Rail City Music Festival - 2009

This indie event was created to allow unsigned bands an opportunity to perform, meet other artists and market their original music to Elgin-Middlesex-Oxford counties. It is their goal to bring this vibrant culture to St. Thomas, showcasing talented artists./n/nThis indie event was created to allow unsigned bands an opportunity to perform, meet other artists and market their original music to Elgin-Middlesex-Oxford counties. It is their goal to bring this vibrant culture to St. Thomas, showcasing talented artists and to create stimulus to a region affected greatly by the economic slowdown in manufacturing.



The event is organized by Rail City Multimedia which has teamed up with the folks at the North America Railway Hall of Fame and their 'Summer Blast' Concerts to help raise money for the Canada Southern Railway Station restoration initiative.



They are aggressively searching services sponsors to provide discounted lodging, food and equipment for all artists. These discounts will be available on their website starting the week first week of July. Sonicbids artists will be given 90% of all slots allotted; there are 36 reserved slots of Sonicbids members.



Artists will compete for the chance to open for a major Canadian headline act at this years' Summer Blast. The festival will take place from September 9-12 2009. All bands will receive stage time in order to show their talent, in one of the 5 licensed venues in St. Thomas, Ontario.