The organizers of this year’s Independents Day festival teased out some of their initial music lineup back in June, which includes Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint), Red Wanting Blue, Saintsenica and RoeVy, but today they’ve announced almost all the rest of the performers, which adds up to a whopping 70+ roster of bands, rappers, djs and musicians.
Perhaps most noteworthy on the list are several reunion shows from local bands, which includes Hugs & Kisses, Moviola and Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments. The full Independents’ Day lineup include (in alphabetical order) :
- Aaron Beckett
- Armond Wakeup
- Betsy Ross
- Bicentennial Bear
- Black Antler
- Bookmobile
- Brat Curse
- Brave Weather
- Bruce Slaughter
- Bummers
- Cherry Chrome
- Chuck Starr & The Problem
- Coma Coz
- Copywrite
- Dave Buker and the Historians
- Day Creeper
- Dingo8
- DJ Abyss & Dj Schematic
- DJ BHB
- DJ Jah Shaolin
- DJ O’sharp
- DNGREYELND
- Dominic Francesco
- Dominique LaRue
- Dougie Simpson & The Faith Band
- Drift Mouth
- Egotronic
- Electro Cult Circus
- Fingers
- Flowhio
- Good English
- Hafrican
- Hanover
- Hodgie Street
- Hugs & Kisses (Reunion Set)
- Ill Atmospherics
- Illogic
- Isken
- Jai Carey
- Jason Allen
- Jeff Hauf
- Joey Aich
- Katie Davis
- Kizzy Hall
- Kristen Peters
- Label Me Lecter
- Lower Frequency
- Matt Reese
- Maya Mougey
- Micah Gunn
- Mister Shifter
- Moviola (Reunion Set)
- Mummula
- Narrow/Arrow
- New Basics Brass Band
- Noelsferatu
- P.A.T.H.
- Playhouse
- Playing to Vapors
- Red Wanting Blue
- Rhye Notes
- roeVy
- Rose Gang
- Saintseneca
- Sarob Ali
- Senseless
- Seth Gray
- So Long, Stargazer
- Soul Position
- Spaceface
- Speak Williams
- Spirit
- Surfer
- The Almighty Owl Greens
- The Candescents
- The Dewdroppers
- The Receiver
- The Skashank Redemption
- The Skulx (Debut Performance)
- The Up All Nights
- The Wet Darlings
- What the Bleep
- The Whiteouts
- The Wind and the Sea
- Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments (Reunion Set)
- Thor Axe
- Tim England
- Time and Temperature
- Tino
- Truslow
- Turtle Island
- Vibes
- Vice
- Zacundado
- Zoo Trippin’
Additional performances are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Independents’ Day will take place this year in East Franklinton on September 19th and 20th.
To view photos from last year’s Independents’ Day, CLICK HERE.
For more information, visit thisisindependent.com.