First Annual Summer School Fest

Friends,
My bff, Robert Patrick (of CinemaSpartan), and I are working to put together a one-day festival of music, learning, and creativity in the Southern California area. We are temporarily calling this gathering "Summer School Fest" until we think of something more appealing.

In order to get this done, we are going to need a venue. We want to hold "SSF" sometime in August and are looking in San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles. If you have a recommendation of a place we could use, let me know. I have no idea how many people will end up coming, but we have a couple bands lined up that should each be able to draw small audiences so a living room would be pretty packed but an industrial warehouse might seem pretty empty.

We are also looking to add a few more bands to the lineup. Genre isn't important to us but plan on playing something the kids will like. We also want to find a few people to do presentations or lead discussions on a variety of topics before the bands go on. You would need to design your own material but the subject matter is basically up to you as long as our target demographic would probably find it interesting.

Finally, depending on the venue, we might want to provide some local artists with the opportunity to sell their work by putting it up on display during the festival.

So first and foremost, we need a venue. If you have a large house, yard, or other private building and live far enough from other homes that we won't get a noise complaint, we're thinking that type of setting would probably be best. We'd find a fair way for you to get a share of the money made from ticket sales, but overall, we won't be bringing in that much money because this isn't a profit-driven event. Otherwise, if anyone knows of a venue that wouldn't expect much of an income from an event like this, tell me.

And, whenever this happens, you're invited.