Move Music Festival is an annual music festival in Albany, New York. The event includes performances from bands across multiple venues as well as a music industry panel discussion.Campana, Michael. "Move Music Fest comes to Albany" Times Union. Retrieved April 20, 2018. It features a diverse array of musical genres, including performers of alternative, indie, americana, hard rock, and EDM.Gregory, Andy. "2018 MOVE Music Festival Submissions" Times Union. February 19, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
History Move Music Festival was founded in 2012 by Bernie Walters of Indian Ledge Music Group, a New York-based music production and management collective. Campana, Michael. "Move Music Fest comes to Albany" Times Union. Walters has stated that the motivation for the creation of Move comes from his desire to give Capital Region musicians an opportunity to showcase their talents:
Lineups 2018 The seventh annual Move Music Festival took place on Saturday, April 28. The industry panel discussion was titled "How To Make Yourself Heard." Panelists included SUNY Oneonta music industry professor Nancy Tarr, producer and recording engineer Joe Blaney, manager and producer David Bourgeois, talent manager and consultant Peter Iselin, promoter and manager Steve Theo, radio personality DJ Supreme (aka Rodney B. More), festival producer Ronan Daly, and producer and manager Lauren Wundrock.Hallisey, Michael. "MOVE Music Festival names panel group for next Saturday" Spotlight News, spotlightnews.com. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018. The festival's musical lineup included:
Diet Cig Jouska C.K. and the Rising Tide
Auguste and Alden Late Sea Jeremy James and the Villianeers
The Avalon Hi-Fi Ryan Leddick Trio Aaron Rizzo
Sorrow Estate School of Rock Albany Girl Blue
2017 2017's Move was held from April 27 to 29, with festival acts including:
July Talk Sawyer Fredericks Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Mister F Alchemystics Shinobi Ninja Hard Soul
Lucy (formerly Better by Morning) Space Carnival Council Kevlar Hasty Page The Energy Small Town Glow The Lateshift
Wess Meets West Sun Voyager Bad Mothers Elephants Dancing Craving Strange C.K. Flach Band of Ghosts
Molina School of Rock Albany BassBullets Y2J Ryan Leddick Trio Boy Go Fast The Rescott Renegade Bathrobe Robots
2016 The fifth annual Move Music Festival took place in 2016 from April 22 through April 24. The lineup featured the following acts:
Skaters Arkells Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Eastbound Jesus New Beat Fund Mirk Roots of Creation New Madrid Super 400 The Big Takeover Titanics The Parlor Sirsy Turbo Goth Restless Streets The Walking Tree Trapped in Static Treehouse! Shane Guerrette The Ricecookers Chaser Eight Silverbird Danielle and Jennifer Girl Blue
Jane Lee Hooker DJ Scooter Wyland Last Daze The Racer Vera Bloom Glazzies Black Mountain Symphony One Red Martian North & South Dakotas The Falling Birds Echo Bloom MAYVE The Flux Machine Hard Soul Builder of the House Hasty Page The Wild Feathers Space Carnival The Lateshift Gordon St. Lord Electro Blue Streak Blvd Basic Cable Preachers
The Wonderbeards Let's Be Leonard Nine Votes Short Darling Valley (formerly The Accents) Revibe Flakjacket Ryan Leddick Vada March Humble Braggers US Lights Ampevene Food Will Win the War New Red Scare Sly Fox and the Hustlers Rechorduroys Good Fiction Tambourelli & Her Super Trips Barroom Philosophers Fort Rooster The Boobies Hoonch Dead Stars Carl Daniels What is Broken
Nobody for President Band of Ghosts Shift the Paradigm Benjamin John Belle-Skinner Seth Adam Secret Beaches Kyle Albano The Rescott Renegade The Shelters Tommy Tommy Tommy Civil Savages Macero Jason Irwin Jae Sheen School of Rock Albany House Band Another Michael Ryan Lovelock Matt Butler The Furies Siobahn Kulture DJ Ryujin DJ Wolverine
2015 2015's Move Music Festival was held from April 24 to 26. The industry panel discussion's keynote speaker was composer and producer Tony Shimkin.
