Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015: The Grifters, adrift on the big stage
The Grifters at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. Photo by Peter Blackstock What makes Fun Fun Fun Fest its own singular breed is a willingness to stray from the obvious at times in booking...
View ArticleFun Fun Fun Fest 2015: Mayhem brings the black metal to Austin
Venom invented black metal and the most anticipated act for metalheads at Fun Fun Fun Fest; Norway’s Mayhem, chief architects of black metal’s Second Wave and one of Venom’s most notorious disciples,...
View ArticleThe Outfit, Texas boast state pride during rap show at Fun Fun Fun Fest
The Outfit, Texas continue a strong tradition by Fun Fun Fun Fest: approaching rap music with a four-pronged approach to booking the Blue Stage: national hulks, legends, overlooked weirdos, and locally...
View ArticleTitle Fight maintains hardcore cred at Fun Fun Fun Fest
Kingston, PA’s Title Fight are in a rare position – they’re still embraced by the hardcore kids that were there from Day One (or as close to Day One as possible – they’ve been around since 2003) while...
View ArticleOFF! mixes SoCal hardcore with Motor City approach
A punk rock veteran playing with a younger band? Sounds like a mid-afternoon slot at Fun Fun Fun Fest. Said band is OFF!, and said veteran is Keith Morris, still best known as the singer of the Circle...
View ArticleBroncho singer Ryan Lindsey at FFF: ‘The scene there is pretty diverse’
“I feel good,” Broncho singer Ryan Lindsey tells Austin 360 next to the Orange Stage Sunday afternoon. “Keeping it together.” The band just performed its relatively big single, “Class Historian,” to...
View ArticleFun Fun Fun Fest: Old school to new school hip-hop with Afrika Bambaataa,...
Peace, unity, love and having fun with Afrika Bambaataa! Best dance party @funfunfunfest had a breakdancing lion pic.twitter.com/UfEpTudkWZ — D. Sengupta Stith (@deborific) November 8, 2015 Shortly...
View ArticleAlvvays brightens the blue skies on the Orange Stage at FFF
Alvvays at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. Photo by Peter Blackstock Bright and sunny pop music on a radiant blue sky day: Sunday at Fun Fun Fun Fest was tailor-made for Canadian band Alvvays,...
View ArticleThe 6 questions you ask during a MSTRKRFT set
Remix kings MSTRKRFT hit the Blue Stage Sunday just after sunset. The Toronto house DJs, despite no new album since 2009, are at Fun Fun Fun Fest as made producers who can grandfather onto the latter...
View ArticleI went to Big Freedia’s twerking lesson at Fun Fun Fun Fest, and here’s what...
As she’s quick to say, she’s that queen that’ll make ya bounce. And Big Freedia — the queen diva of New Orleans bounce music — wielded her royal authority benevolently at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Sunday....
View ArticleFuture Islands gives Austin its all in last U.S. show for a while
It’s common for performers to try and connect themselves to the audience of whatever city they’re in on any given night — “Hello Cleveland!” — but it felt like a deeper level of sincerity when singer...
View ArticleFun Fun Fun Fest’s last weird wonder? BadBadNotGood’s intergalactic jazz odyssey
What better way to end Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 than a jazz concert? It’s not like motivational speaking from Andrew W.K. or twerking lessons from Big Freedia are any more (or less?) eccentric programming...
View Article‘What is meant to be will be.’ Lauryn Hill triumphantly closes Fun Fun Fun...
Lauryn Hill closes Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015. Erika Rich/For American-Statesman Ms. Lauryn Hill’s Fun Fun Fun Fest set was almost identical to her ‘Austin City Limits’ taping on Saturday night, with two...
View ArticleVenom slays on FFF Fest Black Stage
Out of all the Black Stage headliners this year at Fun Fun Fun Fest, only Venom felt like a true headliner, like a destination you had to see. Coheed and Cambria might be the most popular and NOFX...
View ArticleSay farewell to FFF 10 with this awesome recap video
This Fun Fun Fun Fest recap video includes many of our favorite moments from the tenth anniversary event that wrapped up on November 8 at Auditorium Shores. Highlights include Shamir’s fabulous...
View ArticleThe case of the missing Fun Fun Fun Fest golf cart
The recently celebrated Fun Fun Fun Fest is, as any live music fan knows, the most off-the-wall music weekend in Austin. Taco cannons. Luchadores. Intergalactic jazz odysseys, twerking lessons and...
View ArticleFun Fun Fun Fest founder Graham Williams launches new company; Future of FFF...
TINA PHAN/AMERICAN-STATESMAN. 11/09/14. Concertgoers walk through the Fun Fun Fun Fest entrance on Riverside Drive on Sunday, November 9, 2014. Graham Williams, who founded Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2006,...
View ArticleLook for Fun Fun Fun Fest announcement in June, promoters say
There was plenty to do and see at Fun Fun Fun Fest at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. After yesterday’s announcement that Graham Williams and James Moody have left Transmission Events, the...
View ArticleFormer Transmission partner James Moody weighs in on shakeup from Africa
James Moody, left, and Graham Williams of Transmission photographed at their offices on Thursday October 29, 2015. Jay Janner/American-Statesman. As news broke this week that local music booking...
View ArticleFFF Fest Founder announces Sound on Sound Fest coming this fall
Fun Fun Fun Fest founder Graham Williams, who left Transmission Events and FFF Fest to start his own company, Margin Walker presents last month, has announced plans for a new festival Sound on Sound...
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