We couldn’t be more excited to still be in the running for the Searchlight! This is easily the most promotion we’ve ever gotten or will get (or so it would seem)! Grant Lawrence said ‘FAM Fest’ on National radio. Seriously. This means the world to us.

There has been so much positivity that has stemmed from this competition for us… talented acts are starting to contact us in regards to our next fest, people in town who had no idea who we were are getting behind the festival and I’ve been seriously encouraged to make the next festival our best yet. The fact that we’re still in the running really shows me that there are A LOT of people that appreciate what we’re doing here in Windsor… and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t feel great!

So, thanks again CBC3! And even bigger thanks to all of our voters in Windsor and across the Country (and even the world in some cases)! We sincerely appreciate all the support!

Viva La FAM Fest

-Murad (FAM-ily Man)

Vote For FAM Fest Daily @ http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote

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Infinite thank yous to Mat Mathias, the owner at Chanoso’s Restaurant in downtown Windsor! Local support has been growing by the day and it’s totally working! On wednesday we mad it into the TOP 40 Festival List, we were contacted by two music acts from out West last night telling us they’d like to get involved with this year’s festival, and more and more people around town seem to know who we are. Thanks so much to all our voters! Let’s keep pushing for that next round… VOTE DAILY!

If you haven’t heard the news we’ve been nominated by the CBC Radio 3 as one of the Best Music Festivals in the Country! I kind of laughed about it at first but quickly realized that this is probably the biggest opportunity we’ll have as a low-budget, completely independent festival to gain this kind of National exposure. Realistically, I can’t think of a better way to do good by all of our past and future participants than making a legitimate push to make a small dent in this competition, because at this point, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Even if we don’t make it past the first round of voting, we’ve already gotten people in town who didn’t know about FAM Fest to turn their head and perk up their ears… and that’s almost prize enough… almost.

As of today, we have 305 daily voters (via our Facebook Voter Reminder Page), ‘Attend the event if you’d like that same reminder.

We’ve also taken the CBC’s advice and created a Radio 3 Profile & Playlist… Check it out!

BIG Thanks to everyone who has voted thus far. Let’s keep the Searchlight on Windsor!

-Murad Erzinclioglu

Holy Smokes! FAM Fest got nominated as one of the best music festivals in the Country! Pretty exciting news… so now it’s time to vote!

http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote

Vote Daily!

Thanks in advance for the support, let’s keep Windsor on the map as the best cultural City in Canada!

-Murad Erzinclioglu (FAM Fest Organizer)

Been getting a few emails about this the last day or so. Most music venues are 19+. Here is a breakdown of our All Ages areas, which still feature a complete F,A,M experience:

Milk – Fashion/Art/Music
Buda – Film (Discretion Advised)
Black Kettle Bistro – Art
WWAC – Art
Terra Cotta – Art
Artcite – Spoken Word & Art

We’re working on a big all-ages event… potentially for the Spring, more to come… until then come and see what you can of THIS year’s festival, it features twice as many All Ages Venues than last year.

Been getting some great coverage from Local and National media! Big thanks to Theresa Leslie who had us on the Rock Indie Show this past sunday. Tune into CJAM 91.5FM (www.cjam.ca) today at Noon for an interview with Murad (Festival Organizer) on NIMBY. Check out the link below for an article from NXEW as well as the video interview for the U of W’s Lance.

NXEW Article

Check out the Schedule Section! Lots of great talent involved this year, some minor tweaks to come, but expect to the the vast majority of the acts playing in the spaces and nights they’re listed.

Don’t forget about our Big Kick-Off Party @ The Loop on Thursday Oct.1st featuring Musical Performances from The Peace Leeches, Explode When They Bloom and (wh)y.m.e.(??)!

Emily and I are sitting down right now to to finalize all of the line ups and this has shaped to be one of, if not the best things we’ve ever done. This Festival will be epic to say the least; just over 70 Independent Music Acts, Spoken Word Performers, A Fashion Show, Over 40 Visual Artists, Film & Video from 20 Independent Directors… The list goes on… There really is something for everyone:

Film: Comedy, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, Music Videos & Shorts… Toronto’s ‘Nirvana The Band The Show’ & Foster Home Films, Nicole MacDonald & Brandon Wally of the Detroit Film Centre, and more!

Art: Paintings, Illustrations, Books, Spoken Word, Fashion, Photography, Jewelry… The Eye Candy Fashion Show 2, Spoken Word @ Artcite, Oishii Digital Photo Exhibition, The FAM Shop, and more!

Music: Folk, Metal, Hip Hop, Electronic, Indie… Long Time Participants like James OL & The Villains, Explode When They Bloom, Tara Watts, Perilelle, Vex, 87 Things For The Future and Furs… As well as new talents to the Festival like The Vaudvillionaires, Yellow Wood, The Golden Eagles, Modern Boys Modern Girls, Pete Tremblay & The Boozy Truth, Nick Speed, The Magic Hall of Mirrors and more!

We are sincerely stoked about this festival. So, tell your friends and foes: if ya don’t know, now ya know!

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Check back here on the 22nd of September for complete Line-Ups & Schedules.

-Murad Erzinclioglu
(FAM Fest Co-Creator/Organizer)

WHERE TO GET TICKETS:

Support the following business’ and organizations to receive your FREE Festival Tickets! We’ll also be giving away tickets at various events around Windsor over the next 2 weeks; follow us on twitter, myspace or facebook for updates!

Chanosos & Oishii – 255 Ouellette Ave.

The Phog Lounge – 157 University Ave.

Rogues Gallery Comics – 327 Chatham St.

Artcite Inc. – 109 University Ave.

Printhouse – 511 Pelissier Ave.

The Loop Building – Chatham & Ferry

Windsor Workers Action Centre – 328 Pelissier Ave.

Milk Coffee Bar – 68 University Ave.

Empire Lounge – 128 University Ave.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HARVESTING THE FAM FEST 2009

September 15th, 2009 – Windsor, Ontario.

Harvesting The FAM is Windsor, Ontario’s largest independent inter-arts festival designed for the promotion and development of Film, Artistic and Musical talents (FAM), working in any medium or genre. The festival creates a positive, open-minded space for artists to exhibit, promote, perform and sell their works. This year’s festival will take place October 1st-4th at a variety of venues and spaces transforming the downtown core of Windsor into a cultural mecca for the masses.

This year the festival organizers have made changes to the ticket format in the hope of filling every venue involved to capacity for the benefit of business partners and the creative talents showcased at the event. These passes will be available exclusively through the support of our community partners (Chanosos, Oishii, WWAC, Rogues Gallery, Artcite, Printhouse, The Loop Building, Milk Coffee Bar, Empire Lounge & Vermouth), the creative talents featured and the Festival Street Team beginning September 15th. These tickets have no price, and tickets set aside for the festival weekend will be limited and available by donation. For more information see www.famfest.ca.

The Festival will act as a collective call to inform the people of Windsor, as well as communities throughout Canada, that creativity lives here. This year’s festival will once again play home to filmmakers, artists and musicians of all disciplines with merchandise from involved talents available throughout the festival weekend at the FAM-Shop (WWAC – 328 Pelissier). The final lineup and schedule of the festival will be announced September 22nd via famfest.ca. The line-up currently features a great array of talent from Windsor, Detroit and Southwestern Ontario ranging from industry standard professionals to emerging creative talents and still has limited space available for filmmakers, artists and musicians of any ilk. Interested parties should contact Murad Erzinclioglu or Emily Copeland – famfest@live.com

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