KahBang In Bangor

The fourth annual KahBang Festival is once again invading Bangor, Maine

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 4:42 pm | Brian Nowakowski

From August 5 - 13th the historic Bangor waterfront will be littered with music, art, film, food and more to celebrate our generations thriving and vastly-spanning culture. The festival will include over 50 bands and performers, 20 films, and several art installations over the ten days.

Much like Brooklyn's Northside Festival, KahBang is split up into several different showcases through the duration. The 5th - 13th will be all about the art, headlined by the growing KahBang Arts. "KahBang Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery, development and support of independent artists. Through its programs, KahBang Arts seeks to inspire artists from the United States and around the world, and to promost their work to audiences worldwide."

Located in the heart of Bangor's historic Downtown, the Kaleidoscope Gallery will be the centerpiece of these installations including sculptures, screen-printing, paintings, photography, and other various mixed media. Not to mention the "Sculpture Park" on the waterfront during the festivals final weekend.

As far as the music is concerned, KahBang has announced the full lineup for Friday, August 12th and Saturday, August 13th along with the addition of headliner Lupe Fiasco on the Friday the 12th. The lineup, taken directly from the KahBang press release is as follows:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH: Lupe Fiasco / Grace Potter & the Nocturnals / Atmosphere / Evidence / Atomic Tom / DOM / Blueprint / JamalHD / Prof / Stephaniesid / Roz Raskin & the Rice Cakes / Marion Grace / Kingsley Flood / When Particles Collide / Most of Us Can Stand / CJ the Kid / Dance Atlantic / Running Gags / Sea Level / Jeff Beam / Dean Ford / Headstart / The Modest Proposal / Grand Hotel / Huak

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH: My Morning Jacket / Chromeo / Surfer Blood / Lady Lamb the Beekeeper / Lazerdisk Party Sex / The Brew / Filligar / This Way / The Infinities / Brenda / Billy Libby / Writtenhouse / Endangered Speeches / John Nels / Pete Miller / Pete Witham & the Cozmik Zombies / Kenya Hall / Sly Chi / Will Gattis / The Milkman’s Union / The Lucid / Whitcomb / The Vanityites

Starting up the music will be a special showcase on Saturday, August 6th in Westmarket Square, with serial KahBang headliners, Gay Blades. The Kickoff Concert with begin at 2pm and Gay Blades are presumed to go on around 9pm. And what's even better than music? Is free music. This portion of KahBang is open to the public, so if you're in the area, be sure to stop down.

Naturally, VIP Pass holders get that special treatment like a special VIP lounge, a Party Cruise on the Penobscot River, priority seating, a 9-day film pass and free, limited-edition T-shirt and more.

Head over to the KahBang website to get your tickets, your camping passes, your maps and all your event information. And most of all, have fun.

Brian is the Music Editor at Joonbug. At the ripe old age of ten, he discovered poetry for the first time - Robert Frost - and knew then and there he wanted to write. Aside from spending time on various freelance writing and editing gigs, Brian enjoys baking in the summer months on the tar-beach and hitting the slopes in the winter. He's got a knack for spotting great music and knows how to create succulent meals using just a single piece of chicken and whatever he can find in the spice cabinet.