Musicfest NW 2008

I’m really looking forward to this year’s Musicfest Northwest. I love the concept of a festival where your wristband gets you into a bunch of local venues for four days. Below is a list of some of the bands playing this year:

TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Mogwai, the Murder City Devils, Menomena, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, M. Ward, Polvo, the Cool Kids, the Night Marchers, Mirah, Del the Funky Homosapien, Blitzen Trapper, Oxford Collapse, Old Time Relijun, Jedi Mind Tricks, School of Seven Bells, Monotonix, Matt & Kim, Port O’Brien, Old 97’s, Centro-Matic, John Vanderslice, Poison Idea, Crooked Fingers, Bodies of Water, the Joggers, Throw Me the Statue, the Shaky Hands, These Arms Are Snakes, U.S.E., Starfucker, Calvin Johnson, the Muslims, Pwrfl Power, Fucked Up, Death Vessel, Witchcraft, Trans Am, Walter Meego, Totimoshi, and the Helio Sequence.

MusicFest NW
Sept. 3-6th 2008
All over Portland

Here are the participating venues:

Ash Street Saloon
Backspace
Berbati’s Pan
Crystal Ballroom
Dante’s
Doug Fir
East End
Fez Ballroom
Hawthorne Theatre
Holocene
Jimmy Mak’s
Mission Theater and Pub
Rontoms
Roseland Theater
Rotture
Satyricon
Slabtown
Someday Lounge
The Towne Lounge
Wonder Ballroom

Wristbands for MFNW are $50 for all four days of the festival. Wristbands get a person access to any venue (some venues restrict access to minors). Admission subject to legal capacity of venue.

Wristbands are available at:

* TicketsWest online (click here)
or 503-224-TIXX and all TicketsWest outlets.
* Jackpot Records
203 SW 9th Ave and 3574 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
* 360 Vinyl
240 NW Couch St.
* Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St.
* Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St.
* Ace Hotel
1022 SW Stark St.
* Willamette Week
2220 NW Quimby St.