LouFest
LouFest Music Festival | |
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States | |
Years active | 2010–2018 |
Founded by | Listen Live Entertainment, Brian Cohen[1] |
Website | loufest.com (archived) |
The LouFest Music Festival was an annual two-day event held 2010 - 2018 in
Post-Loufest 2018
After Loufest's 2018 cancellation, several of the participants and vendors made their own events.
- Chris Hansen, executive director of the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, said "our organizational mission is to serve and support and the void that was left needed to have civic-minded organizations and companies to step up to protect our local talent. It was a obvious and natural decision for us to do this."[10]
In addition, the annual alternative to Loufest event, Pü FeST, started in 2014 as an alternative to LouFest, and now continues as a "DIY, weirdo alternative" underground festival featuring some rising stars such as Blvck Spvde, Nineteen, Effluvium, 18andCounting, and ICE aka Black James.[11][12]
The cancellation of Loufest has been hailed as "Everything That's Right About St. Louis." And, some are praising Loufest for the cancellation as an "accidental reminder that [St. Louis is] amazing."[13]
History
The Loufest Music Festival was formally founded in November 2009 with the first event taking place August 28 and 29, 2010. The event was the creation of Brian Cohen, a documentary filmmaker originally from Abilene, Texas.[14] 2010 headliners included Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Built to Spill, The Airborne Toxic Event, Titus Andronicus, Fruit Bats, and Jeff Tweedy.[15] Cohen sold his stake in the festival in 2016.[16]
2018 LouFest Music Festival
The 2018 LouFest music festival was to be held on September 8 and 9, but was cancelled because of financial difficulties in paying vendors and "untimely press attention."[3] Vendors complained that in years prior they had difficulties being paid and demanded a deposit for services to be rendered. Several vendors assumed they will not receive their deposits returned.[17][6]
Robert Plant and Modest Mouse were to be the event headliners. Musician Owen W. Ragland was scheduled to perform, and said he and his band put in a lot of time preparing to perform and was disappointed:
- "A lot of us had been hearing things" leading up to the festival, he said, but "I didn’t think they would actually cancel it. The work I put in and that my team put in ... It's disappointing for the city to have this loss. But I'm interested to see who steps up and fills the void. There's clearly a want for LouFest. It's definitely a bummer to see it go to waste."[18]
Singer-bassist Tonina said, "I feel like, what artist is going to want to come here after this, if there's another one in the future? Musicians listen to that, and they talk to each other. We're already skipped by so many bands in general and needed this festival more than any other city," she said.[18]
Up and coming Rapper Smino, a headliner from 2017, tweeted, "LouFest been bogus. We gone bring sumn better 4 da city."[19]
Tickets are to be refunded but the organizers do not currently have the funds to pay back ticketholders. However,
2017 LouFest Music Festival
The 2017 LouFest music festival was held on September 9 and 10, a Saturday and Sunday. The festival was moved from the grand fields to the area around the upper lot of The Muny.
Artists performing:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Note: Harts was originally scheduled to play Sunday but dropped off and was replaced by Okey Dokey.
2016 LouFest Music Festival
The 2016 LouFest music festival was held on September 10 and 11, a Saturday and Sunday.[4]
Artists performing:
Saturday: Chris Stapleton, Band of Horses, Big Gigantic, St. Lucia, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaries, Frightened Rabbit, The Heavy, Foxing, Caveman, Chicano Batman, Diarrhea Planet, The Quaker City Night Hawks, Twin Limb, JMR, Illphonics, Bruiser Queen, The Sleepy Rubies
Sunday:
2015 LouFest Music Festival
The 2015 LouFest music festival was held on September 12 and 13, a Saturday and Sunday.
The lineup was officially released on May 15.
Saturday:
Sunday:
2014 LouFest Music Festival
The 2014 LouFest Music Festival was held on September 6–7 with a lineup that included the following:
Saturday:
Sunday:
, Dylan McDonald & the Avians, Pretty Little EmpireNote: Kelis and Holychild were originally scheduled to perform but were later replaced by Yo La Tengo and UME
2013 LouFest Music Festival
The 2013 LouFest Music Festival was held on September 7–8.
Saturday, September 7:
Sunday, September 8:
2012 LouFest Music Festival
The 2012 LouFest Music Festival was held on August 25–26.[22]
Saturday, August 25: Girl Talk, Dinosaur Jr., Phantogram, Son Volt, Little Barrie, Cotton Mather, King Tuff, Sleepy Kitty
Sunday, August 26:
Note: We Are Scientists were originally scheduled to play Sunday but were forced to drop off due to health reasons and were replaced by Wild Nothing.
2011 LouFest Music Festival
The 2011 LouFest Music Festival was held on August 27–28.[23][24][25][26]
The 2nd year line-up included:
Saturday, August 27:
Note: The Roots were originally scheduled to headline Saturday night but were forced to cancel due to Hurricane Irene.
Sunday, August 28: TV on the Radio, Cat Power, !!!, Das Racist, The Low Anthem, Lost in the Trees, UME, Jumbling Towers, Old Lights
2010 LouFest Music Festival
The 2010 LouFest Music Festival was held on August 28–29.[27]
Saturday, August 28:
Note: Northwoods were originally scheduled to play Saturday but dropped off due to a scheduling conflict and were replaced by The Bottle Rockets.
Sunday, August 29:
Greening
The festival offers free water refills and discourages the use of plastic bottles. Food and beverage vendors at LouFest are required to only use recyclable or compostable products.
References
- ^ HEMPHILL, EVIE (7 September 2018). "LouFest founder, STLPR editor recap 2018 festival's demise and some great stuff to do in lieu of it". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Nolen, Casey (August 27, 2010). "First ever Loufest in Forest Park". KSDK. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ a b Hill, Daniel (5 September 2018). "LouFest Is Canceled, LouFest Organizer Confirms". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Loufest Homepage". Loufest.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (5 September 2018). "Organizers Cancel 2018 LouFest". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b St. Amand, Amanda (5 September 2018). "Really, LouFest? Fans vent over cancellation and the excuses offered". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Gaffney, Kayla (6 September 2018). "Bands add last-minute St. Louis concerts after LouFest is cancelled". St Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Schremp Hahn, Valerie (7 September 2018). "Sunday LouWow gives LouFest vendors another chance in Forest Park". St Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "PuFest Official". PuFest. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Hill, Daniel (5 September 2018). "Pu Fest, the Alternative to LouFest, Is Ready to Save Your Weekend". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Lees, Jaime (5 September 2018). "LouFest's Aftermath Shows Everything That's Right About St. Louis". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Durchholz, Dan (July 28, 2010). "Cohen's passion for music festivals pays dividends for St. Louisans". St. Louis Jewish Light. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ Durchholz, Daniel (August 30, 2010). "Inaugural LouFest a near-perfect mix of genres". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ Feldt, Nassim Benchaabane, Brian. "Following LouFest's cancellation, restaurants and other vendors grapple with losses". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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- ^ St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Smino (5 September 2018). "Smino Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Rettig, James (5 September 2018). "LouFest Cancelled This Weekend". stereogum.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "LouFest 2018 Canceled". 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "LouFest founder says event gets bigger with Flaming Lips, Girl Talk | The Blender". Stltoday.com. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ^ "The Roots, TV on the Radio Headlining LouFest 2011 :: Music :: News :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ^ Durchholz, Daniel (July 27, 2011). "Returning to Forest Park, Loufest boasts promising lineup". St. Louis Jewish Light. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- Filter Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Greenblatt, Alan. "Eight Things You Need To Know Before You Start A Music Festival : The Record". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-07-20.