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PatchCast: Vinyl Festival

Vinyl Will Keep Sarasota Spinning All Weekend

Last night, the third annual Vinyl Music Festival kicked off in downtown Sarasota at Ivory Lounge. The VIP/Press party last night was just the beginning to a weekend where more than 40 DJs will be playing throughout SRQ.

 

Event organizer Matt Orr said each year Vinyl has grown and this year is no different. By moving from the summer to April this year, VMF has been able to collaborate with the Sarasota Film Festival.

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The two festivals run separately but operate with the same idea in mind, bring people to Sarasota.

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“Leveraging each other’s strengths, we can make something even better,” Orr said. “You’ll see a crowd we haven’t seen at Vinyl before.”

 

Traditionally the film fest hosts a massive after party on the first night and this year it is doing it in conjunction with Vinyl for a party at Michael’s on East called “Hollywood and Vinyl”.

 

“This expands what we are trying to do,” Orr said.

 

One thing that is evidence of the growth is the popularity of DJs the festival has been able to bring in.

 

In the first year, Orr said VMF focused on a middle-east theme. In the second year they brought in DJs Scooter and Lavelle, which Orr said are well known to people who follow electronic music closely but not many other people.

 

This year, Orr said, Vinyl took a big step by bringing in an internationally known artist, Darude, to be the Saturday night headliner. While the name might not sound familiar, his No. 1 hit, “Sandstorm”, might.

 

Orr said bringing in bigger names only expands the reach of the festival and the audience. He says having Darude here also helps explain to people what Vinyl is because of the familiarity of “Sandstorm”. "It's hard to explain what Vinyl is and then if you play them 'Sandstorm' and they are like 'Oh, I get it now.'"

 

“The performance aspect of it is what’s hard [for people unfamiliar with the Vinyl music] to understand,” Orr said. “Being able to send a YouTube video to show off that song. It helps open the door even further. It says a lot to start to attracting that type of name,” he added. “We have achieved a level of appreciation in [the DJ] community.”

 

FRIDAY LINEUP:

Michael's on East: 9pm - 2am

Honorebel

Drager

Anthony Martin Infect

K.SO

Chris Meadows

Brett Soll

Netics

 

Ivory Lounge - 9pm - 2am

Marc DeLain

HausTrap

Luna

Chris Dezz

 

Sarasota Opera 9 - 11pm


SATURDAY LINEUP

Michael's on East 9pm - 2am

Darude

Randy Boyer

Drager

Sharaz

Breakfixx

Superfly & Shakka

Jollero

DJ Stone

Sin Diesel

Ductape

Matt Majik

DJake Lysick

UH-Oh

 

Ivory Lounge - 9pm - 2am

Subdriven

Fonik

Obey

Mighty Mike


Evies Downtown - 9pm - 2am

DJ Syte

DJ Imminent 

 

Pacific Rim - 7 - 10pm

Sisco

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