Is there anything new to report about the Rusty River Festival?
Which bands are playing?
Well, to my knowledge....the Rusty River Festival has moved to the B & O on July 22, 2007. Some bands are playing like The Kellys, The Zou, Asleep, Futuregrass, Tilt 360, Harlequins Voice, Finding Mike Vegas and much much more.
www.myspace.com/rustyriverrocks
or contact creator Steve Novotny at rustyriverrocks@hotmail.com , he would be more than happy to answer any additional questions that you may have.
Thanks for the support everyone! Hope that this message finds everyone well and I hope that your enjoying the beautiful weather!!
What was the reason for the change of date and location?
When the event posters are available, I would be willing to distribute some of them.
I checked the Rusty River website today. The reasons for not using the Chevrolet Centre are very interesting. I never knew so much red tape awaits anyone who wants to use our building. We, the city taxpayers, own that building.
We thought the same thing, thus the reason why we turned to the Chevy Centre for our venue site. But for someone who wants us to be supporters of downtown Youngstown, they weren't very reluctant to helping us. This is why we turned to the B & O. But none the less I think it will be a very positive thing for Youngstown.
Once we get posters, I will be sure to give you some, of course...I have a feeling we'll be holding a few informative meetings to answer any initial questions that the public might have on RRF!
Thanks!
An email is going around asking the younger members of our community to attend the Youngstown Arts & Entertainment District Association (YAEDA) meeting on Wednesday, April 25.
Is the the Rusty River Festival going to send a representative?
I heard the location for the Rusty River Festival may have to be changed. Insiders claim there is a problem with the management at the B&O location.
Greetings All;
I contacted the creator, Steve Novotny, he didnt answer his phone so I left him a message about the B & O and if the festival was still going on in that location. As far as I know nothing has changed and the festival will still be going on at the B & O.
As soon as he contacts me back, I will post what he has to say. I know that he was having trouble with the Chevy Centre, but that has been resolved and then he moved to the B & O Station. I didnt think that there were any more problems with the festival.
My question is, I understand that it's a music and arts festival, but with the recent problems with the other Catholic School Festivals, I wonder what they will do in the way of security...if they have enough cops covering the event etc etc?
Again, when he calls me back I will let you all know.
P.S...I planted flowers at the Park Ave home! If you see that there in need of water...please....FEEL FREE to water them for me! There near the walkway! I figured some color wouldnt kill the streetscape!
Heres the scoop:
I talked to Steve, he said that everyone at the B & O was wonderful, they supported him and loved the idea of the festival. But I guess the event planner didnt like the idea, and continued to give him a hard time.
He has moved the festival to Cedars, which will consist of the whole building, the banquet hall will be for art, and outside will be for the stage...
The event planner?
This is what Mr. Novotny said to me, he said that the person he had to deal with on a daily basis, who was in charge of helping take care of everything at the B & O, was not very receptive to helping.
Check out Rusty Rivers myspace...you can message him there and ask questions.
Sorry, shouldn't have asked that. As always, let's try to refrain from the third party information line ...he said, she said.
It is good news that they have found another venue. Cedars is a good choice and they often host community related events.
Will they close Hazel to accommodate a crowd?
Are there any Rusty River Festival posters to distribute? I would be willing to post them at some businesses around town.
Sorry, I forgot about the third party rule. Steve's shy and doesn't do public speaking at all, so a lot of times my partner and I have to do to the talking. He's one of those people that really wants to help the community but wants to stay out of the limelight.
I know for a fact that they will not be closing any of the streets for this event. They had troubles with gettig permits at first, and now it's because the liability of closing any streets off, and insurance purposes...it's just too expensive.
Our original idea was to do a SXSW (South By Southwest) venue idea...where they walk from bar to bar to hear different bands. We could have incorporated the whole downtown and all the area businesses...
I believe there are posters, I will scan it and post it on here...I dont know how else to get it to you any of you! :-)
No problem about the third party thing. I asked. My fault.
The bar to bar idea sounds great but probably a lot of work to coordinate.
Is anyone having a problem viewing the Rusty River myspace? Every time I connect to the website my computer freezes after only partially loading the page
I have a cable connection and it takes forever to load. With less bandwidth there could be a timeout. Probably too many embedded images from the CD label images and the friend's pages and then there's the music players too. Typical of myspace pages.
I still would like to have an official poster for this festival.
Which bands are performing and at what times?
When does the festival start and end?
Is the event outside Cedars too? If so, is it in the parking lot or on the street?
Other than on this forum, I haven't seen any other publicity for the Rusty River Festival.
I'll check with the Cedars tomorrow. If the restaurant doesn't have posters for the Rusty River Festival, then I'll assume the event is not going to take place.
Jay:
Here is the link to everything you want to know about the Rust River do:
http://myspace.com/rustyriverrocks
This should answer all your questions. It's huge and will take a couple of minutes to open up so be patient. It has a ton of stuff (graphics) that have to open up.
Thanks for the information. I will attend and will also email friends about the festival.
Hi rusty river,
Thanks very much for the info.
I went to your link and the title says rusty river is canceled.
http://www.myspace.com/rustyriverrocks
Is this true?
The page loads faster now.
Steve:
While your at it, don't forget to let Dan Rivers (WKBN - AM) know what your plans are so that the local Clear Channel stations can promote them for you.
If the Rusty River Festival is going to continue with the environmental theme, I would suggest trying to recruit members from the Mahoning Valley Audubon Society to be on your committee next year.