if (paywallPagesRegex.test(window.location.pathname)) { A guide to music festivals in Arkansas Celebrate your favorite music and dance culture with other like-minded souls in Arkansas, where the music scene might surprise you. In some cases we already had a relationship, and in others we sent out-of-the-blue emails directly to the artist and asked if what we were doing was of interest. Unique venues like The Cube an open-air, cube-shaped, multi-storied structure act as a day and nighttime experimental spatial sound venue and include a revolutionary audio system titled D&B Soundscape. Format Festival will take place Friday, September 2325, in Bentonville, Arkansas. crossDomain: true, OZis the vibrant cultural region of Bentonville and greater NW Arkansas with unparalleled access to outdoor recreation, and a community dedicated to unique outdoor, cultural, and art experiences. Pink Panthers Gang Suspected as TEFAF DiamondThieves, MTV and the Hirshhorn's Artist Competition TV Series Kicks Off with a Night at the Museum, Orlando Museum's Longtime Chief Curator Departs as Basquiat Investigation Continues. data: JSON.stringify( $form.serializeFormJSON() ), The festival also includes satellite venues such as The Wireworks Project in Ambergate and LCB Depot in Leicester. The festival combines the visions of TRIADICs creative marketing and production team and event promoter C3 Presents the company behind several music festivals, including Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. The FORMAT Conference is organised by QUAD and CCIRC. It also includes partnerships with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Momentary. } September 22-24, 2023. Everything you want to know about Northwest Arkansas. Festival FORMAT: New event a mix of music, art and technology New event a mix of music, art and technology by April Wallace | April 24, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. var head = document.head setTimeout(function() { defernl() }, 250); | Google Ken McClary for more info! The photographs include diverse themes such as how environmental and climate changes are affecting communities across the world; the realities of how our food production might look in our not so distance future, examinations of new belief-systems inspired by folk law, secret military programs and the appropriation of indigenous spiritual practices. The population has doubled there in the past 20 years, its rapidly changing. Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. }); Heirs to the Walmart fortune plan to launch an arts and music festival this September, WSJ reports. Our area needs to host more large festivals like this, so for me, this event is very welcome. //default prefix is 'artnet_newsletter_' bentonville, AR | 22-24 September 2023 | for music art technology, bentonville, AR | September 22-24, 2023 | for music art technology. } if (jQuery(window).width() > 619) { Over 30 exhibitions over 15 venues over 30 days. + '<\/div>' Roya: The fear of rejection doesnt bother us. link.rel = 'stylesheet'; All Rights Reserved. function getCookie(cname, prefix) { at the Museum of Making; an archive of images from Derbys club and dance scene through the 60s at Dda and an outdoor exhibition which highlights the most loved areas and people of Englands high streets including Derby. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- if (typeof ouibounce !== 'undefined') { The biennale festival incorporates QUAD, University of Derby, Museum of Making, Dda, Dubrek, Artcore, City Lab, The Smallprint Company, Derbion shopping centre, Banks Mill, Derby Cathedral and an outdoor exhibition in Derbys high streets. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you already have a network in place? (function defernl() { } Text by Olivia Paschal View 3 Photos What does it look like when the richest family in the world decides to make your hometown their playground? This brand-new festival in Bentonville, Arkansas is one you will want to buy tickets to STAT! When we visited Olivia and the team in Bentonville, we fell in love with Sugar Creekour site, which sits in a beautiful valley along a creek only five minutes from the center of town. //and we can just return here. It shouldnt be a surprise. Watching students from the University of Arkansas sit through a Jacolby Satterwhite experimental live show (that is otherwise shown in museums), or a local sixty-year-old dancing to a salsa band that had never left Colombia before, was by far the most rewarding part. var o = {}; 226. // Append ouibounce to page The FORMAT23 OPEN Call artists will be showcased in various venues across the city including: QUAD, City Lab, Dda and University of Derby, Markeaton Street. Join. We merge music, art and technology and allow people to experience it outside of the normal environment they would in other places. This festival is one you will not want to miss! + 'Thank you for subscribing!' This ad spot is perfect for a business or that wants to tell its story. } Called FORMAT (an acronym of "For Music + Art + Technology"), the . Configuring the piece for a music festival took some delicacy. var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); }; // dataType: 'json', if (!o[this.name].push) { Eye candy in every direction like fog machines, laser lit skies, massive art pieces, visual effects, and even a drone light show. An installtion of Doug Aitken's New Horizon (2019) at the 2022 FORMAT Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas. timeout: 