Norman Music Festival 5 offering free music throughout today
Other Lives
NORMAN — Top local and national indie bands will rock Main Street when the fifth annual Norman Music Festival enters its grand finale today, with free music throughout the day and into the wee hours.
Covering the festival Friday night, The Oklahoman Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang reports that the event is seeing bigger crowds this year. To read his story, click here.
The event will have music playing on more than a dozen local stages and include headliners Portugal. The Man on the festival’s Main Stage and Hayes Carll on its Jack Daniels stage. The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett talked to both headliners as well as breakout Oklahoma band Other Lives and Ohio alternative pop-rockers Red Wanting Blue. To read his story, click here.
The festival is in downtown Norman, on Main Street in the Arts District, extending from the 300 block of E Main Street and the 100 block of W Main Street.
Along with Portugal. The Man, Other Lives (fresh off a support tour with Radiohead) and Red Wanting Blue, the Main Stage lineup includes Weekend Hustler, the Tulsa-based Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Oklahoma City’s Modern Rock Diaries and Norman’s Rainbows Are Free and Crown Imperial.
The Norman Music Festival’s Jack Daniels Stage includes nationally known artists Carll, Alejandro Escovedo, the Giving Tree and the Possum Posse, as well as locally based artists Parker Millsap, The Damn Quails, Krystal Keith (daughter of Toby Keith), Camille Harp and John Calvin.
In addition, NMF5 boasts classical and garage stages, the Wild Prairie Family Park and the Spectacle Stage.
The Dustbowl Arts Market will be an added attraction on Saturday in the 100 block of Main Street, featuring the work of local and regional artists and handmade vendors. Photography, jewelry, prints, screen-printing, clothing, accessories and textiles will be among items for sale.
See the full NMF5 musical lineup for today after the break. For more information, go online to normanmusicfestival.com.
Norman Music Festival starts today
Portugal. The Man
NORMAN — Some of the top local and national indie bands will rock Main Street when the Norman Music Festival celebrates its fifth year today, Friday and Saturday.
The three-day event will take place on more than a dozen local stages and include headliners Portugal. The Man on the festival’s Main Stage and Hayes Carll on its Jack Daniels stage.
The festival will be in downtown Norman, on Main Street in the Arts District, extending from the 300 block of E Main Street and the 100 block of W Main Street.
Last year’s attendance topped out about 35,000 on the event’s third night. To accommodate the growing audience, the Main Stage will be located at Main Street and Porter.
In addition to headliner Portugal. The Man, the Main Stage lineup includes Stillwater’s Other Lives (fresh off a support tour with Radiohead), self-proclaimed American rock band Red Wanting Blue, the Weekend Hustler, the Tulsa-based Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Oklahoma City’s Modern Rock Diaries and Norman’s Rainbows Are Free and Crown Imperial.
The Norman Music Festival’s Jack Daniels Stage includes nationally known artists Hayes Carll, Alejandro Escovedo, the Giving Tree and the Possum Posse, as well as locally based artists Parker Millsap, The Damn Quails, Krystal Keith, Camille Harp and John Calvin.
The Dustbowl Arts Market will be an added attraction on Saturday in the 100 block of Main Street, featuring the work of local and regional artists and handmade vendors. Photography, jewelry, prints, screen-printing, clothing, accessories and textiles will be among items for sale.
The festival is free but organizers say one of the easiest ways to support the festival is through a VIP pass. Fans can mingle with the bands in VIP lounges, gain access to the VIP stage pit, enjoy complimentary food and beverages and a special edition T-shirt. VIP passes are $60.
For more information, go online to normanmusicfestival.com.
-BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Norman Music Festival headliners Portugal. The Man and Hayes Carll
NORMAN — It’s almost here! Some of the top local and national indie bands will rock Main Street when the Norman Music Festival celebrates its fifth year on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The three-day event will take place on over a dozen local stages and includes headliners Portugal. The Man on the festival’s Main Stage and Hayes Carll on its Jack Daniels stage.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been dedicating one of my Wednesday Video Spotlights to bands that will play this year’s festival, and this time, it’s all about the headliners.
