MidPoint Music Festival 2008 @ BuyCincy
Update 09/25/08Gearing Up For MPMF With Mark Messerly
BuyCincy is sending its own team of "esteemed reporters" to this year's festival, and in this update they will be joined by Mark Messerly of Wussy. We found out that Mark is quite the MPMF veteran, and he later discussed the upcoming release of Wussy's third album in this, our final MPMF '08 update.
Wussy, left to right:Dawn Burman, Chuck Cleaver, Mark Messerly, and Lisa Walker
Read Mark's interview in this update.
Update 09/11/08
MPMF Streetcar!
Along with the excitement of multiple venues across Cincinnati's downtown, OTR, and the Levee comes the inevitable question: "how am I going to see all of it?" MPMF 2008 has an answer for you: a streetcar system. Three-day wristband holders will have access to a Scion driven "streetcar" stopping throughout the night at all the venues, running north on Main Street, west on 12th Street, back south on Walnut Street, and east on 5th.
Midpoint Music Festival has made this route deliberately similar to the proposed streetcar system in downtown. This has even garnered attention to fellow festival patron Mark Mallory, who had this to say: "Every year MidPoint brings a lot of energy, excitement, and great music to Downtown Cincinnati and the Scions are an excellent addition to MidPoint's great lineup." This new move to encourage movement across venues is unprecedented, and one of the most exciting developments in what is sure to be one of the best MPMF's yet. The transit is only available to three-day wristband holders, so perhaps a quick visit to MPMF's site to purchase the $29 weekend wristbands is in order for you.
Update 08/03/08
Midpoint 3-Day Passes Available
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 Spaceship" (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.
Wristbands available at MPMF 2008 website.
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
Check out MPMF 2008's venues throughout OTR, Downtown, and Newport.
Music Locations
| Downtown | ||
| Arnold's Bar and Grill | 210 E 8th Street | (513) 421-6234 |
| WOXY.com Stage Aronoff Center for the Arts 5th/3rd Stage |
650 Walnut Street | (513) 721-3344 |
| Blue Wisp Jazz Club | 318 E 8th Street | (513) 241-9477 |
| Buddakhan's Classic Rock Café | 713 Vine Street | (513) 421-9700 |
| Cadillac Ranch | 41 E 6 Street | (513) 621-6200 |
| Inner Peace Holistic Center | 708 Walnut Street | (513) 784-0403 |
| The Lodge Bar | 35 E 7th Street | (513) 721-9400 |
| Nada | 600 Walnut Street | (513) 721-6232 |
| The Subway Bar and Lounge | 609 Walnut Street | (513) 421-1294 |
| Over the Rhine | ||
| Below Zero Lounge | 1122 Walnut Street | (513) 421-9376 |
| Coffee Emporium | 110 E Central Parkway | (513) 651-5483 |
| Courtyard Café on Main | 1211 Main Street | (513) 723-1119 |
| Cue | 1142 Main Street | (513) 381-4505 |
| Ink Tank | 1311 Main Street | (513) 542-0195 |
| Know Theatre Upstairs | 1120 Jackson Street | (513) 300-5669 |
| Know Theatre Downstairs | 1120 Jackson Street | (513) 300-5669 |
| WNKU Stage New Stage Collective |
1140 Main Street | (513) 621-3700 |
| Speakeasy | 1134 Main Street | (513) 381-4505 |
| Newport, KY | ||
Dewey's Pizza Stage |
BuyCincy MPMF 2008 Coverage
And BuyCincy announces its first year of special coverage for the MPMF! We've set up a separate page where you can expect frequent updates, photos, and coverage of the festival that gives homage to the queen city's proud musical past.
This year marks MidPoint Music Festival's seventh anniversary, and there are already over 80 bands signed up, with the promise of more to come. To match the army of musicians, established bars and the most unlikely of venues will become concert halls for one weekend out of the year. We at BuyCincy invite you to head to any number of bars in Cincinnati this September 25th-27th to check out MPMF for yourself (co-headed by BuyCincy friend Bill Donabedian).
This year's band list is filled with the kind of variety MPMF patrons have come to expect. Some familiar faces (Jake Speed and Freddies), and bands of more recent acclaim (The Tillers, The Seedy Seeds) fill the bill.
The venues, schedule, and additional bands for the shows are still to be released from MPMF, so make sure you check back on this page for info. Come September 25th, you can expect to see a few BuyCincy faces at the MidPoint venues as well. We're not saying you should buy them a beer, but Moerlein's my brand, for reference's sake.
Band list for MidPoint Music Festival 2008, as of July 15.
