By Renee Dominguez Staff Photographer These pictures were taken around Austin and San Marcos over the course of two weeks. They include some of the bands that performed at the 2017 10th Annual MR Fest, hosted by your own, KTSW. I … Continue reading MR Fest Artists Gallery
By Alexandra Cochran Blog Content Contributor Sunburnt skin and tired feet, MR Fest reached the last few minutes of daylight as it came closer to the grand finale and final venue to wrap up a remarkable day. The Marc is … Continue reading Surfing into The Finale of MR Fest with High Waisted
By Martin Ramirez Live Blogger The second act at the Buzz Mill was Daniel Thomas Phipps, an indie-folk-rock-roots singer and songwriter from New Braunfels, Texas. When Phipps first started his set, his audience was just the volunteers and the Buzz Mill … Continue reading Daniel Thomas Phipps Brings Life to Buzz Mill
By Kimberly Garcia Blog Content Contributor The Real Hands started at Stonewall for MR Fest with several songs off their album Cicada. They were the first band to play at Stonewall on Saturday as an “acoustic trio.” This was the fourth … Continue reading The Real Hands and MR Fest: A Trip To The Coast
By Allison Johnson Live Blogger “This is our second show ever,” said Jackman’s guitarist, Donnie. Jackman was the second band to perform at Stonewall today. A couple of their influences are Manchester Orchestra and Coldplay. The band payed homage … Continue reading Jackman Plays At Stonewall
By Martin Ramirez Live Blogger The third band to shake up MR Fest at the Buzz Mill was Austin-based band, Shaker Hymns. Immediately after setting up, Shaker Hymns garnered a large crowd and proceeded to rock out. After the first … Continue reading Shaker Hymns Lives Up To Its Name
By Martin Ramirez Live Blogger Earlier, I thought Shaker Hymns were the most successful in bringing the crowd today. However, the Madisons came and changed all of that. As soon as the lead vocalist, Dominic Solis, cracked a joke, he … Continue reading Madisons Turn it Out
By Martin Ramirez Live Reporter Local artist Cory Mann kicked off MR Fest at the Buzzmill with only his guitar and voice. The San Marcos musician first began his music career in a thrash metal band with his brother in … Continue reading Cory Mann Starts at Buzzmill
By Austin Cowan Assistant Web Content Manager MR Fest is in full swing at the Courthouse Lawn. Volunteers for the festival have long since finished setting up the festival, and there are vendors selling and giving away their merchandise all while … Continue reading Courthouse Turned Festival
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director It is Saturday morning and we are up early preparing The Square for the biggest day of MR Fest. The managers, executives and assistants met up early this morning to move equipment to all … Continue reading Good Morning from MR Fest
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor If you’re a frequent music festival go-er, you probably already know how to prepare for the majestic mayhem. But if not, I got you. Item #1: Water bottle Water is so important to bring to a music … Continue reading MR Fest Survival Kit
By Allison Belcher Assistant Music Director Bogan Villa (pronounced viLL• ah) is a soulful, three piece psychedelic rock group hailing from San Marcos, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Will Webb Wells, bassist Brandon Alvis, and drummer Matt … Continue reading MR Fest 2017 Artist Profile: Bogan Villa
By Alisa Pierce Assistant Web Content Manager Going to concerts is fun, but sometimes it can be hard to enjoy the moment. MR Fest is a great event for all to enjoy, even if you haven’t been going to concerts … Continue reading How to Enhance Your MR Fest Experience
By Alexandra Sereno Music Journalist Kairos is a local jazz, reggae, funk fusion band that will be playing their first festival at MR Fest on April 29 at Valentino’s. The bandmates are Jacob Michael (guitar/vocals), Brent Miller (bass/vocals), Calvin “Caliente” … Continue reading MR Fest Artist Profile: Kairos
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor The 10th Annual MR Fest is approaching quickly and we are looking forward to another year of great attendance numbers. While KTSW has a lot of great entertainment lined up, we wanted to make … Continue reading KTSW Kids: MR Fest’s Newest Addition
By Troy Vita Assistant Music Director Dominic Solis- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Heidi Garcia- Vocals, Violin Thomas Damron- Upright Bass Nick Kukowski- Vocals, Banjo Mike Rothschild- Drums Cass Brostad- Accordion, Vocals, Percussion Patrick Davis- Electric Guitar Austin-based band Madisons is bringing … Continue reading MR Fest Artist Profile: Madisons
By Kimberly Garcia Blog Content Contributor When I learned The Hitch was going to be a venue for MR Fest, I was beyond excited. The Hitch is a food-truck lot that has six different trucks. Ranging from Colombian food to … Continue reading Hitch on to MR Fest
By Brooke Vega Music Journalist Fly Coco is a four-piece indie rock band based in San Marcos, Texas. They originally started out by playing at smaller gigs around town in 2015 as a brother-sister duo consisting of Colin and Hayden … Continue reading MR Fest 2017 Artist Profile: Fly Coco
By Hannah Pierce Music Journalist To define Austin-based band White Dog as JUST rock’n’roll feels like a gross understatement. This 5-piece group’s sound has obvious influences in genres ranging from heavy psychedelic to space rock, and from psych rock to … Continue reading MR Fest 2017 Artist Profile: White Dog
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor No plans for this Friday night? Then come out and join the KTSW family for The Cypher’s Underground Excellence from 8pm to 12am at Wake the Dead Coffee House. This will be the last … Continue reading KTSW Presents: Underground Excellence