The festival will be in downtown Norman, on Main Street in the Arts District, extending from the 300 block of E Main Street and the 100 block of W Main Street.
Last year’s attendance topped out about 35,000 on the event’s third night. To accommodate the growing audience, the Main Stage will be located at Main Street and Porter.
In addition to headliner Portugal. The Man, the Main Stage lineup includes Stillwater’s Other Lives (fresh off a support tour with Radiohead), self-proclaimed American rock band Red Wanting Blue, the Weekend Hustler, the Tulsa-based Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Oklahoma City’s Modern Rock Diaries and Norman’s Rainbows Are Free and Crown Imperial.
The Norman Music Festival’s Jack Daniels Stage includes nationally known artists Hayes Carll, Alejandro Escovedo, the Giving Tree and the Possum Posse, as well as locally based artists Parker Millsap, The Damn Quails, Krystal Keith, Camille Harp and John Calvin.
The Dustbowl Arts Market will be an added attraction on Saturday in the 100 block of Main Street, featuring the work of local and regional artists and handmade vendors. Photography, jewelry, prints, screen-printing, clothing, accessories and textiles will be among items for sale.
The festival is free but organizers say one of the easiest ways to support the festival is through a VIP pass. Fans can mingle with the bands in VIP lounges, gain access to the VIP stage pit, enjoy complimentary food and beverages and a special edition T-shirt. VIP passes are $60.
The Norman Music Festival’s Event Team is looking for volunteers to help out. For more information, go online to normanmusicfestival.com.
-BAM
Norman Music Festival begins Thursday
Hayes Carll
NORMAN — Some of the top local and national indie bands will rock Main Street when the Norman Music Festival celebrates its fifth year on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The three-day event will take place on over a dozen local stages and includes headliners Portugal. The Man on the festival’s Main Stage and Hayes Carll on its Jack Daniels stage.
“The festival has lined up some incredible bands and we can’t wait to share them with the public,” says Norman Music Festival Chair Steven White.
The festival will be in downtown Norman, on Main Street in the Arts District, extending from the 300 block of E Main Street and the 100 block of W Main Street.
Last year’s attendance topped out about 35,000 on the event’s third night. To accommodate the growing audience, the Main Stage will be located at Main Street and Porter.
In addition to headliner Portugal. The Man, the Main Stage lineup includes Stillwater’s Other Lives (fresh off a support tour with Radiohead), self-proclaimed American rock band Red Wanting Blue, the Weekend Hustler, the Tulsa-based Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Oklahoma City’s Modern Rock Diaries and Norman’s Rainbows Are Free and Crown Imperial.
The Norman Music Festival’s Jack Daniels Stage includes nationally known artists Hayes Carll, Alejandro Escovedo, the Giving Tree and the Possum Posse, as well as locally based artists Parker Millsap, The Damn Quails, Krystal Keith, Camille Harp and John Calvin.
The Dustbowl Arts Market will be an added attraction on Saturday in the 100 block of Main Street, featuring the work of local and regional artists and handmade vendors. Photography, jewelry, prints, screen-printing, clothing, accessories and textiles will be among items for sale.
The festival is free but organizers say one of the easiest ways to support the festival is through a VIP pass. Fans can mingle with the bands in VIP lounges, gain access to the VIP stage pit, enjoy complimentary food and beverages and a special edition T-shirt. VIP passes are $60.
The Norman Music Festival’s Event Team is looking for volunteers to help out. For more information, go online to normanmusicfestival.com.
-BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Have I mentioned there’s lots of bands playing Norman Music Festival 5?
The fifth annual Norman Music Festival is a little more than a week away!
NMF5 is scheduled for April 26-28, in the 100, 200 and 300 blocks of Norman’s historic Downtown Arts District. The music on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27 will be played mostly at indoor venues and during evening hours. On Saturday, April 28, the festival will become an indoor/outdoor affair, with live music from noon to midnight.
As the Main Stage headliners, Portugal. The Man will be the final performer of the 2012 festival. Carll will give the event’s penultimate performance as the headliner on the Jack Daniels Stage, previously the Jagermeister Stage.
