Good People Good Times Music Festival

05/29/2026

Hey there, Good People: This fabulous duo did an awesome late night headphone set last year and we are happy to be bringing them back out for another one this year!
Everyone please help us welcome back to GPGT: UltraVolt!

UltraVolt is a synthesizer/bass/drums duet from Westfield, Indiana. John Bitner plays a hybrid synthesizer drum set. Stephen Darbro plays the bass guitar and a footswitch sampler. Together, they have created a unique synthwave sound. Their new EP "The Raisin EP" was released in January of 2025. Their album "Wine Dregs" is now available online along with their debut EP "Lilac".

Stephen Darbro has been in the Indianapolis music scene since the early 1990s, playing with such acts as Blaq Lily, Midwest Contraband, 0 for 2, & Exit 90. Stephen also produces and composes under the moniker RetnaSkan and has many releases available online to purchase or stream.

John Bitner has been performing behind the drum set since the late 90s, playing in a Bloomington-based band called People Tree. He then played in a rock band called The DSC Project in Tampa, FL, before moving back to Indianapolis in 2013 to join The Burning Mules on the drums. John also founded Indy Gong in 2020 and performs on gongs around the Indianapolis area.

UltraVolt video: "Target Muscles" from the Raisin EP.
https://youtu.be/GAoamSA8hmo
UltraVolt Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/15sKjNPVCc/
UltraVolt Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ultrav0lt
Contact UltraVolt at [email protected]
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/29/2026

This next musician performed a great late night set last year with his duo (Emerald Alliance) and now will be hosting the Friday 3rd stage for us! We are glad to have him back and to have his help making things happen! Everyone, please give a warm welcome to Moroni Lane!

Moroni Lane is a songwriter, performer, and community-centered artist whose work blends indie/folk roots with a deep commitment to healing, authenticity, and collective uplift. Drawing from lived experiences with trauma, recovery, and personal transformation, his music carries an emotional honesty that resonates across audiences and spaces.
Lane’s performances are intentionally immersive, moving fluidly between raw vulnerability and moments of shared joy. Rather than positioning the audience as spectators, he creates environments where connection, presence, and participation are encouraged—inviting listeners to feel, reflect, and reconnect with themselves and one another.
As one half of the indie/folk project Emerald Alliance, Moroni Lane helps craft live experiences rooted in love, consciousness, and community. His work aligns naturally with festivals that value intention, inclusivity, and music as a catalyst for unity. Whether on an intimate stage or in a communal gathering, his presence offers more than sound—it offers a space to breathe, remember, and belong.

Here is his page: https://facebook.com/moronilane
Here is his Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/moronilanemusic
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/29/2026

If you are looking for something to do this weekend in Indiana, our friend is putting on a FREE event in Medora, IN. Free entry, free music, and free camping. There are vendors and some artists set up. Music all day/night today and tomorrow. We’ll put the event page in the comments. We hope to see ya there!

05/28/2026

Hey there, Good Peeps! This next act has performed at the last couple GPGT’s and we are glad to have him back out! We really appreciate his passion, drive, and love for music. This year he will be doing a set on Saturday at the 3rd stage by the vendors. Please welcome back: Evan Sturgeon of Sturg and Friends!

Evan Sturgeon is a multi instrumentalist, live looper, entertainer and songwriter with over 15 years of experience on stage! Known best for being the frontman of the band “Sturg and Friends”; his music is a vibrant tapestry of genres, seamlessly weaving together the infectious rhythms of rock, reggae, funk, blues, folk, and Americana, all while maintaining a powerful and heartfelt lyrical focus to inspire change through conscious action that will have you dancing, smiling and singing along!

Website:
https://sturgandfriendsmusic.org/
Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/SturgandFriendsMusic
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/28/2026

Alright Good People! For our final main headliner this year, we are pleased to bring you this amazing producer/DJ along with a couple of his friends to perform as a live band with him! This is sure to be a fun and exciting set full of high energy jams!

Everyone please welcome to GPGT 2026: Manic Focus (Live Band), Featuring Cory Wythe of Marvel Years on guitar, and Colby Buckler of Emancipator on drums!

Denver-based producer Manic Focus is an artist of many talents. As a magician, he uses sleight of hand to pull objects out of thin air. As an electronic artist, he executes similarly impossible sonic acts with his vibrant, genre-defying music. But his strengths lie not only in the musical and magical: what also makes Manic Focus stand apart is his mental triumphs.

