Today, the festival staple Zoogma announced that the group will be going on an indefinite break. With the Atlanta- and Nashville-based jam act entering its 10th year, the quartet composed of Brock Bowling, Matt Harris, Justin Hasting, and Ryan Nall will be splitting amicably, assuring fans in their Facebook announcement that “we still love each other and there are no internal struggles between any of us in the band.” The band also notes that the break will serve as a time for Zoogma’s individual members to “seek new opportunities as musicians, professionals, and adults.”
Before going their separate ways in the future, Zoogma will finish out the handful of shows left on its calendar in addition to adding a “little ‘final run’ to send us off on a high note soon.” The band has called upon fans for suggestions on where to play, noting “you guys have been the backbone of this whole thing from the very beginning and we want to try and do what we can to rage with as many of you as possible one last time.” The announcement continued, “Thank you to everyone that has been supportive of us over the last decade, it has been truly remarkable what we have accomplished together.”
Thus far, Zoogma has an upcoming three-night run in Florida scheduled, with performances in Gainsville on April 12th, Jacksonville on April 13th, and Tampa, on April 14th. The band will follow this Florida run with a performance at Atlanta’s Aisle 5 on April 19th, which will also serve as a late-night post-party for String Cheese Incident. In April and May, the group also has festival sets scheduled at Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain, One Vibration Music Festival, and Summer Camp Music Festival.
You can read the full announcement below, and stay tuned for more tour dates from the group as they’re announced.