Rock’n the Ranch is set to return this weekend to the RustyRavin Plant Ranch for its eighth year. Ranch co-owner Ravin Swan said the forecast calls for great weather and the lineup describes great bands.<\/p>\n
The annual nonprofit music festival is a fundraiser for Nuk’it’un, a transitional home for men that Swan also founded. She said the funds raised at Rock’n the Ranch go to a great cause, “right here in our community.”<\/p>\n
The festival opens Friday, July 19, at 4 p.m., with music running late into the evening. There will be on-site camping, opening Thursday evening, though Swan said Tuesday that spots are filling quickly. The revels resume at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 20.<\/p>\n
The first band to take the stage, at 5 p.m. Friday, will be the Ridgeway Rounders. Friday evening is rounded out by The Vintage Retro at 7 p.m. and Blackwater Railroad Company at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Saturday morning, the Tune Weavers restart festivities, followed by The House Band at noon, HarpDaddy at 2 p.m. and “hot, up-and-coming” Ellie and the Echoes at 4 p.m. Denali Cooks will play at 6 p.m. and Roland Roberts Band will close at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Swan encourages attendees to bring a lawn chair to set up on the grass in front of the stage, but notes that the bands will be playing high energy music that’s great for dancing — “or toe tapping.”<\/p>\n
Putting on the annual festival takes a crew of up to 35 volunteers, Swan said. She said it’s the purpose of Nuk’it’un that drives people to lend their time and hands.<\/p>\n
“They believe in what we’re doing.”<\/p>\n
Rock’n the Ranch runs Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20. Tickets can be purchased at rockntheranch.bpt.me or at the door.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit “Rock’n the Ranch at the RustyRavin” on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net\/peninsulaclarion.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual nonprofit music festival is a fundraiser for Nuk’it’un, a transitional home for men <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":83475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,811],"tags":[215,621,108],"class_list":["post-83474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-top-news","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-life","tag-music"],"yoast_head":"\n