Fest 7

THe FEST 7 is almost here. Some last minute tips.

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:14:53 GMT

Howdy folks. Tickets to the Fest 7 have sold out and we’re looking forward to a great Fest weekend.
Here are some last minute tips from your Fest 7 crew.

Tickets are gone, gone, gone. No, you cannot buy tickets at registration.
Fest shirts and tons of other cool stuff will be for sale at the Fest flea market located in the same room as registration.

There are still walk-up tickets available for individual shows. Check the schedule page for info. Walk-ups are limited so be sure to show up early to the show if you need a walk-up ticket!

Be sure to bring a picture ID with you to registration. Your name needs to match the name we have on file under your ticket.

BANDS!! You must also visit registration to pick up your band packet.

Registration info:
REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICIAL FEST 7 HOTEL:

THE UNIVERSITY HOTEL
Holiday Inn University Center
1250 W University Ave
Gainesville, Florida 32601
(Corner of University and 13th Street)
(352) 376-1661

REGISTRATION HOURS:
Friday October, 31st – 12noon – 9pm
Saturday November, 1st – 12noon – 9pm

Registration will be held during these times only!

Everyone that is attending THE FEST 7 (bands included) must first come to registration to check in and pick up their passes as well as info sheets and guidebooks.

If you miss registration check in, you will not be able to pick up your info or passes at the venues. NO EXCEPTIONS or REFUNDS!!!

And now the FEST begins!!! Everyone please be safe, look out for one another and have as much fun as you possibly can!

The FEST 7 is sold out!!!

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:14:35 GMT

Sorry! FEST 7 tickets have sold out!!

Ticketholders: Please pick up your passes at registration!

REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICIAL FEST 7 HOTEL:

THE UNIVERSITY HOTEL
Holiday Inn University Center
1250 W University Ave
Gainesville, Florida 32601
(Corner of University and 13th Street)
(352) 376-1661

REGISTRATION HOURS:
Friday October, 31st – 12noon – 9pm
Saturday November, 1st – 12noon – 9pm

Registration will be held during these times only!

Everyone that is attending THE FEST 7 (bands included) must first come to registration to check in and pick up their passes as well as info sheets and guidebooks.

If you miss registration check in, you will not be able to pick up your info or passes at the venues. NO EXCEPTIONS or REFUNDS!!!

The FEST 7 Comp

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:59:00 GMT

We are going to have a ton of these comps available at FEST registration in CD form. But for those of you that can’t make it to FEST or are just incredibly impatient, you can download this comp for FREE at http://thefestfl.com/fest7/download/

This comp is brought to you by No Idea Records and Imprint Indie Printing

This download is kind of large and there are a lot of you so please be patient if this is a bit slow at first.

—PJ / The Fest 7 crew

Dead To Me cancels

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:23:00 GMT

Hey Everyone,
We are sad as sad can be today to announce that it is true, Dead to Me have to cancel FEST 7. They were super cool and called me this weekend on speaker phone and expressed how bummed they were to not being here. It was a very big blow since I not only personally love Dead to Me’s music but equally if not more so LOVE them as people. They are like the cousin’s you get to see once a year at he family reunion that you are so excited to see and get in trouble with. They will be missed and we will have to pour a little out in their absence. You can read below what they have had to say:

I can’t tell you how sad it makes us to inform you that we are not able to play THE FEST 7 later this month. Jack is about to be a father and needs to be around for his soon to be born son. I tried convincing him that Floyd kinda looks like a baby and maybe Jack could practice changing diapers and holding Floyd like a baby in a gigantic baby bjorn in Gainesville... but he insisted on staying home for, “The real deal“. Can’t say I blame him really.

I have no word yet on who’ll take their place since it is so last minute but looking into some good friends. I will keep you posted.

To see why we would miss these boys so much check out a song from their performance last year over at Nationalunderground.com. Chicken’s true love for THE FEST still makes be tear up a bit . I think I should just have that for the intro to the guidebook this year!!!

Bummer,
Tony Weinbender and the FEST 7 crew

The Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:29:59 GMT

Here ya go folks,
Two weeks away so to make everyone happy and bummed at the same time we present to you the official FEST 7 schedule!!!

Let the bitchin’ begin!

