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Your A-List: Best Music Festival
Two things can certainly be said for the Heart of Texas: it has chutzpah and it knows that timing and location are everything. How else could you explain the fact that this festival runs each March right smack in the, pardon the pun, heart of SXSW?
The local fest, which proudly identifies itself as truly being the fest for independent bands, began in 2000 with only 16 bands playing in one venue and has expanded over the years to a popular festival that draws close to 200 bands to five stages in downtown Austin. Much like SXSW in its earlier years, the Heart of Texas’ mission is to offer unsigned bands an opportunity to be seen (and hopefully signed by) record labels, and what better way to get that exposure than by piggy-backing on the popularity of the behemoth that is SXSW.
With a fiercely independent spirit and tenacity to spare, the festival has carved a niche for itself in the Austin music landscape, a niche it appears happy to fill for years to come.
Heart of Texas Rock Fest [site] [MySpace]
Others receiving votes:
- Austin City Limits, 31 percent
- South by Southwest, 24 percent
- Kerrville Folk Fest, 3 percent
- Fun Fun Fun Fest, 2 percent
- Old Settler’s, 2 percent
- Extreme Texas Metal Fest, 2 percent
- Reggae Fest, 1 percent
- Urban Music Fest, < 1 percent
- Chaos in Tejas, < 1 percent
Write-in: Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Rockfest.
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By QueenCori
December 13, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this
Rock on Austin!
By shotzy
December 13, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
WTF!
By lewis
December 13, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this
BAM! Finally.
By julian
December 13, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
It’s about time! These guys have been doing this for years and there is NO COVER!
4 days of non-stop free music. There is no wonder they won in my book. Way to go ROCKFEST!
By Kristall
December 13, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this
YES!! Good Job RockRest…you all deserve it :)
By Diane Brewer
December 13, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this
The bands are always awesome and the cover is negligible. Great place to hear fresh music.
By vanessa
December 18, 2007 6:18 AM | Link to this
there is nothing hotter than a come from behind victory. I love underdogs, and I love rock and roll!!!!!!!
oh, and I think LB needs to look into a portable defribillator, because these guys are not going anywhere, and he seems to be on the cusp of the BIG one. lub dub lub dub…..
By Daveta
December 26, 2007 5:41 AM | Link to this
You are awesome! Rock on, keep on the top, and stay there! Peace!!! Love!!!
ROCK AND ROLL……………….
By Daveta
December 26, 2007 5:45 AM | Link to this
Keep on keepin’ on!!! Peace, love and rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!