And if you're still not sure you deserve this 29-dollar musical
splurge, check out the now available event schedule. MPMF is claiming
these wristbands have "magical powers;" after spending some time with
this year's schedule, we concur. 
The tally of bands has now grown to over 180 local and national acts. Some highlights of these include the seminal Robert Pollard's newest project "Robert Pollard and the Boston Spaceships" (who make their premier at the festival), and indie rockers, "Mates of State." New and exciting venues include the Aronoff Center and the Dewey's Pizza Stage at Southgate House. Finally, wristband holders will be offered admission to a secret and exclusive show. Having second thoughts about magic?Now, you may be getting that back-to-earth feeling, a bit like a toddler surrounded by loads of wrapping paper, and what were once birthday surprises. Take a break, hug your loved ones, and know that BuyCincy's coverage of MPMF will continue promptly next week. Updates will include: more bands, details on the MPMF "streetcar" service, and a roster of BuyCincy's field MPMF reporters for this year.
Wristbands available at MPMF 2008 website.
BuyCincy's Full MPMF Coverage
Thursday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
8:00pm : Tim Hinde
9:00pm : Sudden Death
10:00pm : The Tillers
11:00pm : Magnolia Mountain
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
9:00pm : The Chocolate Horse
10:00pm : Daniel Martin Moore
11:00pm : Why?
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:00pm : The Flux Capacitors
9:00pm : Spookfloaters
10:00pm : Daughters & Sons
11:00pm : Eclipse
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : Xela Zaid/Alex Diaz/Ho Chi Minh
9:00pm : Peter Adams
10:00pm : Spectrum
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
9:00pm : Shrug
10:00pm : The Weightlifters
11:00pm : SCRIMSHAW
Cadillac Ranch
8:00pm : Marvin and the Experience
9:00pm : Buckra
10:00pm : Joe Hedges
11:00pm : the Sonny Moorman Group
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Stephen Moore
8:45pm : Addie Loy
9:30pm : Wake the Bear
10:15pm : Megan King
11:00pm : Scott Metcalf
Courtyard Cafe
8:00pm : Russenorsk
9:00pm : Heevahava
10:00pm : BLACK OWLS
11:00pm : The Swarthy Band
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Ill Poetic
9:00pm : Eagle to Squirrel
10:00pm : Coltrane Motion
11:00pm : The Turnbull AC's
Know Theater Downstairs
8:30pm : Ric Hickey
9:30pm : Cash Flagg
10:30pm : LovelyCrash
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : The Cincinnati Suds
10:00pm : Junior Revolution
11:00pm : Oh My God
Lodge Bar
8:30pm : Pete Dressman and the Soul Unified Nation
9:30pm : noctaluca
10:30pm : THE ELMS
12:00am : Ruckus Roboticus
New Stage Collective
8:30pm : Ryan Adcock
9:30pm : The Newbees
10:30pm : The Rockwells
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : The High Strung
10:00pm : Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships
The Subway Bar and Lounge
8:00pm : The Frankl Project
9:00pm : Blastronauts
10:00pm : The Read
Friday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
8:30pm : Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar
9:30pm : Stevie Lee Combs
10:30pm : The Emeralds
11:30pm : Jon Justice
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
8:00pm : Rosehips
9:00pm : The Purrs
10:00pm : Say Hi
11:00pm : Jukebox The Ghost
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:30pm : Artists & Authors
9:30pm : Otter Petter
10:30pm : The Sailing
11:30pm : Go Motion
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : Cool Hand Luke
9:00pm : mouse fire
10:00pm : The Dark Romantics
11:00pm : Look Mexico
12:00am : Baby Teeth
1:00am : Pomengranates
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
8:30pm : Rosella
9:30pm : fizzgig
10:30pm : Kink Ador
11:30pm : Jared Mahone Band
Cadillac Ranch
8:30pm : Tyler Traband
9:30pm : Cari Clara
10:30pm : Cavashawn
11:30pm : HEY MISTER
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Trace Walker
8:45pm : The Sloes
9:30pm : Jayne Sachs
10:15pm : Alyse Black
11:00pm : Elisa Nicolas
Courtyard Cafe
9:00pm : Idaho, Alaska
10:00pm : Hot Cha Cha
11:00pm : Eat Sugar
12:00am : Oddknock
Ink Tank
8:30pm : Boss Monkey
9:30pm : Broadcast Live
10:30pm : Taina Asili
11:30pm : Scratch Track
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Romance of Young Tigers
9:00pm : the Winter Sounds
10:00pm : Johnnytwentythree
11:00pm : Lonely China Day
Know Theater Downstairs
8:00pm : Goose
9:00pm : Culture Queer
10:00pm : The Swimmers
