Sugar Lime Blue at Iggys Grill and Bar February 23

Music festival held in Houston, Texas

Free Press Summer Fest
Bicycle hangs on a fence at Houston's Free Press Summer Festival 2012
Genre	Folk, country, blues, folk rock, indie folk, alternative rock, hip hop, EDM
Dates	First week in June
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston, Texas, United States
Inaugurated	August 2009
Most recent	June 2017
Attendance	100,000+
Patron(s)	Free Press Houston
Website	fpsf.com

The Free Press Summer Festival was an annual two-day music festival held in Houston, Texas at Buffalo Bayou's Eleanor Tinsley Park.

Other activities include fireworks, interactive art installations, a paint slide, music workshops, a 30-foot water wall and an off-site after party.

The festival was started to emphasize local musical performers, visual arts and artists. A recycling program, carbon offset credits and a partnership with the Texas Campaign for the Environment are implemented to help this festival become a greener experience.

The festival is organized by Free Press Houston, a local independent newspaper and Pegstar.net Presents, a local concert promotion company.^[1]

As of November 30, 2017 it has been made official by both Free Press Houston and Austin City Limits promoters that a new version of the festival is to take place in Houston on the weekend of March 24–25, 2018 under a new name; In Bloom Music Festival. This change comes in precisely on the ninth anniversary of the FPSF. In January 2019 it was announced that a new edition of the In Bloom Music Festival would not be held.

Environment [edit]

A recycling plan (with assistance from Little Joy Recycling) sorts aluminum, plastic, paper and glass. A free bottle of water is given to anyone who recycles 10 plastic bottles. All carbon output is balanced by carbon offset credits. Carpooling and bicycling to the festival are encouraged. Over 2000 attendees biked to the 2009 festival.^{[ citation needed ]}

Fancy Pants Tent [edit]

In February 2011, a new pass was introduced that would have granted access to a premium side stage viewing area and entry to a limited access electronic music tent. The Fancy Pants Tent was intended to host exclusive performances by electronic musicians and provide complimentary bar drinks and hors d'œuvres, free massages and meet and greets.^{[ citation needed ]}

Complaints about the cost led festival organizers to remove the Fancy Pants ticket tier in April 2011 and announced that all festival attendees would be able to watch the Fancy Pants acts.^{[ citation needed ]}

History [edit]

2009 [edit]

The 2009 festival was held August 8–9 with an attendance of approximately 30,000. A portion of the proceeds went to Project Row Houses (a community non-profit responsible for restoration, art and social activism in Houston's Third Ward since 1991).^{[ citation needed ]}

The lineup for FPSF 2009^[2] was:

American Fangs
B L A C K I E Vs. Cop Warmth
Broken Social Scene
Buxton
Ceeplus Bad Knives
Chase Hamblin
Come See My Dead Person
Devin The Dude
Eastern Sea
Explosions In The Sky
Fat Tony
Ghosttown Electric
Grandfather Child
Grrrl Parts
H.I.S.D
Hearts Of Animals
I Am Mesmer
Los Skarnales
The Manichean
Mechanical Boy
Muhammidali
News On The March
O Pioneers!
The Octopus Project
of Montreal
Perseph One
Prince Paul
Riff Tiffs
Riverboat Gamblers
Ryan Scroggins And Trenchtown Texans
Scale The Summit
Sideshow Tramps
Skyblue72
The Small Sounds
Southern Backtones
The Sword
Tha Fucking Transmissions
The Tontons
Ume
The Watermarks
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Wild Moccasins
Young Mammals

Peekaboo Theory Band

2010 [edit]

The 2010 festival was held June 5–6 with an attendance of over 45,000. A portion of the proceeds went to Buffalo Bayou Partnership (a non-profit corporation that develops and facilitates improvements to the Buffalo Bayou greenway system).^{[ citation needed ]}

The lineup for FPSF 2010^[3] was:

