INTERVIEW: Mike Mahgerefteh (Galaxy Dynamite/StarFire Festival)
Galaxy Dynamite onto Round Two of the Lockn Festival Competition.
LOCKN’ ANNOUNCES THE TOP 12 VIRGINIA BANDS
IN THE 2017 ROCKN’ TO LOCKN’ COMPETITION!
12 SEMI-FINALISTS TO COMPETE IN LIVE PLAYOFFS
AT THREE VIRGINIA CLUB SHOWS IN APRIL
AT THREE VIRGINIA CLUB SHOWS IN APRIL
Arrington, Virginia – LOCKN’ Festival, in partnership with Starr Hill Brewery and Virginia Tourism Corporation, is excited to announce the top 12 semi-finalists in the 2017 Rockn’ To LOCKN’ competition. For the past two weeks, fans participated in a national online voting contest to listen and vote on 20 Virginia bands with the top-voted 12 bands moving to the next phase of the competition. The grand prize of the Rockn’ To LOCKN’ contest is one of three coveted performance slots at the 2017 LOCKN’ Festival held August 24-27th in Arrington, VA and a $500 performance fee.
Live performance and in-person fan voting will determine the top six bands that will advance to the next round. These six finalists will perform at the final competition on June 17, 2017 at Community Day at Infinity Downs Farm in Arrington, Virginia. At the Community Day finals, bands will perform in front of a live crowd with in-person voting to determine the three bands headed to perform at LOCKN’ Festival.
The Top 12 are:
Adar – (Charlottesville, VA)
Anthony Rosano & the Conqueroos – (Norfolk, VA)
Big Mama Shakes – (Richmond, VA)
Devil’s Workshop Band – (Richmond, VA)
FeelFree – (Alexandria, VA)
Galaxy Dynamite – (Norfolk, VA)
Kendall Street Company – (Charlottesville, VA)
Mighty Joshua – (Richmond, VA)
Sun Dried Opossum – (Lyndhurst, VA)
The Atkinsons – (Richmond, VA)
Virginia Man – (Fredericksburg, VA)
Will Overman Band – (Charlottesville, VA)
The 12 semi-finalists will move on to the next round of live playoffs and in-person fan voting. Tickets for all club shows are $10 and are on-sale now.
Friday, April 28th at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia. Featuring: Galaxy Dynamite, Devil’s Workshop Big Band, FeelFree, and Virginia Man. Doors open at: 7pm.
LOCKN’ Music Festival is held annually on the last weekend in August at the Oak Ridge and Infinity Downs Farms in Arrington, Virginia and draws between 25-35,000 music fans from all over the world. This year’s lineup includes: Widespread Panic, Umphrey’s McGee, Tauk, The Suffers, The String Cheese Incident, The Revivalists, Phil Lesh & Friends, Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band performing the 40th Anniversary of Terrapin Station, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, moe., Margo Price, Marcus King Band, Keller Williams, Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel, John Butler Trio, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, JJ Grey & Mofro, Greensky Bluegrass, Gov’t Mule, Eric Krasno Band, Los Colognes, Brandi Carlile, The Avett Brothers, and still more to be announced.
Tickets for LOCKN’ Festival are on-sale now at www.locknfestival.com
For more details on Community Day and Infinity Downs Farm visit www.infinitydowns.com
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The Revival of Galaxy Dynamite
StarFire Festival
Galaxy Dynamite is throwing their own festival on April 22, 2017 at O’Connor Brewing in Norfolk.
A celebration of MUSIC, ARTS, COMICS & VIDEO GAME culture
April 22nd, 2017 – FREE EVENT
O’Connors Brewery in Norfolk, VA
StarFire Festival was created to blend the classic american transformational music festival experience with a comic book and video game convention. Enjoy exciting and intelligent workshops, delicious local food trucks, engaging activities and more while putting the spotlight on the best music acts this region has to offer. Norfolk’s own psychedelic electronic rock act Galaxy Dynamite will be releasing their next studio album, as well as releasing the first issue of their graphic novel series titled ‘StarFire’.
Activities include:
-Yoga and Hoop / Flow workshops
-Live painting and regional artist showcase / gallery
-Video Game Tournaments (Cash Prize!!)
-L.A.R.P.ing hour (Live Action Role Playing)
-Cosplay Contest (Cash Prize!!)
-Video Game Demos
-Magic: The Gathering Tournament (Cash Prize!!)
-Local Comic Book Showcases / Gallerys
-Live Fire-Spinning Performances
****MUCH MUCH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED ***
*O’Connors Brewing will be serving a special beer titled ‘Galaxy Dynamite’ which will be made with ‘Galaxy’ hops from Australia!
LINEUP:
Galaxy Dynamite! x2 (Two Entire Sets)
Many more TBA!
Keep your eyes peeled for details to be announced weekly!
Do you want to get involved? Contact us at galaxydynamite@gmail.com
Download our information packet: Click Here
Galaxy Dynamite to perform LIVE on National Public Radio.
Galaxy Dynamite is being featured to perform LIVE on National Public Radio.
On Thursday, October 13th @ 7pm, Galaxy Dynamite will be performing 3 entire songs live at the WHRV studios during Paul Shugrue‘s Out Of The Box program. After, the band will sit down with Paul for a 20 minute interview to discuss the band and our future.
This is our 4th time doing this, and we cant wait to make it the best one yet! Join us!
Tune in at 7pm SHARP on October 13th
89.5FM or http://
We will be revealing more details about our upcoming MUSIC FESTIVAL 🙂