VIA announces Pittsburgh and Chicago festivals

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    Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 18:30
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  • The October music, art and technology festival has announced its first wave of artists.
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  • Now in its fifth year, VIA Festival has announced simultaneous events in Pittsburgh and Chicago, to take place from October 1st to 5th. With an ambitious, interdisciplinary scope that integrates music, art and technology, the two-city festival will host performances and DJ sets by L-Vis 1990, Holly Herndon and Cakes Da Killa, among others, as well as workshops, film screenings and participatory public art projects. VIA Pittsburgh will kick off on Wednesday, October 1st, with a performance by the city’s own ballroom dance collective True T, accompanied by a set from MikeQ. The schedule also includes a free conference surveying electronic music composition since the 1970s, with special guests Herndon, Richard Devine and more. There will be a Friday night club crawl through the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, and a pop-up venue featuring Blue Hawaii, Traxman back-to-back with L-Vis 1990 and others, followed by an after-hours event with a DJ set by JD Samson of Le Tigre. VIA’s inaugural Chicago festival, produced in partnership with local promoters Them Flavors and LVL3 gallery, will take place in and around the Wicker Park neighborhood. The five-day series will host short film screenings from Chicago artists, weekend-long electronic audio and visual showcases at Primary, and its own pop-up venue performances; many of the same artists will feature, including Cakes Da Killa, Bambounou, Blue Hawaii and MikeQ. Weekend passes are available now for VIA Pittsburgh, and full schedules for both events will be announced soon.

    • Wed, Oct 1, 2014

      VIA 2014 Pittsburgh

      Blue Hawaii, Traxman, Bambounou, Holly Herndon, JD Samson, MikeQ, Richard Devine, Yppah, Circuit des Yeux, Cities Aviv, Paul Fleetwood, Chase Smith
      Pennsylvania
      Location
      TBA - Pennsylvania
      Person
      8

    • Wed, Oct 1, 2014

      VIA 2014 Chicago

      Blue Hawaii, Traxman, MikeQ, Bambounou, Machine Girl, Potions
      Chicago
      Location
      TBA - Chicago
      Person
      5
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