We are pleased to present this years Color War games list! Schedule may change without notice. Show up on the main stage field at noon on Friday 7/17 and join in the fun!!

All Day Events: Scavenger Hunt • Best Drink • Best Mustache • Team Spirit/song/cheer • Best Shirt • Strangers Helping Strangers Food Drive Challenge • 2nd Annual "Bacon-off" (Judging times TBA)

NOON-1pm: Team Meet 'n Greet • Camp Bisco Campground Marathon

1pm: The Annual Spelling Bee • Putting Competition • Trivia • Suck N Blow

2 PM: Volleyball • The Human Knot • Pilin It High Pyramid • Captains Joust

3pm:Knockout • Joust • Little Shimmy in a Limbo Line • Football Toss • Co-ed Arm Wrestling

4pm: Best Nughuffer Story • Dodgeball • Dance-Off

5pm: Relay Race (spun-bat, wheelbarrow, backwards, crab walk, over/under, 3-carry-1 finale) • Tug-o-War • Egg Toss

More games and surprises to be announced! Just like last year, we at Color Wars will again be lending a hand to Strangers Helping Strangers with their food drive, so please bring canned or non-perishable food items with you!

Our referees this year are Jon Vasil, Lynne McCormick, Cayce Lewis, and returning southern ALLSTAR, Brent Miller. Nothing escapes their watchful eyes, so don't even try to pull a fast one... Returning as well are bacon judges Matt "Stubbs" Stebbins and Evan "I like the pretty lights" Dunn, Steven "Free Bacon?" Finn, joined by bacon newcomer Tyson "Shrimp Lo Mein" Tomain. They've been training an entire year to detect the tiny nuances and flavor subtleties in each dish, so remember that your MAIN ingredient is bacon. A bacon wrapped steak, while delicious, will not win.

Scavenger Hunt lists will be distributed to captains Thursday night of camp, all items are due before the biscuits take the stage Friday night.

This is going to be our biggest year ever! It's still not too late to get in on the action...Email colorwar@gmail.com to get on a team, and come on down to the main stage field on Friday, July 17th and see what all the fuss is about! Bring a beer! Bring a friend! Bring a whole team! This is going to be one for the books, so just bring yourself and get ready for an amazing day of fun!

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Be King or Queen for a day at Camp Bisco 8!

Our partner IMeem.com is giving away 2 VIP tickets plus a $500 prize pack to Camp Bisco so you can see Nas, Kid Cudi, Asher Roth and many more of your favorite artists up close and personal. All you have to do is submit your playlist of Camp Bisco performers on iMeem and you could be King/Queen of Camp Bisco! Get more info and enter here imeem.com/kingofcampbisco.

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The Disco Biscuits are getting ready for Camp Bisco VIII, the eighth annual three-day music and arts festival at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, New York this July 16-18, 2009 . The 50+ performer lineup at the multi-stage camping festival includes: The Disco Biscuits - All 3 Nights; Nas & Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley; STS9 (2 nights); Asher Roth; Kid Cudi; Tractorbeam vs. The Perfume; DFA Disco Tent; Twisted Records All Star Tent; Chromeo; Bonobo Live; Dr. Dog; K'Naan; The Orb; Younger Brother; Special Disco Version James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem; Brothers Past; Flying Lotus; Pretty Lights; Pnuma Trio; Shpongle; EOTO; Holy Ghost; Orchard Lounge; John Brown's Body; Telepath ; Boombox; Martyn, BioDiesel with KJ Sawka; AC Slater; Phantogram; MO2; DJ Haitian; Fort Knox Five; Dr. Fameus vs. DJ Drizno; Kill the Noise; Prometheus; Ott; Starkey; Bluetech; Indobox; BLVD; Two Fresh; Mixed Bag's Superjam; The Chavy Boys of London; Chronicles of the Landsquid; Roots of Creation; Joe Nice; Tuphace; Otherwise; Synewave; and Dirty Paris.

Read below for Camp Bisco News including the Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong Marley Collaboration, how you can Spin A Set at Camp Bisco, the Mural Art Showcase, and Color Wars!

Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley to Collaborate for Camp Bisco VIIICollaboration will showcase their new album Distant Relative

Continuing the tradition of onstage collaborations; Camp Bisco VIII, the eighth annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 16-18, 2009 will play host to one of it's most eclectic pairings yet, when Nas & Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley take the stage together. The two have worked together before on ‘Road to Zion’, the second single from Marley’s breakthrough Grammy award winning third album, “Welcome to Jamrock.” This summer will see them expanding upon that collaboration as they showcase tracks from their forthcoming album along with a few of their own originals with Damian’s live band.

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Spin A Set at Camp Bisco 8!

ACIDplanet.com and Remix Magazine have teamed up with MCP Presents, promoters of the annual Camp Bisco music and arts festival, to send the grand-prize winner to spin on the stages of this year's Camp Bisco 8! The contest starts May 21st with tracks from electronica pioneers The Orb and progressive reggae stars John Brown's Body. Surprise artists Telepath and Dr. Dog added tracks May 28th. The Disco Biscuits added "Park Ave" June 12th.

The 8th annual festival will take place at the picturesque Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, New York outside New York City from July 16 to 18, 2009. The event features three nights of the Disco Biscuits and over forty other acts. Headliners include The Disco Biscuits, Nas & Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, STS9 and The Orb. MCP Presents President Jonathan Fordin said, "Camp Bisco has always been about interesting on-stage collaborations and engaging our audience in new ways. With the remix contest we can honor the traditions and techniques of electronic music that the festival focuses on."

How to participate? Enter as many Camp Bisco remixes as you like. Each remix will have one winner. Each of those winners will go on to compete for the Grand Prize.

The favorite remix of each track will receive a prize pack including Sony ACID® software and a year long subscription to Mix and Electronic Musician Magazine. One grand prize winner will also receive 2 passes to the festival with Artist credentials and the chance of a lifetime—a one-hour set in front of thousands of festival goers at Camp Bisco 8! The competition starts May 21st and runs until June 26th. Winners will be announced on June 29th. Stems and all rights to the submissions for the remix contest will be owned by the labels. Complete contest rules can be found HERE

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Mural Art Showcase Announcement

New for 2009, Camp Bisco is proud to announce an innovative mural art showcase. Brett Keber of MCP Presents said, "For the first time at Camp, festival attendees can display their own graffiti or spray can art, which has become such a cool aspect of the live shows of so many musicians and Camp Bisco performers." Entering is simple: bring your best design that ties into one or more of this year's Camp Bisco artists painted on a canvas, plywood or cardboard display (minimum size is 2'x2', maximum size is 4'x8') to the entrance gate of the festival site. Camp Bisco staff will register your entry and mount the art along the mural art wall. Voting will take place through an innovative easy-to use text-messaging interface. The painting with the most votes by Midnight Friday July 17th will be win a coveted slot to create a live painting during a headline set by one of the main stage Camp Bisco artists. Get there early to make sure the thousands of attendees see your painting as they enter the festival site!

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Camp Bisco 5th Annual Color Wars

The eighth annual Camp Bisco music and arts festival continues to be the nation's leading participatory music experience. For the fifth year, the festival will host Color Wars, a team-based multi-event contest among hundreds of festival goers. "What started as a way for many to pass the daytime hours, until the earthshaking beats of the Disco Biscuits drew us to the stage, has grown into a major festival attraction, " explains Jonathan Fordin of MCP Presents. Trivia, the "Bacon-Off" and Tug-o-war are among the activities along with the old classics of dodge ball, volleyball, and scavenger hunts. Many more challenges await you, as well as several new contests to test your might, mind, and mettle. To join a team, go here for more info or email each team directly: YELLOW | PURPLE | GREEN | ORANGE

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CHECK OUT SOME HD VIDEOS FROM CAMP BISCO 7 »

Check out these AWESOME Promo clips for Camp Bisco 8. This footage is from Camp Bisco 7 and includes The Disco Biscuits, Snoop Dogg, Younger Brother LIVE & MORE! We will be releasing a few more clips in the very near future as well. enjoy! Team Bisco