On Saturday night, fans will enjoy an electrifying concert (with special guest Massey Ferguson), typically known to be a soul-quenching 4-hour-long marathon of songs from RCPM’s impressive catalog, including their acclaimed 2008 release, Turbo Ocho.
To end bring the weekend’s festivities to a close, the band will host the fan-favorite Mañanathon (formerly known as the “Hangover Brunch”), a meet-and-greet party with RCPM on the beach including quality hang-time, plenty of Bloody Marys and breakfast burritos, and of course, music.
"As the founder of Circus Mexicus, a bi-annual concert on the shores of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico (aka Rocky Point), Tempe's Roger Clyne simply lets the event do the talking. 'I would just ask people if five hours of rock 'n' roll in a lot next to a Mexican cantina, across the street from the beach where we have our own fireworks and a sea breeze with Mexican moonshine, is worth the $25 adventure,' Clyne says...Thousands of Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers fans, known as 'Peaceheads,' gear up for the Mexican adventure every spring and fall. The event has grown in attendance from 150 people at the inaugural Circus Mexicus in 2000, which was held on the roof of the Sunset Cantina, to nearly 4,000 last fall."
-- Get Out (Arizona), 5/10/06
"(Clyne's) Circus Mexicus has become a sun- and fun-drenched weekend for fans."
-- Get Out (Arizona), 5/5/05
"In the meantime, there’s always the next show in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico where the band plays twice a year. 'It's a place for people who want to experience the living frontier. It's not as scary as it sounds, but there are still banditos around and potholes in the road and unpredicted lunar eclipses, and everyone who goes there comes back most enriched and with adventurous tales to tell,' says Clyne."
– Daily Times (Tennessee), 2/25/05
