Flagstaff News – On Saturday and Sunday June 7th and 8th the sixteenth annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo returns to Wheeler Park in downtown Flagstaff, AZ. Hullabaloo is a community festival and a celebration of summertime. Hullabaloo has been voted “Best Annual Event or Festival” ten times by Arizona Daily Sun and Flagstaff Live readers. Flagstaff Hullabaloo has raised over $175,000 for local non-profits since 2010. This year Hullabaloo will raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff and Boys and Girls Club of Flagstaff.
The Hullabaloo will kick off with the Flagstaff Athletic Club Bike Parade which stages at 9am at City Hall Solar Lot and departs at 9:30am on Saturday June 7th. Joy Cone is sponsoring the Kids Zone and there will also be bungee trampolines, face painting and more. Live music on the Findlay Toyota Stage from national, regional and local artists will include Bay Area retro-soul festival staples The California Honeydrops, indie-Latin from Tucson’s Orkesta Mendoza, PHX powerhouse funk ensemble Goldwax Revival, one of the southwest’s premier bluegrass acts- Cisco & the Racecars, Tucson reggae group ZeeCeeKeely, FLG favorites-funk project Bad Delicious, Americana stalwarts Viola & The Brakemen, bluegrass from Roll Me Home, Flagstaff based neo-soul producer ChooPow, looping wizard Cameron Jameson, and Flagstaff Klezmer Orchestra.
Southwest Flow Festival will be there with juggling, hooping, and poi spinning throughout the weekend and Prescott-based Living Folklore will provide giant puppets, stilt-walkers, clowns and children’s parades. The Waste Management Stage will feature Southwest Flow Festival, Ballet Folklorico de Colores, Theatrikids, Suzuki Strings and live hip hop from Fang Over Fist. Flagstaff’s Lumberyard Brewing and Phoenix’s Four Peaks are the official beer sponsors, while Canyon Diablo Distillery is the official liquor sponsors and great food will be available from some of Arizona’s best local restaurants and food trucks. There will be costume contests hosted by Bookmans with great prizes going to the winners.
Event sponsors include Greenhouse Productions, Hensley Beverage Company, Lumberyard Brewing, Four Peaks Brewing, Warner’s Nursery, Findlay Toyota (Main Stage Sponsor), Joy Cone (Kid’s Zone Sponsor), Swire Coca-Cola (Photobooth Sponsor), Mountain Spirits/Majestic Marketplace/Grand Canyon Liquors (Cup Sponsors), Canyon Diablo Distillery (Liquor Sponsor), Flagstaff Athletic Club (Bike Parade Sponsor), Bookmans (Costume Contest Sponsor), Karma Sushi & Rainbow’s End (VIP Sponsors), Waste Management (Second Stage Sponsor), Olsen’s Grain (Wristband Sponsor), Terros Health, Arizona Snowbowl, Westside Veterinary Clinic, Womancare Birth & Breastfeeding, Out of Africa, Performance Staffing, WT Wealth Management, Renewal By Andersen, National Bank, Johanna Klomann CPA, Speedi Car Wash & Fuel, Bigfoot BBQ, Fratelli Pizza, Levitate Adventure Park, Verve Tents & Events, Peaks Audio, Arizona Music Pro and Niles Radio.
The event begins on Saturday 6/7 at 10am and will run until 9pm. Sunday 6/8 will run 11am-6pm. The festival is open to all ages. The event is free to the first 250 people with three cans of food to benefit Flagstaff Family Food Center and $20 thereafter. Advanced tickets are available for $17. VIP tickets are available ($150 two-day pass/$95 Saturday/ $75 Sunday) and include a private entrance, a wonderful tented area with seating and a great view of the stage, four drink tokens per day, tastings from Biffs Bagels, Bigfoot BBQ, Karma Sushi and many more, a VIP bar, on-site masseuses, and VIP bathrooms.
TICKETS ON-SALE NOW! Tickets are available at Rainbow’s End(12 E Route 66) online at www.flaghulla.com.
For more information check out www.flaghulla.com
or contact Matthew Ziegler/zmattyz@gmail.com/928.853.4292
