WE Fest XIII - Wilmington, NC

WE Fest Schedule

We Fest '09 May 21st-25th
Soapbox Laundrolounge
$1 / day admission for entire festival (4+ stages)!

Thursday May 21st
Ground Level (Laundro Lounge): Music 3-2
3:00pm - The Blarney Blarney Broughs (Wilmington, NC)
4:00pm - The Aim Was Song
5:00pm - Crys Matthews (Boone, NC)
6:00pm - Fever and the Fallin' Rain (Durham, NC)
7:00pm - Maverick Central (Charlotte, NC)
8:00pm - Hand Grenade (Myrtle Beach, SC)
9:00pm - Politics of Confession (North Carolina)
10:00pm - Low Victor Echo (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Po'et (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - Some Ambulance (Myrtle Beach, SC)
1:00am - L.A. Tool and Die (Charlotte, NC)

Second Floor ArtBox Gallery:
7:00pm - Art Opening
Artists (All 5 evenings):
Joel Fernando: video sculptures, photography, design experimentation (Wilmington, NC)
Agata Zietek: printmaking, thread stitching, (Wilmington, NC)
Alex Vanderfleet: wood-fired pottery, found-object sculpture, recycled metal sculpture, (Greensboro, NC)
Addie Wuensch: Acrylic painting, jewelry (Wilmington, NC)
Seagh Mulligan: Ink, watercolor, acrylic, illustrations, on-site painting (Wilmington, NC)
Nii Narku (Peter Thompson): acrylic (Ghana, Africa)
Cammeron Batanides: Watercolor, charcoal, acrylic, oil, murals, onsite-painting (Wilmington, NC)
Laura Johnson: photography (Wilmington, NC) Keith Ketchum: photography (Wilmington, NC)

+ Films: Broken Wings Productions

Basement (Nutt St Tavern):
9:00pm - DJ NatePhil (Wilmington, NC)

Main Stage (Top Level):
3-6pm - Music TBA
6:00pm - 686 (Wilmington, NC)
9:00pm - Fashion Show courtesy Kameshia Rogers
DJ Faith Coleman
Alexa Castillo
Kelsey Gibbs
+ Hair & Makeup by Nsalo Salon (Wilmington, NC)
Music booked by ArtSync Magazine:
10:00pm - Sai Collins and the Getaway Drivers (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Bruce Piephoff (Greensboro, NC)
12:00am - The Noises 10 (Charlotte, NC)

On-Site Art Stage (Top Level):
8:30-10:30 - TBA
10:30-1:30 - Seagh Mulligan, painter

Acoustic Stage/Backbar (Top Level):
10:00pm - Little Miss Sabotage and the Cornflowers (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Rick Perry (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - Seth Varnem & Faith Coleman (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Daniel Wuensch (Wilmington, NC)

Friday May 22nd
Bijou Park:
4-8pm - Street Festival: Out Impact Inc.
4:00pm - Music: Mark Janes
4:00pm - Street Painter: Brittany Lane
6:00pm - Music (drums): Perry
Ground Level (Laundro Lounge):
3:00pm - Ghost Cats of the South (Raleigh, NC)
4:00pm - River City Ransom (Raleigh, NC)
5:00pm - Pistolero (Atlanta, GA)
6:00pm - Analog Daze (Charlotte, NC)
7:00pm - Sketch Comedy/Improv: Guerilla Theatre (Wilmington, NC)
Music booked by Bootleg Magazine:
9:00pm - Dylan Gilbert (Charlotte, NC)
10:00pm - Marionette (Richmond, VA)
11:00pm - Lonnie Walker (Raleigh, NC)
12:00pm - Kurt Reifler (New York, NY / Louisville, KY)
1:00am - The Dry Heathens (Durham, NC)
+ live painting by Mat Curran

Second Floor ArtBox Gallery:
6:00pm - Art Opening: (See Thursday listing for artists.)
+ Films: Broken Wings Productions

Basement (Nutt St Tavern):
9:00pm - DJ NatePhil (Wilmington, NC)

