Weatherstock and the Weatherstock Concert Series Are Here!

Druidsfire

Instigator of Shenanigans
Good friends of Middle-earth, the Lonely Mountain Band invites you to join us for our annual tradition of breaking the Landroval server... with a truly stellar lineup of bands ready to showcase their musical skills, lyrical finesse, and the most amazing couture this side of Rivendell! Join the audience, dance the night away, and have no fear for your safety getting there or being there, as our security team will make sure even a new character with a freshly-minted Novice status can join the festivities!

IT'S WEATHERSTOCK TIME!

As usual, we will be hosting the longer-form Weatherstock Concert Series leading up to the big event this weekend, Saturday July 15th and Sunday July 16th on the summit of a more modest but equally famous hill... THE Hill, in fact, atop Bag End in Hobbiton itself. Or, as I like to say, we're gonna dance on Lobelia's roof!

Then, next week, on Saturday July 22nd, THE event! Weatherstock! A whole afternoon of bands on the summit of Weathertop with hundreds of your favorite people all around you!

So why should you attend? I mean, aside from these legendary lineups? Why, the goodies! Not only will our army of yellow and black-clad Tinkis have tons of the finest snacks, drinks, and other goodies to give away for free in-game, you can also earn a title for your entire host of characters just by being there!

While I'm unable to stream WCS due to work (booooooo!), I will be streaming the main event next week on twitch.tv/druidsfire! I made a special emote just for the LotRO music community, and anyone who follows my channel can use that emote in any other channel on Twitch. Other streamers are more than welcome to stream any and all of both the Concert Series and the Summit as well! Our only request is that you don't park a stealthed 'camera' character in or super close to the bands as they perform. There will be one at the Summit that I'll be running as usual to provide those fine up-close shots of the bands during part of their sets.

We hope to see you all there! And as the musicians will say, 'Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3!'
 

Druidsfire

Instigator of Shenanigans
Weatherstock Concert Series Day 1 - Saturday July 15th, on the Hill above Bag End in Hobbiton
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1:00pm - Galdwen's Band of Misfits
1:30pm - Starlight
2:00pm - Lindamar
2:30pm - The Cold Ravine
3:00pm - The Great Willow Blues Band
3:30pm - Notenzauber
4:00pm - The Gallic Frogs Band
4:30pm - Jailhouse Rock
5:00pm - The Country Bluegrass Band
5:30pm - Purple Pipeweed Parlor Band
6:00pm - The Grayhawke Band
6:30pm - Dragon Forge
7:00pm - GoblinFyre
 
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Druidsfire

Instigator of Shenanigans
Weatherstock Concert Series Day 2 - Sunday July 17th, on the Hill above Bag End in Hobbiton
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1:00pm - The Fluffy Unicorns
1:30pm - Arda
2:00pm - Les Gardiens
2:30pm - Calibouge Sound
3:00pm - Technomancer
3:30pm - The Green Hill Music Society
4:00pm - Ottenok
4:30pm - Blue Mountains Band
5:00pm - Plucky Strings
5:30pm - Mardi Gras Party
6:00pm - River Daughter/Fuzzy Waters
 
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Druidsfire

Instigator of Shenanigans
Weatherstock XV - On the summit of Weathertop, Sunday July 22nd
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12:00pm - LMB Mega-Band Opening Set
12:30pm - Lindamar
12:45pm - Les Gardiens
1:00pm - New Horizon
1:15pm - Polnolunie
1:30pm - Starlight
1:45pm - Arda
2:00pm - Technomancer
2:15pm - The Green Hill Music Society
2:30pm - The Fluffy Unicorns
2:45pm - Galdwen's Bunch of Misfits
3:00pm - Plucky Strings
3:15pm - The Grayhawke Band
3:30pm - The Blues
3:45pm - Scallyrat's Rum Pirate Band
4:00pm - Mardi Gras Party
4:15pm - Dragon Forge
4:30pm - GoblinFyre
4:45pm - The Gallic Frogs Band
5:00pm - Blue Mountains Band
5:15pm - LMB Mega-Band Closing Set
 
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Druidsfire

Instigator of Shenanigans
If you missed Weatherstock, have no fear! The entire thing was recorded from the stream and available here on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLytRrSrWaCpHr7n-mWdFJOyon3F18hmVr

Many thanks to all the bands for your most wonderful performances and all the folks who showed up for them! Also, the LMB's thanks go to SSG for your ongoing efforts to quell the lagmonster. We had a strong crowd but only a few minor lagspikes, so it was way smoother than in previous years.

As a matter of some importance, if you were given a code for an account-wide title during Weatherstock or had won a raffle in Twitch chat for LotRO points, you MUST redeem that code before July 31st. All store codes are expiring then as SSG updates the in-game store soon (see Cordovan's announcements about that elsewhere). In the case of the specific Weatherstock titles (Weatherstock Wayfarer, Bard, or Steward), they will no longer be obtainable and we will not be able to replace them after the update. If you have trouble redeeming a code before the 31st, reach out to me and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks again to everyone for helping to make Weatherstock another smashing success! See you next year on the summit!
 

Manadhlaer

Lord Ulmo's Chosen
As well as the bands, many thanks go to the security volunteers, the Tinki crew, and especially the organizers of the event for ensuring a smoothly running concert! As well, mountain-sized thanks are due to SSG itself for poking the blinkenlights in whatever way they did to ensure that the event didn’t break the entire Lone-lands via sheer size like last year!
 
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Cordovan

Community Manager
If you missed Weatherstock, have no fear! The entire thing was recorded from the stream and available here on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLytRrSrWaCpHr7n-mWdFJOyon3F18hmVr

Many thanks to all the bands for your most wonderful performances and all the folks who showed up for them! Also, the LMB's thanks go to SSG for your ongoing efforts to quell the lagmonster. We had a strong crowd but only a few minor lagspikes, so it was way smoother than in previous years.

As a matter of some importance, if you were given a code for an account-wide title during Weatherstock or had won a raffle in Twitch chat for LotRO points, you MUST redeem that code before July 31st. All store codes are expiring then as SSG updates the in-game store soon (see Cordovan's announcements about that elsewhere). In the case of the specific Weatherstock titles (Weatherstock Wayfarer, Bard, or Steward), they will no longer be obtainable and we will not be able to replace them after the update. If you have trouble redeeming a code before the 31st, reach out to me and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks again to everyone for helping to make Weatherstock another smashing success! See you next year on the summit!
Thanks for creating this playlist!
 
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