hello crosshare community :) first time publishing! go easy on me!
this puzzle was constructed in conjunction with my upcoming open studio day on sunday, october 1st at gallery aferro in newark. if you live in the metro area, stop by and see my work (or just enjoy the preview in the header). i will of course have some paper copies of this solve printed out for the occasion, free for anyone who comes to my studio.
more on that at https://aferro.org/e/
this is an easy-to-figure-out theme with some challenging clues and words. other than the tricky acronyms i was forced to squeeze in, the rest is an apt introduction to me: local references, jam bands, and ___ galore. thank you to all my friends (including jenna lafleur!) for playtesting!