MidPoint Music Festival :: This Week :: 185 bands :: 17 Stages

[sirthought]

I usually talk XU sports here, but today I thought I'd hype something that I think is one of the coolest things about Cincinnati. For me, and many I know, it's like a holiday.

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Cincinnati again becomes the indie music headquarters of the heartland as the Midpoint Music Festival (http://www.mpmf.com) returns this weekend with a growing reputation as one of the nation's most exciting band showcases to be found in a compact, walkable urban setting.

From Thursday, September 25 through Saturday, September 27, more than 180 bands and solo artists will showcase at 16 different venues throughout Downtown, OTR and Newport.
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How to MPMF: The essential wristband!

Here's how to plan your ultimate Midpoint experience:
1. Go to MPMF.com (http://www.mpmf.com)
2. Browse bands (http://mpmf.com/bands.php)and listen to their songs
3. Check out the complete showcase schedule (http://www.mpmf.com/tickets_thursday.php)
4. Decide who you really can't miss (that's the tough part)
5. Sign up to create a customized schedule of your favorite bands
6. Buy the wristband (http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3ACAA%3A0809F%3AMMF3P ASS%3A&linkID=cinarts&shopperContext=&caller=appList&appCode=) - only 29 bucks covers all three nights
7. Put on your Midpoint wristband and your party hat, and be part of the musical event of the year!
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Create your own customized MPMF schedule

Sign up (http://www.zipscene.com/business/midpoint/options.php) and get a daily text message with your selected bands' start times and venues. Also receive last minute alerts and special promotions from MPMF. Rather do things old school? You can choose to build your schedule (http://www.zipscene.com/business/midpoint/options.php) and print it. This tech tool is by Zipscene.
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Seabird Kicks Off MPMF with a free Concert!

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Cincinnati's Seabird (http://www.myspace.com/seabird) is set to soar. After the June release of their debut CD 'Til We See The Shore the band has signed with Credential/EMI, toured the nation, gotten mucho love from MTV, and is now set to...

... kickoff MidPoint this Thursday at 6 p.m. with a free Fountain Square concert.

A lot of the attention has come from the band's single "Rescue" which was recently licensed by ABC's Pushing Daisies to be the Emmy-winning series' new theme song. The song starts with: "I'm pushing up daisies..." Read a nice Cincinnati Enquirer feature here (http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/ENT03/809210313). And check out "Rescue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uqhGa54l0U)."
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Scion Streetcar Shuttle
Spend less time walkin' and more time rockin'

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MidPoint wants you to come out for the music, enjoy the city and move your feet. Scion wants you to keep your feet focused on the dance floor.

Twenty Scion xB's will be dispatched along Cincinnati's proposed streetcar route, offering a taste of what the service would bring while lightening the load in festivalgoers' loafers. Look for streetcar stops at locations running north on Main Street, west on 12th Street, back south on Walnut Street, and east on 5th. Wristband holders ride for free

Click here to see a map (http://www.mpmf.com/images/MPMF2008_Map.pdf).
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Check out the national acts performing at the Southgate House

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The historic Southgate House, just across the Ohio River in Newport, KY will feature sets on the Dewey's Pizza Stage by established national acts each night, including the debut of Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships (http://www.myspace.com/bostonspaceships) (pictured). Pollard has been an iconic force in the indie-rock world with his last band, Guided by Voices. The September 25 show, with opening act The High Strung (http://www.myspace.com/thehighstrung), kicks off a national tour supporting his new band's highly anticipated first album, Brown Submarine. Other featured headliners on the Dewey's Pizza stage include The Sadies (http://www.myspace.com/thesadies) (Toronto) on September 26 and Mates of State (http://www.myspace.com/matesofstate) (Stratford, CT) on September 27. Advance tickets are on sale for each of these shows at southgatehouse.com (http://www.southgatehouse.com). A limited number of admissions are reserved for Midpoint 3-day bracelet wearers.
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There are too many good artists to mention all of them. I'll only add that if you're into hard rock, jazz, hip hop, country, folk... you can find something you'll like.

Plenty of out-of-town talent coming all the way to Cincinnati to entertain you. China, Israel, England, Canada, Mexico.

And a ton of hometown talent along with ex-Cincinnatians coming back to party.

For the younger music fans there are three stages that are all ages. And the Southgate House is always 18 and older.

I hope this post is not viewed as SPAM. I'm just really excited about it and want to spread the word.

[BBC 08]

Damn, if I wasn't living in Nasvhille I'd be up there for this in a heartbeat.

[sirthought]

Damn, if I wasn't living in Nasvhille I'd be up there for this in a heartbeat.

There's still time to drive! :)

[sirthought]

Here's a story from Rick Bird for Soapboxmedia.com. Link (http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/32midpoint.aspx)

HEY! I've hit 100 posts!

[Kahns Krazy]

I've heard a rumor that there is a secret show for 3 day wristband crowd.

[sirthought]

I've heard a rumor that there is a secret show for 3 day wristband crowd.

Yeah, there are a LOT of details I left out. It's a big festival. But I was afraid I was rambling too much.
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The Secret Show!

The 2008 installment of the Midpoint Music Festival closes with a bang as Scion and Dewey's Pizza are putting on an exclusive, top-secret concert at midnight on Saturday, September 27 at the Know Theatre stage in OTR. All we can say is that it's not the reunited Led Zeppelin but it is a well known national band from the Indie Rock world. The secret show is only open attendees who purchase the full three-day wristband. So if you want to be part of the Midpoint "closing ceremonies" (translation = big ass party) then hop online and purchase your wristband today.

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Thursday Closing Set Dance Party with Ruckus Roboticus

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Welcome to the romper room. That could be your greeting if you attend the Thursday night dance par-tay extrordinaire featuring Ruckus Roboticus (http://www.myspace.com/ruckusroboticusmusic). This young DJ / Producer skipped to the head of the line after he leaked his remix of Bloc Party's Hunting for Witches. Since then, he's been featured on WOXY.com and KEXP. He was also a finalist in the Scion Free-Up-Your-Mix contest.

2008's Playing with Scratches shows off his penchant for mashing quirky samples with infectious dance grooves. He calls it "part children's music, part hip-hop." World Café calls it "a unique sound that's wildly vivid."

Ruckus Roboticus closes out the Thursday night showcases with a Midnight performance at the Lodge Bar. See him in action for Here We Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h_POweJN8).

[sirthought]

I guess not too many folks here care about live music?

[LutherRackleyRulez]

I've heard a rumor that there is a secret show for 3 day wristband crowd.


Net theorists believe that Brooklyn's Radio 4

will be the secret show headliners.

[BBC 08]

Sirthought, if you tell me who the secret show is, it will give me more incentive to drive up and buy the 3 day pass.