21st Century Hip Hop
500 miles to memphis
Al Hidalgo
Ali Edwards
Alyse Black
ATHENS
Bamboo Needle
BLACK OWLS
Buckra
Captain of Industry
Cari Clara
CHETT
Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar
Cinema, Cinema
Cipes and the People
Coltrane Motion
CONIL
da muttss
Death of Jason Brody, The
Diet Audio
Dj Sid-the Apocalypze
Eclipse
ELMS, THE
entheos
Excitement, The
Fairmount Girls
Flow
Flux Capacitors, The
Frankl Project, The
Girls Guns and Glory
God Made Me Funky
Goose
HEY MISTER
Host, The
ISWHAT?!
Jake Speed & The Freddies
Jared Mahone Band
Jeff Scott Roberson
John Doe/1200 Hobos feat. CJ the Cynic
Johnnytwentythree
Jon Justice
Kadro
Kim taylor
Kink Ador
Lonely China Day
Look Mexico
Love in October
Mack West
mallory
Matt Truman Ego Trip, The
Megan King
Mike Reeb
Mocks, The
Newbees, The
noctaluca
Oddknock
Otter Petter
Pale Hollow
Purrs, The
Rebel Red
Rockwells, The
Rosella
Ruckus Roboticus
Ryan Adcock
SCRIMSHAW
Seedy Seeds, The
Seth
Smokin Eldorados
Sohio
Sonny Moorman Group, the
SOUSE
Spookfloaters
Stanley Maxwell
Sudden Death
Swarthy Band, The
Taina Asili
Temposhark
The Hiders
The Sailing
Tillers, The
Turnbull AC's, The
Tyler Traband
Wake the Bear
Weightlifters, The
Winter Sounds, the
Yoshi
What can you do to express your excitement for MPMF 2008 in the meantime? Check out MidPoint Music Festival's media library for video, press, and additional photos. You can also find CD compilations from the previous festivals there.
Both photos provided by MidPoint Music Festival's Website. Lower photo taken by Mike Boland.
This year's band list is filled with the kind of variety MPMF patrons have come to expect. Some familiar faces (Jake Speed and Freddies), and bands of more recent acclaim (The Tillers, The Seedy Seeds) fill the bill.
Nashville based BJ O'Malley at Arnold's
The venues, schedule, and additional bands for the shows are still to be released from MPMF, so make sure you check back on this page for info. Come September 25th, you can expect to see a few BuyCincy faces at the MidPoint venues as well. We're not saying you should buy them a beer, but Moerlein's my brand, for reference's sake.
Band list for MidPoint Music Festival 2008, as of July 15.
21st Century Hip Hop
500 miles to memphis
Al Hidalgo
Ali Edwards
Alyse Black
ATHENS
Bamboo Needle
BLACK OWLS
Buckra
Captain of Industry
Cari Clara
CHETT
Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar
Cinema, Cinema
Cipes and the People
Coltrane Motion
CONIL
da muttss
Death of Jason Brody, The
Diet Audio
Dj Sid-the Apocalypze
Eclipse
ELMS, THE
entheos
Excitement, The
Fairmount Girls
Flow
Flux Capacitors, The
Frankl Project, The
Girls Guns and Glory
God Made Me Funky
Goose
HEY MISTER
Host, The
ISWHAT?!
Jake Speed & The Freddies
Jared Mahone Band
Jeff Scott Roberson
John Doe/1200 Hobos feat. CJ the Cynic
Johnnytwentythree
Jon Justice
Kadro
Kim taylor
Kink Ador
Lonely China Day
Look Mexico
Love in October
Mack West
mallory
Matt Truman Ego Trip, The
Megan King
Mike Reeb
Mocks, The
Newbees, The
noctaluca
Oddknock
Otter Petter
Pale Hollow
Purrs, The
Rebel Red
Rockwells, The
Rosella
Ruckus Roboticus
Ryan Adcock
SCRIMSHAW
Seedy Seeds, The
Seth
Smokin Eldorados
Sohio
Sonny Moorman Group, the
SOUSE
Spookfloaters
Stanley Maxwell
Sudden Death
Swarthy Band, The
Taina Asili
Temposhark
The Hiders
The Sailing
Tillers, The
Turnbull AC's, The
Tyler Traband
Wake the Bear
Weightlifters, The
Winter Sounds, the
Yoshi
What can you do to express your excitement for MPMF 2008 in the meantime? Check out MidPoint Music Festival's media library for video, press, and additional photos. You can also find CD compilations from the previous festivals there.
Both photos provided by MidPoint Music Festival's Website. Lower photo taken by Mike Boland.
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