I love social media, I love live music, and I also love Chicago… so what happens when all three collide?
<drumroll, please!>
InteractiveAmy is an official sponsor of the North Coast Music Festival to be held in Chicago’s Union Park on September 3rd-5th! I know what I’ll be doing for Labor Day weekend, rocking out!
Not only am I a festival sponsor, but I will also be working on their social media and press outreach, and will play an instrumental role in the success of the inaugural North Coast Fest! I am so excited!! And you should be too, because there are so many ways for you to get involved, read on for more info and please become a fan on Facebook and follow @NorthCoastFest on twitter to stay up to date on all of the announcements leading up to the fest!
With three full days of live music on 4 stages, there is a lot of news to keep up with! We will be announcing more additions to the already awesome line up, plans for an official North Coast Festival Tweet Up and much more!
So far, North Coast Fest inaugural lineup includes: Chemical Brothers (Live) | Nas & Damian Marley | Umphrey’s McGee | Disco Biscuits | Moby (DJ Set) | Pretty Lights | Benny Benassi | Paul Van Dyk
Cold War Kids | De La Soul | Mayer Hawthorne & the County | Jay Electronica | Boys Noize | Flying Lotus | Benga | Jakob Dylan & Three Legs | Laidback Luke | Future Rock | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Green Velvet (Live) Phantogram | Van Ghost | Two Fresh | Paul Kalkbrenner | Orchard Lounge | The Uglysuit | Loyal Divide …plus more to be added!!!
Are you in a band? Are you a DJ? Do you know someone who is looking for their big break on a main stage?
If so, tell your friends about “Toast of the Coast!” One Midwest based Band and DJ will win a spot on the lineup of the inaugural North Coast music Festival, and bragging rights to last a lifetime.
Contest Details:
Artist Submission – Between July 19th and July 23rd, artists can upload 2 tracks to the North Coast Festival Website.
Voting – Between July 24th and August 14th, each e-mail address will be allotted one vote per day, so encourage supporters to vote early and often!
The Decision – On August 15th, the votes will be tallied and North Coast Music Festival organizers will choose 10 Finalists out of the Top 20 Vote-Getters. These finalists will play a private show for organizers and their guests at a yet-to-be-disclosed location. Wow us, and you’ll be one of two winners.
We’ll pick 1 Band and 1 DJ to join the main stages for a 45-minute set. How awesome is that? Please help spread the word and get your favorite acts on the North Coast Festival Stage!
If your business would like to reach over 25,000 festival goers
I’d love to talk to you about festival sponsorship! There are many ways to get your name out there, so let’s think outside of the box! This is a perfect opportunity for Chicago based businesses to share the spot light with headline grabbing musicians! Food, merchant and artisan vendors, we have room for you too!
Music Lovers & Concert Go-ers
You can save by purchasing your tickets early! Right now, early birds can benefit by snagging a three day pass for only $75, and you can also purchase single day tickets ~ 3 Days, 35+ bands, for $35/day. As if that wasn’t enough, a portion of all ticket sales will go to support Urban Initiatives, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that runs a health and education soccer program in fourteen Chicago Public Schools and continues to grow.
Are you planning on going to North Coast Music Festival?
Tell me what bands you are most excited to see & why and what you love most about attending festivals in Chicago Park District and you can have a chance to win tickets!
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And, stay tuned for more information about Summer’s Last Stand!
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Hubert "GAM" Sawyers III // Jul 12, 2010 at 8:48 pm
The line-up looks stupendous, but the acts I really would like to see are Phantogram and Chemical Brothers. I have seen a lot of the acts on the bill already, but not these two. Phantogram made one of my favorite albums this year and Chemical Brothers has been a lifelong desire, just the stars never aligned.
Those dates are around my 30th birthday, so here’s hoping I can make it! Free tickets would do the trick.
2 Taylor // Jul 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm
This fest is going to be face meltingly good. The Saturday line-up is stacked. Future Rock, the New Deal, The New Mastersounds and De La Soul all in one day and then the real kicker Umphreys Mcgee to play at an outdoor venue in front of a home town crowd… Its gonna get real nasty! My only concern is any of these killer groups palying at the same, time that would make me really salty.
3 Andrew Takaki // Aug 4, 2010 at 12:28 pm
My name is Andrew I just turned 19 years old and I attend DePaul University. Music is one of my great passions. I’ve been anticipating the NCMF for months. Multiple DJ’s will be preforming who I have longed to see preform live. Boys Noize is my favorite DJ. Chemical Brothers will be amazing as well. I have seen Benny Benassi already at The Congress Theatre and his set was killer. Benga is one of the orignal and best Dubstep artists in the world. Laidback Luke is one of the best house DJ’s who’s remixes are notorious. I am also a huge hip hop fan. Lupe Fiasco is one of my favorite rappers. Kid Cudi is #1 but Lupe is #2. This event caters to both genres of music I love and I would greatly appreciate winning tickets. Contact me soon!
4 Andrew Takaki // Aug 4, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Also I would like to say that attending Park District events are crucial to the community. Many kids in the city of Chicago rely on events such as these to fund recreational programs that keep them off the streets. A festival of this magnitude can generate thousands of dollars to help the cause. That is, the funds needed to create programs which will replace drugs or guns in teenagers hands for a footballs or baseball bats.
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