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : Dan Melchior und das Menace
10:00pm : Jake Speed & The Freddies
11:00pm : A A Bondy
12:00am : The Felice Brothers
Lodge Bar
8:00pm : Moon High
9:00pm : Troubadour Dali
10:00pm : Pearlene
11:00pm : Buffalo Killers
New Stage Collective
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : ATHENS
10:00pm : Rebel Red
11:00pm : Southeast Engine
12:00am : Dane Clark
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : The Hiders
10:00pm : The Sadies
Southgate House Parlour
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Ampline
10:00pm : Knife the Symphony
11:00pm : Caterpillar Tracks
12:00am : Alone at 3am
The Subway Bar and Lounge
9:00pm : Dj Sid-the Apocalypze
10:00pm : da muttss
11:00pm : The Seedy Seeds
12:00am : Chico Fellini
Saturday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
9:00pm : Sohio
10:00pm : Seth
11:00pm : Mack West
12:00am : The Jarts
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
9:00pm : The Mocks
10:00pm : Wussy
11:00pm : Headlights
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:30pm : The Host
9:30pm : The Matt Truman Ego Trip
10:30pm : Love in October
11:30pm : entheos
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Iolite
10:00pm : SOUSE
11:00pm : Dan Karlsberg Group
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
8:00pm : CHETT
9:00pm : Bamboo Needle
10:00pm : Kadro
11:00pm : TEAM ROCKIT
12:00am : The Banana Convention
Cadillac Ranch
8:00pm : Pale Hollow
9:00pm : David Andrew Smith
10:00pm : The Framework
11:00pm : Cipes and the People
12:00am : Flow
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Greg Mahan
8:45pm : Andy Brasher
9:30pm : Nathan Holscher
10:15pm : Ali Edwards
11:00pm : Mike Reeb
Courtyard Cafe
9:00pm : The Electric Souls
10:00pm : The Harlequins
11:00pm : Cinema, Cinema
12:00am : The Lions Rampant
Ink Tank
8:30pm : Wonky Tonk
9:30pm : Chad Mills
10:30pm : Toads and Mice
11:30pm : 40 East
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Al Hidalgo
9:00pm : Kim taylor
10:00pm : mallory
11:00pm : Paper Airplane
Know Theater Downstairs
8:30pm : The Payola Reserve
9:30pm : The Koala Fires
10:30pm : Willian Sides Atari Party
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : Yoshi
10:00pm : God Made Me Funky
12:00am : The Secret Show presented by Scion and Dewey's Pizza
Lodge Bar
9:00pm : 500 miles to memphis
10:00pm : Ha Ha Tonka
11:00pm : Backyard Tire Fire
New Stage Collective
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Jeff Scott Roberson
10:00pm : Girls Guns and Glory
11:00pm : The Faux Frenchmen
12:00am : The Death of Jason Brody
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Fairmount Girls
10:00pm : Mates of State
The Subway Bar and Lounge
8:00pm : The Excitement
9:00pm : Diet Audio
10:00pm : Umbrella Tree
11:00pm : The Sundresses
12:00am : Captain of Industry
Thursday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
8:00pm : Tim Hinde
9:00pm : Sudden Death
10:00pm : The Tillers
11:00pm : Magnolia Mountain
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
9:00pm : The Chocolate Horse
10:00pm : Daniel Martin Moore
11:00pm : Why?
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:00pm : The Flux Capacitors
9:00pm : Spookfloaters
10:00pm : Daughters & Sons
11:00pm : Eclipse
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : Xela Zaid/Alex Diaz/Ho Chi Minh
9:00pm : Peter Adams
10:00pm : Spectrum
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
9:00pm : Shrug
10:00pm : The Weightlifters
11:00pm : SCRIMSHAW
Cadillac Ranch
8:00pm : Marvin and the Experience
9:00pm : Buckra
10:00pm : Joe Hedges
11:00pm : the Sonny Moorman Group
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Stephen Moore
8:45pm : Addie Loy
9:30pm : Wake the Bear
10:15pm : Megan King
11:00pm : Scott Metcalf
Courtyard Cafe
8:00pm : Russenorsk
9:00pm : Heevahava
10:00pm : BLACK OWLS
11:00pm : The Swarthy Band
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Ill Poetic
9:00pm : Eagle to Squirrel
10:00pm : Coltrane Motion
11:00pm : The Turnbull AC's
Know Theater Downstairs
8:30pm : Ric Hickey
9:30pm : Cash Flagg
10:30pm : LovelyCrash
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : The Cincinnati Suds
10:00pm : Junior Revolution
11:00pm : Oh My God
Lodge Bar
8:30pm : Pete Dressman and the Soul Unified Nation
9:30pm : noctaluca
10:30pm : THE ELMS
12:00am : Ruckus Roboticus
New Stage Collective
8:30pm : Ryan Adcock
9:30pm : The Newbees
10:30pm : The Rockwells
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : The High Strung