10000 All rights reserved. The biennale festival incorporates QUAD, University of Derby, Museum of Making, Dda, Dubrek, Artcore, City Lab, The Smallprint Company, Derbion shopping centre, Banks Mill, Derby Cathedral and an outdoor exhibition in Derbys high streets. Also on show is Gestures of Resistance, an exhibition curated by Aisling Ward as part of our UK/China residency in partnership with 501 Xu Artspace in China. We want to hear from you! However, Jefferson [], Bryan Harsin probably wants nothing more than to hang on until his Auburn Tigers can face the Arkansas Razorbacks. //console.log(prefix + cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/"); They plan on doing this by bringing over 80 musical acts, plus 24 yes you heard that right 24 visual, performance and instructional artists from around the world to help construct interactional experiences on the 250 acres of land they have reserved. FORMAT is the UKs leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004. By checkCookies(); It is a block that includes a photo, a header, and text and looks like the rest of our content. What is Format Festival. What would the atmosphere be like when it was multitiered? c = c.substring(1); //default prefix is 'artnet_newsletter_' Tickets go on sale later this month. $('#ouibounce-modal') Your submission has been received! This will be the festival's second year in a row. } } Thousands of people are expected in the Ozarks for the Format music festival. BorisAcket, another Dutch artist who presented work at the festival, felt similarly supported. In its first year, the FORMAT -- "For Music + Art + Technology" -- festival Sept. 23-25 promised to fill 250 acres of forest-enclosed green space near Bentonville with some 80 musical acts . It is precisely this multidisciplinary cohesion that puts the festival in a category of its own. .removeClass('slideOutDown slideOutUp') The FORMAT23 programme includes exhibitions, talks, workshops and events, many taking place over the opening weekend, from 16 to 19 March 2023, with Exhibition Previews on the Festival Launch night, Thursday 16 March from 5:00pm. September 26, 2022 3:12pm. "Pretty much all of our stages are commissioned art stages and were built specifically for FORMAT. prefix = 'artnet_newsletter_'; We didnt have any rehearsals so it was all or nothing. Ticket information is available at www.format-festival.com. It is difficult to take the work outside of its normal context and were also not very big fans of doing that. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Over 75 music performances on two traditional stages as well as a series of unconventional artist-built settings, Access to all site-specific installations, including the Bizarre Bazaar which features curated food and retail vendors, Food for purchase from local and regional award-winning chefs & restaurants including vegan, vegetarian & gluten-free options, Bars, concessions, official band and festival merchandise, free water stations, and more amenities throughout the festival grounds, Children 8 and under are allowed in free with a ticket holding adult (limit 2 children per ticketed adult), Unlimited access to the VIP Lounge, an exclusive oasis on the festival grounds featuring a full-service bar with a wide range of drinks for purchase, an array of dining options, shaded seating, concierge service and premium bathrooms, Access to the exclusive Cube Premium floor, Pre-sale access to the Thursday kick-off party at The Momentary, Unlimited access to the the Platinum Lounge featuring a wooded retreat with climate-controlled lounge, shaded outdoor courtyard offering views of the festival grounds, all-inclusive, all-day dining prepared by Bentonvilles finest chefs, full-service bar with complimentary wine, beer, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages, TVs with live feeds of stage performances, concierge service and premium bathrooms, Up-close viewing at the music stages (limited-capacity; available first-come, first-served), Invitation to artist- and curator-led tours of the FORMAT art installations, The Momentary and Crystal Bridges Museum (limited capacity; available first-come, first-served), Unlimited access to the Platinum Lounge featuring a wooded retreat with climate-controlled lounge, shaded outdoor courtyard offering views of the festival grounds, all-inclusive, all-day dining prepared by Bentonvilles finest chefs, full-service bar with complimentary wine, beer, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages, TVs with live feeds of stage performances, concierge service and premium bathrooms, Complimentary invitation to the Thursday kick-off party at The Momentary, 3-Day FORMAT Festival Pass (choose VIP or Platinum at check out), Four nights accommodation attheexclusive hotel 21CMuseum Hotel in Bentonville, located within a few miles of the festival grounds (Check in September 22, Check Out September 26), Limited edition exclusive FORMAT merchandise piece, Exclusive gift bag for Destination Experience Guests, Complimentary cocktail at the festival, as a great way to start your FORMAT experience!, Complimentary ground transportation to and from the FORMAT Festival Grounds, On-site Experience Concierge to assist Destination Experience guests, Commemorative photo opportunityfor VIP ticket holders, With the purchase of a Platinum ticket, you can also join us on an exclusive Backstage Tour, with a one-of-a-kind photo opportunity!.