This is Mike and I from last year's Northside Festival.
After a year of patiently and impatiently awaiting the follow up to one of last year’s best events, L Magazine’s Northside Festival returns to Brooklyn (June 24-27), spanning multiple venues throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg. I covered the event last year for Consequence of Sound since the Whiskey Dregs project was still in its infancy but I swore that the following year, we’d report it our own site.
A festival? you may ask. Yes, it isn’t in our usual repertoire and it won’t be but this one’s different. The event features many of our local bands, including those who have reached notoriety from other cities across the country. It’s Brooklyn’s answer to SXSW in both style and form.
How are we going to do this with only two writers on the press list? Besides “very carefully,” we’ll post Twitter and Facebook updates, daily commentary and photos so you feel like you’re there in the pit with us. By pit, I mean that beautiful green press room with all of those free beers and good tunes on a small radio.
The event continues its heavy schedule of bands, including many who performed last year such as Dinosaur Feathers, La Strada, and Savoir Adore. What’s new this time around is the film festival hosted by IFC Films, Rooftop Films, and L Magazine itself as well as art galleries throughout northern BK.
If you’re feeling really frisky for all the music you can get, be sure to check out their $50.00 deal, which gives you access to most of the shows (a lot of great ones too).
Be sure to check out the schedule here.
Coverage from last year’s event here and here (courtesy of Consequence of Sound).