Tickets are seriously under 100!!! We have a few left here in Gainesville at Anthem Tattoo and Video Rodeo and a few left to sell through our online store. Get on it before they are all gone!!!

Check out this rad FEST 7 podcast that our friends over at Rocket Fuel did. http://rocketfuel.podomatic.com/
It has an interview with me about FEST 7 as well as a killer mix of bands playing this year.

Also, check out Punknews.org and Nationalunderground.com for featured FEST 7 interviews with a ton of bands playing this year!!!

If you have bought your tickets online and have any questions at all please send them over to PJ Fancher our ticket master here: peej@noidearecords.com

If you are interested in setting up a table at the FEST 7 Flea Market we have a few spaces left. Check out the info over at the FEST 7 Flea Market page.
If you are thinking about doing this please email Ryanm@noidearecords.com so he can save you the spot.

Gainesville is still beautiful right now. Shorts and flops are still raging and nights are cooling down so bring some pants and a hoodie.

Can’t wait to see you all here soon!
-Tony Weinbender and the FEST 7 crew

FEST news and contest!!

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Hey FEST folk,

I know you all have been patiently waiting for the schedule and it is done but we are waiting to get it tweaked for the wide world web so until then we are giving you a little taste of what is to come. Head over to the SCHEDULE page where you will find who is playing what day so you can tell whoever you need to that you will not be there on Monday!

WANNA HELP?
We need quality, friendly, and hard working volunteers. We cannot make this event happen without the help from our community here in Gainesville. You not only get to gain experience, make friends, get a pass but you also get an exclusive FEST 7 shirt design no one else can have. Here is what you have to do to be a Volunteer. Head over to the FAQ page.

We also are opening up the guidebook for submissions this year. Mainly interviews.
So I figured lets come up with 10 stock questions to ask bands playing. Here is how we are gonna do it! We have opened up a thread on the message board. Here we are asking you to submit your questions. The FEST 7 message board moderators will pick the best 10 questions and they will be sent to all the bands to answer. This could get really awesome or get really lame so my fellow FEST friends, don’t let me down on this one.

TICKETS ARE RUNNING OUT:
Tickets are going faster than ever and we are now a few hundred away from cutting tickets so please don’t wait until the last minute!!! We are not sold out but I see it coming soon so don’t wait!!!

TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $55 AND GO UP TO $70 WEEKEND OF!!!

You can buy tickets through our ticket page.

Or these fine people will gladly take your cash money for one kick ass FEST 7 pass
These locations will be selling tickets until 10pm on October 28th or they run out:

GAINESVILLE, FL LOCATIONS:

Anthem Tattoo
102 SW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL
(352) 395-6789
Hours:
Tuesday thru Thursday 12:00 till 9:00
Friday and Saturday 12:00 till 10:00

Video Rodeo
1119 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 376-1870
Hours: 2pm-11pm 7 days a week

Advertising in the guidebook. Last week!

ADVERTISING IN THE GUIDEBOOK:
Everyone who attends THE FEST 7 will receive our Guidebook. If you think you have something you
want to advertise please contact Joel Cook from REAX magazine: jcook@reaxmusic.com.
Rates are affordable so don’t miss this chance to let everyone know who is
coming to THE FEST about whatever you want them to know about.
Final deadline for ads is Oct 15th!!!

MORE WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR…
There is still room at the FEST FLEA MARKET:
We still have room for people who want to set up and table at the FEST 7 FLEA MARKET. You got a label, distro, clothing company? Make some cool art and farts and crafts? Maybe you just want to hype up your website, magazine, or yourself, then THE FEST 7 FLEA Market will be perfect for you to expose your junk to all the FEST 7 attendees, bands, guests, and the general Gainesville public.
Click here for more info

FEST HOTELS:
The Holiday Inn/ University Hotel and Paramount Suites are is sold out!!! If you already have a room then don’t worry. Just show up at the hotel with your ID and your room will be held for you. If you are still looking for a room check out this cool site called http://www.hotels.com where you can type in Hotels Gainesville, Fl. Just ask them or mapquest it from Registration (Holiday Inn- 1250 W University Ave-Gainesville, Florida 32601).

And I saved the best for last!!!