10:00pm : Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships
The Subway Bar and Lounge
8:00pm : The Frankl Project
9:00pm : Blastronauts
10:00pm : The Read
Friday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
8:30pm : Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar
9:30pm : Stevie Lee Combs
10:30pm : The Emeralds
11:30pm : Jon Justice
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
8:00pm : Rosehips
9:00pm : The Purrs
10:00pm : Say Hi
11:00pm : Jukebox The Ghost
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:30pm : Artists & Authors
9:30pm : Otter Petter
10:30pm : The Sailing
11:30pm : Go Motion
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : Cool Hand Luke
9:00pm : mouse fire
10:00pm : The Dark Romantics
11:00pm : Look Mexico
12:00am : Baby Teeth
1:00am : Pomengranates
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
8:30pm : Rosella
9:30pm : fizzgig
10:30pm : Kink Ador
11:30pm : Jared Mahone Band
Cadillac Ranch
8:30pm : Tyler Traband
9:30pm : Cari Clara
10:30pm : Cavashawn
11:30pm : HEY MISTER
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Trace Walker
8:45pm : The Sloes
9:30pm : Jayne Sachs
10:15pm : Alyse Black
11:00pm : Elisa Nicolas
Courtyard Cafe
9:00pm : Idaho, Alaska
10:00pm : Hot Cha Cha
11:00pm : Eat Sugar
12:00am : Oddknock
Ink Tank
8:30pm : Boss Monkey
9:30pm : Broadcast Live
10:30pm : Taina Asili
11:30pm : Scratch Track
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Romance of Young Tigers
9:00pm : the Winter Sounds
10:00pm : Johnnytwentythree
11:00pm : Lonely China Day
Know Theater Downstairs
8:00pm : Goose
9:00pm : Culture Queer
10:00pm : The Swimmers
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : Dan Melchior und das Menace
10:00pm : Jake Speed & The Freddies
11:00pm : A A Bondy
12:00am : The Felice Brothers
Lodge Bar
8:00pm : Moon High
9:00pm : Troubadour Dali
10:00pm : Pearlene
11:00pm : Buffalo Killers
New Stage Collective
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : ATHENS
10:00pm : Rebel Red
11:00pm : Southeast Engine
12:00am : Dane Clark
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : The Hiders
10:00pm : The Sadies
Southgate House Parlour
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Ampline
10:00pm : Knife the Symphony
11:00pm : Caterpillar Tracks
12:00am : Alone at 3am
The Subway Bar and Lounge
9:00pm : Dj Sid-the Apocalypze
10:00pm : da muttss
11:00pm : The Seedy Seeds
12:00am : Chico Fellini
Saturday
Arnold's Bar & Grill
9:00pm : Sohio
10:00pm : Seth
11:00pm : Mack West
12:00am : The Jarts
Aronoff 5/3 Theater
9:00pm : The Mocks
10:00pm : Wussy
11:00pm : Headlights
Below Zero Lounge (upstairs)
8:30pm : The Host
9:30pm : The Matt Truman Ego Trip
10:30pm : Love in October
11:30pm : entheos
Blue Wisp Jazz Club
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Iolite
10:00pm : SOUSE
11:00pm : Dan Karlsberg Group
Buddakhan's Classic Rock Cafe
8:00pm : CHETT
9:00pm : Bamboo Needle
10:00pm : Kadro
11:00pm : TEAM ROCKIT
12:00am : The Banana Convention
Cadillac Ranch
8:00pm : Pale Hollow
9:00pm : David Andrew Smith
10:00pm : The Framework
11:00pm : Cipes and the People
12:00am : Flow
Coffee Emporium
8:00pm : Greg Mahan
8:45pm : Andy Brasher
9:30pm : Nathan Holscher
10:15pm : Ali Edwards
11:00pm : Mike Reeb
Courtyard Cafe
9:00pm : The Electric Souls
10:00pm : The Harlequins
11:00pm : Cinema, Cinema
12:00am : The Lions Rampant
Ink Tank
8:30pm : Wonky Tonk
9:30pm : Chad Mills
10:30pm : Toads and Mice
11:30pm : 40 East
Inner Peace Center Stage
8:00pm : Al Hidalgo
9:00pm : Kim taylor
10:00pm : mallory
11:00pm : Paper Airplane
Know Theater Downstairs
8:30pm : The Payola Reserve
9:30pm : The Koala Fires
10:30pm : Willian Sides Atari Party
Know Theater Main Stage
9:00pm : Yoshi
10:00pm : God Made Me Funky
12:00am : The Secret Show presented by Scion and Dewey's Pizza
Lodge Bar
9:00pm : 500 miles to memphis
10:00pm : Ha Ha Tonka
11:00pm : Backyard Tire Fire
New Stage Collective
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Jeff Scott Roberson
10:00pm : Girls Guns and Glory
11:00pm : The Faux Frenchmen
12:00am : The Death of Jason Brody
Southgate House
8:00pm : TBA
9:00pm : Fairmount Girls
10:00pm : Mates of State
The Subway Bar and Lounge
8:00pm : The Excitement
9:00pm : Diet Audio
10:00pm : Umbrella Tree
11:00pm : The Sundresses
12:00am : Captain of Industry
I absolutely love the new logo for MPMF...can't wait for the fun to begin.
If you like rock and roll, check out the Elms playing at Lodge Bar Friday. I love them!
Passes are also available at the College Hill Coffee Company.