emirate25 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ok, I see different places in the states getting big music festivals like in California (Coachella), New York ( woodstock), Louisiana (Voodoo Festival), Chicago ( Lollapollooza)...now my question is, will Houston ever be the host of a big music festival? And if we do get a music festival in the future, where would it be in houston?I think Dallas had some kind of festival back in the mid to late nineties at some racing track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ok, I see different places in the states getting big music festivals like in California (Coachella), New York ( woodstock), Louisiana (Voodoo Festival), Chicago ( Lollapollooza)...now my question is, will Houston ever be the host of a big music festival? And if we do get a music festival in the future, where would it be in houston?I think Dallas had some kind of festival back in the mid to late nineties at some racing track. Would Buzzfest, Westfest, HLS&R, or the International Festival count? I'm not sure what kind of music would be there, but I can see a few big music festivals in the new Downtown Park. It'd be nice to have a huge annual electronic festival there like in Miami and Detroit Wishful thinking from a dj. But I could also see hip-hop, rock, jazz, and/or another country music entity wanting to host something there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Would Buzzfest, Westfest, HLS&R, or the International Festival count?I'm not sure what kind of music would be there, but I can see a few big music festivals in the new Downtown Park. It'd be nice to have a huge annual electronic festival there like in Miami and Detroit Wishful thinking from a dj. But I could also see hip-hop, rock, jazz, and/or another country music entity wanting to host something there. Remember the Texxas Jam concerts that were back in the late 70's early 80's. The big one was at the Cotton Bowl in 78. Aeromsith, Nugent There was one here in 1983 with Styx, Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Triumph and Uriah Heap. It was in the Astrodome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emirate25 Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ok, I see different places in the states getting big music festivals like in California (Coachella), New York ( woodstock), Louisiana (Voodoo Festival), Chicago ( Lollapollooza)...now my question is, will Houston ever be the host of a big music festival? And if we do get a music festival in the future, where would it be in houston?I think Dallas had some kind of festival back in the mid to late nineties at some racing track.When I say festival...I mean like a 3 day festival where you can "camp out" on an empty field etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 It'd be nice to have a huge annual electronic festival there like in Miami and Detroit Wishful thinking from a dj. I've actually been crossing my fingers that we would some day emerge as a techno power house... (along with Industrial, Trance, Electronika, club, etc.) Image if the Love Parade came here instead of San Francisco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 When I say festival...I mean like a 3 day festival where you can "camp out" on an empty field etc... That will get you a ticket, or some form of harrassment in the city :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 That will get you a ticket, or some form of harrassment in the city :) :) No lie. I've been to 4 house parties/clubs since I've been back, and THREE of them were shut down by the cops. A festival like the one emirate25's talking about would have my support 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Well we get a temp this year with Essence Music Festival--that should be big and who knows, maybe they will be so impressed that they at least alternate sites with NOLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I've actually been crossing my fingers that we would some day emerge as a techno power house... (along with Industrial, Trance, Electronika, club, etc.) Image if the Love Parade came here instead of San Francisco?Imagine the Winter Music Conference in Houston. Or some kind of electronica-based festival of it's size. It's be HUGE, and look great with Houston's skyline. AND imagine if Power of Houston came back, but with a 24-hour feel to it for 5 days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGraspo Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 (edited) Imagine the Winter Music Conference in Houston. Or some kind of electronica-based festival of it's size. It's be HUGE, and look great with Houston's skyline. AND imagine if Power of Houston came back, but with a 24-hour feel to it for 5 days...What was the power of Houston. I know it was a fireworks show at the end but what was the point? How many years did it happen? I take it was getting too expensive to continue Edited June 6, 2006 by JGraspo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAK Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Houston is not a music city. Look at how many venues or potential venues there are, and then look at how few live music opportunities there are.I don't see Houston being a large support of local music, which is usually how a city builds a buzz and becomes a national or even regional highlight.that, and austin being 175 miles away and basically killing Houston on the music scene. even with Houston being the 'hot' thing in rap music, there are still more rap artists and shows in austin - easily.i think some music lover with $$$ and connections would have to come in, build up a spot scene, market the heck out of it, and it would have to be successful, and then spread to other venues / genres, etc...in summary, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Who the heck wants to camp in the heat of summer for a festival? Hotels with A/C are where it's at... we will never get a festival like The Reading Festival or Isle of Wight (English festivals) where you can camp, etc... First you have to have a place to host an event like this and second it has to be done during the fall or some other "cool" period... and we don't get those very often down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I've actually been crossing my fingers that we would some day emerge as a techno power house... (along with Industrial, Trance, Electronika, club, etc.) Image if the Love Parade came here instead of San Francisco?Believe it or not, I would be all for this type of festival, kind of like a "Burning Man" festival out in the Desert.If you don't know what I am talking about, it is a REAL visually stunning event. Here, take a look.http://www.burningman.