FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEClient: FMMF

May 8, 2014Agency: Circone + Assoc.

Contact: Katie O’Brien

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Columbus’ Fashion Meets Music Festival Announces After Hours Acts & Venues

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Fashion Meets Music Festival, FMMF, launching its inaugural event Labor Day weekend 2014 in Columbus Ohio’s Arena District - has added an exciting new element to its entertainment offerings, which presently include a unique VIP experience named A2E (Access to Excess), a Music & Fashion Marketplace & Expo, and Urban Camping where festival-goers get to relax with friends under the stars in an upscale “camping” environment with Wifi, a general store, fire-pits, and hot showers. And for $35 dollars, one can purchase an After Party Badge - granting them access to exclusive performances in exclusive FMMF venues, keeping the party going after the lights go out on the main festival grounds.

The festival features seven indoor and outdoor stages, two fashion performance stages complete with runways, an urban campground, and a Fashion & Music retail marketplace located in the Columbus Convention Center. The festivities will take place Friday 8/29thru Sunday 8/31 in the epicenter of the Arena District, including Nationwide Arena, the LC Pavilion, Huntington Park, Nationwide Boulevard, and McFerson Commons.

FMMF positions itself as the first collaborative fusion festival to incorporate music, with music inspired fashion brands as a unified live entertainment experience, under the brand mantra, "3 days, 2 loves, 1 place - Unboxed in Columbus, Ohio, Labor Day Weekend 2014."

After Party Details:

VENUES CONFIRMED:

Park Street Tavern

Brothers Drake

The Basement

Three-Legged Mare

The Big Bang

The A&R Bar

Park Street Saloon

Park Street Patio (indoor & outdoor)

Social Room

Skully’s Music Diner

The Garden Theatre

The Green Room

Ethel’s Stage Left

AFTER PARTY ACTS:

Saintseneca

Afroman

Vacationer

Empires

Blueprint

Desert Noises

Front Porch Step

Sol Cat

Diamond Youth

Have Mercy

Indigo Wild

Black Taxi

Silver Snakes

Narrow/Arrow

Archie Powell & The Exports

History’s History

Kittyhawk

Public

Scientist

Vis A Vis

Mekka Don

Red Letter Days

Off & On

Colin Thomas & D1

Many More To Come!

ENCORE PERFORMANCES

Citizen

Brick + Mortar

Modern Baseball

Bad Veins

The Soil & The Sun

Mojoflo

Abandon Kansas

Captain Kidd

The Modern Electric

Angela Perley & The Howlin Moons

Santah

Carbon Tigers

Forest & The Evergreens

Envoi

Hydra Melody

The Wet Darlings

Kid Runner

G Finesse & The N.S.

Playing To Vapors

Runaway Brother

Sassafraz

Nick D’ & The Believers

Nightbeast

Oceanspeak

The Teddy Boys

Local business owners are excited to have something as monumental coming to town for Labor Day Weekend. Ed Hastie, co-owner of Park Street says, "The Park Street Complex is excited to partner with FMMF for their After Party Events. Columbus is primed to have its own identity in the national music scene and we are proud to be partnering with the festival to help this city-wide event succeed well into the future.”

In addition to music and fashion, Nationwide Boulevard from High Street to Neil Avenue will be transformed into a streetscape of various cuisine and beverage selections; complete with gourmet food trucks, aerial zip lines, and one of North America’s largest Gondolas, towering 100 feet tall.

Created by music and fashion insiders, FMMF hopes to help brand Columbus as the Midwest’s music and retail fashion leader, much like Austin has been crowned an emerging music mecca and showcase for new talent development, due to its 27 year run with their popular SXSW Festival.

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