FEST 7 CONTEST TO END ALL CONTESTS!

One random lucky FEST 7 attendee will win all this crap!!!
Here is how it will work. We are gonna take all the FEST 7 tickets sold prior to the weekend off and let the massive FEST mainframe computer randomly pick one lucky ticket number. That person will win all this and it will be waiting for them at registration. We will not announce it! When you pick up your pass you will just be surprised and then have all this to tote back with you to your home. So, the only way to enter is to buy a ticket in advance! Head to the tickets page to purchase one online or check out our ticket outlets in Florida.

GRAND PRIZE WEINNER:
• Pair of FEST 8 passes
• One of each FEST shirts we have for sale. (4 total, you can see them all on the fest 7 ticket page)
• FEST 7 promotional poster
• 2 meal passes to punk rock famous Leonardo’s By The Slice.
• $50 gift certificate for No Idea record sale
• $50 FEST tattoo from the Anthem Tattoo booth at FEST 7 Flea Market
• Signed 180 gram LTJ GVLFLA from Vertical Merch
• The entire Chunksaah catalogue and autographed something from the Bouncing Souls.
• Gatorface & Landmines albums and promo stuff, limited Horsebites prints and Wunderland War toys from Paper and Plastick.
• One of a kind Fest Contest Winner T-shirt from I Heart You Productions.
• 3 Albums (catalogue) from ihatepunkrock.
• Any 5 records from Fast Crowd Catalogue.
• Color silk screen poster of the Measure (sa) artwork from Red and Black Eye.
• A $25 gift to the For Documentation Only Recordings web store.
• Gift certificate for 2 Test pressings from Recess Records (owth, screeching weasel or pinhead gunpowder)
• $50 gift certificate, a date with Andy Thomas or a Jon Snodgrass signature cocktail from Suburban Home/ Vinyl Collective.
• The book, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye, plus a $10 gift code for iTunes from Issue Oriented.
• Paint Davey Tiltwheels belly as you please from ADD
• A shirt and 1 copy of each release (in print) along with a $20 shopping spree at Little Champs, limited to anything you’re of legal age to purchase,1 High Five, 1 Low Five and 1 Around the Side from 1-2-3-4 GO!
• New releases from Asbestos Records along with a photo session with Emotron who will light his junk on fire, making a Fest memory the entire family can enjoy for years to come.
• The entire Fail Safe catalog.
• 1 shirt, 1 copy of issue #12, giant (Actually completely normal sized) bag of sunflower seeds from Dudes Magazine.
• Assorted one of a kind test and odd pressings FLIGHT PLAN RECORDS.
• Entire catalog and old ninja gun posters BARRACUDA SOUND
• FREE Shipping of all this crap to where ever you live from Gainesvillebands.com!

Plus all this stuff THE FEST has collected over the years!

