Hey Everyone,
So, FEST 8 is officially a week over. We all have had time to clean up the mess, kick back and share some stories over cold ones, and most importantly caught up on much needed rest. Looking back on last weekend I have to say with all honesty this was the best run FEST ever! I have to sling a massive thanks to all my main crew that ran shit over the weekend as well as all the volunteers and venues for their help. It takes a community to run a FEST and we showed the world that we have the best! I also want to thank all the bands who rocked our asses all weekend. I actually got to see more this year than ever but also missed way more than I got to see but that is more the reason why the bands need to tour to Gainesville and play a non-FEST show so we can not work and enjoy it!
Now with FEST 8 being over we are going to start to focus on our next party, HARVEST OF HOPE 2010. Dates are going to be March 12-14th . Bands confirmed so far are LEATHERFACE, ANTI-FLAG, SMALL BROWN BIKE, TORCHE, DEAD TO ME, MERCURY PROGRAM, COBRA SKULLS, HOLOPAW, ASSHOLEPARADE, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, LEMURIA, ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD, SHELLSHAG, CAPSULE, FIN FANG FOOM, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, THE RIOT BEFORE, TILTWHEEL, DAN PADILLA, WORN IN RED, AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER, BEN DAVIS AND THE JETT$, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND, THE MEZINGERS, ALERNON CADWALLADER, THE MEASURE [SA], THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB, O PIONEERS, AND DEFIANCE OHIO.
So, lots of FEST friends with many more acts to come.
If you forgot to grab FEST shirts while you were here we have them available through the NO IDEA RECORDS webstore. They are at a closeout price of $10 and are available while supplies last. We also have a bunch of guidebooks left over so if you lost yours just drop a note in your order and we will sling you one. We ran out of Koozies. Sorry!
We are starting to collect footage from the craziness from the weekend.
Check out our good buddy Todd Flixler’s photos posted on Alternative Press’s Website: You can also check out lots of video footage Scott Heisel from AP shot last weekend at the site as well.
Thinker Thought also captured a ton of sets from FEST 8. Check them out on Jared’s YouTube channel.
Here are some pics from our friend Nicole Kibert. You can check them out on her Flicker page.
Every day more and more footage keeps popping up on YouTube and look out for some killer footage from National Underground who had a massive team out filming all weekend.
Hope everyone had a blast at FEST 8! I hope to update the site starting next week with YouTube footage from this year, photos from our crew who shot all weekend, and stories from you guys. So if you have stories you want to share please email them to tony@noidearecords.com. Include photos if you have them. I will read over them and hopefully we can axe one of the pages on the site to make room for them. All depends on how much we can talk the Black Axe guys into working on the site more.
So, check back every Friday and hopefully we will be able to keep the FEST spirit alive and well. Thanks again to you all for coming, being cool, and loving all the work we put into FEST 8!
Cheers!
-Tony Weinbender and the FEST crew
Howdy folks,
Online pre-sale tickets to the Fest 8 has expired. We still have some weekend passes still available today til the local vendors sell out or close.
If you still want weekend passes for $60 you can get them here:
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
They will NOT be available at these locations over the weekend.
You can purchase FEST 8 weekend passes at FEST 8 REGISTRATION starting at noon on Friday Oct. 30th . They will be available at the booth where we will be selling FEST shirts.
FEST 8 weekend passes go up to $80 weekend of!!!! Cash only!!!!
Here are some last minute tips from your Fest 8 crew.
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.
If you have a confirmed press/sponsorship/or guest list you need to bring a photo ID to registration to pick up your pass.
If you are a FEST 8 volunteer you will pick up your pass, shirt, and info at registration as well.
We also have some folks that have posted some awesome FEST COMPS you can download for your journey to FEST 8! Click on the links below to check them out.
National Underground/ Vinyl Vlog FEST 8 COMP:
Also there is a rad interview with Chicken from Dead to Me talking about FEST 8 and the bands he is stoked to see this year.
Check it out on National Underground here.
Registration info: REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICIAL FEST 8 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 8 (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!
Happy Sunday folks,
As the day is drawing even closer to FEST and the computer screen continues to melt my retinas, I just wanted to share an awesome podcast that we jam in the office a bunch throughout the year. Our buddy Jeff from over in Tallahassee has been doing Rocket Fuel Podcast for the last couple years and always does an awesome job of covering THE FEST! He just launched this year's Fest 8 edition with a bunch of stuff from our buds in A Wilhelm Scream, plus tight jams from a ton of other FEST bands large and small. Go check it out here! We'll see all your ugly drunk mugs in a few days!
