ACM@UCO Metro Music Fest 2017 by Oklahoma Gazette

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Saturday, april 8 noon – Midnight free and open to the public official program

CLIPPING. and Sierra Hull will be featured at this year’s ACM@UCO Metro Music Fest along with headlining act Guided By Voices and more than 60 ACM@UCO student bands.

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ACM@UCO METRO MUSIC FEST

The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central

Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) will invade Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district with more than 60 ACM@UCO student bands in nine different venues as a part of its eighth annual “ACM@UCO Metro Music Fest” featuring live music throughout the district starting at noon, Saturday, April 8. The ACM@UCO Metro Music Fest is a celebration culminating all that ACM@UCO students have learned throughout the academic year and provides them with the opportunity to gain hands on experience performing at and working a large-scale music festival. Additionally, the festival serves as a platform for the ACM@UCO to continue its efforts in the promotion and galvanization of the local music scene as well as peaking awareness of the positive impact of music on the community at large.

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ABOUT THE ACM@UCO The ACM@UCO is an innovative contemporary music program unlike any other in the U.S., offering industry-based, real world educational experiences for those interested in a career in contemporary music. Students can earn a two-year associate’s degree in music performance, music business or music production and have the option to continue on to earn the Bachelor of Applied Technology in Contemporary Music. Additionally, the academy is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and offers minors in music performance, music business and music production for UCO students majoring in other disciplines.

WHO TO SEE WHILE AT THE FEST The ACM@UCO has secured Guided By Voices, iconic indie rock band, as the headlining act at this year’s Metro Music Festival. They will perform at The Criterion concert venue located in Bricktown at 500 East Sheridan at 10:30 p.m. They are not to be missed. Guided By Voices is an American indie rock band, which formed in Dayton, Ohio in the mid 80’s. Best known for its prolific output, over the years the band gained notoriety for its seemingly endless stream of releases. Robert Pollard, chief songwriter and creative force behind Guided By Voices is scheduled to release his 100th album August by Cake on April 7, which will guide the band’s performance on the eighth. Other prominent national acts featured at the festival include clipping., Los Angeles-based experimental hip hop group, and Sierra Hull, 25-year-old bluegrass virtuoso. Formed in 2009, clipping. features rapper, songwriter and actor Daveed Diggs who is best known for originating the role of Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical “Hamilton,” for which he won a Grammy Award and Tony Award in 2016. The band signed with Sub Pop Records in 2013 and self describes their music as “party music for the club you wish you hadn’t gone to, the car you don’t remember getting in, and the streets you don’t feel safe on.” clipping. will perform at the Criterion at 9:30 p.m. Sierra Hull began playing the mandolin at the age of eight and just five years later was signed with Rounder Records. Deemed a musical “child prodigy,” Hull has worked with Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and Ethan Jodziewicz. She will perform at the AT&T Main Stage located at 12 E. California Ave. at 10:30 p.m. Additionally, make sure to check out Domino Records signed alternative rock duo Night Moves, Fort Collins-based folk/pop quartet SHEL and Tulsa pop band Sports. Also, popular dance party promoter Subsonix, will present an impressive lineup at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, which will include Dallas-based producer MUST DIE! headlining the bill. The ACM@UCO Performance Lab is located at 329 E. Sheridan Ave. in Bricktown.

Admission to all venues is free and open to the public.

OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES

Panel – “Music and Film: How the Industries Connect”

In addition to the music performances, the festival will include an educational panel focused specifically on the relationship between the film and music industries. Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film and Music Office and deadCENTER Film Festival, the panel titled “Film and Music: How the Industries Connect” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Songwriting Room located on the lobby level of the ACM@UCO. The panel is free and open to the public and will include the opportunity for networking after.

Kid’s Fest & Food Trucks

Event Sponsors

Event sponsors include AT&T, Hal Smith Restaurant Group, Oklahoma Gazette, Downtown OKC, Inc., Bricktown District, OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc., Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau, Love’s Foundation, deadCENTER Film Festival, Oklahoma Film & Music Office, Bricktown Brewery, and Insomnia Cookies. For further information and current festival updates, visit www.acm-uco.com or visit the ACM@UCO Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ACM.UCO.

New to the festival this year will be a kid-friendly section of the festival taking place from noon to 4 p.m. in the parking lot just south of the ACM@UCO on Oklahoma Ave. The kid’s fest will feature a “Frozen” sing-a-long and meet and greet, kid-friendly bands, arts and crafts and more. Several food trucks will be available for service throughout the day. Food trucks include Coit’s, The Loaded Bowl, Snow S’more, Holey Rollers, La Gumbo Ya Ya, Blue Donkey Cafe, Taste of Soul Chicken and Waffle, and Parking Lot Party.