PRF Campout 2024: September 27-29 at Pretty Lake Camp (Mattawan, MI)
It’s happening again! Live music, poetry, trivia, cabins, archery, swimming, campfires, hugs, and more! Email prfcampout@gmail.com if you’d like a last-minute registration! Day passes (music only, no meals or activities) are PAY WHAT YOU CAN, no registration necessary.
FRIDAY, SEPT 27
5:00 REGISTRATION OPENS 7:15 River Rats 8:00 La Fea 8:45 snwv 9:30 Photo-Curio
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SATURDAY, SEPT 28
8:00 BREAKFAST (pancakes) 10:00 ACTIVITIES (archery, boats, swimming) 12:00 LUNCH (wood fired pizza) 2:20 Missing Digits 3:00 Hannah Judson 3:40 Spanned Canyons 4:20 Michael Harold Doty 5:00 Food Court Face Off (music trivia) 6:00 DINNER (paella) 7:15 Sycamore Smith and the Death Bells 8:00 The Five Mod Four 8:45 Moustache Bride 9:30 Maple Stave
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SUNDAY, SEPT 29
8:00 BREAKFAST (eggs & potatoes) 10:00 ACTIVITIES (archery, boats, swimming) 11:00 PenRF (poetry reading & storytelling) 12:00 LUNCH (boxed sandwiches and snacks) 1:00 RAFFLE DRAWINGS 1:20 Panko Stankhole 2:00 Regal Machines 2:40 Body Futures 3:15 HELP GARTH TAKE DOWN; HEAD HOME
PRFBBQ 2024 art by Plastic Flame Press / Christopher Williams
28 bands. Four days. Three venues. Turn on the summer. Single day passes and weekend passes available now! Weekend passes cover Friday-Sunday and do not include Thursday.
July 18 at Color Club (all-ages): $15 adv / $20 day-of July 19 at Reed’s Local (21+): $15 adv / $20 day-of / $50 weekend pass (Fri-Sun) July 20 at Kitchen 17 aka Fallen Log (all-ages): $30 day pass / $50 weekend pass (Fri-Sun) July 21 at Kitchen 17 aka Fallen Log (all-ages): $30 day pass / $50 weekend pass (Fri-Sun)
Buy tickets: https://PRFBBQ2024.eventbrite.com Listen to the bands: https://prfbbq.bandcamp.com/ ––– THURSDAY – JULY 18 at COLOR CLUB (all-ages). 4146 N Elston Ave Food: Hot dogs + hot dog water shots free to the first 30 guests courtesy of Nick Louie Beverage: Drinks available for purchase at venue—cash or card
7:00 pm – Mooner 7:50 pm – Via Ferrata 8:40 pm – Lung 9:30 pm – Mayor for Life
FRIDAY– JULY 19 at REED’S LOCAL (21+). 3017 W Belmont Ave Food: Pulled pork sandwiches free to the first 30 guests courtesy of Bob Farster Beverage: Drinks available for purchase at venue—cash only
SATURDAY – JULY 20 at KITCHEN 17 aka FALLEN LOG (all-ages). 2554 W Diversey Food: Day/weekend pass includes one meal provided by Kitchen 17—100% vegan Beverage: Day/weekend pass includes Liquid Death, Spiteful beer, and local cider
2:00 pm – Three Grebes 2:50 pm – Happy Day 3:40 pm – Electric Mothership 4:30 pm – Straphanger 5:20 pm – Discount Fireworks 5:50 pm – DINNER [not a band] 7:00 pm – Gorgeous Beast 7:50 pm – Light Coma 8:40 pm – Deep Tunnel Project 9:30 pm – Stomatopod 10:20 pm – Practice Wife 11:10 pm – Beatrix
SUNDAY – JULY 21 at TBD location(all-ages)
11:00 am — PenRF: Readings of original fiction, poetry, essays, etc; five minute slots Email host Christy Prahl to submit to perform
SUNDAY – JULY 21 at KITCHEN 17 aka FALLEN LOG (all-ages). 2554 W Diversey Food: Day/weekend pass includes one meal provided by Kitchen 17—100% vegan Beverage: Day/weekend pass includes Liquid Death, Spiteful beer, and local cider
July 18: TBA venue July 19: Reed’s Local — 21+ July 20: The Fallen Log (inside Kitchen 17) — all-ages July 21: The Fallen Log (inside Kitchen 17) — all-ages
Band submissions are open from March 8-April 8. Email Chicago@PRFBBQ.com to submit. You will receive a link to a Google Form to fill out.
