What used to be known as Launch has morphed into a brand new, even bigger shebang called TBD Fest. From Oct. 3 to 5, 2014, TBD will invade The Bridge District in West Sacramento (hence the name “TBD Fest”), right along the River Walk next to Raley Field. Sweeping views of Sacramento’s cityscape and Tower Bridge will make for a spectacular setting to experience the music, food, art, yoga and more that the festival has to offer. Here we’ve dedicated an entire Submerge Your Senses section to highlight just a few things you can hear, see, taste and touch at TBD. Get your tickets now at Tbdfest.com! Single day tix are $69, or get a three-day pass for just $159.
SEE: Local Artists’ Gig Posters for TBD Fest Acts
Once again, the creative dudes and dudettes behind TBD Fest have collaborated with a few of the many talented poster artists in the Sacramento region to curate a gallery of beautiful one-of-a-kind posters for individual acts playing the festival. Artists Jason Malmberg, Hans Bennewitz, Jonathan Buck, Laura Matranga, Benjamin Della Rosa and many more have created mind-blowing poster art for acts like Justice, The War on Drugs, Explosions in the Sky, Kurt Vile and the Violators and tons of others. The posters are extremely diverse, creative and engaging, very reminiscent of Sacramento’s creative culture as a whole. We’ll bet there are more than a few you’d want to hang on your walls. The best part? You can! Get your hands on high quality prints of select posters at the festival! You can also get an inside look at the concepts and processes behind each artists’ piece by following TBD Fest at Facebook.com/tbdfest, where they will be presenting the posters and some stories behind them in the weeks leading up to the big event.
TOUCH: Get Your Blood Flowing with Yoga on the Main Stage in the Mornings
What better way to get your pre-festival blood flowing than with morning yoga on the main stage at TBD? On Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m. join instructors Ryan Bailey from East Wind Yoga (locations in Roseville and Auburn), Heather Roussos and Joel Strehle from Zuda Yoga (locations in Midtown, Folsom and Roseville), as well as MC Yogi with DJ Sol Rising and last but not least, San Francisco-based instructor Mark Morford. TBD Yoga is open to the public and they are only asking for a $5 to $10 donation for Yoga Across America. Organizers are asking that you also please RSVP at Tbdfestyoga.splashthat.com if you plan on attending. Throughout the weekend there will also be a “Riverside Yoga Play Area” where festival-goers can try Slacklining, Hooping and Acro Yoga. Come get bendy with TBD!
HEAR:The Unsung Heroes of TBD Fest
It’s pretty much a given that the larger headliners at TBD Fest are going to leave behind thousands of melted faces at the end of each night. High profile acts such as Moby, Blondie, Justice, Danny Brown, Empire of the Sun, Explosions in the Sky and other top-billed artists might be the reason you buy tickets, but we’d like to point out a few of the hidden gems that could easily get buried in the huge lineup (there are nearly 80 artists in total!). Here are two acts that we feel are the unsung heroes from each day.
Friday
Kauf and MNDR
Kauf is an electronic artist from Los Angeles whose 2013 EP As Much Again was released on Cutters Records (Cut Copy’s label) to much acclaim in the blogosphere. He’s done a lot of remixing for artists like Labyrinth Ear and Polica. He’s also working on a new album that will be out early next year that will surely be amazing. Definitely an act to look out for if you like groovy, slow-moving, electro beats.
MNDR is the project of singer/frontwoman Amanda Warner and producer Peter Wade. It’s hard to describe how rad MNDR is in such a small space. Think pop-y/industrial/EDM with heavy German vibes, if that makes any sense. SPIN gave their debut album Feed Me Diamonds an 8 out of 10 and just weeks before they perform at TBD, MNDR will be at San Francisco’s famed Folsom Street Fair, an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair. Warner’s got this underground Lady Gaga-meets-David Bowie art-pop thing going on, and we absolutely love it!
Saturday
Wildcat! Wildcat! and Skaters
Wildcat! Wildcat! is a fantastic new-ish Los Angeles-based synth/indie-pop group that Submerge discovered via Lollapalooza’s live stream earlier this year. Their nearly flawless live set blew us away and we’ve been hooked ever since. Their debut full-length No Moon at All just came out in early August and was co-produced by Morgan Kibby of White Sea and M83.
Skaters are a band you don’t want to miss if you’re looking for something a little more rock-y, garage-y and more guitar based. They have gigged with Cage the Elephant (a perfect pairing in our opinion) and their new album Manhattan is out now on Warner Bros. Records. These dudes could easily blow up, see ‘em first at TBD!
Sunday
Incan Abraham and Flashlights
Incan Abraham is a dreamy pop group from Los Angeles whose members have been friends since kindergarten! They’re debut full-length Tolerance is out now and was produced by Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast, FIDLAR, Fool’s Gold). Its lush layers and textures with hauntingly good melodies make it an absolute joy to listen to.
Flashlights are a gritty young rock band from Florida that have drawn comparisons to greats like Built to Spill and Superchunk. Their new album Bummer Summer is a killer long player with songs about “dead end jobs and lousy living conditions, heartbreaks and hangovers. And, of course, there are also songs about cats,” according to Flashlightsmusic.com. Check the track “Don’t Take Me Seriously.” It’s seriously great.
TASTE: The Pit: A Wood-Fired Cooking Demonstration Featuring 14 Top Local Chefs
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Sacramento’s restaurant scene is booming; after all, we are America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital! To showcase our region’s culinary prowess, TBD Fest is introducing “The Pit,” a wood-fired cooking demonstration zone that will feature chefs from 14 of the area’s most acclaimed eateries. Chefs such as Oliver Ridgeway of Grange, Michael Fagnoni of Hawks, Kurt Spataro of Paragary Restaurant Group, Michael Thiemann and Matt Masera of Mother, Michael Tuohy of LowBrau/Block Butcher Bar and many others will prepare “festival bites” that people will be able to purchase individually, or you’ll also be able to get all-day passes to The Pit. So you best come hungry to TBD! More info at Tbdfest.com/pit.
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