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Sleepy Fest

Sep 05 2025

Salt & Smoke & Sound Festival promises a ground breaking fusion


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Fall is always a bustling time of year on the music-festival front. But here’s a new one that actually manages to decrease the overall number… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Blackwood Farm Park, david menconi, down on copperline, Kevin Callaghan, Salt & Smoke & Sound Festival, Sleepy Fest, Sonark

Nov 30 2023

SLEEPY CAT RECORDS & THE HUMANS BEHIND IT


  —David Menconi, Down on Copperline Based in Carrboro, Sleepy Cat Records started up in the summer of 2019 with a motto summarizing its modest intentions: “Friends making art.” Self-described… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Alice Gerrard, Chessa Rich, david menconi, down on copperline, Gabe Anderson, Joe Terrell, Libby Rodenbough, mipso, Saman Khoujinian, Sleepy Cat Records, Sleepy Fest, Sylvan Esso

Oct 18 2022

Local Music Fans, Mark Your Calendars for Sleepy Fest


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: 97.9 The Hill, blue cactus, Chessa Rich, Cooks Mill Whiskey, Down Yonder Farm, hillsborough, Libby Rodenbough, orange county, Owen FitzGerald, Saman Khoujinian, Sleepy Cat Records, Sleepy Fest, Steel String Brewery, Steph Stewart of Blue Cactus, Sunsp.t, T Gold, Vimala’s

Oct 06 2022

Down on Copperline: SleepyFest — Friends Making Art


—David Menconi, journalist and author  The name may imply a lazy afternoon out in the country, but quite a bit of energy is going into Sleepy Fest. A new day-long… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Monthly Features, News · Tagged: Alice Gerrard, Cat's Cradle, Chessa Rich, Down Yonder Farm, Gabe Anderson, Grammy, Hiss Golden Messenger, Libby Rodenbough, Peter Kramer, Shakori Hills, Sleepy Fest, T Gold

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