Yes, you read the header correctly: a festival. Having spent the summers of our youth growing up on Martha's Vineyard, we've always dreamed of bringing a music festival to the island and next month we take one step closer to making that dream a reality. Enter Stars + Stripes Fest, a new annual "festival" we're bringing to Martha's Vineyard this July 4th weekend together with our friends at NUE Agency, featuring an all-star lineup of Neon Gold favorites in Savoir Adore, French Horn Rebellion, The Knocks and Chiddy Bang headlining. Sure, it's more of a mini-festival right now, but it's a jumping off point for what we hope to grow annually into a summer staple for New Englanders and - let's be real - that lineup is kind of insane.Furthermore, it's all for a great cause, with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit the newly completed Martha's Vineyard YMCA, dedicated to providing a community center for the Island population and fostering the youth of Martha's Vineyard through social programs for all ages. The YMCA is an important year-round presence on an island that - despite it's reputation as an affluent vacation destination and tourist hotspot - remains one of the poorest counties in Massachusetts and much of the Atlantic Northeast, and with the proceeds raised by Stars + Stripes we hope to finally be able to give back to the community that gave us so much in our formative years.
It's all happening Saturday, July 2nd at Nectar's MV from 9pm until late, with advance tickets available now from EventBrite for $30 at the dedicated Stars + Stripes page HERE. Basically, it's going to be the best party we've ever thrown (need we remind you of the line up?), and those of you still looking for the perfect way to spend your July 4th weekend just had your weekend sorted in a big way. Set times and mp3s below, time to go large for America y'all.
09:15pm: Savoir Adore // DOWNLOAD: "Bodies"
10:00pm: French Horn Rebellion // DOWNLOAD: "This Moment"
10:45pm: The Knocks // DOWNLOAD: "Dancing With The DJ"
11:30pm: Chiddy Bang // DOWNLOAD: "All Over" (ft. Gordon Voidwell)
Anyone have any recommendations on a place to crash after the show ends?
ReplyDeleteI'm heading down from Montreal with some friends to camp on the Cape. While I cannot wait for the show and hope the party goes all night, a few of my friends are looking for a place to crash after the show ends and all the hotels are booked or brutally expensive
Andrew (aporias@gmail.com)