-Cam, Fest 8 Crew
Hey Everyone,
So, we are officially one week away! It is cooling down in Gainesville. People are already starting to pop up in town a week early, ready to enjoy the good times. There are many pre-FEST happenings planned to build the excitement level that I will go over later in this post. We here in the No Idea house are busy as you can imagine, getting everything in order and wearing our stressface for most of the waking hours. FEST is full blown in the air down here!!! So, with a week out pretty much this update is going to be filled with reminders. So, crack a cold one, settle in, and get ready start prepping your human existence for the most fun you can possibly have in three days!!!
First and foremost FEST 8 weekend passes are almost SOLD OUT! I say ALMOST because we have about 200 left to sell on line. I very well think they might blow out after this weekend but always check out the ticket page to see. If we have them they will still be offered there. We also still have passes available at our regional outlets so check there as well. You can find that info on the ticket page as well. So remind all your slack friends to get on the ball and don’t wait ‘til the last minute because they might not be available. THE FEST has sold out prior to the weekend of the last two years. I would not see why this stellar year would be any different.
Volunteer spaces are filled!!! If you have signed up to volunteer for FEST 8 please remember to drop your shirt off with us at the No Idea house and you need to come to the MANDATORY VOLUNTEER WORK/ TRAINING MEETING!!! The meeting will be at 7pm on Wednesday Oct 28th at the Holiday Inn on University and 13th. 2nd floor.
All the info about where to pick up your weekend passes, volunteer passes, media passes, and band info packs/passes is on the Registration page. Go there first before you email us a dumb question.
There have been a few tweeks to the FEST 8 schedule. Check it out on the SCHEDULE PAGE. Nothing crazy or drastic just a few bands can’t make it now so some shows have been shortened. The show that was scheduled for George’s has been moved to a space we are calling Cam’s Cove. We will post a before and after picture so you can all see how we can pull off the impossible sometimes.
Offical FEST hotels are sold out!!! Go to www.Hotels.com for alternatives.
We still have space open for vending at the FEST 8 FLEA MARKET. Check out the deal on the FLEA MARKET PAGE.
If you are getting in town or Florida before FEST we have compiled a list of things/ shows/ events we think are pretty awesome.
Tuesday October 27th
• Alachua County Fair @ Alachua County Fairgrounds: 5PM Free
• Florida Museum of Natural History $8 All Day: Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches
• 9:30PM $6 @ The Atlantic: Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves, Whiskey and Co., Post Teens, Radon
• 9PM $6 18+ @ Will’s Pub (Orlando): Virgins, Gatorface, Static Radio (NJ), The Arteries, Brothers
Wednesday October 28th
• Alachua County Fair @ Alachua County Fairgrounds: 5PM Free
• Florida Museum of Natural History $8 All Day: Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches
• 6:00 PM $8 All Ages @ Skatepark of Tampa: Bridge And Tunnel, Worn In Red, Landmines, Forensics, Mayflower, P.S. Eliot, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Dude Jams, Where The Land Meets The Sea, O'Pioneers, Stymie, Above Them, Bangers
• 9PM 21+ @ Nobby’s (St. Augustine): Tubers, 12XU, The Arteries, Static Radio (NJ), Brothers, Sexy Crimes
Thursday October 29th
• Alachua County Fair @ Alachua County Fairgrounds (Gainesville): 5PM Free
• Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville) $8 All Day: Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches
• 12PM FREE All Ages @ The Basement House (Tampa): Too Many Daves, Dan Padilla, Turkish Techno, Jonesin', Shang-A-Lang, Dopamines, Regular Size People Fight, God Damn Doo Wop Band
• 6:00PM $10 All Ages@ Skatepark of Tampa: The Measure (SA), Monikers, Deep Sleep, Cheap Girls, Failures Union, Defiance, Ohio, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Off With Their Heads, Smalltown, The Arteries, King Friday, Psyched To Die, Pretty Boy Thorson And The Falling Angels, Madison Bloodbath, Static Radio, Tiltwheel, Teenage Cool Kids, Vena Cava, Banner Pilot
• 9PM $6 18+ @ Will’s Pub (Orlando): The Menzingers, Highlites, Only Thieves, Mayflower, The Knockdown, Cool To Be You
• 9PM @ Shantytown (Jacksonville): Tubers, 12XU, Old Growth, Coyote Throat
• 9PM $6 All Ages @ 1982: Young Livers, Bridge & Tunnel, North Lincoln, Mouthbreather, OK Pilot, Worn in Red Landmines
• 9PM FREE All Ages @ Boca Fiesta: Panthro U.K. United 13, Strikeforce Diablo, FIYA
• 9PM $2 for 21+ $3 for under 21 @ Common Grounds: Pre-FEST Hairy Karaoke.
