Tomorrow! Gay Street downtown between Third and High will be closed for an all day festival celebrating Columbus!

Below is a schedule of music and events!
Gay Street Stage
12pm - 1pm This is my Suitcase
1pm - 2pm Stretch Lefty
2pm - 3pm Deerhead
3pm - 4pm Random Movement
4pm - 5pm The Exceptionals
5pm - 6pm Rosehips
6pm - 7pm Six Gallery
7pm - 8pm Pirate
8pm - 9pm Happy Chichester
9pm - 10pm Two Cow Garage

Pearl Alley Stage
12:30pm-1:30pm Our Cat Phillip
1:30pm-2:30pm Paego Paego
2:30pm-3:30pm Karate Coyote
3:30pm-4:30pm Lo Pan
4:30pm-5:30pm The Slide Machine
5:30pm-6:30pm One Point Three
6:30pm-10:30pm Damon Day Parade Performers
featuring: DJ Detox, DJ Truskillz, and Catalyst

Music Inside the Vault
6:30pm - 7:30pm Floatation Walls
7:30 - 8:30 Phantods

Wandering Musical Performance
Mono to Mono
Couch Forts
Apollo and the Nation

Late Show at Skylab
Starting at 11pm Performances by:
Earth Crown
Secret Abuse
Vile Gash

Interactive/Idea Convention at The Vault
12:00pm Welcome and Introduction Mike Reed
12:00pm - 1:00pm How to build local community using online communications and tools. Andrew Miller and the Columbus Social Media Cafe
1:00pm - 2:00pm The Drama Foundry presents… Arvin Donner of The Drama Foundry
1:00pm - 4:00pm Fuse Factory Course: Intro to Drupal. $15. sign up Presented by The Fuse Factory
2:00pm - 2:30pm A Crash Course on Freelance Writing Sandra Gurvis, Writer
2:30pm - 3:00pm Creative Columbus Presentation Jung Kim of Community Research Partners
3:00pm - 3:30pm Cycling as Transportation Meredith Joy of Consider Biking
3:30pm - 4:00pm A Geek’s Approach to Managing Everything Else: Agile Development For Non-Technical Stuff
Jim Cropcho
4:00pm - 4:30pm Introduction to wearable technology Alison Colman of The Fuse Factory
4:30pm - 5:00pm Honoring your Unique Nature through Scientific Alternative Medicine by getting to know you briefly one on one. Kimberly Kalfas, ND of Bexley Healing Arts
5:00pm - 5:30pm Local Cultural Shift to National Impact Matt Barnes

Columbus Alive After Party at The Vault
DJs and dancing from 10pm to 2am
Featuring:
DJ Dave Espionage
DJ Mister Shifter
DJ dKilla
Projections by Rainer
Alive editorial staff serve as guest bartenders!

Art Show at The Shelf and Skylab
Work by Alana Odenweller and Scott Vogel
Installation by Colleen Grennan and Josh Erb

Due Amici Performance Arts Space
1pm – 2pm Club Theater Company
2:30-3:30pm Shadowbox
4pm-5pm Available Light Theater Company
5:30-6:30pm Grimaldi Circus
7pm-8pm Columbus Dance Theater
8:30-9:30pm Mad Lab
10pm-11pm Anna and the Annadroids

For more info visit http://www.thisisindependent.com

Please visit the Columbus Music Co-op and Band Merch Tent! We love Columbus festivals!

The CMC will be hosting two workshops at the Grandview Heights Public Library in September and October!

GRANTS FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS - Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 7-9 p.m.

Attention musicians who love their community! Find out how to apply for grant money with Erin Moore and Jess Faller from the CMC. This local non-profit organization can help you find money for everything from giving free lessons to organizing a music event. Even get help with medical bills! To register, call 614-486-2951 beginning Tuesday, September 9.

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE MUSIC IN COLUMBUS? - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 7-9 p.m.

How do you book shows? How do you make a press packet? How much does a “sound guy” cost? The Columbus Music Co-op answers these questions & more in a workshop for young and aspiring musicians. Plus, get tips from a panel discussion featuring veteran musicians, engineers & online bloggers. For ages 15 & up. Questions? Call circulation at 614-486-2951.

More info at www. ghpl.org

It’s true - This Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at Milo Arts!

SILVER JEWS and CORTNEY TIDWELL!

Brought to you by Ben Co!

Bar brought to you by The Columbus Music Co-op!

We are so excited to be the pilot non-profit for Ben’s shows at Milo…just think…sweet music and cocktails and the money from the bar benefits the Columbus Musicians’ Assistance Program!

Milo Arts

617 East Third Avenue
(614) 294-0450

$13 in advance / $15 door
Ages 18+
tickets on sale now at ticketweb.com

Please mark your calendars for one month from today because The Columbus Music Co-op and The Surly Girl Saloon are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout!

When: Saturday, July 5, 2008 - 1 p.m.
- midnight
Where: Surly Girl Saloon Parking Lot (next to Goody Boy)
What: Music, Beer, Food and Fun all day long in the Garden District!
Why: To raise money for the Columbus Musician’s Assistance Program!

