Headlining: That Toga Band

http://www.myspace.com/thattogaband

From their website:

IDEOLOGY

That Toga Band combines afro-cuban, jazz, and rock influences together with creative composition and thoughtful instrumentation in order to create their own brand of music. Influenced by artists such as Bill Evans, Steve Kimock, and Neil Young, That Toga Band creates original music that heads in a new direction.

Melding acoustijazz flimflam and spacey landscapes with rock solid beats, That Toga Band pursues organic explorations of a creative smorgasbord. That Toga Band maintains subtle oddity while juggling odd time signatures and key changes. Quirky antics and light hearted entertainment shape the band's motto: "Invent yourself before you reinvent yourself."

HISTORY

That Toga Band has been creating and performing original compositions since December 2003 when the founding members met at the University of Vermont. Originally an improvisational based acoustic duo that was "forever engaging in characteristic pursuits of true underwater vibrational research", That Toga Band has meshed into a compositionally focused group that pushes the limits of what three people are capable of.

Setting their home base comfortably in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains, That Toga Band focuses on studing the entomology of the physical audience. A familiar face at venues such as Nectar's, Metronome, Radio Bean, Manhattan Pub, Muddy Water's, Goddard College Radio and the University of Vermont, That Toga Band maintains a constant presence that strives to promote balance and harmony through focused juxtopositons of space and time.

That Toga Band has gone through an incredible evolution through the years, including a six-piece version that needs to be mentioned. This "electric" toga band included all the current members with the addition of Peter Dotson-Westphalen, Andrew Carter and Lewis Rapkin. That Toga Band is currently playing as a trio.