The Sun Festival. Solar Eclipse 2024 Camping & Music at Ground Zero

10/21/2025

SINGLE DAY PASSES NOW AVAILABLE.
Good for whichever day you choose.
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Bend Fest. Nov 28th-30th CAMPING AND LIVE MUSIC.
Music will be on Fri, Sat & Sun.
Joe King Carrasco wraps up the Fest on Sunday.
Shows will take place at the Bend General Store & the Winery where we will be offering camping.
We will have tractors doing hayrides shuttling folks between the Bend General Store and the winery a couple of miles away.
I will list times and locations for bands soon.
Here is part of the line-up.
Joe King Carassco
Gus Clark
Dawson Holland
The New Chitlins
Derek Groves
Caleb Wilbourn
Jon Young Band
Frank Grocholski
The Caterwaulers
Saddle the Wind
More to be announced.
Please get your camping passes soon as it helps with pre-expenses.
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08/13/2024

Well, there is a girl with a raging case of Tourette's Syndrome, and she has a YouTube channel where she cooks classic Southern dishes.
Read that sentence twice if ya need to.
Have you ever looked into the loving warm eyes of a puppy or seen a beach sunrise with your best girl?
Well, I'm here to tell you this girl's show is a thousand times better than any of those things.
I watched her make some effin bacon like 12 times.
Also, if you want to teach your kids how to cook this may not be the show for you.
(This picture is not from the show)
There is also a YouTube channel with compilations of prank calls to CSPAN.
I found this channel to be pure bliss and the pinnacle of human achievement.
Until now....

06/12/2024

When you think of Zen peaceful people you might think of Ghandi, Jesus, Keanu Reeves, Nelson Madella or a Lampasas local musician named Cord Jackson.
Well, I'd like to see how long these folks could go without dropping an f-bomb after being put on hold and transferred for 3 days by a credit card processing company called Clover.
After 3 hrs Bob Marley would be howlin like a Whataburger Karen shorted a ketchup packet.
Clover took almost $15,000 out of my account last year and about as much the first part of this year. They told me to claim it on my tax return.
Last week they deposited none of the money we made. This has happened before. Took weeks for them to correct it.
This has caused me to be over $4,000 overdrawn.
I do love my bank though.
So, I'll climb out of it like I always do because that is what small business owners do. This is not a plea for help. I'm just venting.
The original contracts are unbelievably difficult to cancel.
When your contract ends it automatically renews if you don't cancel it within a short window. Sadly, they just keep transferring you when you try to cancel.
You have to lease the devices with another contract.
This contract expires a year off from the other Clover contract.
This traps you in a never-ending cycle of contracts with thousands charged if you are able to get through to someone and cancel.
Nobody cares that these companies like Clover can legally prey upon consumers.
Can't we do better for people and small businesses?
Also, I'd like to be able to drink the water from the tap.
Anyway, I'm still on hold.
This flyer for tomorrow got a little weird as I've had some free time being on hold all day.

05/16/2024

I'm gonna need to phone a friend.

05/14/2024

Check out this cool video filmed at the Bend General Store.
It's a trip.
The Gr**go Pistoleros.

The first video from their debut album, The Rise and Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien.

04/14/2024

CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY TODAY!
It's this lady's B-Day. She said to keep it small, so I only invited 6 thousand people. Also, I feel like it would be awesome if we honored her on her birthday by having all 6 thousand of you spend at least $10 dollars today at the Bend General Store.
I'm pretty sure that's what she said she wanted for her birthday so I'm gonna need y'all to stick to the plan.
Just imagine yourself about to be let through the pearly gates and some angel with a clipboard comes runnin up yelling, "Don't let her in. She didn't spend any money at the Bend General Store to honor Erma on her birthday."
It's your life.
Follow the plan and wish Erma a, Happy Birthday, today or suffer the consequences.
I'm just sayin.

04/11/2024

So, this is a little bit funny. I bought a porta potty for my campsite at the festival. It's full. The problem is that the handle that allows you to open and empty it is broken.
So, I filled out a return slip and Amazon says I have to send it back in order to get my refund. I tried to message them and explain that it is full. They said I still have to send it back.
So now I am sending a potty full of p**p to Amazon.
Far be it from me to not follow the rules.
Somebody is gonna be asking for a raise when that package arrives.
Gonna write, "Handle with Care," on the box. "This side up," might also be helpful.

04/08/2024

See the eclipse at and amazing place.
$15
Rochelle & the Sidewinders. 5pm
Joe King Carrasco. 8pm
DON'T BELIEVE THE ECLIPSE HYPE.
There is no traffic in the Hill Country.
Great Bands, Food Vendors, Beautiful Grassy Stage area.
Mechanical Bulls.
$15 Day Pass
$25 Camping Pass
$100 Self Contained
$20 Cooler Fee.
Music till 10pm each night.
Lometa Regional Park
15115 U S 183, Lometa, TX 76853

04/06/2024

We have 2 RV spots will full hook ups that just became available.
325-628-3523

04/05/2024

04/04/2024