The All Points West Music & Arts Festival was an annual music and arts festival held at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. First held in August 2008, it was hosted by Goldenvoice/AEG Live events, the same company that hosts the similar annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival every year in Indio, California.The event lasts all day, from noon to about midnight, for eleven and a half hours per day. All Points West 2009 was held on July 31, August 1 and 2 featuring both music, comedy and art, much like its counterpart in Indio. The name of the festival was inspired by the vision of immigrants coming from Ellis Island to Jersey City and boarding trains at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal for "all points west." The large scale art installations were organized by Paul Clemente.
2008 Line-up
Friday, August 8 Radiohead Andrew Bird CSS Duffy The Duke Spirit Forro in the Dark Girl Talk The Go! Team Grizzly Bear Joe Mangrum Art Installation "Pyramid" Little Brother Lowry Mates of State Michael Franti & Spearhead The New Pornographers Underworld Pawnshop Roses
Saturday, August 9 Radiohead Alberta Cross Animal Collective The Black Angels Chromeo Exit 105 The Felice Brothers Kings of Leon K'naan Lily Holbrook Metric Nicole Atkins The Roots Sia The Virgins Your Vegas
Sunday, August 10 Jack Johnson Amadou & Mariam Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Ben Jelen Cat Power De Novo Dahl Earl Greyhound Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Jason Isbell Matt Costa Neil Halstead Rodrigo y Gabriela Rogue Wave The Secret Machines Trey Anastasio
2009 Line-up
Friday, July 31 Jay-Z Yeah Yeah Yeahs Vampire Weekend The National Fleet Foxes MSTRKRFT Q-Tip The Pharcyde Organized Konfusion The Knux Ra Ra Riot Seasick Steve Telepathe Shearwater Heartless Bastards Flying Lotus College Humor Live Arj Barker Eugene Mirman Bo Burnham
Saturday, August 1 Tool My Bloody Valentine Gogol Bordello Arctic Monkeys Neko Case The Ting Tings ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Crystal Castles St. Vincent Tokyo Police Club The Cool Kids Kool Keith Cage the Elephant Chairlift White Rabbits Electric Touch The Postelles Black Gold College Humor Live Tim & Eric Judah Friedlander Jim Jefferies
Sunday, August 2
Coldplay Echo & the Bunnymen MGMT The Black Keys Elbow Silversun Pickups Mogwai We Are Scientists Ghostland Observatory Etienne De Crecy Lykke Li Akron/Family College Humor Live Janeane Garofalo Todd Barry La RouxLa Roux announce North American tour NME June 19, 2009
Due to inclement weather, the doors for the festival were not opened until 4pm on Sunday. All acts scheduled to go on stage prior to 4pm were cancelled, including:
The Gaslight Anthem Kitty Daisy & Lewis Steel Train PT Walkley
References
External links All Points West Official Website All Points West Official Facebook Fan Page All Points West Twitter Page All Points West MySpace Page Official Online Store of the 2008 All Points West Music & Arts Festival APW Official Photo Gallery APW Newsletter Signup Metromix.com festival coverage HonestTune festival coverage APWphotos.com Photo Gallery