The Flaming Lips
30 Foot Fall
American Fangs
B L A C K I E
Black Congress
Buxton
Ceeplus Bad Knives
Chase Hamblin
Check Other
Cro Mags
Damon Allen
Dayta
Dead Prez
Detroit Cobras
Dissent
DJ Czech One
DJ Jester
DJ Richard Gear
Eastern Sea
Elaine Greer
Fat Tony
Fredster
G.Wizz
Ghost Mountain
Giant Princess
Girl Talk
Givers
Golden Axe
Grandfather Child
Grrrl Parts
Guerilla Foco Clan
Hell City Kings
Hollywood Floss
I Am Mesmer
Johnny Moon
Kid Sister
Leg Sweeper
Lucero
Lymbyc Systym
The Mahas
The Manichean
Medeski Martin And Wood
Mix Master Mike
Muhammadali
Municipal Waste
Neiliyo
Perseph One
Prince Klassen
Ra Ra Riot
Robert Ellis
Rusted Shut
Saviors
Sharks And Sailors
Shina Rae
Sideshow Tramps
Slim Thug
The Small Sounds
Somosuno
The Sour Notes
Stars
Sugar And Gold
The Takes
Uh Huh Her
Wild Moccasins
Yippa
Young Mammals

2011 [edit]

The festival was held June 4–5, 2011 with a two-day attendance of over 60,000. A portion of the proceeds went to Houston Tomorrow (a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to explore urban issues and to inform the discussion of growth in the Houston region).

The lineup for FPSF 2011^[4] was:

Weezer
The Avett Brothers
Acephalix
American Fangs
Amplified Heat
Ani Difranco's Dick
The Annoysters
Art Institute Limited
Arthur Yoria
The Back Pockets
B L A C K I E
Beirut
Big Boi
Bigbang
The Black Angels
Black Congress
The Black Dahlia Murder
Black Leather Jesus
Bun B
Buxton
By The End Of Tonight
Cavernous
Chromeo
Clockpole
Co-Pilot
Copwarmth
Cut Copy
Dead Revolt
Defending The Kingdom
Delicious Milk
Disfrutalo
Eastern Sea
Espantapajaros
Eternal Summers
Eyes Burn Electric
Featherface
Female Demand
Finnegan
Free Radicals
Fresh Millions
Fucked Up
Generation:Landslide!
Giant Battle Monster
Giant Princess
Glasnost
Gorealah Soul
Grandfather Child
The Grass Skirts
The Handshake
The Hates
Hayes Carll
Indian Jewelry
Iron Age
Jody Seabody And The Whirls
Junior Brown
Kylesa
Leg Sweeper
Limb
Linus Pauling Quartet
Los Skarnales
Lower Dens
The Mahas
The Manichean
The Memorials
Muhammadali
Neon Indian
Niceguys
Nosaprise
Organ Failure
Pasadena Napalm Division
Perseph One
Poopy Lungstuffing
Protomen
RIVERS
Robert Ellis
Roky Moon And Bolt
The Roller
Romulus Ate
Rusted Shut
Sharon Jones
Sideshow Tramps
Simple Success
Sings
Somosuno
The Sour Notes
State Vs Judd Nelson
Tax The Wolf
Tha Phoundation
Thavius Beck
The Ton Tons
Those Darlins
Thunderkunt
Tobacco
Undergang
Venemous Maximus
Vincent Priceless
Vivian Pikkles And The Sweethearts Uber-Alles
The Watermarks
Ween
Weird Party
Wicked Poseur
Wild Mocassins
Woozy Helmet
Yeasayer
Young Girls
Young Mammals
Zeale
Z-Ro

2012 [edit]

The festival was held June 2–3, 2012 with an estimated attendance of 92,000.^[5] Tickets for FPSF 2012 ranged in price from $75 to $115.^[6]

The lineup^[7] was:

