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♡ friends first fest ♡ hi fam! as you know, "fmly fest" is an international recurring collectively-organized music and arts fest that has taken various shapes over the past 6 years in new york, boston, los angeles, phoenix, orlando, minneapolis, and elsewhere. in advance of a similarly-minded fest we'll be hosting later this fall, we're getting ready with a special 1-night event at the silent barn in new york city. on saturday, august 23, silent barn will host "friends first fest", a first timers mini-fest and fmly fest fundraiser. in order for fmly fest to be the inclusive and open event that we'd like it to be, we need to work to create spaces to intentionally showcase voices typically underrepresented in music and art communities (and in general). "friends first" aims to celebrate new projects & new artists. every project on this line-up is being debuted on this night! at least half the members of each act have never "been in a band before" or are trying a new instrument/project for the first time. all are welcome to apply for a spot on the line-up, though since space is limited, preference will be given to queer, POC, and female-identifying artists. ♡ call for submissions ♡ if you are an artist interested in performing please email friendsf1rst (at) thefmly (dot) com by august 8th. the line-up will be announced the following week. if you need a place to practice before the 23rd email us and we will help you coordinate something. shouts to philly's first times the charm + similar fests for endless inspiration ♡♡♡ thanks! xoxo bklyn fmly friends

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FMLY FEST LOS ANGELES

It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce the cancellation of FMLY Fest Los Angeles, this December 28th and 29th. Months of planning, co-organizing, and working groups can only take us so far, as we strongly rely on our civic community to support the needs of our projects. Unfortunately, due to the autonomous and independent climate of Los Angeles’ arts communities, we could not find a safe space capable of hosting our festival. We believe it best to put our Los Angeles celebration on hold rather than to host an event in a location that does not challenge us or offer a positive ethic. Though this decision has been deeply saddening we believe that rather than accept this loss as a failure, we should celebrate the reasons why this has happened through discussion and creation. Rather than present the FMLY Fest we had planned for Los Angeles we invite everyone to take part in FMLY Fest Phoenix December 27th and 28th, as well as various events we will share in the coming days. We can't wait to make magic with 2k14. <3

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Get to know a FMLY member: Liphemra

Liphemra FMLY FEST 2013 Sneak Peek from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo.

Check out Liphemra here. and at FMLY FEST. Thank you to Mick LeGrande for the amazing video.

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We followed around LA Girlfriend as they got pumped for their pre-party show and FMLY FEST.

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Take a holy sacrament of {FUN}. LA Girlfriend has a special night planned for us. L.A. Girlfriend Dally Twin Steps (Oakland!) J LITT  (EP sneak peak) DJ sets by VerBS

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Line up and Mixtape!

We are so proud and excited to announce the first wave of music for this years FMLY FEST 2013 LA. With over 600 submissions this year, it has been a long and difficult process. So many amazing bands and individuals make amazing music which made the process even harder.

For your listening pleasure, here is vol. 1 of the FMLY FEST LA 2K13 mixtape. It includes brand new songs from LA Girlfriend, J LITT, and Death Valley Girls. We also have the pleasure of welcoming FMLY members from other parts of the country including CS Luxem (Lawrence, KS), Vacation Dad (Minneapolis, MN), Caleb Johannes (Boston, MA), Playboy Manbaby (Phoenix, AZ), Pregnant (Sacramento, CA), Little Spoon (Rochester, NY), Yohuna (Eau Claire, WC), and Twin Steps (Oakland, CA).

Bandcamp

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Sneak peak of this years fmly fest flyer!

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Fmly fest pre party tonight!rsvp for more info!

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First FMLY FEST LA Pre-party!

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Thank you for all of your music submissions. We received over 600 and listened to all of them over the course of a few months and a lot of listening parties. Although we are no longer taking submissions for music, we are still accepting submissions for Art, Workshops, Vendors, and Volunteers! We want you to be a part of the fun! Please apply with the forms below

Workshops

Art

Volunteers

Vendors

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Fmly fest la meeting

I just wanted to send a reminder out that we will be having a fmly fest meeting tonight at the fort at 8. Our meetings are open to the public and we are always interested in New input. The address is 736 Ceres ave. How to see you there

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Band + Artist Submissions

Thank you all for your band submissions. We received over 600 submissions for this years festival and voted on them via bi weekly listening parties hosted at a series of houses across LA and at The LA Fort. We are working on analyzing the results and will be announcing the line up on Oct. 15th.

We are still accepting submissions for art. Are you an artist? Know a cool collective? Got some idears? There is no wrong answer.

SUBMIT TODAY!

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Amazing new piece by champoy and alexchiu for FMLY FEST LA.

WE ARE COMING FOR YOU DECEMBER 28th and 29th

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FMLY FEST LA is coming up quick. If you want to volunteer, email us at [email protected]

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[lizpelly]

this is an outline of the workshop that  support boston presented at fmly fest last month. at the end of the workshop, we created this safer space policy for the festival. it was hanging up at every venue throughout the weekend. 

fmly fest was a sort of definitive moment of summer 2013 for me i think, and this workshop was a definitive part of the fest. i think it really resonated a lot with a lot of the folks who attended. a month later, i feel like a lot of people who were in the room for it are still talking about it often

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While looking at pictures taken at FMLY Fest Brooklyn, I came across this one picture capturing one of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced due to the power of pure love and passion for art/music.

This happened under the rain during Yohuna’s (Johanne Swanson) amazing set. Everyone gathered around her and her gear, holding up Noah Klein Cuddle Formation’s parachute to protect her gear from the rain as she played her lovely songs. This moment was definitely one of the highlights of FMLY Fest Brooklyn (if not The Highlight). To see how the passion and love for art/music inspired this strong sense of community amongst each of one of us that were there, was truly a gift. Nowadays it is very rare to see that which is why this was truly a beautiful inspiring experience.

So I decided to send Lisa this picture along with other ones (who is all the way in France) to share what a beautiful experience that weekend had been for me. And this is what she did with that picture.. She drew it!!! I’m still and will always be perplexed at how amazing this drawing came out. She is incredibly talented! I hope all of you enjoy it! :)

- Adam M.