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For Immediate Release
February 6, 2006
What: MidPoint Music Festival: The Midwest’s Largest & Longest-Running Independent Music Festival
Who: Independent Bands & Solo Artists
When: Band registration begins February 1.
Bands & Solo Artists save by registering early! Early band registration: February 1 to April 30 ($19.95). Late registration: May 1 to May 15 ($24.95). May 15 is the LAST day to register for MPMF 2006.
Where: For more info or to register, visit:
http://www.mpmf.comContact: Sarah Hawkins at
sarah@mpmf.comMidPoint Music Festival: Five Straight Years of Rockin’ The Midwest
In 2005, Midpoint Music Festival drew 50,000 fans and 300 independent bands to Cincinnati for three days of concerts in downtown clubs. Now MidPoint, the Midwest’s biggest and longest-running independent music festival, is back again on September 20-23, 2006.
“Other festivals come and go, but MidPoint has been bringing hundreds of great unsigned bands to Cincinnati for five straight years,” says festival co-founder & indie songwriter Bill Donabedian.
“MidPoint Music Festival has really put Cincinnati on the map as THE place to go to hear great independent music.”
Cincinnati: Where Rock‘N’ Roll Was Conceived
Esquire Magazine (April 2004) placed Cincinnati at number 7 for “Cities That Rock”. Cincinnati has a long, proud, diverse musical heritage: from the 1950s when Cincinnati's King Records gave birth to the soul and funk music of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers James Brown and Bootsy Collins, to the 80s synthesized dance R&B of Midnight Star, through the 90s when Adrian Belew and The Bears, Afghan Whigs, AssPonys, and Over the Rhine pioneered the "Alternative" sound.
Today, Over The Rhine, Ass Ponys and newer bands like Moth and hiphop star J. Grams ("Big
Spender") continue to make waves from their home base in Cincinnati.
MidPoint: For The Love of Music
For new fans and die-hard music lovers, MidPoint Music Festival is the place to hear the best in new independent music, including pop, hiphop, soul, rock, funk, metal, punk, electronica, singer-songwriter, altcountry, blues and jazz.
Bands: Listen Up!
Bands accepted to MidPoint may choose to receive free admission to MidPoint’s industry conference, where there’s more networking than you can handle.
Previous panelists at MidPoint’s music industry conference include Joe Armenia, Vice President of Music Promotion for MTV, and producer Erwin Musper, whose clients include David Bowie, Elton John and Mick Jagger.
Past Midpoint Music Festival industry conference keynotes include Greg Dulli (The Twilight Singers and The Afghan Whigs) and Art Alexakis (of Everclear) .
MidPoint: Truly Independent
All-Volunteer Staff
No politics, no bartering, no label showcases. Just the best. The MidPoint Music Festival selection process utilizes judges from around the country with ties to the music industry — from radio DJs to music editors to recording engineers. Each band/ artist is independently judged and scored.
All Independent Original Artists/Bands of all genres: MidPoint Music Festival does not book signed national acts. The festival is all about brand-spankin’ NEW music. Fifty-thousand people attended MidPoint last year because they had the opportunity to discover something new.
MidPoint Attendance
2002: 15,000
2003: 25,000
2004: 40,000
2005: 50,000
For more information on MidPoint Music Festival, contact: Sarah Hawkins at
sarah@mpmf.com.
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