Get Together - Touring bands and locals mingle at the first Fareveller Music Festival. :: Chris Herrington :: The Memphis Flyer
“If the density of SXSW-connected local shows has, at times, felt like a mini-festival, that relationship is being formalized this year with the first Fareveller Music Festival, which moved from a prospective fall date to this weekend in large part to take advantage of bands’ SXSW-based touring schedules.” (Read More)
Fareveller to Honor City’s Present, Future :: Jonathan Devin :: The Daily News
“To bring Memphians a taste of what’s happening in music today, Herrington has organized the inaugural Fareveller Music Festival, to be held March 24-26 at various venues around town.” (Read More)
Inaugural Fareveller Music Festival looks to fill niche in Memphis :: by Mark Jordan :: Commercial Appeal
“I don’t want this to ever become a South by Southwest,” says Herrington of the huge Austin, Texas, music industry confab that is happening this week and that, ironically, is making it possible for Fareveller to attract some of its national acts by piggybacking.” (Read more)
Fareveller Music Festival Comes to Memphis in March :: by Rachel Hurley :: The Vinyl District
“I hope people get excited about any excuse to watch live music in Memphis. Some of my greatest memories include playing packed shows for 60 – 70 people at the Hideaway Café on Highland, driving to see Sunny Day Real Estate in Atlanta just to see them again at the New Daisy two days later, experiencing a relatively unknown Andrew Bird completely silence an audience at the Hi-Tone. I don’t think Fareveller will change your life, but I do think it will change the weekend of March 24-26 for the better.” (Read more)
‘On Fire’ – Memphis concert scene heats up amid national slump :: By Andy Meek :: The Memphis Daily News
“People are genuinely hungry for things like this,” Herrington said. “I’ve always loved the music scene here, and I think things like this can help. It’s a cool event that will give local bands a great chance to play with out-of-town bands too. There’s always going to be people who need to see this thing happen for a year or two before they jump on board. This is something that’s going to grow and be a grassroots thing.” (Read More)
Brandon Herrington: Turning Up the Volume :: by Leah Fitzpatrick :: RSVP Magazine Streetseens
“Brandon Herrington has been keen on the Midtown Memphis music scene long before it was praised by The New York Times last year for its strong presence of local bands and hip venues. As a musician (He’s played in bands for 10 years, most recently in This Is Goodbye.) and spectator, Herrington has participated in both sides of the landscape, ultimately realizing he wanted to build on the talent he witnessed.” (Read more)
New music festival coming to Midtown :: WMCTV.com
“Headliners for the festival include the “cinematic chamber pop” experts, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, singer/songwriter Damien Jurado, and Morning Teleportation whose debut album was produced by Isaac Brock, of Modest Mouse, and is soon to be released on his Glacial Pace Recordings. Additional acts of note include former Militia Group artist Chase Pagan, the Rocketboys from Austin, Texas, and Young Buffalo from Oxford, Miss. Booking will continue for the next month.” (Read More)
Fareveller: Memphis in March :: Chris Shaw :: The Daily Helmsman
“When University of Memphis graduate Brandon Herrington decided to organize a three-night, four-venue, 36-band music festival, he had one word in mind — diversity.
“I knew I wanted a lot of different types of music represented,” he said. “I’ve played in bands for the past 10 or 12 years and toured cities that had awesome indie music festivals, which is something I think Memphis has always lacked.” (Read More)
Festival details…
So what is Fareveller?
So glad you asked. A small indoor music festival with grand aspirations.
Uh, Ok. Tell us more.
Alright, here it goes. We have a wonderful musical heritage that is celebrated by organizations and festivals all over Memphis. This festival isn’t about that. We are driven by these three goals:
Elevate the current music scene in this city.
Bring great, creative national talent
Positively influence the Memphis community through three days of fine, aural entertainment.
So why indoor?
Rain or shine, rock and roll shall prevail. We also have some great venues in our city, so let’s fill em up.
What does Fareveller mean?
No clue. It’s the name of a song by my old band dora. It sounded cool. That’s all I’ve got.
You seem to be writing a lot in first person, who are you?
The simple answer is my name is Brandon Herrington, and I’m in a band called This Is Goodbye. We’re not famous…even by local standards. The idea for this festival came from frustrations that this city possesses the potential to be an incredible music town, and yet is sometimes held back by the weight of our heritage. Let’s embrace that heritage, promote it but then move forward. We want to be part of that forward movement.
Plus, most of the bands we love never seem to play here, so we thought we’d change that.
