Dane101 just posted a fun video preview of the Friday the 18th Wongz Walk Showcase in the Orpheum’s lobby.
The showcase will include sets from YACHT, Rory Kane, Das Racist, Baaad Boiz, Purple Crush, French Horn Rebellion, Problem Child, Terrior Bute, The New Loud, and Pezzetino. For more info, check out the Facebook event page for [...]
Categories: News
Tagged: baaad boiz, Dane101, das racist, french horn rebellion, orpheum, pezzetino, problem child, purple crush, rory kane, terrior bute, the new loud, wongz walk, yacht
- Published:
- September 3, 2009 – 9:17 am
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Wednesday, September 16th
6:00
The Great Flood
Project Lodge
Poster release show for this year’s festival.
9:00
Wednesday Warmup Free Show!
The Wisco
Zebras
Czarbles
Kitty Rhombus
Suicide TXT
Thursday, September 17th
6:00
Majestic Theatre
Richard Buckner
Blake Thomas
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7:00
MuzzleOfBees.com Showcase
High Noon Saloon
Megafaun
Juniper Tar
All Tiny Creatures
Cedarwell
[ facebook ]
7:30
Reverence Showcase
The Frequency
Gentleman Loser
Dark Clan
The Atomica Project
Glassghosts
[ facebook ]
9:30
Majestic Theatre
Reverend Peyton & His Big Damn Band
Davila 666
Gold
A Night in the Box
[ facebook ]
Friday, [...]
Categories: Performers, the lineup
- Published:
- September 2, 2009 – 5:06 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Flatbear is a four-pc indie folk/rock band based in Madison, WI. The ensemble, formerly known as Jentri Colello, has garnered local praise from all corners including Muzzle of Bees, The Onion’s AV Club, ISTHMUS, and the Madison Area Music Awards.
Categories: News
- Published:
- August 11, 2009 – 10:00 am
- Author:
- By joe_engle
We’re still working on the scheduling, as well as finalizing a few more performers, but, here is our official list of artists scheduled to play at our festival this year, and some links to find out more about them:
Andrew Birdofficial, @andrewbird, myspace, wikipedia
Lowofficial, facebook, myspace, wikipedia
Cougarofficial, myspace, wikipedia
Dan Wilsonof Semisonicofficial, @DanWilsonMusic, myspace, wikipedia
Margot & [...]
Categories: the lineup
- Published:
- August 6, 2009 – 4:14 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Musicians from across the U.S. to celebrate Midwestern music and culture in Madison Sept. 17-19
We’re pleased to announce a second year of Midwest-centric music at venues that include the Overture Center, High Noon Saloon, Majestic Theatre, Frequency, Inferno, Corral Room, Project Lodge, and Orpheum Theatre Stage Door and Lobby, as well as additional spaces throughout [...]
Categories: News
- Published:
- July 7, 2009 – 10:31 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Full lineup posted on the website July 8. [over 60 bands already confirmed including showcases from Matt Fanale of Reverence, JustSayinIsAll.com, and Wongz Walk.]
Categories: News
- Published:
- June 30, 2009 – 12:16 am
- Author:
- By joe_engle
The early lineup announcement party is happening at 8pm CST today. Check out @forwardmadison on twitter.com for more info…
There will be an early schedule posted here on Tuesday and a quick list of the bands playing added too.
Categories: News
- Published:
- June 28, 2009 – 4:39 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
We’ve been busy scheming and plotting behind the scenes of Madison’s dimly lit underground since, oh, around September 21st, 2008 for this year’s festival and boy is it a doozie. So far, a few performers have been leaked (so maybe not that many leaks), but no where near the whole lineup (with early bookings being [...]
Categories: News
- Published:
- June 22, 2009 – 2:03 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Hi all, and welcome to Forward Music Festival’s 2009 website. We’ve been hard at work on the new site, and plan to add a lot of features to it in the upcoming weeks, but for the time being, if you see any problems, want to fling some compliments around, or have a suggestion, let Joe [...]
Categories: Blog
- Published:
- June 22, 2009 – 1:42 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle
Mitchell Bandur of LiveMusicBlog.com did a super-extensive review of the weekend. He touches on seeing the promoters at the shows, plus High Places, Monotonix, Killdozer, and more.
Categories: 2008, Press
Tagged: 2008, high places, killdozer, livemusicblog.com, mitchell bandur, monotonix
- Published:
- September 25, 2008 – 1:41 pm
- Author:
- By joe_engle