The Avett Brothers
Snoop Dogg
Willie Nelson
Afrojack
The Flaming Lips (performing "The Dark Side of the Moon")
Primus
Descendents
Major Lazer
Young The Giant
Pretty Lights
Portugal. The Man
Two Door Cinema Club
Z-Ro
Morris Day and the Time
Best Coast
Fitz and the Tantrums
Diplo
Shabazz Palaces
Starfucker
Danny Brown
JEFF the Brotherhood
Wallpaper.
Turquoise Jeep
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Maps & Atlases
Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Valient Thorr
Big Freedia
Touché Amoré
Erykah Badu
Phantogram
Ume
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
David Garza
Ancient Wisdom
Robert Ellis
Girl in a Coma
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Electric Touch
Quiet Corral
R3hab
Ponderosa
Quintino, Shermanology
Bad Veins
Dry the River
Fat Tony
MC BuDa LoVe
Grandfather Child
Riff Tiffs
David Liebe Hart
Venomous Maximus
Papermoons
Bobby Burns
Tontons
Sister Crayon
Freakouts
Wild Moccasins
Featherface
Glasnost
Suraj K
Vanaprasta
Harts of Oak
Second Lovers
The Sour Notes
Journey Agents
Suite 709
Sundress
Last Year's Men
Ceeplus Bad Knives
Square and Compass
Big Sleep
DJ Ebonix
A Sea Es
Brains for Dinner
Tyagaraja
JOn Black
Espantapajaros
Love Horse
Sideshow Tramps
Chelsea Wolfe
Ashes of Babylon
Small Sounds
thelastplaceyoulook
Electric Primadonnas
Roky Moon and BOLT!
Eastern Sea
LIMB
The Watermarks
Bang Bangz
Black Coffee
Bart Black
DJ Bizz
The Manichean
East Cameron Folkcore
G. Wizz
Bombon
Los Skarnales
DJ FREDster
Pale, DJ SUN & Resolution
The Wheel Workers
Immigrant Punk
Grass Skirts
Rusted Shut
Future Blonds
Black Leather Jesus
Giant Battle Monster
Escatones
Papaya
Clockpole
Lazer Cun*zz
Jody Seabody and the Whirls
Poopy Lungstuffing
Annoysters
GoREALah Soul
Demonic Hen
Black Magic Marker
Anarchitex
Darwin's Finches
Muzak John
Quiet Company
New York City Queens
Eyes Burn Electric
Zlam Dunk
Caddywhompus
Zorch^[8]

2013 [edit]

The festival was held on June 1–2, 2013 in Eleanor Tinsley Park. This marks the festival's first sold-out edition.^[9]

The lineup was:

The Postal Service
Bassnectar
Iggy and The Stooges
Passion Pit
TV on the Radio
Social Distortion
Calvin Harris
Alabama Shakes
Gogol Bordello
Of Monsters and Men
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Geto Boys
2 Chainz
Cat Power
Arctic Monkeys
Japandroids
Machine Gun Kelly
The Bronx
A Sea Es
American Fangs
Ashes Of Babylon
Baroness
The Beans
Blackmarket Syndicate
Borgore
Born Again Virgins
Brandon West and The Black Hats
Buxton
Chairlift
Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts
Chin Xaou Ti Won
Dawes
Deep Cuts
Devin the Dude
Disco Daddies
DJ SUN
Doughbeezy
dUNETX
Emily Bell
Forced FEM
Free Rads 2nd Line
G.Wizz
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Half Moon Run
The Head and The Heart
Hello Chief
Infinite Apaches
Jandek
Kitty Pryde
LA Catrin & The Dem Damn Dames
Los Amigos Invisibles
Matt & Kim
The Mavericks
Mavis Staples
The Men
Midnight Norma Lane
Mikey & the Drags
Milo Greene
Mord Fustang
The Niceguys
Nick Greer & The G's
The Octopus Project
Omatai
Orents Stirner
Otenki
Paul Banks (from Interpol)
Paul Wall^[10]
Quad City DJ's
RIVERS
Savoy
Showers
Snow In Texas
SOJA
The Sour Notes
The Suffers
Super Mash Bros
TRVP LORDZ ft. BUDA LOVE
Ume
UZOY
Vintage Trouble
Young Mammals

2014 [edit]

The 2014 festival was held on May 31 - June 1, 2014.