This event is FREE and ALL-AGES and will include music from:

Dead Sea
Great Plains
Fly Union
El Jesus de Magico
Brainbow
Church of the Red Museum
Lara Yazvac
Bush League All-Stars
Vegetative State
The Kyle Sowashes

Band lineups and links to all the artists coming soon.

This event is powered 100% by volunteers. If you’d like to help out, please send me a message or email columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com
We need help checking id’s, grilling food, lugging gear around and event set up and tear down.

We hope you can come out and join us for a great day of music and fun to help support the Columbus music community!

xo,

CMC and The Surly Girls!

The Columbus Music Co-op is pleased to announce the launch of the Columbus Musician’s Assistance Program (CMAP) pilot.  Under CMAP, mini-grants will be given to working Central Ohio musicians who are lacking health insurance coverage and are experiencing health-related financial hardships.

 Musicians will be able to submit requests for assistance with:

• Medical bills/treatments/office visits
• Vision or dental services
• Prescription medications
• Drug & alcohol addiction treatment

Grants will be awarded in amounts between $0-$1,000

Applicants can be awarded one grant per 12 month period

CRITERIA 

• Franklin County, Ohio resident for at least 12 months
• Minimum of 2 years music-related experience in Columbus, Ohio
• Demonstrated health-related financial hardship

APPLICATION PROCESS

•  Contact the CMC via email at columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com
• Explain your situation in detail and provide contact information
• Each situation will be review by the CMC on a case-by-case basis.  Review may consist of any of the following:
  • Phone or face-to-face interview
  • Request for documentation of lack of medical coverage
  • Request for documentation about current financial situation
  • Release forms for necessary medical information

The CMC is pleased to announce its second Request for Proposals (RFP), the instructions on how you can apply for up to $500 in grant money. If you would like to apply, need more information, or would like to request a pdf or MS Word version of the application, please send us a message on myspace or email:
columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com

Once again, we are honored to give back to the local music community!

THE COLUMBUS MUSIC CO-OP GRANT PROGRAM

Making Columbus a Better Place Through Music

The purpose of the CMC Grant Program is to support musicians that work to build and sustain the Central Ohio music community and/or Central Ohio neighborhoods or the community as a whole. Our grants support local efforts to sustain and expand access to music or musicians that use their art to build neighborhood investments or music-related projects that help strengthen Central Ohio neighborhoods or the community as a whole.

We fund musicians or music projects that:

* Have demonstrated or will demonstrate a commitment to strengthening the Central Ohio music community
* Have demonstrated or will demonstrate a commitment to strengthening Central Ohio neighborhoods or the community as a whole
* Identify and create innovative strategies for exposing more residents of Central Ohio to Central Ohio musicians and music opportunities
* Develop new sources of capital and development tools for the music community

Examples of musicians or projects that could be funded by the CMC:

* Successful relationship with community-based organization or project
o A musician or group of musicians who have organized benefits or events that make a significant difference to a community organization or project
* Innovative new projects
o A musician or group of musicians who have started a project to bring free music lessons or music opportunities for children

The CMC is looking for INNOVATION and DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO STREGTHENING THE MUSIC COMMUNITY OR CENTRAL OHIO AS A WHOLE. There is not a template for what will win an award. This grant or grants will reward an individual or group of individuals who have already demonstrated commitment to the music community or the grant will act as seed money for an innovative new project or initiative.

So if this sounds like something you’re interested in, get a RFP and apply for this grant!

Hi friends of the Columbus Music Co-op.

You might have noticed we’ve been hibernating recently but we’ve woken up, are stretching out and have lots of exciting things coming to you in 2008…lots more detailed information soon but here are some brief updates:

* We have a new email address:

columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com

If you need anything, shoot us a message there.

* Stay tuned for information coming up about the launch of our Musician’s Emergency Assistance Program, 2008 grant and workshop opportunties and the 2008 Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout!

* Volunteer opportunties. Want to help make Columbus a better place through music? Volunteer with the CMC! Send us a message and we’ll let you know when and where we need help!

We love you friends.
More updates SOON!

The Columbus Music Co-op and The Surly Girl Saloon are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout!

When: Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 1 p.m. - midnight
Where: Surly Girl Saloon Parking Lot (next to Goody Boy)
What: Music, Beer, Food and Fun all day long in the Garden District!
Why: All money from the food and beer tents will benefit the Columbus Music Co-op’s brand new Emergency Assistance Fund for Musicians!

This event is FREE and ALL-AGES and will include music from:

The Means
Preston Furman (reunion!)
The Lindsay
Earwig
Sweatheart
Good Company
Terribly Empty Pockets
The Patsys
The Exceptionals
Buffalo Corpse (world debut)

Band lineups and links to all the artists coming soon.

This event is powered 100% by volunteers. If you’d like to help out, please send me a pm or email columbusmusiccoop@yahoo.com

We need help pouring beer, grilling food, lugging gear around and event set up and tear down.

We hope you can come out and join us for a great day of music and fun to help support the Columbus music community!

xo,

CMC and The Surly Girls!

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