Fun Fun Fun Fest

Fun Fun Fun Fest
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Genre	Indie rock, punk rock, hip hop, electronic
Dates	Early November
Location(s)	Austin, Texas
Years active	2006–2015
Website	www.funfunfunfest.com

Fun Fun Fun Fest (often abbreviated as "FFF" or "F3F") was an annual music and comedy festival held in Austin, Texas. The festival was the only genre based festival in the United States, featuring stages that focus specifically on hip-hop / electronica, indie rock, punk / metal, and comedy.

Started in 2006, the festival focuses on a combination of discovering emerging talent, putting together either rarely seen or anticipated reunion performances. Being based in Austin (The Live Music Capital of the World), FFF has the unique ability to work with new musicians that have yet to experience the national stage. The festival has a history of unearthing new artists that eventually end up in the mainstream music and festival markets. The festival's name itself was a nod to the historical independent music scene in Austin, specifically Big Boys, an early and highly influential hardcore punk group who released their EP "Fun Fun Fun" through the Austin-based underground label Moment Productions in 1982.^[1]. After the final Fun Fun Fun Fest, some of the organizers would go on to produce Sound on Sound Fest, "Sound on Sound" also being the title of a Big Boys song.

Fun Fun Fun Fest was known for its dedication to the unique Austin culture, featuring street food from some of Austin's favorite eateries, an annual American Poster Institute poster show featuring work from artists all over the U.S., along with pop up vintage fashion shops, hair salons, and record stores. The Festival has also been known to have everything from a mechanical bull to a live wrestling ring featuring Sexy Sax Man on site.

Notable acts from the past include Public Enemy, Spoon, Weird Al Yankovic, Girl Talk, The Descendents, MGMT, Bad Religion, Danzig, Mastodon, The Dead Milkmen, Slick Rick, Pharcyde, Cat Power, The National, M83, Circle Jerks, Todd Barry, Reggie Watts, Henry Rollins, Neil Hamburger, GWAR, and the return of famed Detroit punkers, Death, and many more.

In 2011, Fun Fun Fun Fest was moved to Auditorium Shores, a much larger downtown park, a change from previous years in which the event was held at Waterloo Park. In addition, 2011 saw the addition of a third full day and FFF Nites, a set of free aftershows for ticket holders in downtown Austin music venues, featuring an additional 75+ artists. Additionally, Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara filmed a sequence for an upcoming Terrence Malick film on November 4, 2011, at the festival.

The 2012 festival took place November 2–4 at Auditorium Shores. The event made headlines by announcing the reunion of the hip hop group, Run–D.M.C. for their first show in a decade.

The festival had its final show in 2015. Some of the event producers have moved on to produce an event called Sound on Sound Music Festival, which takes place at the Sherwood Forest Faire site in Mcdade, TX

Lineups

See also

• Music of Austin

External links

• Official website
• Fun Fun Fun Fest on Twitter
• Fun Fun Fun Fest on Facebook

References