Blottopia Annual Festival
The group hosts a yearly festival in Chicago called Blottopia. Blottopia is a two day camping festival held in July. The Festival was held along the beautiful Fox River at Vasa Park in Elgin, IL. until 2011. The band has played a surprise album for the final encore on the second night since Blottopia II.
The 2012 Blottopia was held at Iron Horse in Sabula, IA.
Previous Encores at Blottopia have included:
- 2000: NO ALBUM - there was a movie in the barn afterwards
- 2001: The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
- 2002: The Doors (album) by The Doors
- 2003: Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
- 2004: Who's Next by The Who
- 2005: Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
- 2006: Terrapin Station by The Grateful Dead
- 2007: Gamehendge by Phish
- 2008: Babylon By Bus by Bob Marley and the Wailers
- 2009: Stop Making Sense by The Talking Heads
- 2010: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
- 2011: Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith
- 2012: Eat a Peach by The Allman Brothers Band
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