Astoria Music Now! Music & Arts Festival

Don't miss your LAST CHANCE to submit to Astoria Music Now! 2010, which will be Astoria Music & Arts’s third annual outdoor summer festival. It will feature a wide variety of performers of 3 stages, art installations, and much more. Artists based in and around Astoria, Queens are preferred and Astoria Music & Arts has committed to selecting at least 15 Sonicbids artists./n/nAstoria Music Now! 2010 will be Astoria Music & Arts’s third annual outdoor summer festival. As in prior years, it will feature three stages hosting various types of artist from the surrounding communities. The first stage will mainly showcase theater and dance troupes, the second stage will host solo and smaller acts, and the third stage will be the main stage showcasing the headlining act as well as other rock, fusion, hip-hop, funk and blues bands based in Queens. Finally, AM&A will again set aside a substantial amount of space for local artists to showcase static (non-performative) and dynamic (interactive) pieces throughout the festival grounds.

Artists based in and around Astoria, Queens are preferred and will have a better chance of receiving a performance slot. Astoria Music & Arts has committed to selecting at least 15 Sonicbids artists.

Essentially, their goal is to awaken a fresh enthusiasm for art, live music events and other performances by targeting the entire community with an all-ages, outdoor event. Astoria Music Now! is the first festival of its kind in Queens, giving its residents a rare opportunity to participate in a large-scale cultural event that is only a short train, car or bus ride away. For the past two years, the festival has attracted families, professionals, young and old, exposing a thirst in our neighborhood for inspirational events that allow people to connect with others in their community. The festival has served as a catalyst, igniting the interest of residents who would not otherwise attend such an event to participate in local culture on a grassroots level.