Performing acts included:
Young Magic Locksley Shinobi Ninja Mirk Titanics Rustic Overtones Contact goodbyemotel Wild Adriatic Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Christina Custode Sirsy NOHC Heaf Shane Guerrette The Tins Anthony Fallacaro Mind Over Time Sheen The Accents The Racer Analog Heart Wyland Classy Mongrel Lemon Sky
Eric David Breakfast in Fur Lynette Williams Justin Levinson Charlie Brennan Hard Soul Gusto The North & South Dakotas Dolly Spartans The LateShift The Unknown Woodsmen True Apothecary Olivia Quillio Squid Parade Mad Kings The Warp/The Weft Jordan Okrend Mark Schwaber My Body The Mysteios Flakjacket Space Carnival Skip Monday Better by Morning
Fort Rooster Party Boat Myron James Baked Potatoes Slowshine Fiona Corinne Doctor Magnum Kayla and the Tellers Klozapin Candy Ambulance Foxanne Aisha Badru Reve Ampevene Nobody for President Carl Daniels and The Black Box The Further Unsound Jacob Restituto Lunar Pacific Joe Mansman and the Midnight Revival Band Take 2 Kimono Dragons Gordon St. Many Trails
Kyle Albano Melli & the Sparks Wolf Critton Lauren Hurley Good Fiction The Flam Flams Jason Irwin Steve Candlen Faint Little Things Cosmonaut Radio Blueprints of the Heart Father, Misty, and the Big Rock Brianna Nelson Xenolinguist Jennifer Haley The Montauk Project Andrew James Mirabile Ryan Leddick Brian Lapoint & the Joints DJ Scooter Bassbullets Comp3 DRYV3R The Midnight Society
2014 The third annual Move Music Festival took place from April 25 to 27, 2014. The lineup included the following acts:
Magic Man Black Taxi Sirsy The Big Takeover Bastinado Shinobi Ninja Margo Macero Titanics goodbyemotel Casey Desmond Engloria The Show Bong Hits for Jesus
Stellar Young Predator Dub Assassins Dead Leaf Echo Lost in Society Trapped in Static AIUR Faith Ziegler King Django Black Eskimo Parker Ainsworth The Racer Rachel Ann Weiss Erin Harkes Band
Black Mountain Symphony Twin Berlin Party Boat Digital Dharma Flora Cash The Slaughterhouse Chorus Linear North Vontus The Warp/The Weft Bridgette Guerrette Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Blackbutton Durians
Fiction for Bandits Psymon Spine Bear Grass Beaked Whale Gusto The Quick and the Dead Sheen Palemen Deadpan Smile Scary Americans Boykiller
2013 The second annual Move Music Festival was held on April 27, 2013. The lineup included:
Young London Sean Rowe Black Light Dinner Party Wild Adriatic Paranoid Social Club Mirk Echo and Drake Engloria AIUR The Tins Carnival Kids Musiciens Sans Frontieres Jordan White Lunatic January Jane Stellar Young Anthony Fallacaro The People's Blues of Richmond Avalar American Pinup Art Decade Margo Macero Project Retro Lake Planeside Hurrah! A Bolt of Light! Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Digital Dharma
The 7th Squeeze Bern and the Brights ILL DOOTS Die Pretty Parker Ainsworth Bridgette Guerrette Wooly and the Mammoth Treehouse! Black Mountain Symphony Titanics Chris Dukes The Racer The Soviet John Brodeur Wolf Critton Ula Ruth Brown Bread and Von Holt Barons in the Attic The Big Takeover Satellite Hearts Young Cardinals Fairhaven True Apothecary Seth Adam Jensen Keets Chris Mahoney Project The Daydreamers
Cosmal Hug the Dog BeCa Ch!nch!lla Last One Out Von Shakes Signal for Pilot Vontus Carl Daniels BLUEfiveone Matt Mango Sticklips The Blackboard Nails The Happy Problem Harbour Grace NWSPR Hijinx Erin Harkes Party Boat This Renaissance The Ameros Lauren Hurley Native Alien Tribe Snowflake Linear North Oogee Wawa Craving Strange
Last Stand for Lucy Billy Keane Farewell Luna Revolving One Ballroom Jacks Playing with Sound The Lucky Jukebox Brigade Holly and Evan Oobleck Casey Dinkin Steve Babcock The Spectacular Average Boys Rick O'Disko Frank Palangi Molly Durnin Cats Don't Have Souls Laerlooper The Accents Barkeater electrik buddha Palemen Reckless Serenade River Eater Frankie Lessard The Elements The Greys Kristin Turo
2012 The inaugural Move Music Festival took place on April 21, 2012 with a lineup including:
The Wombats Paranoid Social Club Black Taxi Mirk Zing Experience The Tins The Involvement Allison Weiss Wild Adriatic Jolly Find Vienna The Blackboard Nails Shout Out the Crowd Adam Ezra A Story Left Untold Days of Season NWSPR Brian Mackey Echo & Drake Six Stories Told Alex Montanez The Black Ships The Show
The Aviation Orange Pete Herger SILVERSYDE Wolf Critton Runaway Dorothy Swear and Shake Around the World and Back Dead Leaf Echo Freak Owls Sticklips Skeletons in the Piano Charles Scopoletti My Name is Drew Die Pretty The City Never Sleeps Bern & the Brights The Blind Spots 7th Squeeze A Fire with Friends A Social State Jordan White The Few Cosmonauts
The Chelsea Kills Harbour Grace The Happy Problem Last One Out The Red Lions Mercies Smittix Designer Junkies National Hotel Sound System Eastbound Jesus Olivia Quillio Evolutionary War Automatic Children Black Mountain Symphony Headband Jack Pat Tiernan True Apothecary Halliday Tony Lee Thomas The Ameros Brown Bread and Von Holt Erin Harkes
The Spectacular Average Boys The Titanics The Lucky Jukebox Brigade Ula Ruth Synapse Factory My Favorite Fence The Getdown Last Remaining Pinnacle Glitter Freeze Wilbur by the Sea Burns and Kristy Playing with Sound Gracies Paris The Grand Design Jensen Keets Hug the Dog Pistola Hard Soul Kat Quinn Catching Cadence Carl Daniels Seth Adam
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