1. Sakes Alive!!- Act 1(7 inch) 2. The Dry County- 7” 3. Black Snake- 4 song (EP) 4. Polluted Youth- Get Nothing 5. Hell or Highwater- I’m Not a Religious Man, but Today I’m Praying for Death 6. Madison Bloodbath- 3 songs from Dan Padilla split 7. God Equals Genocide- Life of Doubt (EP) 8. Travis John- demo 9. Low Red Land- Dog’s Hymns 10. Awesome Fest 2 Comp. 11. Triclops- Out of Africa 12. Mild Winter- A Wonder’s Home 13. Nana Grizol- Love It Love It 14. Black Cobra- Bestial 15. Short Attention Span- 5 songs 16. Vena Cava- Weapons of Mass Construction 17. Madison BloodBath- Gittin’ Loose With 18. Mission Statement- Demo 19. Win Win Winter- Demo 20. Dirty Tactics- Gangster Stamina 21. Antlers- Self Titled 22. Potboiler- Izzy Alcantara 23. Killer Dreamer 24. The A.K.A.S (Are Everywhere!)- Everybody Make Some Noise! 25. The Ruins 26. Above Them- … But Inside I’m Dancing 27. Capsule-demo 28. Le Meu Le Purr- New Canvas 29. Landmines 30. Forward- demo 31. Hostage Life- Walking Papers 32. Blacklist Royals-demo 33. MouthBreather-self titled 34. Idle Kids- The Factory Lines 35. The Emotron- In The Decemberwrist 36. Something Fierce- demo 37. Mason Dixon Disaster- Two Doubles 38. Prize Country- Clutches 39. Prize Country- Lottery of Recognition 40. Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels-Aint it Funny 41. Watson- Killing Momentum 42. No Truth Lies- self titled 43. Hell or HighWater- Dichotomy of the Damned 44. MouthBreather- LP 45. Inertia!- No Joking 46. The DeGenerics- Generic Record Collection 47. Cheeky- Choke on a Cheeseburger 48. Two Cow Garage- Speaking in Cursive 49. Valient Thorr- Immortalizer 50. Foundation- demo 51. Ann Beretta- Three Chord Revolution 52. The Swellers- My Everest 53. Maruta- demo 54. Idle Kids- 3 songs 55. Ruiner- demo 56. The Riot Before-3 songs 57. Vostok- This Scavenger Low 58. Arm the Poor- Welcome to Misery (demo) 59. Guff- Symphony of Voices 60. Red Room Cinema- Self Titled\ 61. Lefty Loosie- demo 62. Above Them- demo 63. Lost Hands Found Fingers- Live Hard Hold Fast 64. Toys That Kill- Shanked 65. Git Some- Yes Have Some 66. Naked Love- demo 67. The Valley Arena- sesso. Vita 68. Zoroaster- Dog Magic 69. Shook Ones- Facetious Folly Feat 70. Sinaloa- Footprints on Floorboards 71. Amateur Party- Sounds and Halls to House Them 72. Two Funerals- … invade Poland 73. The modern Machines- Take it, somebody! 74. Lasalle- Pretty World 75. Paint It Black- New Lexicon 76. Sharks Come Cruisin’- Four Years Before the Mast 77. Forensics-Things to do When You should Be Dead Anyway 78. Alligator- Prehistoric Reptilians 79. Able Baker Fox- Voices 80. Old Growth- Self titled 81. Daniel Stiped Tiger- Capital Cities 82. Thunderlip 83. Comadre- Burn Your Bones 84. Transistor Transistor- Erase All Name and Likeness 85. Old Wounds by Young Windows- self titled 86. The Measure [SA]- Historical Fiction 87. Colossus- … and the Rift of the Pan-Dimensional Undergods 88. Umoja Orchestra- Abre La Puerta 89. vaginasore Jr.- self titled 90. Slingshot Dakota- Their Dreams are Dead, but Ours is The Golden Ghost! 91. The Catalyst- Mariana’s Trench 92. Planes Mistaken For Stars- Mercy 93. Halo Fauna- Durak 94. The Briggs- Back to Higher Ground 95. Antillectual- Testimony 96. The Wilhelm Scream- Career Suicide 97. Paint It Black- Paradise 98. Das Kapital- Died True 99. Pretty Boy Thorson an The F’n A’s- Tae It Easy 100. The Gaslight Anthem- Senor and Queen 101.Banner Pilot- Pass the Poison 102. The Humonoids- Are Born 103. Broadway Calls- Oregon 104. Thunder Lip-The Prophecy 105. Ghost Buffalo-The Magician 106. Nothington- All In 107. Sista Sekunden-2006 108. Sista Sekunden- Don’t blame Us 109. iScream 7 Showers/ Sista Sekunden- split 110. Screaming Females- What if Someone is Watching their T.V.? 111. Ok Pilot- self titled 112. Iron Chic- demo 113. Dynamite Arrows- I Blew It Again 114. Ok Pilot- self titled 115. Iron Chic- demo 116. Young Hearts- The Fight (EP) 117. The Wading Girl- The Miriam Demos 118. Modern Life Is War- songs from Midnight in America 119. Chillerton- Bleak Unison 120. The Max Levine Ensemble- How To Build an Intergallactic Time Travel Machine 121. 108- demo 122.!ApeShit!- demo 123.!ApeShit!- demo#2 124. Canadian Rifle- demo 125. Matt and Kim- demo 126. Awesome Town- comp 127. Kidcrash- Jokes 128. A Death in the Family-This Microscopic War 129. Cheap Girls- Find Me a Drink Home 130. Battle- In Remission 131. Eric Ayotte- Remnants of Storytown 132. Own Win Choice- Never Suspended Disbelief 133. HiFi Handgrenades- Carry On 134. Method Of Destruction- Red, White, and Screwed

