Totally Awesome Fest 11

A short film by Adam Wright and Ian Sargent on the History of Totally Awesome Fest 



Just as Winter sets on, the Ann Arbor / Ypsi music scene gathers for four (or more) nights of live music called Mittenfest... 

Then we all hibernate. Dagger-chill temps and unforgiving gales of frosty winds... January snows, February deep freezes, March's tempestuous thaw...

AND THEN...
We come back out and it's time for Totally Awesome Fest. 
April 24th through the 26. More info: http://on.fb.me/1HQLeCk

For eleven years, a dedicated collective of musicians, event organizers and venues, (spearheaded by the inimitable Patrick Elkins) come together for 2 ½ days of free live music spread across 10 venues (many of them atypical, yet altogether inviting spaces; certainly not your average bar with boomlights). The Dreamland Theatre and The Ugly Mug cafe might be the most traditional locales, but you'll be visiting actual Houses or a graphic design studio, or an historic river walk. 

There'll be 70 some odd bands and several DJ's, some from the Detroit region and other corners of the state, but majority representing the verdant crop of talent from around Washtenaw County. An open air echo-chamber of inspiration...

LINE UP:

FRIDAY 4/24@ WATER STREET COMMONS (RIVER ST. & MICHIGAN AVE.)4:00 p.m. MATT SIEGFRIED HISTORY OF THE RIVER WALK ending at VG Kids

@ VG KIDS (884 RAILROAD ST.)
5:00 p.m. DJ HEE HAW
5:30 VAGRANT SYMPHONY
6:00 JIM CHEREWICK
6:30 TANAGER
7:00 QUALITY CINEMA
7:30 TOTAL THEATER
8:00 p.m. SEX POLICE

@ DREAMLAND THEATER (26 N. WASHINGTON)
9:00 p.m. DUANE THE BRAND NEW DOG
9:45 MINUS 9
10:30 VAN HOUTEN
11:15 FANGS N TWANG
12:00 ZOMBIE JESUS CHOCOLATE SUNSHINE BAND
12:45 DAUGHTERS OF ETERNITY
1:30 a.m. BATTLESHAGS

@ YPSI UNDERGROUND HOUSE (205 PERRIN ST.)
2:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
UNICORN, SHELLS, BATTLESHAGS, SKY THING, LIDLESS EYE, PINE CONES, CREODE, + MORE!

SATURDAY 4/25@ THE UGLY MUG (310 W. CROSS ST.)8:00 a.m. BEN HENDERSON9:00 J. WASHBURN GARDNER9:30 PRINCESS XANTHIPE PRESENTS “FIREWALKER 2015”10:00 a.m. RUSSELL DAVIS

@ THE HEN HOUSE (226 N. PROSPECT)
11:00 a.m. feat. A GIANT PINK ELEPHANT BY ALEXIS FORD
LIVE PAINTING with NATALIE BERRY & TREVOR STONE
12:00 LISA
12:30 BRIAN TUCKER
1:00 LAS DROGAS
1:30 CLARA BALMER
2:00 JAZZ DOG VARIETY SHOW
2:45 YELLOW RAIL FAMILY
3:30 MAGIC
4:00 LADY & THE CHAMP
4:30 p.m. TESS TENNESSEE MILLER

@ AM1700 (PEARL ST. & WASHINGTON ST.)
6:30 SKY THING
7:00 ROTOKILLER
7:30 p.m. AKIOKE HOSTED BY ANDREW BRUCE MITCHELL II

@ DREAMLAND THEATER (26 N. WASHINGTON ST.)
8:00 p.m. DJ HEE HAW
8:30 THANKS USA
9:00 DREAMLAND PUPPET TROUPE PRESENTS “THE SINGING CLOCK”
9:30 ROTOKILLER
10:00 YESTERCENTURIES
10:45 PRUDE BOYS
11:30 EXHUMED CORPSE
12:00 CREODE
12:30 SPELLING
1:00 a.m. DJ ONDEMAND

@ THE IMAGINARY HOUSE (211 N. HURON ST.)
2:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
FILMS, PUPPETRY, FILMS ABOUT PUPPETRY, THE POETRY MACHINE, POETRY, + MORE!

SUNDAY 4/26@ PROSPECT PARK (CROSS ST. & N. PROSPECT ST.)8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT & SKATE JAM w/CJ MIND CONTROL feat. A HOT DOG CART BY JASON WRIGHT

@ HOUSE OF MOLE (310 MAPLE ST.)
11:00 a.m. PANCAKE DOG TINA & TAKE HOME FASHION SHOW
12:00 STRANGE BREW
12:30 JEREMY WAUN
1:00 IZZY JOHNSON
1:30 BEST EXES
2:00 SOPHIE TULIP
2:45 DEADBEAT BEAT
3:30 UNPHAIR
4:00 AIMEE ADAMS & PATRICK ELKINS
4:30 ANNA BURCH
5:00 MODERN LADY FITNESS
5:30 AUTUMN NICOLE WETLI
6:00 RIVER SPIRIT
6:30 p.m. D. LEATHERMAN, A. MITTS, A. FELLOWS, L. CINTRON

@ 96 BRONCO HOUSE (416 OLIVE ST.)
8:00 p.m. BONEHEAD
8:45 SHABBY CHIC HEARTBREAK GARAGE
9:30 THE DEATH POSTURE
10:15 SALT CITY
11:00 EMERSON, LAKE, AND KEVIN
11:45 p.m. BOBBI PALACE