Please note that this is a FREE Festival!!!
The 9th Annual Texas Rockfest will showcase over 150 of the best indie artists/bands on March 13-15, 2008, featuring talent at four Austin venues, including the outdoor Guitar Hero III stages located at 613 Trinity (between 6th and 7th Streets.) Additional Texas Rockfest 2008 showcases will be featured at the Spill on Sixth (212 E. Sixth Street), Merkaba Lounge (14106 North IH-35) and Rock City Icehouse (1-35 @ Hwy 290 in Lincoln Village).
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock shows support for independent bands by teaming with Texas Rockfest 2008 to showcase over seventy of the best indie bands from Austin and beyond on two outdoor stages in downtown Austin, March 13-15, 2008. All shows are absolutely FREE to the public! No badges, no wristbands, no joke. It's just one more good reason for music industry executives to look "outside-the-badge" for the best in indie talent.
Also known as the Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass (HOTQB) Music Festival, the annual Texas Rockfest runs concurrently with Austin's annual 10-day interactive, film and music mega conference event that draws thousands of music industry and news media types to town during spring break.
On Wed. Mar. 12 (6:00 pm-2:00 am), the Texas Rockfest ventures into the harder zone presenting the Dime Bag Darrell Metal Night at the Spill on Sixth with Clinched Fist, Fear Control, Fallen Breed, Kritickill, Slick Fist, Lame, Quartershackle, By Any Means Necessary, Meyvn, Powderburn and Carbide.
How good of a guitar slinger are you? Come try your mad skills in the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock tent, or if you think you're badass enough, join the Guitar Hero Competition nightly on stage at 7:30 pm, 8:40 pm and 9:50 pm; with the final event on Sat., Mar. 15 at 11:00 pm.
All shows are subject to change, so keep track of your favorite band playing at the 2008 Texas Rockfest, plus find band bios, music, photos, and links to band websites at TexasRockfest.com or myspace.com/treyedwards.
Guitar Hero Outdoor Stages I&II
Location: Trinity & 6th Street - Downtown Austin, TX
View the complete schedule for the Guitar Hero III Stages at www.texasrockfest.com/guitar_hero.htm
VENUE: SPILL ON SIXTH
Location: 212 E. Sixth Street, Austin, TX
Phone: 512.320.8005
Web: www.spillonsixth.com
View the complete schedule for the Spill on Sixth at www.texasrockfest.com/spill.htm
VENUE: ROCK CITY ICEHOUSE
Location: 1-35 @ Hwy 290 in Lincoln Village, Austin, TX
Phone: 512.467.7244
Web: www.rockcityicehouse.com
View the complete schedule for the Rock City Icehouse at www.texasrockfest.com/rockcity.htm
VENUE: MERKABA LOUNGE AND GRILL
Location: 14106 North IH35, Suite A, Austin, TX
Phone: 512.670.0404
Web: www.merkabaloungeandgrill.com
View the complete schedule for the Merkaba Lounge at www.texasrockfest.com/merkaba.htm
Motivated by the desire to support and promote the best yet-to-be discovered talent rising from the burgeoning Texas alternative rock scene, the Texas Quadruple Bypass (HOTQB) Music Festival, later shortened to "Texas Rockfest" was founded in 2000 by Austin/New York City-based music video producer Adam Brewer and business partner Trey Edwards.
Guitar Hero Stages Lineup:
Thursday, Mar. 13
Modern Rock Diaries (1:30 pm), One Trick Monkey (2:00 pm), Surface Rising (2:30 pm), Mother's Anger (3:00 pm), Every Other Fate (3:30 pm), Flatfoot 56 (4:00 pm), Dead Town Revival (4:30 pm), The Sammus Theory (5:00 pm), Cherry Bomb Suicide (5:30 pm), Blacklist Union (6:00 pm), Point of Contact (6:30 pm), Suicide Holiday (7:00 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (7:30 pm), Normal Kids (7:40 pm), Distant Lights (8:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (8:40 pm),Weather the Storm (8:50 pm), Black Lamb (9:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (9:50 pm), Dead Twins (10:00 pm), One Eyed Doll (10:30 pm), Mother's Anthem (11:00 pm), Adrenaline Factor (11:30 pm), Rockets to Ruin (12:00 am), Broken Teeth (12:30 am), Pimpadelic (1:00 am), Witchburn (1:30 am)
Friday Mar. 14
The New Loud (1:30 pm), All Hail (2:00 pm), Moss Bluff (2:30 pm), Todd Carey (3:00 pm), Fourway Free (3:30 pm), The Raspas (4:00 pm), Drew Nix (4:30 pm), Men Who Pause (5:00 pm), Clay Jeffrey (5:30 pm), Wink Keziah, (6:00 pm) Kris Bell (6:30 pm), Bleu Edmondson (7:00 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (7:30 pm), Mike Truth & the Replacement Killers (7:40 pm), The Craze (8:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (8:40 pm), Built by Snow (8:50 pm), Deep Ella (9:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (9:50 pm), Vinyl Dharma (10:00 pm), Oh Juliet (10:30 pm), Italian Japanese (11:00 pm), Mescalero (11:30 pm), The Wartime Social (12:00 am), The Feds (12:30 am), New Disaster (1:00 am), Ember (1:30 am)
Sat. Mar. 15
The Sheila Sondergard Band (1:30 pm), Deejer (2:00 pm), Music for Animals (2:30 pm), VERY SPECIAL GUEST (3:00 pm), Full Service (3:30 pm), Leda Atomica (4:00 pm), Sea of Cortez (4:30 pm), The Steps (5:00 pm), Stephanie's Id (5:30 pm), Feeding 5000 (6:00 pm), Stalking Chloe (6:30 pm), Kaura, Guitar Hero Competition (7:30 pm), Dynamite Walls (7:40 pm), Transfer (8:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (8:40 pm), The Frantic (8:50 pm), Honor by August (9:10 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (9:50 pm), Republic of Letters (10:00 pm), World Wide Spies (10:30 pm), Guitar Hero Competition (11:00 pm), Mercy Mercedes (11:06 pm), Goodnight Goddess (11:36 pm), Dremnt the End (12:06 am), Jets Under Fire (12:36 am), Oslo (1:06 am), Hillbilly Orchestra (1:36 am)
Saturday 03/15 (02:00PM) - Saturday 03/15 (12:00AM) @
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Last Day! If you missed The Feda, Wartime Social, and Mike Truth and the Replacement Killers last night… YOU MISSED OUT.
Posted 5 months ago.Are you there? You should be… FREE.
Posted 5 months ago.PLEASE VISIT THE LINKS ON THIS PAGE TO SEE WHEN AND WHERE YOUR TEXAS ROCKFEST BANDS WILL BE PLAYING.
Posted 6 months ago.