Sticker Pack

Magic Bullet Records
Too Many Daves
Add Records
Sinaloa
Das Kapital
Zoroaster

7” Records

1. Blacklist Royals- Six Strings (includes bonus download card)
2. Papermoons
3. Louis Tully- I Was a Dog Once
4. Lost Hands Found Fingers- In Black and White
5. Be My Doppelganger- Convertible Girls
6. Dick Army- winners By Default
7. Dick Army- Decimate(plus two)
8. Dude Jams/ Shang-A-Lang/ Gordon Gano’s Army/ Dan Padilla
9. Sex Advice/ Shang-A-Lang- Split
10. Jonesin’/ Shang-A-Lang- Split
11. Future Virgins

Poster
Valient Thorr- Immotalizer

That’s a ton of crap! More will be added I’m sure and some of these fine sponsors will be having too much fun to remember to bring their prizes but hey, it’s THE FEST!

Enjoy this update for now I am sure there will be lots more to come!

-Tony Weinbender and the FEST 7 crew!

Big weekend update

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:52:00 GMT

We finally listened to all the application bands and I have to say this was the hardest and most rewarding parts of FEST 7. Lots of people told me previous years and even more so this year that I should scale this year back. Many have said that there is no reason to have so many bands. “Do you honestly think that having these 40 or so extra bands from the applications are gonna help with the draw of the FEST?” That is not what the FEST is about. It is about giving bands a chance. Everyone starts somewhere and out of all the applications that came in we picked these bands.

Valient Thorr
Nana Grizol
Mild Winter
Watson
The AKA’s
Cofffee Project
Blacksnake
The Takers
Witches
Hot New Mexicans
By The Horns
The Damn Writes
Scum of the Earth
Guiseppe
Little Lungs
Too Many Daves
How Dare You
Low Red Land
Have Gun, Will Travel
Get Bent
Sorry No Ferrari
Antarctic
Nakatomi Plaza
God Equals Genocide
Former Humans
Cortez The Killer
Madison Bloodbath
Steady State
Last Ride In
Assassinate The Scientist
The Anchor
After The Fall
Nothing In The Dark
Jawsome
Parker Hastings
Dark Castle
The Unloveables
Protagonist

We have done everything we can to make enough room for all these bands. We kept places open longer, make Gainesville work harder, I have to pay more money for the clubs to stay open. So, why? Why add all these extra bands, why add all the extra hassle? It is about supping the love and my craving to support the new blood. If we can make room we will and this year shows more than ever. I wish we could have had even more and tried our best to accommodate but this is the best we can do this time and I think it is pretty impressive for our little town.

There is lots of planning and plotting on the message board about house parties and such held during FEST 7 weekend here in Gainesville. I think it is a rad idea especially since it is one less thing we don’t have to plan and deal with. I do ask though if you are thinking about having one look out for bands who are NOT playing FEST 7 and also respect your area because upsetting the city FEST weekend ends up ultimately coming back on us being able to host this event years to come.

As for all you FEST 7 bands that have been accepted I ask that you take a knee and let bands who are NOT officially playing the FEST play the parties, the house shows etc. This is not like other FESTIVALS. Enjoy your time and the time you get to spend with all your friends. Fuck, go to the house shows and see some new bands. You don’t need to play more. Some of you are playing pre-fests and hell, I would go to them if I could. But honestly, you are getting to play the best fucking festival ever. That should be enough. But it is up to you what you do. This is just a suggestion from someone who has put lots of time, love and labor into this.

TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $55 AND GO UP TO $70 WEEKEND OF!!!

You can buy tickets through our ticket page.

Or these fine people will gladly take your cash money for one kick ass FEST 7 pass

These locations will be selling tickets until 10pm on October 28th or they run out:

GAINESVILLE, FL LOCATIONS:

Anthem Tattoo
102 SW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL
(352) 395-6789
Hours:
tuesday thru thursday 12:00 til 9:00
friday and saturday 12:til 10:00

Video Rodeo
1119 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 376-1870
Hours: 2pm-11pm 7 days a week

ORLANDO, FL LOCATIONS:

PARK AVE CDS
2916 Corrine Drive
Orlando, Fl 32807
(407) 447-7275

PARK AVE CDS / UCF LOCATION
Inside the student union @ the University of Central Florida
(407) 282-1616

*PARK AVE CD LOCATIONS WILL CHARGE $3 EXTRA FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS.