Main Stage (Top Level):
3:00pm - Kevin Scanlon Band (Asheville, NC)
4:00pm - Calisus (Baltimore, MD)
5:00pm - Mindcrosser (Wilmington, NC)

7:30pm - Dance: Forward Motion Dance (Wilmington, NC)
8:00pm - Fashion Show courtesy Kameshia Rogers
Arrenda's Unique Boutique (Wilmington, NC)
Lula Balou (Wilmington, NC)
+ Hair & Makeup by Nsalo Salon (Wilmington, NC)
9:00pm - The Holly Days (Charlotte, NC)
Americana Showcase booked by Encore Magazine:
10:00pm - Jesse Stockton Trio (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Jackson Ave. (Charleston, SC)
12:00am - The Woolwine Complex (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Onward, Soldiers (Wilmington, NC)

On-Site Art Stage (Top Level):
7:30-10:30 - Artist TBA
10:30pm - Artist: Steph Hart
12:30-2am - Artist TBA

Acoustic Stage/Backbar (Top Level): booked by Bottega Art & Wine Gallery
10:00pm - Mark Herbert (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Jason Ward (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - Zeke Roland (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - The Amazing Bill Saffos (Wilmington, NC)

Saturday May 23rd
Bijou Park: Street Festival
4:00pm - Magician: Chino Leon (Fayetteville, NC)
4-8pm - Faith Coleman
4-8pm - Sidewalk chalk art

Ground Level (Laundro Lounge):
3:00pm - Octopus Jones (Myrtle Beach, SC)
4:00pm - Clang Quartet (Stokesdale, NC)
5:00pm - The Cedar Circuit (Wilmington, NC)
6:00pm - The ExMonkeys (Raleigh, NC)
7:00pm - Sketch Comedy/Improv: Guerilla Theatre (Wilmington, NC)
9:00pm - Illicitizen (Charlotte, NC)
10:00pm - The Paper Jets (Minneapolis, NJ)
11:00pm - Puritan Rodeo (Chapel Hill, NC)
12:00am - Whispaz (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Olivia and the Housemates (Washington, DC)

Second Floor ArtBox Gallery:
4:00pm - CanvasNC - alternative buying option for artists
7:00pm - Art Opening: (See Thursday listing for artists.)
+ Films: Broken Wings Productions

Basement (Nutt St Tavern):
9:00pm - DJ NatePhil (Wilmington, NC)

Main Stage (Top Level):
3:00pm - Every Six Seconds (Wilmington, NC)
4:00pm - Oceans Over Monuments (Wilmington, NC)
5:00pm - Dare Dukes (Savannah, GA)
7:00pm - Fashion: Sharna Couture
+ Body painting by Luckia Fisher
+ Hair & Makeup by Nsalo Salon (Wilmington, NC)
7:30pm - Dance: Forward Motion Dance (Wilmington, NC)
8:00pm - Kameshia Rogers (Wilmington, NC) 9:00pm - Chalkine Beauty (Richmond, VA)
Music booked by The Starving Artist Magazine:
10:00pm - Southern Sub-Culture (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - The Day We Confess (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - NitPicknShitKickr (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Faith Collapsing (Wilmington, NC)

On-Site Art Stage (Top Level):
8:00pm - Painter: Brittany Lane
10:00pm - Painter: Seagh Mulligan

Acoustic Stage/Backbar (Top Level):
Poetry & Acoustic booked by Ryan David Miller
9:30pm - Gabriel Mortali (acoustic) (Wilmington, NC)
10:15pm - Jon Senna (acoustic) (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Cappavellie The Renegade Black Cherokee (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
11:30pm - Mary Scott Chancey (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - Sparks (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
12:30am - Kurt (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Starr Porter (poet) (Wilmington, NC)

Sunday, May 24th
Ground Level (Laundro Lounge):
3:00pm - Gray Young (Raleigh, NC)
4:00pm - Shine River (Charlotte, NC)
5:00pm - Pink Kodiak (Savannah, GA)
6:00pm - Ponchos from Peru (Wilmington, NC)
7:00pm - A Fucking Elephant (Pennington, NJ)
8:00pm - Ivory (Wilmington, NC)
9:00pm - The Amboys (Asbury Park, NJ)
10:00pm - The Pneurotics (Chapel Hill/Durham, NC)
11:00pm - Jimmy Bleeds Black (Wilmington, NC)
12:00am - Western Civ (Chapel Hill, NC)
1:00am - Sean Cox (Brunswick, NJ)

Second Floor ArtBox Gallery:
7:00pm - Art Opening: (See Thursday listing for artists.)
+ Films running all night!

