Courtesy of S.S.A. Theater 80A music festival taking place across both Villages this week is being billed as “East Meets West.” And the organizers? They’re from down south.
Kicking off Wednesday and lasting five days, NYC’s New Music Festival will feature over 130 artists – from indie, folk and alternative rock to rap and hip hop – at a variety of venues.
Unlike the CBGB Festival, which last week announced it would return in May, the organizers of this festival aren’t from around here. It’s the first production that the Songwriters Showcases of America will stage outside of its home base in Florida.
Phil Weidner, president of the S.S.A., said the 13-year-old company had been trying to put together a festival outside of Florida for years. New York City, he said, was a no-brainer. “We wanted to focus on the East and West Villages to show that’s really the magnet of where good local, live music is being featured in Manhattan,” he told The Local. Read more…
