C-FEST is Charlottesville's first annual music festival. It will serve to showcase the outstanding quality and diversity of Charlottesville’s original music scene starting in the fall of 2008.
To build awareness of C-FEST, there will be a series of four smaller themed festivals: FREAKFEST Sat Sept 8th 2007 (fringe-rock and out-there acoustic), NOBLE SAVAGES Sat Dec 1st 2007(rock, pop and hip-hop) and two other fests; SURROUND SOUND Sat Feb 16th 2008 focusing on ambient, experimental and jazz genres and then, ACOUSTIC MAFIA Sat May 24th 2008 focusing on original acoustic, americana, and roots music.
My primary goals are to help our talented area bands network, and provide them with the best tools to help them promote themselves and future incarnations of this event.
All band sets for each fest will be multi-track recorded, video-taped and photographed by Charlottesville's best recording engineers, film-makers and photogs. Each band will be given (yes, free of charge) all their raw tracks, footage and photos to use to promote themselves. A CD and DVD of festival highlights will be made as well.
Through the combined strength of Charlottesville's own bands, engineers, photographers and videographers we will solidify and shed light on the entirety of one of the best music scenes on the east cost - bar none.
I also have tricks up my sleeve. Nice ones. I hope to contribute something substantial and long-lasting to the musicians and music fans in Charlottesville and the surrounding areas.
