Podcast | Indie Fest performers Julia and Blue Cactus

On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers Julia, an “intergalactic funk” band from Raleigh, and Chapel Hill’s Blue Cactus, who play a strain of Americana that brings together country, psychedelia and 70s pop.

Julia plays Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and Blue Cactus plays at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 10.

Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Southern Brothas and Jo Gore – The Rant

Carolina Indie Fest is less than a week out, and we have interviews with two of the performers for Spring 2026 – the Southern Brothas out of Durham and Raleigh's Jo Gore. Carolina Indie Fest is set for Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 at Hugger Mugger Brewing, 229 Wicker St. in downtown Sanford. Admission is free. For more information, visit http://www.carolinaindiefest.net.