San Diego IndieFest 8

Durga Sound and Say It Records present the eighth annual San Diego IndieFest - the first festival of its kind in the nation that focuses exclusively on independent music, film, art and thought. Twenty slots are reserved for Sonicbids artists, and one will be billed as direct support for a major headliner. IndieFest is expecting over 10,000 attendees! Past music headliners have included indie icons like Metric, Semi Precious Weapons, We Are Scientists, Far and Nappy Roots./n/nDurga Sound and Say It Records present the eighth annual San Diego IndieFest - the first festival of its kind in the nation that focuses exclusively on independent music, film, art and thought. Expecting to bring in 10,000 attendees, San Diego IndieFest is an on-going celebration and revelation of the ever-growing and increasingly powerful world of indie music, film and culture. Twenty slots are reserved for Sonicbids artists, though the promoter may double that. In fact, more than 250 Sonicbids bands have been selected to perform since 2005. Additionally, one selected artist will be billed as direct support for a major headliner.

Past music headliners have included indie icons like Metric, Semi Precious Weapons, We Are Scientists, Far, Nappy Roots, Juliette Lewis, Awolnation, Beth Hart, Claude Coleman (WEEN), Veruca Salt, Jonatha Brooke, Fishbone, Michelle Shocked, Scissors For Lefty, Heather Grody (The Murmurs) and world renowned double-violinist Gingger Shankar.

The event takes place from noon to midnight and will feature over 50 artists on multiple stages. Artists will include everything from local buzz-makers to national (and possibly international) indie icons. Only Independent artists (not signed to a major label) are eligible to play at San Diego IndieFest, and all genres are not only welcomed, but enthusiastically encouraged to participate.

San Diego IndieFest is a nonprofit project, created and produced by a San Diego-based artist collective. Their volunteer-based staff is very small and works year 'round to keep this powerful event alive. As full-time artists themselves, the San Diego IndieFest production staff understands that it can be frustrating not to get a personal letter back as to why you or your band was or was not selected. Because there are so few people in their office, and because they receive well over 1000 submissions every year, it's simply impossible for them to write each band individually with the myriad of other tasks heaping on their plates to keep IndieFest alive and thriving. They do, however, review each submission thoroughly and with the utmost respect.