Basement (Nutt St Tavern):
9:00pm - DJ NatePhil (Wilmington, NC)

Main Stage (Top Level):
4:00pm - Film screenings: "Shout Out to 1909" - Film with Performance
Local and out-of-town filmmakers include:
Sean Galvin / Airlie Pelletier / Jenn and Will Mullins / Oliver Mellan /
Carl Kruger and Ally Parker / Rocco Taldin
Steve Gibbs / 910 Noise / Eric Everington / Jordan Lernard
Giorgio / Nate Panning / Joel Fernando / Blake M.
Aaron Hock / August Träger & Ryan Lewis / Blake Mccray
9:00pm - Nikki Talley (Asheville, NC)
10:00pm - Dim the Darklit (Wilmington, NC)
11:00pm - Billy (New Brunswick, NJ)
12:00am - Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun (Atlanta, GA)
1:00am - Club Awesome (Atlanta, GA)

On-Site Art Stage (Top Level):
9:00pm - Painter: Sarah Blair

Acoustic Stage/Backbar (Top Level): Poetry & Acoustic Stage booked by Ryan David Miller
9:30pm - Mike Blair (acoustic) (Wilmington, NC)
10:15pm - Scott Urban (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
10:45pm - Jean Jones (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
11:15pm - Joe Miller (poet) (Wilmington, NC)
11:45pm - Luke Mitchem (acoustic) (Virginia)
12:30am - Stacie Fredrich (Virginia)
1:00am - The Scotch Bonnets (St. Louis, MO)

Monday May 25th
Ground Level (Laundro Lounge): Music 3-2
3-7pm - Music TBA
6:00pm - soultron (Wilmington, NC)
7:00pm - Blue Marble Beat (Cary, NC)
8:00pm - Hearts by Darts (Baltimore, MD)
9:00pm - Battle Rockets (Carrboro, NC)
10:00pm - Terminal Reynaldo (Jersey City, NJ)
11:00pm - The Guruvs (Fayetteville, NC)
12:00am - Sleeps a Genius (Wilmington, NC)
1:00am - Sirens for Sleeping (Wilmington, NC)

On-Site Art Stage (Top Level):
9:00pm - Painter: Kat Fairbank (Southport, NC)

Second Floor ArtBox Gallery:
3-6pm - Film: Broken Wings Productions
7:00pm - Art Opening: (See Thursday listing for artists.)

Basement (Nutt St Tavern):
9:00pm - DJ NatePhil (Wilmington, NC)

Main Stage (Top Level):
7:00pm - Rilo Black (Wilmington, NC)
8:00pm - Chasing Eden (Wilmington, NC)
Music booked by Animocity Entertainment
9:00pm - Battle Squad (Jacksonville, NC)
10:00pm - 1099 Boys
11:00pm - J. Quinn
12:00am - Apex

Acoustic Stage/Backbar (Top Level):
10:00pm - Greg Koons (Harrisburg, PA)
11:00pm - Ms. Daydream (Wilmington, NC)
11:30pm - Mila Levine (New York, NY)

Your Kickass WE Fest Reps!

Founder: Kenyata Sullivan
Festival Director: Cammeron Batanides wefestival@yahoo.com
Key Grip: Nathan Phillips poisonmail@aol.com
Art Director: Jennifer McGroarty jennmcgroarty@msn.com
Fashion Director: Kameshia Rogers gooptittykr@yahoo.com
Poetry Director: Ryan David Miller ryandavidmiller.poet@gmail.com
Dance Director: Tracy Varga and Forward Motion Dance
Theatre Director: Guerilla Theatre guerillatheatre@gmail.com
Street: Bambi Weevil / The Jersey Beat Magazine

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