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In Autumn playing 4th Saturation Fest

Photo by Geneva Miller | instagram.com/amongmoonflowers/
In Autumn continues to progress, perfect, and innovate its pure, Folk-Rock sound. We played the Saturation Fest in 2012, back when we were called Black Bear Jonny Miller & The Cheyenne Autumn Band, and it was one of our first shows. By Saturation Fest 2013, the Autumn sisters left the band, we were a 3-piece with our new bass player, Derrick Harvey, and we were calling ourselves Black Bear & The Cheyenne Autumn Band. In 2014, changing our name to The Autumn Band; we added lead guitarist Adam Heller to the lineup and we rocked Saturation Fest in the intimate basement of the Blood Orange Info Shop. Now, we are back for the 4th year in a row and Playing this Friday, May 22nd at Back to the Grind. You are not going to want to miss this performance.

In case you didn't know, Saturation Fest is a DIY art and music festival that occurs annually in Riverside, CA. Events are held at venues around downtown Riverside, with a majority of the participants based in the Inland Empire. Saturation includes concerts, films, workshops, exhibitions, guerilla shows, organized bike rides, and handcrafted art.

Saturation Fest was started by Alaska Quilici in 2001. "I launched Saturation Fest as a weekend event of every local band and artist I knew, and people were really excited about it," says Quilici. The audience has steadily grown over the years, going from a few hundred the first year to about 10,000 in 2008. "It has grown to the massive project it is now because people believe in it, they look forward to it, they get involved, contribute and play."

As a mostly all-ages and largely cost-free festival, Saturation pushes for the de-commodification of culture, concentrating instead on the value of the experience. Saturation is a Do-It-Yourself festival, meaning that it is participant-created. Organizers work behind the scenes to connect venues, performers, artists, art vendors, event curators and volunteers.

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