For Immediate Release
Friday, June 8, 2007

MOE. TO HOST THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MOE.DOWN AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 2

MOE. FINALIZES LINE-UP INCLUDING RYAN ADAMS, THE ROOTS, MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD, AMOS LEE, MEAT PUPPETS AND MORE

(Turin, NY) -- The Eighth Annual moe.down will be held August 31, September 1 and 2 at the Snow Ridge Ski area in Turin, NY. moe.down has become known as Upstate NY's most muscially diverse festivals. The band will perform a total of six sets throughout the weekend. A limited number of tickets are available at $95 until they are sold out or until August 12th. Tickets after that be $110. For up-to-the-minute information and for purchasing tickets, please visit http://www.moe.org/moedown.

moe. has finalized this year's line-up: Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, The Roots, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Amos Lee, Meat Puppets, Strangefolk, State Radio, Al and the Transamericans, Rolla, Ryan Montbleau, Lotus, Ra Ra Riot, Ha Ha the Moose, The Brakes, Uncle Earl, VietNam, and Acoustic Forum.

Over the past eight years over one hundred bands have performed at moe.down, including Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants, Matisyahu, Medeski Martin & Wood, Ani DiFranco, Blues Traveler, Leo Kottke, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Nellie McKay, Cracker Van Beethoven, David Grisman, and Les Claypool.

The moe.down promises three days of music, camping and fun at the Snow Ridge Ski Area in Turin, NY. The site is about an hour northeast of Syracuse, at the edge of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. Ski lifts will be open, so bring your mountain bikes!

About moe.

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, as well as to Japan and England. moe. is a Bonnaroo favorite, having played the event four out of the five years of the festival's existence. They won the Jammy Award for Live Performance of the Year for their first Bonnaroo appearance: a crowd-pleasing six hour show that ran until dawn.

moe. has toured with legendary acts such as The Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Robert Plant, and most recently, The Who. The band is also critically acclaimed for its songwriting and studio work; the group's 2001 studio album, DITHER, was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone. 2003's WORMWOOD received four stars by Blender Magazine. moe. has released 13 recordings in the past 15 years and their latest studio effort, THE CONCH, was released January 23, 2007 to rave reviews including Rolling Stone, Paste, Blender and many more.

moe. is also becoming recognized for its charitable work: the band hosted a Tsunami Benefit concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on February 10, 2005 and raised $150,000 for Tsunami survivors. The concert earned moe. its second Live Performance of the Year Jammy Award this past April. moe. also raised over $50,000 for various charities, including the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina survivors.

In addition to moe.down, moe. also hosts Snoe.down in March and Summer Camp each Memorial Day Weekend.

NOTE TO EDITORS: moe.'s name is properly spelled in all lowercase characters and ending with a period: "moe."

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