The venue was closed and the first day was evacuated at about 1:00pm due to bad weather and lightning. Many acts were bumped or rescheduled with no notice when gates were rumored to be reopened at 3:30pm. Upon return many acts had sound trouble. Weather and construction at the park caused many stages to be moved to the Allen Parkway tarmac, often creating congestion and competing for sound. Partial refunds were not offered.

The 2014 FPSF lineup consisted of:

Jack White
Vampire Weekend
Zedd
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Above & Beyond
Wu-Tang Clan
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
Dwight Yoakam
Childish Gambino
Deftones
Cage The Elephant
The Kills
Die Antwoord
Big Gigantic
Chvrches
DMX
Tune-Yards
Laidback Luke
Rebelution
Washed Out
The Naked and Famous
Adventure Club
Flosstradamus
Drive-By Truckers
Lord Huron
Ying Yang Twins
Sky Ferreira
J. Roddy Walston & the Business
First Aid Kit (band)
Mariachi El Bronx
Paper Diamond
King Khan & The Shrines
Flatbush Zombies
The Oh Hellos
Shakey Graves
Wildcat! Wildcat!
Poolside
Robert DeLong
The Orwells
Anamanaguchi
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
The Chain Gang of 1974
William Fitzsimmons
Destruction Unit
White Sea
Uh Huh Her
Jana Hunter
The Tontons
Syd Arthur
Lizzo
Benjamin Booker
Bagheera
Wild Moccasins
Ishi
Feathers
A Fistful of Soul
Yung Slutty
Eagle Claw
Venomous Maximus
Wild Party
Carnival Talk
Driver Friendly
BLSHS
The Caldwell
Pleasure 2
Children of Pop
Los Skarnales
New York City Queens
De'Wayne Jackson
Make
Another Run
Gracie Chavez
Pinkish Black
Dead Roses
Grand Old Grizzly
Ill Liad

2015 [edit]

The 2015 festival was held on June 6–7, 2015.

The lineup was:

Skrillex ft Dotus
R. Kelly
Weezer
Steve Angello
Major Lazer
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
St. Vincent
Flume (musician)
The Decemberists
Belle and Sebastian
Mastodon
Chance the Rapper
Tears for Fears
Band of Horses
Welcome to Houston featuring Bun B, Slim Thug, Devin The Dude, Z-Ro, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Scarface, Lil' Flip, Lil' Keke, and The Suffers
Gary Clark Jr.
Charli XCX
Flogging Molly
Sturgill Simpson
G-Eazy
RL Grime
Brandi Carlile
Odesza
Future Islands
Tove Lo
Rocket from the Crypt
Lecrae
Portugal. The Man
Tycho
GTA
Glass Animals
Pallbearer
ILoveMakonnen
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
Benjamin Booker
Riverboat Gamblers
Yung Lean & Sad Boys
The Bright Light Social Hour
Moon Taxi
The Mountain Goats
Diarrhea Planet
Houndmouth
The Band of Heathens
Grizfolk
Iceage
Pentagram
Ben Kweller
Freeman
Sarah Jaffe
The Suffers
Tunji Ige
Buxton
Robert Ellis
Futurebirds
Twin Peaks
Goatwhore
Con Brio
Slaptop
The Tontons
Dpat
Scale The Summit
Hiram
thelastplaceyoulook
DJ Fredster
Gio Chamba
Boan
Pope
Night Drive
We Were Wolves
The Vanity
Deep Cuts
George West
Guilla
Kult Dizney
Moji
Catch Fever
Second Lovers
Prismo

2016 [edit]

The event was held June 4–5, 2016 at NRG Park, Yellow Lot, Houston, TX

The lineup was:^[11]

