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WE Fest Announces Showcasing Partners for Its 12th Year
The 12th annual Wilmington Exchange Festival, taking place this year from May 22nd to the 26th in Wilmington, NC, will host at least seventeen showcases from media and music friends from around the country. Shows will be at The Soapbox Laundrolounge and The French Quarter each night, with an additional kickoff show at The Whiskey. The Soapbox, the central hub of the event, is located at 255 N. Front St. with performances beginning at 8PM every night.
Wilmington, NC (Billboard Publicity Wire) April 8, 2008 -- The 12th annual Wilmington Exchange Festival, taking place this year from May 22nd to the 26th in Wilmington, NC, will host at least seventeen showcases from media and music friends from around the country. Shows will be at The Soapbox Laundrolounge and The French Quarter each night, with an additional kickoff show at The Whiskey. The Soapbox, the central hub of the event, is located at 255 N. Front St. with performances beginning at 8PM every night.
The following groups will be conducting showcases:
Bootleg Magazine
Southeast Performer Magazine
Hip Video Promo
Culture Bully Blog
Playback STL
Jersey Beat Publications
Shuffle Magazine
Brooklyn Vegan/Engine Room Recordings
Eskimo Kiss Records
Trekky Records
Organic Entertainment
Former WRSU Music Director Jared Migden
Endless Mic
Performing artists The Beloved Binge, Poingly and Ponchos for Peru
WE Festival is a multi-day, totally DIY, volunteer-run music festival that always takes place the week before and during Memorial Day weekend in Wilmington, NC. WE Festival was started in 1996 as a response to all of the other over-hyped, growingly corporate music festivals. Kenyata Sullivan, co-founder, organizer and Wilmington native, has been carrying this tradition of non-corporate, extremely independent attitude throughout the years. Past performers of WE Festival include The Dismemberment Plan, Mooney Suzuki, and Lamb of God, all before they became nationally recognized in the music scene. This year's WE Festival takes place on May 22-26. For more information please visit, www.wefestival.com.
In addition to putting on WE Fest every year, Sullivan fronts the renowned art punk getup, The Majestic Twelve. Their second record, Schizophrenology has surpassed 50,000 downloads so far, quite a feat for a completely DIY music group. Sullivan is currently writing and recording songs for the untitled third Majestic Twelve album due in the fall of '08 and was recently commissioned to write a book about his experiences in the underground music scene to be released sometime in the future. For more information on Sullivan and The Majestic Twelve, visit www.themajestictwelve.com.
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