The SnowBall Music Festival is a

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held annually in

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. The first edition occurred from March 2–4, 2011, near to Vail in the city of

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. The three-day-long event consisted of back to back performances played across three outside stages. Headliners included:

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, Bassnectar, and Flaming Lips. The organisers claimed that the festival incorporated the "ultimate marriage: mountains and music." Some participants have compared Snowball to

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, giving it the nickname ''Snowchella''. The festival’s winter setting allows attendees to experience Vail and Beaver Creek Resorts during the day prior to attending the music festival. In 2013, the festival moved location from its original location in Avon to Winter Park. The 3rd edition of the festival took place March 8–10.

Outreach

Organizers of Snow Ball decided to have an event not only centered around music, but a bigger cause as well. They partnered with the non-profit organization, The Realm of Caring, to raise money to help fund the education of music in elementary schools. For the 2013 festival, a limited edition t-shirt (featuring the festival's unofficial moose mascot) was sold with a portion of the profits benefiting

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Lineup

2014 Friday, April 4 * ''Snowball Stage'':

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, Earl Sweatshirt, The Floozies, Jimkata * ''Grove Tent'': Mimosa, GTA,

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, Henry Fong * ''Ballroom Stage'': Warpaint, Escort, Real Magic, Flash/Lights * ''Heat Hut'': Justin Jay, Option4,

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, Bixel Boys, Tropicool Saturday, April 5 * ''Snowball Stage'':

, Yeasayer, Brother Ali,

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, Technicolor Tone Factory, Sunsquabi * ''Grove Tent'': Kill the Noise, Lunice, Caked Up, Wave Racer, Wavo Winner * ''Ballroom Stage'': Twin Shadow, Trippy Turtle, Afroman, Sunsquabi, A Band in Pictures, The Knew * ''Heat Hut'': MK, J. Phlip, Graff, Bones, Bagheera, Coastin, Lady Leah, Guillaume Sunday, April 6 * ''Snowball Stage'': GRiZ,

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& House of Vibe, You Me & Apollo * ''Grove Tent'': PLM Party feat.

, Clockwork, Kap Slap, What So Not, TWRK, Proper Motion * ''Ballroom Stage'': Jagwar Ma, Rufus Du Sol, Chrome Sparks, Inner Oceans, Eminence Ensemble * ''Heat Hut'': Andhim, Maxxi Soundsystem, Juan MacLean, Need & Necessity, Keepers, Sam Warren, Wavo Winner 2013 Friday March 8 Big Gigantic • Kendrick Lamar •

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• American Royalty • Yamn • Orchard Lounge • RAC • Robotic Pirate Monkey • Twiddle • The Floozies • Rumtum • Vinnie Maniscalco • Cold River City Saturday March 9

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• Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs •

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• Rubblebucket • Delta Spirit • Shlohmo • Run DMT • Mo Rockin • Luminox • Tumbleweed Wanderers • Kink Ador • Truth • Steffi Graf • School Knights Sunday March 10 STS9 •

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• Grizmatik • Crizzly W/ Lil Flip • Flosstradamus • Tennis •

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• Destructo • Surfer Blood •

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• Ishi • Michal Menert • Bestfriends • Bonfire Dub • Chris B • K Theory • Ramona 2012 Friday March 2 Rusko • Big Boi • Major Lazer • MiMOSA •

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• Bag Raiders • Deer Tick • Break Science • Marty Party • Wolf + Lamb Vs

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• Thundercat • The Lumineers • Helicopter Showdown • Supervision • Princeton • Hollagramz • Dubskin • Flashlights • Tatanka • Acidophiles • Bonfire Dub • Submission Dubstep • Thick Chick • Eminence Ensemble • Skywalkers • Boneless • Tropicool • Drunken Hearts • DJ Adam Ross Saturday March 3

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• TV On The Radio • The Kooks •

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• Dada Life • The Head And The Heart • Trampled By Turtles • Dale Earnhardt Jr • Dillon Francis • Figure • Big Freedia • Gramatik •

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• Pictureplane • Tribes • Paul Basic • Griz •

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• Cassian • My Goodness • Pierce Fulton • Cherub • A Tom Collins • Smalltown Deejays • Digital Connection • Guns In The Sun Deejays • Sauna • Boyhollow Option 4 • The Congress • Sunsquabi • Tommy Michael • Bixel Boys Sunday March 4 Bassnectar • Beats Antique • Los Amigos Invisibles •

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• Unknown Mortal Orchestra • Nathaniel Rateliff • Motet • Minnesota • Two Fresh • Nit Grit • Gardens & Villa • Plastic Plates •

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• Dallas K • Mancub • Kinetix • Crushendo • Gost Effects • Satellites • Stephan Jacobs • At Dawn We Rage • Young Pharaos • Magic Beans • Wheeler Brothers • Human Agency • Mikey Thunder 2011 Friday March 4

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• 12th Planet • Zeds Dead • Lord Huron • Mansions on the Moon • RAC • Robotic Pirate Monkey • Superhumanoids • Gauntlet Hair • Mr. Anonymous • Lazerdisk Party Sex • Ecto Cooler • DJ ANNALOG • McADOO • Snake Rattle Rattle Snake • DJ Lito Saturday March 5 Bassnectar • Savoy • Lotus • Local Natives • Big Gigantic • Classixx • Paper Diamond • Twin Shadow • Sam Adams • Onra • American Royalty • MTHDS • Scorpion Breath • Mo Rockin • //Bones • Steffi Graf • Candy Claws • Rabbits Running • Chain Gang of 1974 Sunday March 6 The Flaming Lips •

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• Miami Horror • Eskmo • Baths • Afro Man • Brother Ali • Jesse Woods • Emory Quinn • Michal Menert • Sugarpill • Air Dubai • Oliver Vanity • Springdale Quartet • Con Bro Chill

References

2011 Snowball Music Festival in Avon, Colorado
Colorado Skiers Connection February 11, 2011

Mountain Weekly News, March 18, 2011

"Fuse.tv" February 14, 2011

"Vail Daily", March 9, 2011

External links

* {{Rock festival Rock festivals in the United States Music festivals in Colorado Electronic music festivals in the United States Music festivals established in 2011