1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,160 Special guest in our studio, Zal is back. Welcome back, Zal. 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:09,100 Thank you for having me on again, Paul and Mike. It's an absolute pleasure to be here. 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:10,960 Zalstock is coming. 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,400 Yeah, I love his, he's got a hoodie on. Zalstock 26. 5 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:19,640 Yes, and I goofed earlier when I said tomorrow. For some reason, I keep thinking today is Friday. 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,320 Well, you had Monday off. Your whole week is thrown off. 7 00:00:22,460 --> 00:00:28,220 But the event is coming up Saturday, and it's going to be awesome. A day full of live music. 8 00:00:28,220 --> 00:00:29,680 Tell us a little bit about it. 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:35,000 And what a big thing, because I remember you and I got together early in the summer to start talking about this. 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,660 Maybe it was in late spring, and here we are. 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,300 Yeah, a couple days out. We're really excited. 12 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:47,240 We're part of the ninth annual Art of Ellsworth Main Craft Fair weekend, Zalstock Music Fest. 13 00:00:47,660 --> 00:00:51,380 It's going to be an opportunity for me to bring my digital community here locally, 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:57,500 and both be able to present to my local community and also my digital community what each have to offer. 15 00:00:57,500 --> 00:00:59,180 So it's going to be an absolute blast. 16 00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:06,320 So we're going to have eight amazing acts, and it's going to be a free event all day starting at 12 to 6 p.m. 17 00:01:06,820 --> 00:01:07,180 Wow. 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,840 And then at 6 p.m., things move inside to the Black Moon Public House? 19 00:01:11,380 --> 00:01:11,780 Exactly. 20 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,300 We're going to be having an after party with our partners at Black Moon, 21 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:25,200 going inside and having an awesome opportunity to have some more music from an amazing organization organized by Steve and the Black Moon community. 22 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,580 So we're going to be having a blast with them right after. 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,880 So if you're having fun with us, you can move on inside and keep the party going. 24 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,300 Well, you've got a lot of experience in putting music festivals together. 25 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:39,380 Has this been a tricky one for you, or has it been easy? 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,200 You know, it's actually been a lot of fun. 27 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:49,540 It's been really easy because the community here in Maine has been so receptive and supportive on the journey. 28 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:55,300 Whomever I'm talking to, whether it be through cold emails or in person, 29 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:02,340 has been unbelievably helpful in, even if they can't directly support us, directing us to someone who can. 30 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:05,780 So that's been an absolute blast, and that's actually how I met you guys here. 31 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:06,280 Yeah. 32 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:07,460 Yeah, this is all. 33 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,040 Yeah, I met Zal. 34 00:02:09,540 --> 00:02:10,560 Zal has a Zal. 35 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:14,160 I met him at a business after hours. 36 00:02:14,420 --> 00:02:16,080 It was in the springtime. 37 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:19,380 And then we just started talking, and here we are. 38 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,980 So this is exciting. 39 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,320 And in a few minutes, we're going to go through the timeline. 40 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,340 Zal is going to tell us the bands and just what to expect on Saturday. 41 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:27,920 All right. 42 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:29,280 More with Zal coming up. 43 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,340 We're talking Zal Stock, the music festival that will take place in downtown Ellsworth this Saturday beginning at 12 noon. 44 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:38,100 More next on Star 97.7. 45 00:02:39,140 --> 00:02:41,100 This weekend, Maine Craft weekend. 46 00:02:41,380 --> 00:02:44,440 It's going to be a busy and fun time in downtown Ellsworth. 47 00:02:44,740 --> 00:02:53,260 And Zal has the live music covered with Zal Stock, a music festival that will begin at the Franklin Street Parklet at noon on Saturday. 48 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:55,280 Somebody said better call Zal. 49 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:56,040 So we did. 50 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:56,920 And he's with us now. 51 00:02:57,140 --> 00:02:57,620 He's here. 52 00:02:57,620 --> 00:03:00,700 So what can people expect, Zal? 53 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,640 I mean, who's going to be performing and when? 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,340 Yeah, we got eight amazing acts. 55 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:11,140 So we're going to be starting right at noon with the Crown Vicks, a rock and roll dance band. 56 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,300 So that's going to be an amazing start. 57 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,480 And we're going to be going right in with our three bands to start. 58 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,680 Our second band is going to be Open X, a power pop rock band. 59 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,100 And Grass Rug, an indie jam rock band. 60 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:27,940 So that's going to be our first three acts, starting us off with three bands. 61 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:30,980 And then we're going to be getting into some of our solo acts. 62 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,880 So we have Acadia Rising with World Rhythms and Michael Anderson as a solo pianist. 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,220 And that's going to be rounding out our five main musicians. 64 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:47,480 And then we're going to be getting into some of our musicians from over around the U.S. 65 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:50,360 D. Coop, Lions Den, and Tom Fellenz. 66 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:58,320 So D. Coop had an amazing opportunity to help me organize a community event earlier this year in the DMV area where he lives. 67 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:12,100 Lions Den, Rez Music is a musician that I met down there that D. Coop had performing and have the amazing opportunity of after seeing him perform there, see that he'd be a perfect fit for Maine and brought him up here. 68 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:23,800 And then we have rounding us off Tom Fellenz, who's an unbelievable musician in so many different ways and has helped organize our event and is going to be live streaming it out to our audience as well. 69 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:30,900 So really excited to have these eight acts of different kinds of music and lots of different themes. 70 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:37,260 So whether you're into one genre or another, there'll be something for you from 12 to 6 at the Franklin Street Parklet. 71 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,200 Wow. And it's all free. 72 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,020 Exactly. All free. 73 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:45,420 And I see on your website, too, that there's a tab for volunteer. 74 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,020 Are you looking for volunteers? 75 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:48,940 Yeah, one million percent. 76 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,880 So we're always looking for volunteers. 77 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,820 That's how we make our free events work. 78 00:04:53,920 --> 00:05:01,160 We have people from all over the globe that are actually supporting this event in different capacities, whether they can make it here or not. 79 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,200 So if you want to sign up as a volunteer, we're always looking for more volunteers. 80 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:12,420 And we're actually going to be starting our local push for after this event for Zao Ellsworth. 81 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:20,420 So we're going to be meeting in person weekly and starting to help organize our local community here for hopefully the next Zao Fest. 82 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:21,920 Wow. That is awesome. 83 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:23,140 It is free to attend. 84 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:24,680 No ticket, no gate. 85 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:32,440 But you can support the eight artists who are playing, and you can do that in person and also at zaostock.com. 86 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:35,400 That's Z-A-O-Stock.com. 87 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,880 Really cool to have you here. 88 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,600 The weather should be fantastic, Zoll, on Saturday. 89 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,280 And I'm sure you're going to have an awesome Zao Stock. 90 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:43,760 A million percent. 91 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:51,260 I just want to say thank you to you guys, Star 97.7, one of our partners, as well as a lot of other partners who have helped support make this possible. 92 00:05:51,420 --> 00:05:58,380 Again, free event would not be possible without the support of all of the different people, including the city of Ellsworth, for helping with the venue. 93 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,500 Black Moon, as I mentioned earlier. 94 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:05,860 We're Wallace Events, our COC Concerts family outside, and Bomb Squad and Artisan. 95 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:13,380 So lots of different communities helping make this possible, not just our community with the Zao and the musicians, but lots of different people. 96 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,960 So come join us on Saturday. 97 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:15,840 Thanks, Zoll. 98 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:16,700 Yeah, thanks, Zoll. 99 00:06:16,780 --> 00:06:17,340 Good to see you. 100 00:06:17,340 --> 00:06:47,320 Good to see you.