Collegrove (Lil Wayne & 2 Chaniz)
Modest Mouse
Zeds Dead
Father John Misty (Canceled)^[12]
Jamie XX
Gogol Bordello
Matt And Kim
Logic
A$AP Ferg
X Ambassadors
Tory Lanez
Refused
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
The Black Angels
Built To Spill White
White Denim
Tiger Army
Thee Oh Sees
Zola Jesus
The Heavy
Anderson East
David Ramirez
Lewis Del Mar
Chicano Batman
The Coathangers
Walker Lukens & The Side Arms
Sir The Baptist
Beatking
Oxymorrons
Child of Pop
Plague Vendor
King Finn
Get a Life
Deadmau5
The National
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The Chainsmokers
Leon Bridges
Young The Giant
Big Gigantic
Big Grams (Big Boi + Phantogram)
Mac Miller
Violent Femmes
Mac Demarco
3Lau
Borns
Trampled by Turtles
Allen Stone
Against Me!
Yung Lean
Lolawolf
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Wild Child
Trae Tha Truth
San Fermim
Louis The Child
Matthew Logan Vasquez
Moving Units
Blue Healer
Aubrie Sellers
Los Coast
Private Excitement
Ill Faded
Another Run
Nathan Quick

2017 [edit]

The event was held June 3–4, 2017 at Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston, TX.

Due to flash flood warnings, the remainder of the festival was cancelled.

The lineup was:^[13]

Lorde
Flume
G-Eazy
Cage the Elephant
Solange
Jon Bellion
Jauz
Grouplove
Miike Snow
Milky Chance
DVBBS
Portugal. The Man
St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Rufus du Sol
Big K.R.I.T
Charli XCX
The Strumbellas
Cashmere Cat
Jai Wolf
Bishop Briggs
The Struts
Frightened Rabbit
Amine
Cheat Codes
Party Favor
Anna Lunoe
Trill Sammy
Bad Suns
Vanic
Stick Figure
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Hippo Campus
Khruangbin
Grits & Biscuits
Cherry Glazerr
K.I.D
Echos
Dreamers
Coast Modern
Mod Sun
Rose Ette
Night Drive
-US
Bang Bangz
Camera Cult
The Wheel Workers
Deep Cuts
Kay Weathers
Miears
Black Swan Yoga
Dj Fredster
Hiram

[edit]

As of 2013, the festival was supported by Absolut Vodka, Aio Wireless, American Apparel, Barefoot Refresh Wines, Budweiser, Cracker Jack'D, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Honest Tea, Houston Chronicle 29-95, ikan, IKEA, MKT Bar, Kroger, Lowe's, Red Bull, Seidio and the Texas Lottery.^[14]

As of 2017, the festival was supported by Budweiser, Brisk, Taco Bell, Dark Horse, DSW, Razor, TopGolf, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Jack Daniel's, Vita Coco and 11 Hundred.

References [edit]

^ Serrano, Shea. "A Guide to Houston Summer Fest". About.com. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
^ "Free Press Summer Festival | May 31 + June 1, 2014 | Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston TX". Fpsf.com. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ "Free Press Summer Festival | May 31 + June 1, 2014 | Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston TX". Fpsf.com. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ "Free Press Summer Festival | May 31 + June 1, 2014 | Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston TX". Fpsf.com. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ frankieortega. "FPSF 2012 attendance estimate breaks record | 29-95". Pix.29-95.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ Moffitt, Nick (1 June 2012). "Free Press Summer Festival Announces 2012 Lineup". mxdwn. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
^ "Free Press Summer Festival | May 31 + June 1, 2014 | Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston TX". Fpsf.com. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ "Free Press Summer Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-16 .
^ "Event Tickets". StubWire.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
^ http://www.fpsf.com/learn.html#lineup12
^ https://www.fpsf.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FPSF16-Portrait-Socials-Lineup-NRG.jpg.
^ "Short True Headliners, FPSF 2017 Boasts Diversity and Local Depth". 2017-02-16.
^ "Lineup". FPSF . Retrieved 2017-11-07 .
^ "Sponsors". Free Press Summer Festival. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2013.

External links [edit]

Official Site
News Clip
HoustonPress Article

petersontial1966.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Press_Summer_Fest