Manic Focus’ unique style – defined by a hybrid of electronic, funk, soul, and hip-hop – has helped the producer cultivate a fervent fanbase captivated by his immersive studio trickery and vibrant creative spirit – a combination that has led him to performances at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Hulaween, North Coast Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Camp Bisco, Wakaan Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival, and multiple opening slots at Red Rocks in support of Zhu, Emancipator, Pretty Lights, and more.

“Manic Focus is my everyday struggle to express my gratitude to a beautiful world”
—John McCarten

Website:
https://www.manicfocus.com/
The first song on his latest album:
https://youtu.be/s1F6tQtyjqs?si=bb3erGsWnqghn946
Live Video:
https://youtu.be/vUME2_qxWPQ?si=cAlEuUoYaLl2chwO&t=204
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/27/2026

Hey Good People, we are stoked to announce this next act that will be doing a late night silent disco set for us this year! This will be his debut performance at GPGT and it’s sure to be a fiery one! Everyone please welcome, coming all the way from NY: Marvel Years

Since Cory Wythe started the Marvel Years project over a decade ago, he’s been exploring the farthest reaches of solo electronic production.

Taking inspiration from alternative masters like RJD2 and Pretty Lights, the Vermont-born and New York-based artist went from fiddling around on Garageband to conquering the world of electronic soul, playing major festivals and huge gigs on the same bill as the artists who inspired him.

Wythe opened for Pretty Lights at Red Rocks all the way back in 2013, and he’s played the historic venue multiple times since in support of STS9 and ZHU while also landing slots at Camp Bisco, Hulaween, Electric Forest, and more.

But for Wythe there is a musical apparatus that enthralls and defines him far more than any computer program. A sonic vehicle through which he can travel anywhere he wants to go. Whether he’s driving towards an escape from reality or going further within himself in search of growth and maturation.

An instrument that has been a source of respite, joy, excitement, and insight since he was only 10 years old: the guitar.

“Guitar is my thing, straight up,” Wythe says. “Guitar is a part of me at this point.”

And in this coming phase of Marvel Years, listeners will get to explore that part of Wythe alongside him. He’s going deep. Making the music he’s always wanted to make. Giving his fans a true and honest reflection of who he is as an artist like never before.

The inspirations of the new era are legends like Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmour, Santana, and John Mayer.

Wythe won’t play guitar over his productions at his live show. Guitar will be his live show. On the record and on the stage his fingers will tap, bend, and strum out the raw talent he’s demonstrated for years.

Except those years were that of youth, of self-discovery (discovery frequently predicated through the guitar).

These are the years of self-assurance. Of unwavering confidence. Of white hot, six-string shredding. These are the Marvel Years, and it’s going to get loud.

Here is a video preview from one of his Red Rocks shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=370n0ugIZG4&t=189s
Here is his website:
https://marvelyearsmusic.com/
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/26/2026

Hey Good People, we hope you are having a great week so far! We’d like to introduce the next act that will be performing this year. This will be their debut performance at GPGT, however some of the members have performed at GPGT in other forms in the past. You don’t want to sleep on this one folks! Everyone, please welcome: Cat Nap Band

Catnap is a four piece rock band born from the festival scene. They hit the stage with a solid set of heart felt tunes and jams! A pure and simple jam band from the mid-west with great songs. Their compositions bring improvisation to new heights and they don't hold back on the psychedelic! Their music will make you want to dance, the words will resonate with you, and the jams will take you for one heck of a ride!

Ryan, Jono, Nate, and Mikial are all incredibly talented musicians. They share a chemistry and friendship that connects to the audience. It’s a rock n roll multi-genre magical experience.

Here is their page:
https://facebook.com/CatNapBandOfficial
Here is their Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/catnapthebandofficial/
Here is a video of their whole performance at First City Music Festival last year: https://youtu.be/jpUyQslRnC4
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Since we sold all of the discounted tier passes, we decided to go ahead and drop the advance pass down five dolla. We know it’s not much, or enough to make ya hollor, but we just want as many of you fine folks as possible to be able to enjoy this epic good time with us!

We may be bringing that back up soon though, so get em now, if ya can, and if you wanna save a few bucks.

We are probably going to be dropping two artist spotlights a day this coming week because we finally have the last main headliner locked in! We can’t wait to present the full 2026 lineup, this is going to be sooooo good!!!

