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General Admission
Includes all 3 Days, Camping and Parking

Kids 12 and Under are FREE with a Paid Accompanying Adult

$135 for 3-day passes
$60 for 1-day passes

 
 
San Diego's Beautiful Back Country Music Festival
September 12th, 13, 14th, 2008

Box Office, Will-Call & Gate Opens at 8 am Friday
Gate opens on Thursday at 6pm for Pre-sale Ticket Holders
All Tickets Purchased After September 1st will be held at Will-Call
Music Starts at Noon on Friday and NEVER Stops!

Melvin Seals & JGB
ON THE ONE
Al Howard & The K23
The Frequency
The Nate LaPointe Band
Techno Hillbillies
Cheap Thrills
Tefflon
Mike Delux Band
A Dull Science
Pangea Collective
Radius
Nikki O'Neill Band
Linda Sublett
Fishamon & the MindWorld Steppers
DJ Atom Matter
Heather Mills' Wooden Leg

More Bands to be announced, please check back.

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Special Performers

 RR-PFW

Roberto Rodriguez

Mark Gonzales

RUBY the Fire Breathing Fire Truck

featuring

Aerial Performers Zircon & Wish

and don't miss the...

Ranchita Rocks Morning Show

featuring the

WACK PACK of Ted Kennedy's Driving School & DJ Maytay

Information

 Strangelove

presents
A festival dedicated to the memory of Russell Andrew Reeves, 1983-2008.

Russell Reeves
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S PRISTINE
OUTDOOR MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Three Days and Three Nights of

Non-Stop Live Music and Events on 6 Stages

  • Gates will be open from 6pm to midnight Thursday September 11th FOR PRE-SALE TICKET HOLDERS ONLY! (Pre-sale tickets are purchased on or before September 1st, and are shipped to the purchaser's address.)
  • Hours for the Box Office, Will-Call & Gate, located on Grapevine Canyon Road, are Friday September 12th, 8am to midnight, Saturday September 13th, 8am to midnight, and Sunday September 14th, 8am to 10pm.
  • All Tickets Purchased After September 1st will be held at Will-Call. Must have PayPal receipt along with valid ID & credit card used to purchase ticket(s).
  • NO EXECPTIONS.
  • Parking is limited. When the event parking and car camping spots are full, a shuttle will be at Grapevine Canyon Road and S22 for transportation to the venue.
  • Music Starts at Noon on Friday and NEVER Stops!
  • Only 3-day pass holders can stay for late-night shows.
  • 1 day passes cover attending the event on the day of the pass between the hours of 8am and Midnight. 1 day passes include parking at the venue until it is full, and then the shuttle will be available.
  • Car Camping and Dry Camping RV Spots are limited and are first come first serve. To reserve an RV spot, contact Carolyn at csmmarket@aol.com.
  • Check the Event Info page for more information!
  • POSTER

    Save Anza Borrego Desert State Park from Commercialization!

    We are fighting the proposed SDG&E 150 mile long, devastating transmission line that would cut through Anza Borrego Desert State Park. You can help – join us at Ranchita Rocks have fun and be heard.


     

    Articles

    FRIENDS WONDER, WHY WAS A FORMER MARINE DUMPED AT THE DOOR OF A HOSPITAL? 

    Friends wonder, why was a former Marine dumped at the door of a hospital? Friends confused and angered as to why Russell Reeves' body was abandoned at South Coast Medical Center.
    By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ and KELLI HART
    The Orange County Register

    LAGUNA BEACH - In Fallujah and in Baghdad, Jason Aramburu and Russell Reeves were responsible for each other and watched out for one another.

    So how could it be, Aramburu said, that after surviving Iraq, someone could have l .....

    RANCHITA ROCKS TO DEDICATE FESTIVAL TO 3-TOUR IRAQ VETERAN 

    Ranchita Rocks to dedicate Festival to 3-Tour Iraq Veteran

    Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Marine Corporal, Russell Reeves (1983-2008) survived 3 tours in Iraq, only to be found dead Wednesday, September 3rd on a street in Orange County. His sister, Alli Rohrer is one of the developers of the Festival and she is the daughter-in-law of Carolyn Morrow, Festival host. Friends and relatives of Reeves said he had been depressed for many months and been seeking help from the VA, without success.  .....

    Get Ready for Act II of the Ranchita Rocks Festival 

    San Diego Union Tribune
    July 6, 2008

    The three-day music festival, which debuted last year as a fundraising concert for community and environmental groups opposed to San Diego Gas & Electric's proposed Sunrise Powerlink electrical transmission line, is returning with several national headlining acts and an emphasis on solar, biodiesel and wind energy to power the event. Headliners include earthy jam-band favorites Yonder Mountain String Band, DJ Bassnectar and hard-rocking Woodstock  .....

    Will These Keep the Lights On? 

    By Joe Deegan | Published Wednesday, May 28, 2008 San Diego Reader Front page

    The Sunrise Powerlink gleamed for the first time in Sempra Energy’s eye on November 1, 2002. At the company’s San Diego headquarters, an energy-management expert from Shell Trading gave a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the potential transmission line. Nameless at first, the new line would run from the Imperial Valley, near the Mexican border, to Rainbow, northeast of Fallbrook.

    According to the pr .....

    Hot on photo trail of elusive Big Foot 

    From the editor…


    Breaking News…

    a sighting of a Desert Yeti in Ranchita California!


    Now I do not subscribe to any rubbish like “Big Foot”, I might as well be from Missouri, until I see it, or there is concrete proof, and well you know. But for those keen on the seek for Big Foot, you can see what I will dub the Desert Yeti, yes sir, the American version of the Abominable Snowman right in downtown Ranchita, ‘magine that. Even over heard rumors tha .....

    Our Sustainable Energy Future 

    A Green Alternative to the Sunrise Powerlink

    …an article from visionmagazine.com

    by Elyssa Paige

    In the beauty of nature, our connection to all living things is clear. Life can be so simple amidst the trees and the flowers.

    But return to the hustle and bustle of city life—the whizzing and whirring of all our technological advances—and things get a little more complicated. All of the conveniences that our civilization has brought us, from lights to laptops, require ener .....

    Come for the music, enjoy San Diego's backcountry.
    CAMPING • RV ACCESS


    Mission: Create a better energy future for San Diego and stop the Sunrise Powerlink.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Announcements
    9/7/2008 
    THIS CONCERT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF RUSSELL ANDREW REEVES, 1983-2008.
    For more information about Russell, please read our articles about him located near the bottom of this Home Page. To read the entire text of each article, click on the article.
    In honor of him and his service to our country, service men and women with ID will be given discounted passes - $90 for all three days including camping or $40 for a one day pass.
    WE WILL MISS YOU RUSSELL! 
    7/30/2008 
    GATE HOURS:
    THURSDAY - 6pm to Midnight FOR PRE-SALE TICKET HOLDERS ONLY
    FRIDAY & SATURDAY - 8am to Midnight
    SUNDAY - 8am to 10pm
    You must purchase your ticket before September 1st to set up camp on Thursday. Camping allowed ONLY with a 3-day pass. Late night shows and parties for 3-day pass holders ONLY.  
    7/29/2008 
    Join us for a Ranchita Rocks warm-up party at Winston's in Ocean Beach on August 6th. Buy your tickets at Winston's and get a free Ranchita Rocks T-Shirt while supplies last! 
    6/23/2008 
    Gates for PRE-SALE ticket holders will open Thursday at 6pm.
    Ticket booth and will-call will open at 8am Friday. All tickets purchased after September 1st will be held at will-call.
    SO BUY YOUR TICKETS EARLY! 
     
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