Summary
Entering its 7th year in 2008, the Florida Music Festival is an annual spring music conference that takes place at clubs and outdoor stages along Orange Avenue between Concord and Church streets in downtown Orlando. The focus is primarily on emerging indie acts in the rock realm, although the event also has featured nationally known bands such as Everclear and Flogging Molly on its main stages on Wall Street Plaza. FMF also includes industry panels that involve label executives and artists in discussions about making it in the music business.
The event is the brainchild of Sean Perry and Rick Wheeler, co-founders and publishers of Orlando entertainment publication Axis magazine. Perry and Wheeler a...
The event is the brainchild of Sean Perry and Rick Wheeler, co-founders and publishers of Orlando entertainment publication Axis magazine. Perry and Wheeler a...
Entering its 7th year in 2008, the Florida Music Festival is an annual spring music conference that takes place at clubs and outdoor stages along Orange Avenue between Concord and Church streets in downtown Orlando. The focus is primarily on emerging indie acts in the rock realm, although the event also has featured nationally known bands such as Everclear and Flogging Molly on its main stages on Wall Street Plaza. FMF also includes industry panels that involve label executives and artists in discussions about making it in the music business.
The event is the brainchild of Sean Perry and Rick Wheeler, co-founders and publishers of Orlando entertainment publication Axis magazine. Perry and Wheeler are both University of Central Florida alumni and work to involve students at area colleges and universities in staging the festival. FMF takes place in mid-May.
The event is the brainchild of Sean Perry and Rick Wheeler, co-founders and publishers of Orlando entertainment publication Axis magazine. Perry and Wheeler are both University of Central Florida alumni and work to involve students at area colleges and universities in staging the festival. FMF takes place in mid-May.
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The art of music will soon fill our streets
Sentinel Pop Music CriticIs Orlando really a "Guitar Town"? Although there are some really good bands here, I'd still go with "Sweaty Tourist Town." That doesn't mean I want to turn tourists into public art. Yes, I'd rather look at big, colorfully adorned sculptures of Gibson...Tags: Les Paul, New York, Sculpture, Texas, Music
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Blue Man Group to headline Florida Music Festival in Orlando
Sentinel Staff WriterThis year's Florida Music Festival headliners are none other than our own theme park subversives, Blue Man Group. An odd choice, but fitting in a cheeky way. This is, after all, the collective whose "How to Be a Megastar" tour deconstructs rock stardom...Tags: Arts, Country Music, Downtown Disney, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Culture
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don't miss: rock walk
WHAT: Thirty artists make up this multifaceted, mixed-media show of photography, installations, paintings, drawings, mixed-media works, poster and graphic design, live screenprinting and live performance art -- and each artist's body of work is in some...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Toys
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Nothing to do? Don't kid yourself. The local arts are thriving. Get out and enjoy.
Sentinel Staff WriterComplaining about a lack of culture in Central Florida? Try coordinating this year's season preview lists and you'll wish you lived on a desert island. Let the debate about art venues rage: From poets to painters, we have ample talent spilling out the...Tags: Ceremonies, Arts, Film Festivals, Rollins College, Dandelion Communitea Cafe
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Bull & Bush: Ale & hearty for its 20th
It's nice to have that default bar, for when you feel like going out but really don't feel like going out. When you know you can walk into the place, and regardless of whether your hair is done or you're wearing your flip-flops, a welcoming face and a...Tags: Bars, Ceremonies, Florida Hospital, Society, Roger Moore
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Band Marino turns loose 'Sea & the Beast'
Sentinel Pop Music CriticIn the spring, Band Marino took its earthy, energetic, occasionally whimsical blend of indie rock to Austin, Texas, for a showcase at the mammoth South by Southwest Music Conference. The idea was to follow the trip with an independently produced debut...Tags: Film Festivals, Popular Music, Texas, Florida, Music
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bloom.: One of Orlandos best bids for legitimacy
Orlando CityBeat WriterWith several local indie labels well invested in both integrity and emotion spreading their wings on the national stage, Orlando's creative culture is perhaps more poised than ever to set the record straight about our scene. Among the most promising bands...Tags: Popular Music, Gainesville, Music
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FMF 2K5: I love the 90s
Orlando CityBeat WriterLet me take you back to a simpler time. A time when Chili and T-Boz still had Left Eye as a bandmate and a friend. A time when TRL was just Carson Daly. Back when Lindsay Lohan was too young to spell "cracked out whore," let alone act like one. Yes my...Tags: Tampa, The White House, Lindsay Lohan, Festive Event, Pauly Shore
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Four dumb questions with semi-famous people
Orlando CityBeat WriterOrlando CityBeat: Before this year, had you ever heard of the Florida Music Festival? (Everclear frontman) Art Alexakis: I've heard of it. I've never been able to make it down before, but I've heard of it. OCB: You've obviously played some pretty big...Tags: Hip Hop, Festive Event, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Simon Cowell, Orlando
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