The three-day camping and music festival will once again be held on the same pristine, 600-acre farm in Manchester, TN, 60 miles southeast of Nashville. The confirmed list of bands are: Trey Anastasio and Vida Blue, The Dead, Dave Matthews & Friends, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, David Byrne, Primus, Wilco, Burning Spear, String Cheese Incident, Ani DiFranco, Moe., Gov`t Mule, Los Lobos, Galactic, Yo La Tengo, Femi Kuti, Medeski Martin & Wood, Gomez, Yonder Mountain String Band, Damien Rice, North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country Review, Beth Orton, My Morning Jacket, Gillian Welch, The Del McCoury Band, Taj Mahal, Sam Bush Band, Los Lonely Boys, Grandaddy, Kings of Leon, Bill Laswell`s Material, Soulive, Neko Case, Calexico, Leftover Salmon, Cut Chemist, Chris Robinson & New Earth Mud, Umphrey`s McGee, Maroon5, The Black Keys, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Bad Plus, Marc Broussard, Donovan Frankenreiter, and Blue Merle.

Although Monster Island is a real place, the proprietors do not want the location to become too well known, fearing that they would then be overrun by the greatest monster of all: man. So my trip there was planned in secret and I had to remain blindfolded during my flight. But it was all worth it, Monster Island was the best vacation I've ever had. Being able to walk up to a 20 foot high bug was just about the coolest thing in the world. I thought the giant ape and other "Monsters" on the island would be in cages, or inaccessible, but they are quite friendly and accessible.