(PR) Hoots & Hellmouth (MAD Dragon) are pleased to announce the launch of their fall activities, including a "Harvest Tour" of regional farms followed by an extensive romp around the US co-headlining with Anti- Records artist William Elliott Whitmore. Deepening their commitment to local farm/food concerns, Hoots & Hellmouth are working in conjunction with farmers from Virginia to Central Pennsylvania to produce a series of events celebrating and publicizing community supported agriculture (CSAs), farm markets and other local-sustainable initiatives.
The band will visit these farms, participate in the harvest and preparation of the local bounty, and then perform on site. In addition to the rustic farm settings, a few performances will also take place at farmers markets and farm school centers along the way.
This "Harvest Tour" is an extension of the band's mission to keep a local focus as they tour the country, as stated on their website: "In so much as music possesses a unique power to unite and focus large groups of people, we aim to utilize our performances as a catalyst for raising local awareness - to provide a place for fellowship and the strengthening of community ties as well as an open forum for the exchange of ideas and information salient to local issues.
9/26 Carlisle, PA - http://www.dickinson.edu/storg/sisa/
9/28 Berkley Springs, WV - http://www.qhfherbs.com/
10/2 Phoenixville, PA - http://www.charlestowncooperativefarm.org/
10/3 Morrisville, PA - http://www.farmschoolatsnipes.org/
10/4 Shavertown, PA - http://www.thelandsathillsidefarms.org/
10/6 Philadelphia, PA - www.drexel.edu
10/11 Washington, VA - http://thefarmatsunnyside.com/
Following quickly on the heels of this endeavor, Hoots & Hellmouth will then embark on a nationwide tour co-headlining with William Elliott Whitmore. The fall tour is in support of new albums from Whitmore, Animals In the Dark, his fifth release, and the second record from Hoots and Hellmouth, The Holy Open Secret released on June 2nd by Drexel University's student-run MAD Dragon Records (ADA). The shows will begin in the mid-west and head to the west coast and back to the Northeast and Philadelphia. All dates are listed on the following pages.