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Believe it or not, I would be all for this type of festival, kind of like a "Burning Man" festival out in the Desert.If you don't know what I am talking about, it is a REAL visually stunning event. Here, take a look.http://www.burningman.com/But Burning man is more so for... the Artist/colorful/Hippy crowd, no?I was thinking the Love Parade, a march down Memorial to Downtown, with people dancing in the street. Kind of like the Power of Houston, when they had big speakers out, and the news channels would quickly jump to people dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 (edited) I assume what everyone is wishing for is an annual event, but as far as one time events go, Houston once hosted what for years was recognized as the largest crowd for a music concert in history. The numbers varied, but HPD's final estimate was 1.3 million people for Jean Michel Jarre's concert in honor of Houston's 150th birthday, and, unfortunately, the deceased Challenger astronauts.I had a nice seat in the middle of Allen Parkway, right in front of Allen Parkway Village, which in 1986, was pretty impressive. There were virtually no problems in the crowd, as frankly, there were too many people to cause any trouble. The crowd extended all the way to the West Loop, as well as north to the North Loop. The ride home was widely considered Houston's biggest traffic jam ever, taking over 4 hours to get to FM 1960....that is, until last year.After 3 solid years of a miserable economy in Houston, Jarre's concert, followed by the Rocket's advance to the NBA Finals and the Astros epic series against the Mets, made the summer of 1986 somewhat tolerable.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendez-vous_HoustonEDIT: BTW, try to imagine 1.3 million people crying during the tribute to astronaut Ron McNair. The concert took place only 2 months after the Challenger disaster. Edited June 10, 2006 by RedScare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I assume what everyone is wishing for is an annual event, but as far as one time events go, Houston once hosted what for years was recognized as the largest crowd for a music concert in history. The numbers varied, but HPD's final estimate was 1.3 million people for Jean Michel Jarre's concert in honor of Houston's 150th birthday, and, unfortunately, the deceased Challenger astronauts.I had a nice seat in the middle of Allen Parkway, right in front of Allen Parkway Village, which in 1986, was pretty impressive. There were virtually no problems in the crowd, as frankly, there were too many people to cause any trouble. The crowd extended all the way to the West Loop, as well as north to the North Loop. The ride home was widely considered Houston's biggest traffic jam ever, taking over 4 hours to get to FM 1960....that is, until last year. After 3 solid years of a miserable economy in Houston, Jarre's concert, followed by the Rocket's advance to the NBA Finals and the Astros epic series against the Mets, made the summer of 1986 somewhat tolerable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendez-vous_Houston EDIT: BTW, try to imagine 1.3 million people crying during the tribute to astronaut Ron McNair. The concert took place only 2 months after the Challenger disaster. Wow...very impressive. This is the way we'd have to do it: recreate the Houston Rendezvous downtown, but only as the final event in a week of performances leading up to the big blowout event. Utilize the Astroworld plot and a portion of Reliant Park's parking lot for an outdoor camping area and build out stages in the Reliant Park parking lot, stadium, astrodome, arena, etc. Pull off a week at Reliant Park, then spring the blowout. Position one big-name band at the top of each skyscraper, and let each do their most notable song, with video projected to screens positioned along four sides of downtown. After each song, let go a single very large shell from the rooftop of each respective band's building. After the final song, let go a volley of one burning non-explosive shell from every building all at once, repeated at one-second intervals for a full minute, creating the illusion that the skyline has turned to light energy and towers several thousand feet higher than in actuality. When it dies down, let go a massive high-flying explosive shell from the Chase Building that serves as the perfect punctuation mark to the whole event. Then fade in spotlights directed vertically from the top of each building so as to create a vertical afterglow that lingers in everybody's rear view mirrors on the drive home. Only turn the spotlights off at daybreak. Mayor White, if you're reading...this could be a great ramp-up to your running for higher office... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I remember going to a Marley festival back in the early 1990's. Anyone remember that? I think it was in Memorial Park or somewhere near the area. I know i was about as drunk as Cooder Brown and the smell of reefer was everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 "Freedom Over Texas" is coming up! I watched on TV last year and I don't think I had ever seen so many inbred-looking, hygienically challenged people. It was vile. I don't want to come off mean-spirited, but honestly, Ethel. Maybe it was the heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 (edited) Houston will never get a big music festival like New Orleans, or other big name cities. Houston just not the place for it. For example, the Essence Festival. The popular festival came here to Houston, cause majority of New Orleanians was living here (temportary), and the music festival is also here temportary. Edited June 10, 2006 by houstonsemipro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Houston will never get a big music festival like New Orleans, or other big name cities. Houston just not the place for it. For example, the Essence Festival. The popular festival came here to Houston, cause majority of New Orleanians was living here (temportary), and the music festival is also here temportary.You use to be over-optimistic, now your over-pessimistic. What's with the bipolar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGraspo Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 You use to be over-optimistic, now your over-pessimistic. What's with the bipolar? Yeah I notice that too. Maybe he needs to run to the order(either one) to fill up his prescription. That's why we need universal healthcare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIMCF 2007 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Hey Guys! There is a music conference and festival taking place in Houston,Texas in Febuary 2007. They have artist registration at $40.00 and you can registar your band through December 1, 2006. The website is www.himcf.org and www.himcf.net. See the press release sent out this morning:The Houston International Music Conference and Festival (HIMCF-2007) Attendee Registration is ON SALE NOW!HIMCF-2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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