But there are dozens of local, state, regional and national bands representing a variety of genres playing an array of stages during NMF 5. As I’ve been doing for the past few weeks, I’m dedicating this Wednesday Video Spotlight to a few of them:
-BAM
Video: The Damn Quails “California Open Invitation”
In this video from MusicFog.com, catch Norman-based Americana/red dirt band The Damn Quails perform their song “California Open Invitation” in the back room of Threadgill’s South during the recent South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
The Quails are touring out of state quite a bit this month, but they’ll be back in Oklahoma to play the Norman Music Festival on Saturday, April 28. They will perform on the Jack Daniels Stage, along with headliner Hayes Carll, Camille Harp & John Calvin, Parker Millsap, Alejandro Escovedo, Krystal Keith, The Giving Tree and Possum Posse.
For more information, go to www.normanmusicfestival.com.
-BAM
Oklahoma music acts playing South By Southwest
The Damn Quails
A multitude of Oklahoma musicians have taken their shows on the road south this week for the South By Southwest festivities down in Austin, Texas.
An event created and run by the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, the Buffalo Lounge will be a big drawn but by no means the only one, with the Oklahoma Film + Interactive + Music event beginning at 4 p.m. today. Theone-of-kind event will be hosted by the OKPOP Museum and the Woody Guthrie Center and Archive, and will allow all three industries to come together to network. The event will feature three musical groups: Modern Rock Diaries, Desi and Cody, and Wink Burcham with Jesse Aycock.
The music portion of SXSW officially begins this evening, and a staggering number of Oklahoma musicians will be representing our fair state.
The Okie Soundcheck presented by CNGnow.com is 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and performing will be O Fidelis, Black Canyon, Mont Lyons, Pretty Black Chains, Deerpeople, Josh Sallee, Daniel(s), and Chrome Pony.
The Fourth Annual Sax, Clogs, & Rock-N-Roll music event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday This event will feature music by The Damn Quails, Scales of Motion, the Panda Resistance, BrotherBear, Feathered Rabbit, S/Awesome, and Denver Duncan with Jabee.
The ACM@UCO music day event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday. Performing will be Painted Wolfe, Fos, Day One, Brianna Gaither, Gum, paperscissor, The Rockettops, and Of the Tower.
The ACM@UCO showcase will be from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday and will feature Defining Times, The Boom Bang, The Non, Horse Thief, Broncho, and Stardeath & White Dwarfs.
From 8 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday, the Oklahoma Showcase will feature Green Corn Revival, JuneBug Spade, Fiawna Forte, Jacob Abello, JD McPherson and OK Sweetheart.
Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge will once again feature a pop-up retail store stocked with Oklahoma merchandise provided by Mary Beth Babcock of Tulsa’s Dwelling Spaces. Other features include space for filmmakers and musicians to sell their DVDs and CDs. The venue also will feature free wifi, and for the first time, Matthew Kenney OKC will provide a juice bar for attendees.
This year’s events will be taken to the next level with the help of volunteers and in-kind donations. A PR Committee has been formed for outreach to both Oklahoma and Austin-based media allowing for performing artists to gain maximum exposure in both markets. A Swag Committee is gathering iconic Oklahoma materials for artists and guests. A Street Team Committee will be on the ground in Austin to distribute flyers and network with the crowd to drive attendance to the Buffalo Lounge.
In addition to the venue and the Oklahoma booth at the SXSW tradeshow, CNGnow.com will present “The Park at 2nd and Congress,” an outdoor event space in downtown Austin. This will be open to the public 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Thursdya. This is an opportunity for festival-goers to relax, recharge, and enjoy free snacks and beverages in the shadow of Big Blue, their natural gas-powered RV.
In conjunction with The Buffalo Lounge, “The Park” also will host the CNGnow Backyard Bash from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The mixer will feature free food, and an acoustic set by Graham Colton. This event is open to all Buffalo Lounge badge holders and performing musicians.
For more information, go to www.thebuffalolounge.com. or www.facebook.com/sxswBuffalo.