TAMPA, FL LOCATIONS:

Vinyl Fever, Tampa
4110 Henderson Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33629
(813) 289-8399
Hours:
Mon: 11-8
Tue-Thur 11-9
Fri&Sat: 10-9
Sun: 12-7
www.vinylfevertampa.com

ST. PETERSBURG, FL LOCATIONS:

Daddy Kool
538 Central Ave.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727)822-5665

Advertising in the guidebook. Last week!

More bands added!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Hey everyone,

Here is some updates for you from FEST 7 headquarters. First off is that the Holiday Inn is pretty much sold out for now. We are working on getting more rooms from them but it might happen or might not. So, hold tight and we will do a posting when more space becomes available. We still have rooms available at the Paramount though. You can go to the hotels page to check it out.

In other news we have confirmed up more bands. Bands added this week include:

Algernon Cadwallader
Capsule
The Catalyst
Chronic Youth
Cutman
The Degenerics
Die Hoffnung
Dirty Money
Fiya
Gordon Gano’s Army
Hometeam
In The Red
Jonesin’
Killer Dreamer
Laserhead
Liquid Limbs
Monikers
Morningbell
The Prize Country
Queerwulf
Red Clay River
The Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine
Sakes Alive!
The Scaries
The Shaking Hands
Shang-a-Lang
Stressface
Towers of Hanoi
Tiltwheel
Dave Dondero
Annabel

We are still going through applications so please hold tight if you are an applied band! The more you email us about it the less time we have to listen to them and work on the schedule. There are only so many places we can officially have shows for FEST 7 and we recently lost some stages that were going to be on the campus of UF. Speaking of UF, I heard that they might be having Minus The Bear play from FREE on campus Sunday night of FEST 7. This is something they are planning so when they give us more details we will help them spread the word.

If anyone is interested in helping us spread the word about FEST 7 we have posters and flyers we can send you. Please hook up with our Street Team –The Southern Lovin’ Hustlers or email ryanm@noidearecords.com with your address and how many you could use.

We also have this killer web banner:

Go to the FEST Myspace page to be our friend and get code to steal the banner!

I guess that is about it for now. Gainesville is feeling good these days. FEST is in the air and we are all burning the midnight oil to make sure the party time is ready for you all!!!

-Tony Weinbender and the FEST 7/ No Idea crew

The Fest 7 On Issue Oriented

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:51:00 GMT

Hey Everyone,
I had the honor to chill on the FEST/ Southern Lovin’ porch and chat it up with Issue Oriented (the official FEST 7 Podcast Sponsor). I was in a “mood” you could say but I think it came out pretty damn honest. It also has FEST 7 bands Bouncing Souls and Bridge & Tunnel in there. Crack a cold one and check it out!
-Tony

“Host Ronen Kauffman talks to THE BOUNCING SOULS’ BRIAN KEINLEN and PETE STEINKOPH about optimism, secret origins and much more.

Ronen also talks to TONY WEINBENDER (No Idea Records, The FEST) about The FEST 7 – from motivation to logistics and everything in between.

PLUS!

BRIDGE AND TUNNEL perform acoustic versions of 2 songs from their new record, East/West. VIDEO PREVIEW ON YouTube!

Catch the official premiere on the live stream at PUNKRADIOCAST.com – Thursday August 28 at 8 pm EST.

Listen INSTANTLY at ISSUEORIENTED.com (or subscribe at feeds.feedburner.com/io)

Not just talk. Not Just music. Issue Oriented – the podcast.

ISSUE ORIENTED is available for free in iTunes!
ISSUE ORIENTED is sponsored in part by Punknews.organd is part of the radio lineup at Metalinjection.net.”

