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Fun Fun Fun Fest moves to Auditorium Shores
Fun Fun Fun Fest, the annual fall event that focuses on alternative and independent music and comedy, will take place Nov. 5-6 at Auditorium Shores, festival producers Transmission Entertainment announced today. This year’s festival will be the first time since it began in 2006 that it won’t be in Waterloo Park, a move meant to accommodate more people and larger acts, according to James Moody of Transmission.
Moving the festival allows producers to sell more tickets. Last year’s festival sold out Waterloo Park’s capacity of 10,000; Auditorium Shores can accommodate more than 20,000. In addition to music,this year’s festival will include an expanded comedy lineup, more local vendors and possibly a farmer’s market, Moody said.
“This will be a bigger fest,” Moody said. “The reason we’re moving is so we can grow, but with the way that we book, we like to grow into our space. I don’t know that anyone would disagree that we got better and better every year at Waterloo because we got more comfortable there.”
Moody added that because the festival isn’t a free show, they don’t expect the crowding problems the park experienced when the Strokes played a free show during South by Southwest, but that they were working with the city to make sure the event runs smoothly. The move to Auditorium Shores also gets the festival away from any construction related to the Waller Creek Tunnel project, which could begin later this year.
“We’re going to encourage bikes, we’re going to do shuttling, we’re going to encourage pedestrian activity and carpooling,” he said.
In past years, Fun Fun Fun has announced its lineup sometime in August. Past bands include MGMT, Bad Brains, the New Pornographers and the National. Early bird tickets go on sale in late May. Visit funfunfunfest.com for more information.
Ami Shalev of Monotonix performs at Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday, November 6, 2010. - David Weaver FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN
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By We're On Bikes!
April 28, 2011 11:20 PM | Link to this
Ya heard?
By ranch111
April 29, 2011 3:39 PM | Link to this
Fun, Fun, Fun Fest: The poor man’s ACL.