-BAM
Buffalo Lounge to showcase Oklahoma bands at South by Southwest
Green Corn Revival
The Oklahoma Film & Music Office, along with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and the Idea Collective, has announced its plans for an Oklahoma presence at the 2012 South By Southwest Conference and Festival, which is set for March 9-18 in Austin, Texas.
As a part of its mission to promote and support Oklahoma’s film and music industries, OF&MO and its partners last year launched its SXSW endeavor, dubbed Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge, to provide the state with its own venue. This year, the Buffalo Lounge will host four days of film, interactive and music events, including an Oklahoma booth at the SXSW trade show, which is March 12-15, to provide exposure for participating Oklahoma companies and talent to a global audience.
“Last year’s effort at SXSW provided tangible evidence of the growth and momentum in Oklahoma’s film, interactive, and music industries,” OF&MO Director Jill Simpson said in the announcement. “It was impressive to see so many Oklahoma professionals from these sectors come together to promote our state as a great place to do business to an audience numbering in the tens of thousands. This year is sure to be bigger and better.”
“We are thrilled to return to Austin, Texas this year in an even bigger way,” said Josh O’Brien, director of entrepreneurial development for Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and i2E, in the release. “More companies are involved, and we are adding the element of an Oklahoma booth at the SXSW trade show. With more than 65,000 people attending the trade show, this will be great exposure for Oklahoma.”
More than 45,000 top business professionals attended SXSW in 2011. The 10-day event brings people together to enhance knowledge of their respective field and promote their products. OF&MO will program multiple day and night Buffalo Lounge events across all three sectors throughout the four-day schedule at Friends, 208 E Sixth Street in the heart of downtown Austin, and in the midst of the conference and festival events.
The Oklahoma film party, “The Red Dirt Reel,” will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 12 and will feature participating sponsors representing their companies that support the Oklahoma film industry. The goal of this event is to showcase to SXSW film attendees that Oklahoma has everything for independent filmmakers: locations, nationally renowned film festivals, production and post-production facilities, and art house and indie exhibitors.
Following the film event on March 12 will be Oklahoma’s interactive event from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event will feature participating sponsors speaking about their products and companies to attendees. This will be an opportunity for people to network with interactive companies and learn more about the industry in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Film + Interactive + Music event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13. This one-of-kind event will be hosted by the OKPOP Museum and the Woody Guthrie Center and Archive, and will allow all three industries to come together to network. The event will feature three musical groups: Modern Rock Diaries, Desi and Cody, and Wink Burcham with Jesse Aycock.
The music portion of SXSW officially begins on Tuesday evening, March 13.
“In 2011, there were 60 Oklahoma bands that applied to SXSW. This year that number rose to an unprecedented 130 bands. Because of this Oklahoma was able to secure two official SXSW showcases with festival officials selecting another 12 bands to perform. In total, we are excited to say that over 35 Oklahoma bands will be featured at SXSW this year,” said Abby Kurin, Development Coordinator for OF&MO, in the announcement.
The Okie Soundcheck presented by CNGnow.com is 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and performing will be O Fidelis, Black Canyon, Mont Lyons, Pretty Black Chains, Deerpeople, Josh Sallee, Daniel(s), and Chrome Pony. The Fourth Annual Sax, Clogs, & Rock-N-Roll music event will take place Wednesday, March 14 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This event will feature music by Damn Quails, Scales of Motion, the Panda Resistance, BrotherBear, Feathered Rabbit, S/Awesome, and Denver Duncan with Jabee.
The ACM@UCO music day event will take place Thursday, March 15 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Performing will be Painted Wolfe, Fos, Day One, Brianna Gaither, Gum, paperscissor, The Rockettops, and Of the Tower.
The ACM@UCO showcase will be Wednesday, March 14 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and will feature Defining Times, The Boom Bang, The Non, Horse Thief, Broncho, and Stardeath & White Dwarfs. On Thursday, March 15 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. the Oklahoma Showcase will feature Green Corn Revival, JuneBug Spade, Fiawna Forte, Jacob Abello, JD McPherson, and OK Sweetheart.
Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge will once again feature a pop-up retail store stocked with Oklahoma merchandise provided by Mary Beth Babcock of Tulsa’s Dwelling Spaces. Other features include space for filmmakers and musicians to sell their DVDs and CDs. The venue also will feature free wifi, and for the first time, we are excited to announce that Matthew Kenney OKC will provide a juice bar for attendees.
This year’s events will be taken to the next level with the help of volunteers and in-kind donations. A PR Committee has been formed for outreach to both Oklahoma and Austin-based media allowing for performing artists to gain maximum exposure in both markets. A Swag Committee is gathering iconic Oklahoma materials for artists and guests. A Street Team Committee will be on the ground in Austin to distribute flyers and network with the crowd to drive attendance to the Buffalo Lounge.
In addition to the venue and the Oklahoma booth at the SXSW tradeshow, CNGnow.com will present “The Park at 2nd and Congress,” an outdoor event space in downtown Austin. This will be open to the public 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., March 12-15. This is an opportunity for festival-goers to relax, recharge, and enjoy free snacks and beverages in the shadow of Big Blue, their natural gas-powered RV.
In conjunction with The Buffalo Lounge, “The Park” also will host the CNGnow Backyard Bash on Wednesday, March 14 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The mixer will feature free food, and an acoustic set by Graham Colton. This event is open to all Buffalo Lounge badge holders and performing musicians.
Another addition to the 2012 Buffalo Lounge is the implementation of the Website, www.thebuffalolounge.com. Ty Carlson of Made By Wheat has donated his time and effort to create the website, which provides a complete list of sponsors and events. For those headed to SXSW, you can also use the Website to RSVP to all Buffalo Lounge events.
This statewide marketing effort is made possible through the participation of a large roster of sponsors. Returning participants this year are the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, the deadCenterFilm Festival, and the Oklahoma Business Roundtable.
New participating sponsors for 2012 are CNGnow.com, ACM@UCO, OKPOP Museum, the Woody Guthrie Center and Archive, Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau, Visit Tulsa, Gray Hour Productions, Creative Oklahoma, QuiBids, Fowler Volkswagen of Norman, idefi Music Group, the University of Oklahoma’s Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth, Phillips Murrah P.C., Catalog.com, Dwelling Spaces, Matthew Kenney OKC, iThemes, The Div, This Land Press, New Spin 360, Made By Wheat, Always Greener, and Chad Grubbs Studio.
For more information, go to www.facebook.com/sxswBuffalo
-BAM
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Damn Quails reach top 10 on Americana Music Chart, earn 3 Lone Star Music Award nominations
Gabriel Marshall and Bryon White of The Damn Quails has certainly ruffled a lot of feathers with the release of their debut record “Down the Hatch” on 598 Recordings. The phenomenal duo from Norman has spent the last few months basking in rave reviews that unanimously proclaim the record as one of the best to be released in 2011.
Soon after their debut on the Americana Music Chart at No. 26, “Down the Hatch” has now broken the seal on the Top 10, coming in at No. 9 this week. The record’s first single “Fools Gold” has also arrived at No. 9 on the TexNet50 Chart.
“It’s amazing to be in company with some of the folks that paved the way for us to do what we do. We are honored to help carry the torch of independent music and I am as proud as I can be of the guys I get to play with in this band,” Marshall says in a news release.
And the praise keeps on coming for this very deserving Oklahoma duo! The Damn Quails have just been nominated for three Lone Star Music Awards in the categories of Best Americana/Roots-Rock Album, Emerging Artist of the Year and Best Album Artwork. Vote for the Quails at www.lonestarmusic.com.
Plus, the Quails continue to kill it out on the live circuit with performances across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota. The Damn Quails will play with the Josh Abbot Band in Chicago on Friday, at the seventh annual Randy Rogers Band “For The Sake of the Song” Festival in Concan, Texas, on March 16, with the legendary Robert Earl Keen in Austin, Texas, on April 14, and at the 2012 Braun Brothers Reunion Festival in Challis, Idaho, on Aug. 11. For more tour information, go to www.thedamnquails.com.
After you check out these live videos from the duo performing here in their home state, please read my recent interview with The Damn Quails by clicking here.
-BAM