Tickets and more info coming soon! Our charity partner this year is Ascend Justice.
PRF THUNDERSNOW IS BACK—and submissions are now open! Email PRFThundersnow@gmail.com between now and December 1, 2023 to submit your band!
BOOKING INFORMATION
RATES:
Standard rooms: $109 + tax Lakeside rooms & standard suites: $139 + tax Lakeside suites: $159 + tax (Rates are per night)
Meal Plan (3 nights of dinners & late night snacks): $125.93 per person ($99 + $19.80 service charge w/tax)
HOW TO BOOK:
In order to make sure we are getting specialized service and to make sure we are getting the proper group rates, book your room by EMAILING Brenda@terracebayhotel.com. Include:
– Your name – The type of room you want – Number of meal plans for the room – Your phone number
Brenda will either call you back to get your card information, or she can email you an encrypted, secure request for your card info.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
– This year Terrace Bay hotel is charging the rooms to your card at the time of reservation, as opposed to previous years, when they charged upon checkout. – The meal plan includes the buffet-style dinners we have enjoyed in past years, along with the late night snacks. If you are uncomfortable with the buffet and communal eating scenario from previous years, or have specific dietary needs, that is ok! Please decline the meal plan and order directly from the Freshwater Tavern menu, either at the bar or at the restaurant. You can order to-go and take back to your room or whatever is comfortable. – Meal plans can be added to the rooms as people get added to them (i.e. if you book a room for two people and then add two roommates, you can email back and add them to the room) – 20-day cancellation policy for the rooms; 10-day cancellation policy for the meal plans, should anyone book and then need to change plans.
Thank you for your interest in PRF Thundersnow! So you might be wondering what the heck this is, and what the hell is the PRF? If you’ve never played a PRF event before, you’ll want to read this to make sure you know what to expect, as this is more a community hang/family reunion type event than your traditional “music festival.”
The PRF (it stands for “Premier Rock Forum” and it’s a dumb inside joke; ask one of us if you’re that curious) is basically a community of friends and like-minded folks who get together a few times a year in various parts of the country to play music for each other, eat food, hug, and hang out. All events are non-profit and any proceeds after cost are donated to charity. Due to the nature of the events (for example, most of the attendees are usually in the bands playing), bands don’t get paid other than via merch sales (fortunately, this crew loves buying merch!). Everyone, band or attendee, pays to attend – again, it’s a community coming together to do wild, wacky stuff in weird settings. Which brings us to PRF Thundersnow!
For eight consecutive Februarys pre-COVID, the PRF family descended on the Terrace Bay Inn & Suites hotel in Gladstone, MI, rented out as many of the rooms as possible (and a few years there spilled over into neighboring hotels), and basically took over the hotel and the ballroom with our loud-ass bands. The hotel would give us a solid rate for booking rooms and dinners for the weekend, and we showed up and did our thing, and it was glorious. Now, after three years of pandemic, we’re going back to do it again!
So, to summarize – this is a community destination event where everyone, bands and attendees, pay for rooms and meals and get together in the dead of Winter to hang out. It’s a LOT of fun – it’s like All Tomorrow’s Parties meets The Shining (so we’ve been told). So if you’re down with that, thank you for throwing your band’s hat into the ring! We’ll be curating the band list over the next couple months and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible as to whether or not your band is being selected.
Another note that the circumstances of THE WORLD demand we address: because COVID is still a thing for the foreseeable future, there will be a COVID policy for the weekend that we’re in the middle of putting together (coming soonish!). But some common sense things we can tell you already: full vaccination will be required, including the new booster. Masking in common areas will be encouraged. We’ll have air filters running in the ballroom all weekend. Bands will be encouraged to bring their own mics if they have them. Stuff like that.
More to come! Thanks for reading, and reach out to us if you have any questions! PRFThundersnow@gmail.com.
Please make a reservation for the ticket/lodging/ food package that makes the most sense for you by following the above link. The sooner you are able to register, the better! This helps with food/ staffing planning and also helps your dear organizers to sleep at night.
***Each person who registers by WED. SEPTEMBER 6 will receive 6 free raffle tickets! We’ve got some great raffle items already lined up, see the ticket link for more info.***
As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email (prfcampout at gmail)
