The Olympia Experimental Music Festival

About Me

The Olympia Strange Music Society and KAOS 89.3 FM proudly presentOur annual DIY gathering of eclectic & fringe audio performers to the capital city of Washington State:
THE 15th OLYMPIA EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday, June 19th through Sunday the 21st
What began in 1995 as an almost spontaneous gathering initiated by emails between like-minded musicians pushing the boundaries of their art has exploded into a festival of international renown and rare every year dependability.
A big part of that dependability is that while the festival grows, it knows how to keep things in perspective. While line-ups in recent years have featured some bigger names than in the early days, there are still just as many artists who have not played this big of a show before. The event organizers, staff, sound-people, and poster artists continue to donate their services entirely for free to keep the costs to the public low, and the proceeds entirely in the hands of the musicians traveling from out of town to play. This is a rare event where you are likely to see the artists from one night in the audience at the next, listening and watching with rapt attention.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

weirdo musicians, appreciative audience members, mangled instruments, people from far away, people from near by.

My Blog

Getting ramped up

It is getting close to that time, where noise kittens come to play and purr to the stretching of the bounds of sounds. We have some great bands lined up, as will be revealed later. And we are trying o...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Michael Griffen Remembered from Festival Program

The following is the text from the dedication program of the 14th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival to our dear departed friend and inspiration Michael Griffen of Noggin and many other groups...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Seattle Benefit for the Festival - 6/20/08

Help support the Festival and have an awesome time, bid on some items (including a handmade animal suit apparently, but not the "furry" kind sorry) and enjoy some great music, including artists perfor...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:19:00 GMT

Submissions are Now Closed - 4/21

It's official, submissions are closed for the 14th Olympia Experimental Music Festival. Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an application, especially to those who physically sent in music f...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Help Raise Money for Festival by Playing Benefits

We are seeking bands who are interested in playing benefits for the Olympia Experimental Music Festival in March until early June, at dates to be determined, in the city of Olympia. We need to ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:29:00 GMT

CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR FESTIVAL 14 - 6/2008!

Call for Artists for 14th Annual Olympia Experimental Music FestivalThis year's Festival will be Thursday, June the 26th through Saturday the 29th in the city of Olympia, Washington. We plan on having...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:46:00 GMT

SUNDAY 6/24 PRE-SHOW BBQ 3 PM!!!

At 3 PM at Big Tom the Lithuanian's house 910 Central on Olympia's Eastside, we're having a Pre-Show BBQ for the last day of the 13th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival. Bring Meat or Substit...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:27:00 GMT

SLIGHT changes to the lineup

A couple minor changes have been made to the festival line-up:JPTR from NYC canceled on Sat. 6/23 and have been replaced by Olympia's own prog-rock casio madman Big Tom the Lithuanian. Tom will be ope...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:06:00 GMT

Thanks to Room 220 Guitars for the PA Donation!

You may have noticed the addition of Room 220 Guitars as a "presenter" of the festival. This Tacoma music store (featuring both instruments and records) has graciously donated the use of a PA for all...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 23:03:00 GMT

Tickets On Sale now

You can buy tickets to the 13th Olympia Experimental Music Fest NOW at buyolympia.comFull passes are $25, or $7 for each night.Hooray!
Posted by on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:14:00 GMT