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Another Year Down

By Derek | Published: September 1, 2009
It’s sunny and 70 degrees today, Tuesday, September 1st, and we can’t help thinking how awesome it would have been to have this weather this past Saturday… Instead, we had a drizzly, cold and cloudy day for the most part, but there were some SERIOUSLY tough mothers out on that bridge, drinking and having a [...]
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Rain or Shine

By Derek | Published: August 28, 2009
we'll still be rockin, with tents just in case!
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Rapid Growth Media

By Derek | Published: August 27, 2009
Article by Tommy Allen
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GR Press Weekend Section!

By Derek | Published: August 27, 2009
We made it into the weekend section again this year, with a great article from Rachael Recker, and photos by our favorite Roller Girl, Katy Batdorff! Check out the article here!
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100% Chance of Some Kind of Weather

By Derek | Published: August 27, 2009
Weathermen...psh
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Radio Radio

By Derek | Published: August 25, 2009
We’ll be on WYCE 88.1 today at 4pm with LaRae – listen online at http://www.wyce.org!
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Couple weeks…

By Derek | Published: August 18, 2009
New Blog Post - Big Shot Interviews!!
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Gettin’ Legal

By Derek | Published: July 28, 2009
Yesterday I hit the streets of Grand Rapids to get signatures from all appropriate entities that may want to shut us down again this year.  They were all so gracious, and excited to have a different kind of event downtown, and that really made me happy.  We informed and got approval from the Amway Grand [...]
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F2V Artist Tracks Added

By Derek | Published: July 13, 2009
We just uploaded 4 new songs to the audio player! I’m ultra excited about seeing Sara Scare, featuring Levi from Spit for Athena, after hearing the phenomenal track “Valentines Day.”  We also posted a track from Cemetery Improvement Society from Wisconsin, a live recording from our band, Charles the Osprey, from last year’s Fes2val, recorded by [...]
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When & Where + Headliners

By Derek | Published: June 22, 2009
Alright, everyone, we set the date for FES2VAL 2009 at August 29th.  So be there. And where will you be?  The Gillette Bridge, a pedestrian bridge that runs behind DeVos Place and right into Ah Nab Awen park. My other decision to be made has to be what to do about a headliner.  Most of the obvious [...]
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