Son of the Sun performing at this year's Music is Art Festival 2009

2009 Music Is Art Festival
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Albright Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Avenue,
Buffalo, New York 14222
10am-10pm
FREE - ALL AGES



Come join the thousands who make the MiA Festival the premier local music and art event in Western New York.

Music is Art brings its signature event once again to the grounds of the Albright Knox Art Gallery for a one-day, all-day, absolutely free festival on Saturday, September 12, 2009, 10 am-10pm.

The festival, now in its 7th year, will feature over 30 bands, 40 displaying artists and photographers, plus live art, dancers, DJs, a projection tent, not for profit displays, beer tent, food vendors and a kids village.

Local bands and artists were given the opportunity to apply online for consideration and we are pleased to announce the following lineup:

THREE MUSIC STAGES FEATURING:
A Hotel Nourishing 
Infinity Blues Project
Agent ME 
Inlite
Abominable Killer Snowmen 
Innocent Bystanders
Bearhunter 
Mother Red
Blood Thirsty Vegans 
Music in Action/Leslie Stanwyck
Crooked Letta 
Rock.Ed
Dave Shultz 
Rooftops
Declan Miers & the Scorched Earthlings 
Shaant (of Cute is What We Aim For)
Erin Sydney Welsh 
Son of the Sun
Family FUNKtion & the Sitar Jams 
Soul Bodega
Floozie 
Steam Donkeys
Free Henry! 
The Incurables
Fresh Guac 
The Vores
Here Come the Comets 
Those Idiots
Image Urban Arts Workshop 
Wenzday Atemz

PROJECTION TENT STAGE ACTS and KIDS VILLAGE ENTERTAINMENT
(6:30PM-CLOSE)
Angel Lopez/Jordan Lema 
African Drumming Circle-Autistic Services
Conn Keogh 
Debbie Bellow Singers
Cowboys of Scotland 
Glen Colton
DJ Soma 
Ilya’s Belly Dancing Studio-Children’s Troupe
Dotsun Moon 
My Grownup & Me-Community Music School
Jaxx Deluca 
Promo the Robot
Jeremy Slater 
The North Ridge
Paul Butler 
The Waz-drums & percussion
Shapes of States 
Storytelling by Jeff Criden
Type Relevant 
WNED-TV
The Stacy Zawatski Dancers

DANCE COMPANIES and MONSTER MASHUP DJ AREA
Ballroom and Beyond 
Amungus
E.DA.CO 
Basha
Euphraxia 
Communist Party
Excell Modeling Agency 
Crouching Tiger
Expression in Dance Arts 
DJ Andre
Fleuron Rouge 
DJ Brandon Chase
Folkloric Productions 
DJ Flip
Hamburg Performing Arts 
Excell Modeling Agency
Ilya Bellydancers 
Jarvis
Moving Miracles 
N3WT
Nadia Ibrahim 
Soul Station
Queen City Rollergirls 
Stacy Zawadski Dancers
Queen City Swing 
Tweak Nasty
Rince Na Tiarna
Terrie George
Zuut

DISPLAYING ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, and LIVE ARTISTS:
Alex Brunner 
Chris Fanelli
Carla Levorchick 
David Butler
Chez Ann Salon 
Heath Hettig
Chris Fanelli 
Iron Ed Hogle
Chris McGee 
Jennifer Set-Cimini
Chrissy Nowak 
Rudy Cobe
Dan Norton
D’Anna Rose
Dario Mohr
David Walter 
Amy Luraschi
Dennis Bertram 
Andrea Mancuso
Don Keller 
Brian Milbrand
Don Mayer 
Jennifer Link
Edollia Monroe 
Jill St Ledger-Roty
Frank Sander 
Joe Cascio
Iris Kirkwood 
Kenn Morgan
Janet Black 
Marcus Wise
Jason Klinger 
Marshall Scheuttle
Jax Deluca 
Natalie Hofert
Jeffery Vincent 
Ray Ordinario
Jordan Lema 
Robert Schultz
Kara Kumar 
Tammy Wetzel
Kath Schifano 
Tanis Winslow
Markenzy Cesar
Valerie Dunne
Mary Bartlett
Paul Kalinowski
Steve Reynolds
Steven Andressen
Windwalker

IN THE ALBRIGHT KNOX COLLECTORS GALLERY:
Mark Freeland

NOT FOR PROFIT ACTIVITIES:
Albright Knox Art Gallery
Arts in Education Institute
Buffalo Music Hall of Fame
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo ReUse
Central Terminal Restoration Corporation
Mental Health Association of Erie County/HEART Coalition
Rock the Vote
Starlight Studio & Art Gallery

ALSO FEATURING:
A giant robot, beer and wine garden, food vendors, the Music is Art Raffle and information tent, Buskers, Magicians, aliens, full of FREAKS, and your favorite TV, Radio and Cyber Geeks.

The Music is Art Festival Committee has put a lot of time and energy into choosing artists and performers from many different genres, there is something for everyone at this year’s festival. Many student acts will be performing, including the 2009 winners of the Music is Art, Student Battle of the Band winners; Abominable Killer Snowmen, from Niagara Wheatfield High School.

Music is Art would also like to thank the valued sponsors for making this event happen year after year:

Niagara University
Time Warner Cable
The Buffalo News/My Buffalo
Try-It Distributing
New Era Cap
Bot Beverages
Senator Antoine Thompson
Fan Awards Network
Erie-Niagara Tobacco Coalition

The festival will run from 10am to 10pm, rain or shine. There will be free parking at Buffalo State College. Come help us celebrate Western New York’s creativity!