Welcome!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:06:00 GMT

Welcome one and all to THE FEST 7!!! As you can see we finally got our act together and got the site up and running. At this moment I would like to thank the fine folks of Horsebites and Team Doom for the sleek and sick look of FEST 7. This is gonna be a freakin’ doozie of a year. For one THE FEST 7 has landed on Halloween Weekend!!! I am sure it will add to the debaucherous grand times we have planned for you all. I’m really excited this year because we have talked more people into letting us have shows this year. New venues, new faces, new bands. This is what it is all about.

As for big acts this year we not only are flying over one of Gainesville’s favorites, Leatherface!!! It only took a few years, a few cold ones in Austin, and the promise of all you crazies freakin’ out!!!!

To add to the celebration we have asked FEST alumni and good buddies the Bouncing Souls to play a special Halloween FEST 7 set. Here is what they had to say:

“2009 is the 20th anniversary of The Bouncing Souls!! We’re getting ready to celebrate all year long… and just in time to get the party started is THE FEST!! We’re thinking “kick-off party” on this one!! What better place than the city of Gainesville to get it started? and what better people than our good friends in Strike Anywhere, Less Than Jake, and the No Idea family? And what better day than Halloween, our favorite holiday for a show? You never know what costumes and themes we might come up with!!!! And like any Souls party, we’ll drink a lot of cheap beer (maybe even 40’s only??) and re-live the embarrassing moments of our youth… by playing songs from 1995 and earlier! That’s right… The Good, The Bad, and The Argyle and Maniacal Laughter and maybe even a Green Ball Crew if the mood is right and the beer is wrong. Come party with us!”

So that lets a little cat out of his bag for ya!

In other crazy news Atom has reconciled with long time friend and band mate THE PACKAGE and you all get to celebrate this joyous reunion at FEST 7 along with Ann Beretta playing their final show ever. We somehow convinced Coalesce to come witness the insanity as well as the return to the world of None More Black. But the good times do not stop there when you count in the rare performances by the fine folks in Armalite, Abel Baker Fox, Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves, Drag the River, The Holy Mountain and Assholeparade!!!

We are happy to say that the HOLIDAY INN will once again be the official party down headquarters and will host THE FEST 7 registration and the FEST FLEA MARKET. Despite the idiots that almost ruined all our good times last year they are opening their arms to us all once again. This time they got their act together and will have real deal security so guest can party without being bummed by the bums that invaded last year. We will have the flea market/trade show/label expo thingy in their conference room again, and weather permitting we are going to have a rooftop pool side reception on Friday afternoon for all the guests. Oh, and they have rooms to sleep in (if you need that kinda stuff). So bring your swimmies, good vibes, and cold ones for the FEST 7 HALLOWEEN SPRING BREAK PARTY TIME EXCELLENT!!!

If you are looking for a more relaxed environment to rest your weary head we have the EXECUTIVE FEST HOTEL. This will be at the Paramount. It is super swanky and chills on a lake. Real nice stuff but no party time excellent there. So if you are tired of the apeshit and need to re-charge this is totally the way to go.

We are still working through all the band applications and there are a ton. Problem is most of them kick ass!!! So, we will slowly be adding bands in to our list so check back frequently, we will remind ya as well with myspace updates. Schedule is a pain in the ass each year so be patient and I will try my best to at least get down who is playing on what day in a few weeks. If you have applied hold tight and we will let you know by Sept 10th. Please do not email, text, call, myspace, or telegram us about this. The more time it takes to check these messages the less time we have to plot and plan.

If you want to help us spread the word of FEST 7 you can download the FEST 7 flyer or become a member of the Southern Lovin’ Hustlers and we can send you posters and flyers to sling up around your town.

For now enjoy counting down the days to debauchery, start training your livers, practicing your stage dives, start your beards, and in October we get to join forces in lovely Gainesville, FL again!

Endless Cheers,
Tony Weinbender/ THE FEST CREW/ NO IDEA RECORDS FOOLS

Ps: here is your public service announcement for FEST 7. If you are not planning on buying a FEST 7 ticket please do not come and invade our friendly environment. There are already enough people here who like to celebrate good times and last year there were some folks who thought that this was some kinda rainbow gathering. Also, leave your dogs at home!!! I love dogs. Got a sweetheart of a pitbull at home. You know what she does not like. Loud music. Your dog does not either.