• The FEST 8 ART/PHOTO SHOW OPENING PARTY: 7 pm till??? @ Volta Café & the Alcove (also up all FEST 8 weekend!) more info here: http://www.thefestfl.com/fest8/artshow/
Wow! You make a FEST happen and look at all the other insane things that go on in the wake of awesomeness!
I guess that is about it for now. We are finishing up our hell week to take a little breather tonight. If you are in Gainesville we cordially invite you to join us for a little pre-FEST 8 party of our own. At the side room of THE VENUE we will have a FREE show tonight. It is 18+ and will feature STRESSFACE, HOMETEAM, SPANISH GAMBLE and JUMPERS. Starts at 10pm. Come by and hang with us while we are not loosing our shit!!!
Next weekend is going to be a wild one so try to rest up this coming week so you can come healthy and leave somewhat healthy. Let’s keep this a swine flu free affair!
Thanks to you all and we can’t wait to see all you ugly fools in a week.
-Tony
Hello FEST FOLK,
Friday is here once again and maybe it is just the work load putting this thing together but is seems like I was just writing last weeks update. So as the days fly by so does the count down to FEST 8!!!
We do not have much new to update since last week, when we launched the schedule, so this week we bring you two awesome video’s courtesy of our good friends over at NATIONAL UNDERGROUND.
They have recently posted two awesome FEST related videos.
First is a preview for a documentary on FEST. It is a work in progress and National Underground have been teaming up with Blue Elephant Media to make it happen. You can check out the preview featuring segments from interviews with Dan Yemin (Paint it Black/ Lifetime/ Armalite) Atom Goren (Atom and His Package/ Armalite), Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms), The Flatliners, Static Radio, and OK Pilot on the National Underground site right here.
National Underground also posted video and downloadable audio of the entire Dillinger Four set from FEST 7 last year. You can check the 60 minute long set here. I watched this last night! I laughed, I cried, I slammed a few adult beverages. D4 last year really summed up what FEST is about and if you did not know Paddy will be sure to tell you all about it. I honestly want to clock and see if they played more than Paddy ranted. You also get some good shots of FEST/ NO IDEA crew looking pretty lit on the side of the stage!
FEST WEEKEND PASSES ARE GETTING CLOSE TO SELLING OUT!!! Yep, it is getting down to the wire here, so if you have been slacking the time to get your passes is now! Spread the word to all your friends. We want everyone to make it to the party! You can get your passes on our ticket page. There are also a list of regional Florida FEST 8 Pass outlets. Check them out!
If you are interested in volunteering for FEST 8, we are full at the moment but will be having one last sign up meeting Monday the 12th at 7pm on the second floor of the Holiday Inn (13th and Univ.). We will be signing up people who are still interested in an alternate position. This will be in case we decide we need more people or a volunteer decides they can no longer volunteer. If you come to this meeting please bring photo ID and a piece of mail or bill to prove your address. THIS WILL BE THE LAST VOLUNTEER SIGN UP MEETING and attending does not guarantee you a volunteer position.
If you missed previous week’s news post, read further down below to check out talks of THE FEST ART SHOW, The SCHEDULE being posted, SMALL BROWN BIKE playing, and other goodies.
If you would like to help us spread the word about THE FEST 8 you can email streetteam@thefestfl.com with all your contact info and where you can put up posters at in your town. Also, please email us a general idea of how many posters you wish to take on.
You can also help us out by going to this page and stealing the FEST 8 web banner. You just cut and paste the link into your personal page so everyone can see it. Check them out here!
Also, in the past week we had a handful of Brits decide to cancel their rooms at The Holiday Inn, so we now have a small number of rooms available. They include Kings and Doubles and are for all kinds of different nights, so reservations will be taken by phone only to make sure we don’t over sell anything! If you’re interested in booking a room, give my lovely secretary Cam a call and let him know. He can be reached at 352-379-9099 and is in the office weekdays from 10am-7pm. If you want to call at night or over the weekend, please leave a detailed voice message with your name, phone number, and what day and time you called, and he will call folks back in the order in which they called to make everything fair and square. Rates are still $169 plus tax a night and the party there is going to be raging.
That is it for this week. Now a few of us are off to Valadosta, GA to watch Coody from Ninja Gun get hitched!!! Have an awesome weekend and get ready for the most amazing FEST weekend ever!!!
-Tony Weinbender & THE FEST 8 CREW!!!
