For Immediate Release
September 8, 2005

MOE. HOSTS SNOE.DOWN AT LAKE PLACID

(Lake Placid, NY) -- moe. will host Snoe.down March 17-19, 2006. This event, which kicks off the week long Adirondack Almost Springfest celebration, will take place at the famed Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, and at nearby Whiteface.

Friday and Saturday nights will feature moe. at the Olympic Center's 1980 Rink Herb Brooks Arena. Several other bands are scheduled to perform with moe., and at various other venues throughout the weekend. These additional bands and venues will be announced over the coming months.

Great Northeast Productions, the organizers behind all of Phish's legendary festivals, have joined with moe. to make Snoe.down a unique Winter event not to be missed.

Fans will be able take advantage of a myriad of Lake Placid winter activities. Day skiing and snowboarding at nearby Whiteface will be available from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM. The Olympic Center arena will open at 5:30 PM on Friday and Saturday. During the concerts fans will even have the option of ice skating while listening to the show!

Other Snoe.down activities include: Public bobsled and luge rocket rides (weather permitting), outdoor public speed skating (weather permitting), gondola rides to the top of Whiteface, visiting the Olympic ski jump towers and touring the 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympic Museum.

Tickets for Snoe.down will go on sale October 3. All ticket information, including event prices, packages with deeply reduced lift tickets, and additional details will be announced in the coming weeks at http://www.moe.org. Lodging information may be found at http://www.lakeplacid.com or by calling the Lake Placid Essex County Visitor's Bureau at 800-447-5224.

Formed in Buffalo, New York in 1991, moe. is one of the finest groups in the jamband movement today. Their tours have taken them from Woodstock '99, to New York's Central Park and to Japan. moe. is also critically acclaimed for its songwriting and studio work; the group's 2001 studio album, "Dither," was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone. moe. has released 10 recordings in the last 14 years: Their latest album, "Wormwood," finds moe. at the top of their game - receiving four stars by Blender Magazine. moe.'s Tsunami Benefit concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on February 10, 2005, raised $150,000 for Tsunami survivors. The bands annual Labor Day Weekend event, moe.down, draws fans from all over the world. Past performers include The Flaming Lips, Ani DiFranco, They Might Be Giants. This year, The Sixth Annual moe.down line up included The Violent Femmes, North Mississippi Allstars, Keller Williams and many more. moe. also raised over $15,000 for various charities including the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina survivors. The band is currently in the studio recording a new album due early 2006.

NOTE TO EDITORS: moe.'s name is properly spelled in all lowercase characters and ending with a period: "moe." Snoe.down is spelled with a capital S and a period between the Snoe and down: "Snoe.down".

moe. will co-headline a West Coast tour with Gov't Mule in October. Here are the dates:

10/12 - 10/13 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
10/14 - 10/15 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/16 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
10/17 - McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
10/19 - Caesars Showroom, Stateline, NV
10/20 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
10/21 - 10/22 - Warfield, San Francisco, CA
10/23 - Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbera, CA
10/25 - The Grove, Anaheim, CA
10/26 - 10/27 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA

moe. will also perform the following dates:
10/29 - VEGOOSE, Las Vegas, NV
10/30 - VEGOOSE, Las Vegas, NV
11/25 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
11/26 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY

For more information regarding moe. and Snoe.down, please contact:

Jim Walsh
Big Hassle
walsh@bighassle.com
212-202-0272