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The Northside Festival is an annual week-long summer showcase celebrating emerging "music, innovation and art" in Brooklyn, New York, United States. [1] The festival is held at venues across the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick and is organized by Northside Media Group, the publishers of The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Playwright's Horizon and BAMbill.
Northside was started in 2009 by Brooklyn's Northside Media Group, which published the L Magazine and Brooklyn Magazine. [2]
The festival is a showcase of Brooklyn's recent cultural renaissance. [3] [4] Every June for the past decade, Northside has brought hundreds of bands, artists and speakers to the festival. Past performers include Guided By Voices, Solange, [5] Brian Wilson, [6] Miguel, [7] Dirty Projectors, Beirut, Girlpool [8] and more. Past speakers include Mayor Bill de Blasio, [9] Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, [10] SNL's Sasheer Zamata, [11] hotelier Ian Schrager, writer Piper Kerman and Kickstarter CEO Yancey Stickler.
![]() | This article focuses too much on specific examples.(May 2016) |
The Northside Festival is an annual week-long summer showcase celebrating emerging "music, innovation and art" in Brooklyn, New York, United States. [1] The festival is held at venues across the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick and is organized by Northside Media Group, the publishers of The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Playwright's Horizon and BAMbill.
Northside was started in 2009 by Brooklyn's Northside Media Group, which published the L Magazine and Brooklyn Magazine. [2]
The festival is a showcase of Brooklyn's recent cultural renaissance. [3] [4] Every June for the past decade, Northside has brought hundreds of bands, artists and speakers to the festival. Past performers include Guided By Voices, Solange, [5] Brian Wilson, [6] Miguel, [7] Dirty Projectors, Beirut, Girlpool [8] and more. Past speakers include Mayor Bill de Blasio, [9] Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, [10] SNL's Sasheer Zamata, [11] hotelier Ian Schrager, writer Piper Kerman and Kickstarter CEO Yancey Stickler.