ECHO PARK RISING (EPR) – Organizers and venues have announced stages and complete line-up for Saturday, August 25 street festival featuring performances by Fool’s Gold, Youngblood Hawke, Voxhaul Broadcast, Lavender Diamond, Hands and more than 60 artists throughout the day and into the night. The festival will run along Sunset Blvd, Echo Park Avenue, Glendale Blvd in Echo Park. Echo Park Rising is Presented by The Echo and 98.7fm, LA’s Rock Alternative.
This year’s street festival features exciting experiences that will engage attendees throughout the day. In addition to an amazing lineup of artists, dozens of shops, galleries, restaurants and bars will come together to celebrate the vibrancy of this eclectic boulevard by offering exclusive deals & discounts. The Echo, Origami Vinyl, Stories Books & Cafe, Lot 1 Cafe, The Form Academy, Fix Coffee, The Echo Country Post, Sancho Gallery and iam8bit Gallery, Taix Champagne room curated by Buzzbands will all host live music. Taix will also be home to the main stage and DJ’s from 98.7. The Echoplex will have books, t-shirts, record labels, poster art, letter press vendors plus vintage pinball machines. Additionally, LA Zine Fest will offer a how-to-workshop on making your own fanzine. Echo Park Rising after parties hosted by local favorites Funky Sole and Bootie LA.
About Echo Park Rising was created last year by the Echo Park community as a pop-up impromptu street fair after the 3-decade-old Sunset Junction was shuttered by city officials. The result was a new kind of celebration, one that participants said better mirrored the spirit of the community by creating an open environment for the enjoyment of live music, independent art, and good times.
Stages for the Echo Park Rising street festival on Saturday, August 25 are: (Set times to follow in the days to come )
TAIX OUTDOOR STAGE
Hot Mt
Gothic Tropic
Foxygen
Dante Vs Zombies
Lavender Diamond
Robert Delong
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Youngblood Hawke,
Buyepongo
Fool’s Gold
CHAMPAGNE ROOM AT TAIX
The Far West
Michael Davis With Lions
Pagents
The Lonely Wild
The Record Company
Future Ghost
A House For Lions
Warships
Soft Swells
Youngblood Hawke (Night Cap Set)
ECHO STAGE
The Blank Tapes
Wake Up Lucid
The Abigales
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Seasons
Feeding People
Black Apples
Voxhaul Broadcast
ECHOPLEX STAGE
Strangers Family Band
Anticon
Holloys
Stones Throw Dj’s
Hands
Oh Boy Les Mecs
ORIGAMI VINYL
Spirit Vine
La Fonts
Kissing Cousins
Ts & The Haunts
Line & Circle
Cosmonauts
STORIES BOOKS & CAFÉ
Driftwood Singers
Greg Felden
Mark Lennon & the Southern Tier
Son Ark
OS Beaches
The Far West
8BIT GALLERY
Dub Lab Dj’s
Raw Geronimo
Vex Ruffin
Dreamers
SANCHO GALLERY
Ruth Ann Friendman
Fort King
Amanda Jo Williams
Tommy Santee Klaws
Noah & the Megafauna
Radio Sombre DJ’s
FIX COFFEE
Duo
The Coals
D Lee (Jemez Mountain Hawks)
Walter Spencer
Aaron Kyle / Geronimo Getty
African Cowboy,
Jasper Dickson
DOWNBEAT CAFÉ
Salt Petal
Andy & Claire
Kind Hearts & Coronets
Curious about the bands performing? Check out our Echo Park Rising playlist here on Spotify.
Head over to iTunes to hear the Young Blood Hawke’s ‘Forever’ EP version and download it for free, you can also preview the entire EP and download it exclusively off iTunes this week. Their lead single ‘We Come Running’ is this week’s iTunes’ “Single Of The Week” and you can get it right now for free.
Echo Park Rising 2012’s proud supporting sponsors include Negra Modelo and Generic Surplus
Echo Park Rising is being built with love by Taix, iam8bit, The Echo, Stories Books & Cafe, Origami Vinyl, Fix Cafe, El Prado, Sancho Gallery, Lot 1 Cafe, Short Stop, BedrockLA Rehearsal Studio
