Music Networking Happy Hour

Please join us this coming Wednesday, September 13th for the MetroMusicScene.com/Six Points Music Festival happy hour at Iota Club and Cafe in Arlington, VA. The event runs from 6pm to 8pm and is free. IOTA's open mic begins at 8pm (sign up after 7pm), so feel free to bring your instrument along too (no drum kits, please).

These happy hours are designed to give musicians, music industry professionals, music fans and anyone else who would like to attend, the opportunity to network outside of the typical show scene. Basically, the happy hours are meant to be an opportunity for people to get together once a month, have a couple drinks and talk music or whatever you'd like. If you get there and don't recognize anyone, look for the people with the masking tape nametags.

Official 2006 Festival Photographs

We would like to thank our official Six Points Music Festival Photographer, Corey Snapp of Snapp-Shot Photography for taking and posting photographs from the 2006 festival online, which you can access at this link.

If you took pictures at Six Points this weekend (or any D.C. show you're ever at) you can post them to the Flckr D.C. Music Pool for other people to check out.

The End of Six Points 2006

13 venues and over 40 bands were involved this year. The festival has been written up at least 4 different times by The Washington Post this week, NPR affiliate WAMU 88.5 FM has aired a piece on Six Points three times in the past day, DCist has given Six Points a great deal of digital ink, On Tap magazine featured the festival in their lastest issue, and DC101's Local Lix dedicated a large part of their show this week to Six Points. And that's just a portion of the press the festival has gotten.

A huge thanks to the venues, the bands, the volunteers, the media, the music fans, the Washington Area Music Association for their sponsorship, the MetroMusicScene.com community, and everyone who got involved with Six Points this year. We couldn't have done it without you.

Be sure to be on the lookout for submission details for the 4th annual Six Points Music Festival (to be held in 2007) sometime this fall!

*Please Note - Heather Huff will now be taking over as the Six Points Music Festival Planning Committee Chairperson for 2007 although Melissa DePaulis will remain with the festival in an advisory capacity.

Tonight is the Last Night of Six Points 2006!

Shows for Saturday, April 8, 2006
(along with the order of appearance for the artists)

IOTA Club & Cafe
Show begins: 9:30pm
Cover Charge: $10
21+

Headliner: The Speaks (last)
Pharmacy Prophets (2nd)
Koshari (1st)



Dc9
Show begins: 9pm
Cover Charge: $10
21+

Headliner: MONOPOLI (last)
Hello Tokyo (3rd)
No Second Troy (2nd)
Stella Mira (1st)



Galaxy Hut
Show begins: 9pm
Cover Charge: $5
21+

Headliner: Justin Jones (last)
Schooner (3rd)
Stamen & Pistils (2nd)
Wonderjack (1st)



Ragtime
Show begins: 9pm
Cover Charge: None
21+

Headliner: Mike Holden (last)
Janine Wilson (3rd)
Byron Zanos (2nd)
Laura Brino (1st)

View the full festival line-up here.

Six Points 2006 - Day #2

Shows for Friday, April 7, 2006
(along with the order of appearance for the artists)

Black Cat
Show begins: 9:30pm
Cover Charge: $10
All Ages

Headliner: Army of Me (last)
Bellflur(2nd)
The Monorail (1st)



Jammin Java
Show begins: 8pm
Cover Charge: $10
All Ages

Headliner: JunkFood (last)
Honor by August (3rd)
Hotspur (2nd)
Shwa (1st)



State Theatre
Show begins: 8pm
Cover Charge: $13
18+

Headliner: Emmet Swimming (last)
Getaway Car (3rd)
Taylor Carson Band (2nd)
The Hickories (1st)



Velvet Lounge
Show begins: 9pm
Cover Charge: $8
21+

Headliner: The Echoes (last)
The Alphabetical Order (4th)
Lejeune (3rd)
Telograph (2nd)
Lucky Day (1st)



Whitlow's on Wilson
Show begins: 10pm
Cover Charge: $5
21+

Headliner: Ballyhoo! (last)
The Dance Party (1st)



The Mansion @ Strathmore
Show begins: 7:30pm
Cover Charge: $10
All Ages

Headliner: Brindley Brothers (last)
Woodswork (2nd)
The Seldon Plan (1st)

View the full festival line-up here.

Six Points 2006 Officially Begins Tonight!

