Savannah Stopover Music Festival Confirms 17 Local Bands To Play Stopover IV
Three Local Record Labels to Host Showcases
Savannah Stopover Music Festival announced today that 17 local bands will join more than 80 touring bands during the three-day festival which will take place March 6th-8th, 2014.
The full lineup of touring acts will be unveiled on 1/14/14.
Confirmed local acts and tentative performance dates include:
Kylesa- 3/6 Triathalon- 3/6, 3/7 Bear Fight!- 3/7 mumbledust- 3/7, 3/8 The Accomplices- 3/7 City Hotel- 3/8 The Rosies- 3/8 Fare The Gap- 3/6 Whiskey Dick- 3/7 Sauna Heat- 3/7, 3/8 Missionary Blues- 3/8 Co-Eds- 3/8 Damon and the Shitkickers- 3/8 Crazy Bag Lady- 3/8 Ambrose- 3/8 J. Zagers- 3/7 Blackrune- 3/8
Showcases:
The festival also confirmed three Record Label Showcases, all featuring Savannah-based Record Labels: Retro Futurist, Soft Science and Furious Hooves. Each showcase will feature 4-5 bands signed to those labels:
March 6th: Retro Futurist Records- (21+ Show) The new label founded by critically acclaimed and globally renowned Savannah metal band Kylesa will feature 4-5 bands at a special showcase Thursday night, 3/6 at The Jinx. Kylesa will headline. Other confirmed acts include Darkentries (Columbia, SC), Jagged Vision (Stavanger, Norway), Sierra (Kitchener, Ontario).
March 7th: Soft Science Records -ALL AGES Show. The new label founded by Safe//Sound concert promotions founder Gus Mueller and Skip Terpstra will host a showcase on the patio at Congress Street Social Club on Friday from 4pm-8pm. Confirmed acts include J. Zaggers (Savannah, Ga), Sauna Heat (Savannah, Ga), Cretin Girls(Gainseville, FL) and Triathalon (Savannah, Ga).
March 8th: Furious Hooves- ALL AGES Show. The label founded in 2011 by local artist and musician Ryan McCardle and Virginian TJ Hatcher will present their showcase on Saturday afternoon on the patio at congress Street Social Club from 2pm-7pm. Confirmed acts include Anteo (Blacksburg, VA), Bedroom(nashville, TN), Hallucinex (Richmond, VA), Blackrune (Savananh, Ga), mumbledust (Savannah, Ga).
For more info on Retro Futurist: www.