Author: Greg Ackerman

Moondance Festival
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Live music preview: Moondance Festival to raise funds for SIMS Foundation at Empire August 12

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One of the more pleasant aspects of partnering with music mental health organization, SIMS Foundation is learning about folks who make the decision to support the NPO with their own events because they recognize the value to the local music community. In that vein, Community Partners created Moondance Festival with a killer lineup of bands to perform at Empire Garage and Control Room August 12.

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Live music review: Feel Good Music Festival for SIMS Foundation featured Latin fusion, songwriters

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The first Feel Good Music Festival at Far Out Lounge and Stage took place over the holiday weekend.  The venue and SIMS Foundation hopes it to become an annual tradition at the upstart live music venue in South Austin. The festival capped a month-long celebration of Mental Health Awareness for the music non-profit that provides mental health and recovery services to Austin music industry members and their dependent families. 

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Bayonne Temporary Time
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Interview: Ambient artist Bayonne released third album, premieres new video today

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Today, Roger Sellers aka Bayonne released his third studio album Temporary Time. We sat down with him to discuss what listeners can expect. Temporary Time’walks through stages of grief with ambient looped composition in what he describes as ‘his most personal work to date’.

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Shedding Skin: Welcome to new live music venue the Coral Snake

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Sometimes, change is a good thing. There’s an expectancy in Austin that things will always stay the same. But in the case of The Coral Snake, the bar moving into its new skin is an essential evolution because as the East Side changes, the bars and what they offer need to evolve, too. 

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Feel Good Music Festival
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Live music preview: Feel Good Music Festival by SIMS Foundation takes place May 27-28 at Far Out Lounge

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On Friday, SIMS Foundation announced the first Feel Good Music Festival at Far Out Lounge and Stage, May 27-28 as part of a month-long Mental Health Awareness celebration. The two-day event (Saturday evening, daytime Sunday) features a Latin-heavy bill opening night

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Live music preview: Austin Psych Fest returns with some cool new wrinkles

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April 27-30, Austin Psych Fest will make its official return on the 15th Anniversary of the inaugural event. Today, the festival has rebranded LEVITATION in order to take the pysch-rock festival beyond Austin. That event is now hosted at various music venues throughout the Red River Cultural District on Halloween weekend. The return of APF signals a return to the smaller format of the original fest at Far Out Lounge and Stage in South Austin

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Live music preview: Deezie Brown headlines Mixtape Mashup at BLK Vinyl Thursday

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Thursday’s Mixtape Mashup presented by The Loyalty Firm and The Cosmic Clash featuring Deezie Brown are neither of those things. It’s a free event open to the public to support SIMS Foundation, a mental health organization for Austin music industry workers and their dependent families.

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