Shows for Thursday, April 6, 2006
(along with the order of appearance for the artists)

Clarendon Grill
Show begins: 8:45pm
Cover Charge: $10
21 +
Headliner: Shane Hines & the Trance (Last) [video clip]
Park Police (2nd)
Radio Caroline (1st)


Staccato Music Hall & Lounge
Show begins: 8pm
Cover Charge: $5
21+
Headliner: Michael Jantz (last)
Laura Tsaggaris (3rd)

Paul Kamran (2nd)

James Silver (1st)


Austin Grill – Silver Spring
Show begins: 9pm
Cover Charge: None
All Ages
Headliner: Sol


View the full festival line-up here.

Tonight: Six Points Pre-Party

We'll be having a party tonight at Revolution Records in D.C. to kick things off for Six Points. It's a cool little independent record store that's very supportive of local music. Stop by between 7and 9pm, as we gear up for the start of the festival tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 5
7pm to 9pm
Six Points Pre-Party At Revolution Records
Located near the Van Ness Metro Stop on the Red Line
www.revolutionrecords.net

More Six Points Related Press

AOL city guide


On Tap: there's also a detailed festival guide in the print issue.

Washington Post Express: We're running a nice color ad on Thursday, so pick one up if you can.


Here's a Hint: He did 3 podcasts.


Connection Newspapers

The Washington Post Sunday Source listed the festival in their "Can't Miss" column as one of "Five reasons to get off your couch":

Dcist

Rock Creek Rambler

Radio:

The festival was mentioned this morning on WAMU. It was a plug for Friday's Metro Connection and mentioned how Austin has SXSW, New Orleans has Jazz Fest and DC has Six Points!

WEBR did a 2 hour special on Monday featuring in studio performances by Army of me, Lucky Day and Lejeune and interviews with Shane Hines, Mike Holden, Melissa DePaulis and others. Fitz emailed our myspace and said he's going to try to play Monopoli and talk about the festival on his Friday show.

Melissa DePaulis and the Hickories will be on WAMU's Metro Connection Radio show on Friday at 1 pm. Host, David Furst will be interviewing Melissa and the Hickories as well as playing some tracks from other Six Points artists. You can stream it online at http://wamu.org/programs/mc or listen in on 88.5 FM.

On Monday, Six Points Music Festival 2006 artist Sol and Six Points 2005 alum, Daniel Lee were featured on XM Radio's UPop station (XM29) during the Ted Kelly's World Party morning radio show and promoted the festival.

On Sunday we were on DC 101's Local Lix with Roche.

Six Points iMix on iTunes
Six Points Music Festival founder, Mike Holden, has pulled together iTunes tracks by several festival performers to create a 2006 Six Points Music Festival iMix. If you have iTunes on your machine, click here to launch the page for the iMix.

Six Points on WAMU's Metro Connection

On Friday, April 7th at 1pm, Six Points Music Festival 2006 artist, The Hickories, and the festival's Planning Committee Chairperson, Melissa DePaulis will be featured on WAMU's (88.5 FM) Metro Connection Radio show. Host, David Furst will be interviewing Melissa and the Hickories as well as playing some tracks from other Six Points artists.

The Hickories will be performing during the Six Points Music Festival at the State Theatre on Friday, April 7th at 8pm, opening for Taylor Carson Band, Getaway Car and Emmet Swimmming. Tickets are $13 and can be purchased in advance online.

Six Points on WEBR

A live radio show will air on WEBR featuring a telephone interview with Six Points Music Festival Planning Committee Chairperon, Melissa DePaulis, and live performances from some of our artists on Monday, April 3rd between 6-8pm ET. You can listen live at this link.

Six Points on DC101's Local Lix

On Sunday, April 2nd at approximately 9:30pm, Six Points Music Festival Planning Committee Chairperson, Melissa DePaulis will be featured on DC101's Local Lix Radio show. Host, Greg Roche, will be interviewing Melissa as well as playing some tracks from Six Points artists.

You can also listen to the show live at this link. You will need to register with the site before you can listen, so be sure to tune in a little early so you don't miss it. ;-)

Six Points Artist on GW Radio

2006 Six Points Music Festival artist The Dance Party will appear on GW Radio on Sunday, April 2nd from 6-8pm.

The Dance Party will be opening for Ballyhoo! during the festival at Whitlow's on Wilson on Friday, April 7th at 10pm. Cover is $5.