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Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011
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 Update: B.O.M.B. Fest Moves to Larger Venue!
East Coast’s Premiere Non-Profit Music Festival Returns May 28-29th @ The Comcast Theatre in Hartford, CT! The 3rd Annual Bring Our Music Back Festival (B.O.M.B. Fest) B.O.M.B. Fest has outgrown it’s original site and is proud to announce its move to The Comcast Theatre (61 Savitt Way) in Hartford, CT. The festival marks the first time that The Comcast Theatre has hosted a non-profit event. The B.O.M.B. Fest is back and bigger than ever! Bring Our Music Back, Inc. along with Frank Bombaci, Sr. and Frank Bombaci, Jr. are proud to announce the diverse group of artists that has been assembled for 2011. Watch the lineup announcement HERE. For the first time, this year’s festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-29), will be at The Comcast Theatre (61 Savitt Way) in Hartford, CT.— a short train ride from New York City, Boston, Providence and Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale via BombFest.com at 6 a.m. EST on March 4th.
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 has assembled its most ambitious lineup to date, bringing together some of the best names in hip-hop, alternative and indie rock, giving the East Coast its own premiere music festival. The price for two-day passes will cost $109 go on sale on Friday, March 4th at 6:00 am EST. Official festival website can be found at www.bombfest.com. All proceeds from the festival will benefit Bring Our Music Back, Inc. which is committed to providing music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives and community support and outreach. In addition, one of this year’s charitable initiativesincludes the creation of an Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund at Western Connecticut State University. 2011 B.O.M.B. Fest Lineup: Weezer Snoop Dogg Wiz Khalifa Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Coheed And Cambria Neon Trees State Radio George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic The New Pornographers Shpongle presents The Shpongletron Experience Against Me! Best Coast HEALTH RJD2 Titus Andronicus The Cool Kids Wavves EOTO Portugal. The Man Man Man Dum Dum Girls The Felice Brothers Dam-Funk Freelance Whales Holy Fuck Daedelus Quintron and Miss Pussycat Dan Deacon 12th Planet Free Energy Woods Real Estate Nosaj Thing The Hood Internet Toubab Krewe ESKMO Small Black River City Extension Big Freedia David Wax Museum Roots of Creation Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez Walk the Moon Also featuring more than 25 local artists! |
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