In celebration of New Jersey’s diverse indie music scene, the third annual North Jersey Indie Rock Festival will return to Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall on October 6.
18 bands from across five New Jersey based music labels — Mint 400 Records, Sniffling Indie Kids, Little Dickman Records, Rhyme & Reason Records and State Champion Records — will perform from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Advanced tickets are now on sale for $10 and will also be sold for $12 at White Eagle Hall the day of the show. Click here for tickets.
Look out for some of these bands during the festival:
Black Wail
The Components
Ex-Maid
Dentist
Glazer
Glenn Morrow’s Cry For Help
Guilty Giraffe
LKFFCT
Professor Caveman
Psychiatric Metaphors
The Royal Arctic Institute
Secretary Legs
Shithead’s Rainbow
Smock
Tony Saxon
Ultra Major
The Vaughns
Yawn Mower
The official after-party will be held at The FM Bar & Lounge in Jersey City featuring music by Vice Rags.
“The goal of each year’s fest is to showcase the talented bands and amazing people that create and support meaningful art right in our backyard,” says co-founder Neil Sabatino of Mint 400 Records. “Plus, it’s a great way to bring the local music community together.”
“If guitar rock is dead, I’m afraid New Jersey didn’t get the memo. The scenes and bands coming out of Asbury Park, Montclair, Jersey City, and all the surrounding areas have never been more vibrant”, says co-founder Frank DeFranco. “We’re really excited that we get to do this another year.”
Media sponsors for the event include: Pop Break, CoolDad Music, Makin Waves, You Don’t Know Jersey, Jersey Indie, BlowUpRadio.com, DIY Radio (Nyack, NY), Come Here Floyd
The Alternative, New Jersey Stage, Look At My Records Podcast, Jersey Beat, and 89.1 WFDU Signal To Noise, The Alternative.
-Kimberlee Bongard
