Seaport Music Festival

Seaport Music Festival
Founded	Summer 2002
Founder	Dima Productions
Genre	Indie Rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Pier 17, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, Manhattan, New York City
Official website	http://www.seaportmusicfestival.com

Seaport Music Festival is an international music festival staged at South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan during the summer. Founded in 2002, the annual music series is recognized for presenting a plethora of indie music’s most relevant breaking and established bands—indie veterans to critically acclaimed newcomers—from around the globe.

Overview

Featuring national and international artists, SMF concerts (past and present) draw crowds of 7,500-plus fans who turn out to see bands not widely recognized by the general public. Yet, the sizes of the audiences are a testament to the sophistication of the indie music crowd in New York City.

In its 16-year history, SMF has become a gateway for new bands to break into other larger New York festivals in subsequent summers. The once “new” artists who made SMF their first free large outdoor concert in New York City reads like a who’s who of indie music. They include The xx, Deerhunter, Joanna Newsom, Au Revoir Simone, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sufjan Stevens, The Polyphonic Spree, Juana Molina, Benjy Ferree, Hot Chip, Oppenheimer, Camera Obscura, Bishop Allen, Tokyo Police Club, Devotchka, Atlas Sound, Spinto Band, Dirty on Purpose, Dr. Dog, Menomena, Oneida, No Age, and Telepathe, among others.

Veteran acts that are Seaport Music Festival alumni include Animal Collective,^[1] Suicide, The New York Dolls, Angelique Kidjo, A Place to Bury Strangers, Dirty Projectors, Wire, Super Furry Animals, Battles, The National, Superchunk, Polvo, and John Fogerty, among others.

2010 season

Pier 17 Stage, The Seaport

2009 season

Pier 17 Stage, The Seaport

Also, appearing in 2009 as part of the Bicycle Film Festival Bike's Rock! concert in conjunction with Seaport Music Festival:

2008 season

Pier 17 Stage, The Seaport

Also, appearing as part of the East Village Radio Music Festival in conjunction with Seaport Music Festival in 2008:

2007 season

Pier 17 Stage, The Seaport

2006 season

Pier 17 Stage, The Seaport

2002 – 2005 seasons

Highlights of the 2002 – 2005 Seaport Music Festival lineup included Devotchka, Elvis Perkins, Joanna Newsom, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sufjan Stevens, Dr. Dog.

2002 – 2017 Full List of Past Performers

A Place to Bury Strangers

Abe Vigoda

Adira Amram & The Experience

Alexi Murdoch

Alvvays

Amy Rigby

Andrew Bird

Angelique Kidjo

Animal Collective

Atlas Sound

Au Revoir Simone

Avi Buffalo

Azar Swan

Bachelorette

Bass Drum of Death

Battles

Bear In Heaven

Beat the Devil

Ben Kweller

Benjy Ferree

Best Coast

Black Bananas

Big Huge

Big Ups

Bio Ritmo

Bishop Allen

Black 47

Black Acid

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Blank Dogs

Bob Mould

Body Language

Boogarins

Brother Ali

Calla

Calvin Love

Camera Obscura

Casiokids

Casket Girls

Cass McCombs

Chatham County Line

Cherish The Ladies

Chico Mann

Chuck Prophet

Citizan Cope

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Cordero

Damien Rice

Dan Bern

Danielson

Dap

Dave Alvin and The Guilty Men

David Poe

DC Snipers

Dead Gaze

Deerhunter

Devotchka

Die! Die! Die!

