The Fest 22 – Reviewed
Music / Fest 22 • November 6, 2024
How do you sum up a 3-day weekend where you’ve spent approximately 36 hours watching live music and seen nearly 50 bands -- and also missed another 300? The Fest is a wonderful beast where you venue hop to catch up-and-comers, watch headliners outside on the big stage, and stumble onto one-off side projects with some of your favorite musicians doing new things. It’s a unique experience where you get to choose how big a crowd you want to be part of, what vibe or venue, and who you’ll see. That is, with some schedule conflicts where you have to make a few inevitable and difficult decisions. Somehow, for example, despite digging the brand new Dopamines record, I essentially missed them twice this weekend. (Okay, I used the press pass to enjoy a solid 10 minutes on their Saturday set before running two blocks to see Houseghost.) For the better part of the past 20 years I’ve been flying to Florida for The Fest. I’ve made friends, I’ve learned the city streets and, of course, I’ve also learned about dozens -- probably hundreds -- of bands through the event. FEST 22 continued that legacy, though I leaned toward small and mid-size venues over the larger grounds. I also caught a pre-Fest show at all ages venue The Ox, which helped me find even more new bands on Sunday since I could justify skipping a few official Fest sets after already seeing old favorites. In the early years I wrote about … Read more
FEST LIBS 22
Music / Fest 22 • October 22, 2024
We've rolled out an extra-special feature for this year's Fest: that's right, it's FEST LIBS. You've played it before, but not like this – fill in our interactive form here, … Read more
Fest 22: Artist Interviews
Music / Fest 22 • October 22, 2024
While I want to say that Scene Point Blank went big this year with so many interviews in this feature, the truth is that it's barely a fraction of the … Read more
FEST 22: An interview with Tony Weinbender
Music / Fest 22 • August 26, 2024
Making something out of nothing every year. FEST 22 takes place in Gainesville, FL this October 25-27. It’s rare for any musical venue to last that long, be it a … Read more
