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Funding
for BEMF was made possible by a grant from the
National Endowment for the
Arts and the Idaho
Commission on the Arts
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May
29 - June 1, 2008
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Festival
Overview The
3rd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival is a four-day
event occurring May 29 through June 1, 2008 in Boise, Idaho, USA.
The festival will feature approximately 40 musical performances,
12 headliners from out of state or other countries, 30 unique performers/groups,
and over 20 hours of creative music. Performance styles showcased
at this event range from experimental and avant-garde, to free jazz
and electro-acoustic, all prime representatives of the creative
music arts. The festival will also integrate experimental and avant-garde
film, during intermissions and during most all performances to produce
a multimedia experience for attendees.
The mission of the Boise Experimental Music Festival is to raise awareness and appreciation of creative music art in Boise, Idaho, and provide a world-class venue and outlet for experimental musicians to express their art amongst their peers.
Venues & Overall Program Schedule May
28 (Wednesday), 7:00 - 8:30pm May
29 (Thursday), 7-11pm May
30 (Friday), 8:30pm - Midnight May
31 (Saturday), 1-7pm May
31 (Saturday), 1-5pm May
31 (Saturday), 8:30pm - Midnight June
1 (Sunday), 1-7pm
Festival Performers Rainer
Straschill Jim
McAuley Tom
Baker Rob
Wallace, Colter Frazier, & Jim Connolly The
Transhumans Thorrific Unicorn
Feather Jared
Hallock KRIBOPHORIC Krispen
Hartung, Brian McFadin, & Jared Hallock Mike
Blomquist Emily
Hay, Motoko Honda, & Krispen Hartung |
Rick Walker - BEMF
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Testimonials "BEMF is one of the most unique and enjoyable festivals out there that focuses on improvisation and creative musical practices. The gathering of artists is as much a social event as an artistic one, bringing together musicians from all over the country to hang out in beautiful downtown Boise at the lovely restaurants, coffee houses, pubs...and to listen to each others music. A wonderful event." - Jeff Kaiser (tea drinker, vegan, occasional yogi, and trumpet player) * * * "Remarkably short on attitude, long on the surprises that recombinance encourages, and as genial and matter-of-fact as the community that hosts it, BEMF has an interesting secret to drive its growth - anybody who's been there once wants to come back again, and they've told their friends." * * * "...BEMF is one of the best organized, most creative and most generous in spirit of any I've ever participated in. I'm just astonished that in less than two years that you have created a world class new music festival." - Rick Walker (festival coordinator & artistic director / professional musician)
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