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“No.Fest” the interdisciplinary music and art event, now in its second year, will clang, clatter and rock its way into the streets, bars, and restaurants of St. Johns this coming Saturday, June 27.
“No.Fest” the interdisciplinary music and art event, now in its second year, will clang, clatter and rock its way into the streets, bars, and restaurants of St. Johns this coming Saturday, June 27.“There’s no set theme,” says downtown merchant Jeffree Helwig. Helwig, along with KBOO producer Sean Ongley, created the event last year as a venue for emerging music and art. “It’s not about money, not about being trendy, not about being exclusionary. I would say it’s not a festival at all, because it tries to break down [any] separation between art and everyday life.”
This year’s event is twice the size, hosting 43 musical acts at eight venues from 10am to midnight. NoFooling!
The day features such locally world-famous bands as St. Johns’ own “battle rapper,” Illmaculate, the Evolutionary Jass Band, and Bay Area transplants SubArachnoid Space.
“It’s about North Portland and there’s something for everyone,” says Helwig with an emphasis on the event’s playful DIY and free-to-all ethic. “We’re just in it for the honey.”
NoFest in, around and about St. Johns, Saturday, June 27 www.nofest.orgnofest.org, for all out coverage portlandsentinel.com/nofest
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