It’s that time of year again. Time to abandon your job, procrastinate your school work, forget all your worries, and join a crowd full of happy faces and mesmerizing music for a stress-free weekend in Utopia, TX. The 4th Annual family friendly UTOPiAfest is set to go down September 28-30 in Utopia, between Garner State Park and Lost Maples. Tickets are going fast and the festival is expected to sell out– there are currently less than 300 tickets out of 1800 available.
The lineup includes: Dr. Dog, Ben Kweller, Victor Wooten, Jimmy Herring of Widespread Panic, Charles Bradley, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Ray Wylie Hubbard, White Denim, Wheeler Brothers, Kaki King, Sorne, and many more. And get this– there will be NO overlapping musical performances. Huzzah! The musicians and bands will perform by day, and by night there will be an Austin Silent Disco for late night party-goers. 
Free camping and free parking are offered. And yes, there are showers. There is even a RV area where you can park your house-on-wheels, if you have one. There will be plenty of family activities including disc golf and Black Swan Yoga in the morning to start your day off right. And the festival is BYOB, so you can bring your booze and not have to worry about shelling out for beer or liquor the whole weekend. Food vendors will be on site for your eating pleasures.
Jamie Brown, Executive Producer of UTOPiAfest, shared with me some of his personal accounts and memories of the festival:

