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Nerdapalooza
Nerdapalooza is a nerd music festival. The first of its kind to invite all genres of the new movement under one roof, Nerdapalooza was scheduled to have its first two day festival in September 2007 at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds. Due to funding issues it has since been pushed back to a later date. The creator of the event is John "hex" Carter, who hosted a Nerdapalooza themed radio show through KRFH, the student-run radio station at Humboldt State University. This word is coined from nerd and palooza, slang word for all-out crazy party, and is a reference to Lolapalooza.
Other ShowsNerdapalooza Southeast 2007Nerdapalooza Southeast is a branch of the nerd music festival centered in Central Florida. The show also showcases nerdcore hip-hop over the other "subgenres" of nerd music. On August 25, 2007 at Tim and Terry's in Gainesville, Florida, Nerdapalooza Southeast was the first Nerdapalooza show to be held, and it was a charity event. Organized by Rob Tobias. Performers:
Nerdapalooza BetaDesigned as a small show, the performers were Dungeon Master, Josiah the Messiah, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the World's Greatest Ghosts, Category, and headlined by Pixelh8. It was sponsored by KRFH and was held in Arcata, California at the Kate Buchanan Room at Humboldt State University on September 22, 2007. Organized by John "hex" Carter. Nerdapalooza UKNerdapalooza UK is the United Kingdom equivalent of the American nerd music festival. Like it's United States counterpart, it is also planned to take place in 2008 twice. Once will be a trial run, in Bradford, UK at the Delius pub. The date for this event will be June 14, 2008 and it will consist of fewer artists than the main event. The venue for the main event is currently unconfirmed but will be somewhere in Leeds, UK. The date has been tentatively set for some time in October 2008, depending on interest, artists available and what venues are available. It is being planned as a free event and all the artists will be performing for free. Although supported by Nerdapalooza US's creator, John "hex" Carter, the creator and organizer of Nerdapalooza UK is Stevie "MisterB" Brunton who also writes and records his own Nerdcore Rap music, and will be performing at the festival. Nerdapalooza Southeast 2008A continuation of the previous show, Nerdapalooza Southeast was once again be organized by Rob Tobias. However, John "hex" Carter moved to Orlando, Florida in November 2007 to act as co-organizer. Nicholas "Sir-Up" Carman was also a key coordinator to the success of this event. The show took place on July 4th and 5th 2008 in Orlando, FL and was hosted by 3 local radio DJ's from 91.5 WPRK. Josh Thew and Logan Donahoo of "Serious Business" along with Andrew Gray of "Talk Nerdy To Me." This was also a charity event to benefit Child's Play. The show was easily the most successful of all of the Nerdapaloozas thus far and received press coverage from both bloggers[1] and print media[2], including a recently released article in Blender Magazine. Artists Performing:
Nerdapalooza 2009Set to be the first full-blown Nerdapalooz showcasing all nerd music, it has yet to be announced when and where it will be, only that it will be once again held in Central Florida.[3] It has been announced that it will be a charity show again and that John "hex" Carter will be the Executive Director. The other key directors are Michael "The Spork" Evans, Dan Dolan, Joshua Thew, and Juan Oljeda. References
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