Dirty on Purpose

Dirty Projectors

Donna The Buffalo

Dr. Dog

Dub Trio

Eamon Harkin

Elvis Perkins

Enon

Erin McKeown

Ex-Cult

Fear of Men

Free Energy

Fujiya and Miyagi

Giulia Rozzi

Golden Triangle

Graham Parker

Grand Archive

Great Big Sea

Here We Go Magic

High Highs

Hockey Night

Hot Chip

Jacco Gardner

James Chance & The Contortions

Janis Ian

Jean Grae

Jenifer Jackson

Jim Lauderdale

Joanna Gruesome

Joanna Newsom

Josh Ritter

Jonathan Toubin

Juana Molina

King Khan and the Shrines

Las Vegas Basement

Loney Dear

Loose Limbs

Los Mocosos

Los Rosas

Luna

Martin Rev

Mary Weiss

Menomena

Metronomy

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

Morning Star

Nellie McKay

Nethers

New York Dolls

Nicolai Dunger

No Age

Northern State

Nouvellas

Obits

Ollabelle

Oneida

Ophira Eisenberg

Oppenheimer

Paddy Reilly

Patrick Watson

People's Temple

Phoebe Snow

Polvo

Protomartyr

Ra Ra Riot

Radio 4

Raphael Saadiq

Raul Malo

Ribbons

Richard Fearless

Robbie Fulks

Rock Plaza Central

Rodney Crowell

Rogue's March

Ron Sexsmith

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Jonny Irion

School of Seven Bells

Seven Nations

Shockwave Riders

Si Se

Slow Club

Snowmine

So Cow

Son Volt

Sons and Daughters

Spinto Band

Steve Forbert

Sufjan Stevens

Suicide

Super Furry Animals

Superchunk

Surfbort

Takka Takka

Tarantula AD

Ted Leo (solo)

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

Teddy Thompson

Telepathe

The Bad Plus

The Beat Goes On

The Black Hollies

The Boggs

The Damnwells

The Dance Cartel

The Death Set

The Double

The Essex Green

The Forms

The Frames

The Hold Steady

The Lost Crusaders

The Mahones

The Make-Up

The McCabes

The Miracles Club

The Mosquitos

The Mystery Lights

The National

The Natural History

The Nude Party

The Oblivians

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Polyphonic Spree

The Prodigals

The Rogues

The Rub

The Sharp Things

The Wave Pictures

The Way It Is

The Wolfmanhattan Project

The xx

The Young Dubliners

Thea Gilmore

Tigers and Monkeys

Tokyo Police Club

Torres

Tra La La

Uncle John and Whitelock

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Veronica Falls

Versus

Violens

Warm Drag

White Magic

White Williams

Willie Nile

Wire

Zaza

Seaport Music Radio

Launched on June 11, 2008, Seaport Music Radio was originally broadcast every Monday from noon to 2 p.m. on East Village Radio (www.eastvillageradio.com). Hosted by dj Pledge (aka Stephen Dima, Dima Productions), the program features a mix of pop, rock and indie from the 1960s to today, with a focus on new artists as well as interviews with special guests. The station shut down on May 23, 2014 and relaunched in conjunction with Dash Radio, June 3, 2015

Seaport Music Records

By leveraging Seaport Music Festival’s role as a presenter of indie music, the producers behind the series debuted Seaport Music Records in December 2009. The start up is slated to introduce new work and new bands to audiences via electronic downloads and the pressing and distribution of 12-inch vinyl records in 2010 and beyond.

The fledgling label's inaugural release was the Phil Spector/The Waitresses-inspired single This Christmas by The Elves of Heaven, featuring Martin Clancy.

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Cat No.	Artist	Title	Date	Configuration
SMR 001	The Elves of Heaven, ft. Martin Clancy	This Christmas	2009	mp3 download
SMR 002	Loose Limbs	Red Hands	2010	7” single
SMR 003	gLab	Delivery	2010	7” single

Little Water Radio

Little Water Radio launched at the South Street Seaport in 2015, initially as part of the Fulton Stall Market, its most current home is the historic Sweets Hotel entrance on Fulton Street, part of The Schermerhorn Row Block As of May 1, 2018, the station is about to announce its new plans for a new home and programming. The Seaport Music Show has been a feature since the beginning.

References

↑ Ratliff, Ben (June 5, 2007). "Coming of Age and Showing a Much Sweeter Side". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010.

Mancuso, Anne (July 2, 2009). "Down by the River (and New York Harbor)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

Sisario, Ben (July 2, 2009). "Keep the Music, Add the Views". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

St. John, Colin, "Seaport Firms Up Summer Schedule", Time Out New York, no. May 7, 2009, archived from the original on January 6, 2010

Cardace, Sara, "Big Rock in the Park (Which concerts are worth more than A/C?)", New York magazine, no. June 25, 2007

Chung, Jen, "Stephen Dima, Producer, Seaport Music", Gothamist, no. June 2, 2006, archived from the original on January 30, 2010

Seaport Music Festival Returns With Ted Leo, Big Huge, And More

New South Street Seaport Concert Series Will Take Over Shiny New Pier 17 Building

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