Friday is gonna be a Jammer with Chalk Dinsaur, Keller Williams, Main Headliner (TBA), and some amazing local (mid-west) staple Jam Bands! It’s starting early, so you should probably grab Early Arrival (Thursday) passes, while they are still available, so that you are already there friday, for when the stellar jams start!

Of course there will be some real fire late night acts on Friday as well, including EarthCry (Anthony Thogmartin of Papadosio), Fungi Flows, Spaceship Earth, and a DJ/Producer/Musician (TBA) that has performed multiple times at Red Rocks.

We are then going to have a very irie vibed Saturday with Mike Love, Mihali, TreeHouse, and of course some solid local(mid-west) favorites!

Then Saturday late night we are gonna get down with our friends MC Sparkplug, of which we have not been able to have out in years. All that before the amazing 65N Pickers will be doing their second set to close out the weekend, and warm up the those jam fires one last time for us.

Once we get the full lineup dropped, we will then start to go through the list of all the great vendors that have submitted. We appreciate all of your patience, as we didn’t think it would take this long to move forward, but we are finally almost there. It will probably take us at least few weeks to go through all of those, because there are a lot.

Although we will only have select amount of vendors to fill spots, we do try to at least go down through the list to see what everone has to offer. Although we try to have as much diversity of items, we do try to have back the ones from the previous years first. That is a liittle different than the musician/band lineup. Although there are some acts that we do have back many years in a row, we also try to add some different acts each year as well.

Each year we have so many great bands/vendors, that do so well, that it makes it very hard to not just have all the same ones back. We hope that if you don’t get picked, that you still know you are awesome, and appreciated! We have had a lot of submissions, as well as people that have messaged, or emailed us. We have not been able to respond to all of those, but we do still try to add you to the list for when we listen to everyone. We wish we could just have you all, but unfortunately, it just can’t work that way.

Volunteers: we haven’t forgot about you either. It may be a month or two before we can get to slotting you. We want you to know that you are such a huge part of what makes this thing run smoothly. We appreciate every single one of you! If you are interested in being a volunteer, please fill out the application on our website. We have a decent bit of awesome folks who have already signed up but we still need quite a few more.

Sponsors/Partners: thank you very much! We have a few kind businesses that are helping out in making this year amazing. We will be finalizing those slots and getting them up on the website this week. So far we have: The Bug Lady, Derick Howard Music, Radio 96.3, Jaggers (Columbus), Guitar City & Sound Inc, WFHB (Bloomington), and The Healing Cave Inc.

Thank all you Good People! We cannot wait to have a Good Time with you in September!!!

05/23/2026

One of the first times we met this next musician, he was playing guitar, harmonica, and hula hooping all at the same time! It’s been many years since then but we are glad to finally have him out to play for us this year. It will be his first time performing GPGT and he’ll be doing a set on the 3rd stage, in the food vendor area. Please welcome to GPGT 2026: Drew Phoria

Drewphoria is a multi-instrumental song writer and composer hailing from West Michigan. Drew’s passion flows from his artistic mission to inspire his audience with introspective lyrics and a collection of sounds and styles ranging from classic Americana, funky jam band, and a bit of EDM thump and wobble. With a variety of show formats ranging from acoustic, loop station, and band sets he is sure to keep you on your toes as the sounds and set ups ebb, flow, and evolve.

Here is an older video of Drew covering a Mihali (twiddle) song: https://youtu.be/WEV2X2UZmgA
Here is an older video of him performing an original, the audio clips/distorts some, but it’s a great example of what he was doing when we first met him: https://youtu.be/iJQu_sJPtG4
Here is a more recent video of what he’s doing these days. It’s from his set in Sherwood Forest at Electric Forest Festival: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLKBWK3Ar3t/

Drew Phoria's page:
https://facebook.com/Drewphoriamusicandarts
Drew Phoria's Instagram Page:
https://www.instagram.com/drew_phoria
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Come celebrate an amazing weekend with us at Explore Brown County, in the beautiful hills of Nashville, Indiana, on September 11th & 12th!

Included with Weekend Pass: 2 Days and Nights of Live Music (25+ acts), Live Art, Light Shows,Tent Camping, Workshops, Running Water Restrooms, Food/Drink Vendors, Merch/Dry Good Vendors, Kids Activities, much more!!!

Kids 12 and under are free! Under 18 Must be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP to the GPGT Event page:
Https://www.facebook.com/events/1248202024128701

Get tickets and more info:
www.GPGTMUSICFEST.com