Drop Dead Festival

Drop Dead Festival
Drop Dead Festival crowd
Genre	Punk rock,electronic,experimental
Location(s)	New York, New YorkandEuropewith additional smaller events having formerly been held inLos Angeles,Philadelphia,BostonandNew Jersey
Years active	2003-present
Founders	NY Decay Productions
Website	www.dropdeadfestival.org

TheDrop Dead Festivalis the largestDIYfestival for "art-damaged" music. It has as many as 65 bands per event, and has been known to attract attendees from over 30 countries. Drop Dead is anelectro,post-punk,electropunk,andexperimentalmultiple-day festival, previously held inNew York, New YorkandEuropewith additional smaller events having formerly been held inLos Angeles,Philadelphia,Boston,andNew Jersey.The festival is also notable for its elaborate stage designs, bazaar of vendors of scene paraphernalia, movie screenings, and a dancefloor featuring underground DJs from around the world.

History: USA 2003-2005

Crowd

The first Drop Dead Festival was held in August 2003, after the success of a series of smaller events put on by NY Decay Productions at the Pyramid inNew York City.The festival was originally held at the famousCBGBpunk rockclub, but subsequent Drop Dead Festivals moved to the much largerKnitting Factory,also in lowerManhattan.Although the main event moved to larger locations, CBGB traditionally held pre-parties and after-parties for the festival until the club closed. In 2005, the Drop Dead Festival grew to four days, duringHalloweenweek. Over 5,000 people attended this event, featuring headlinerNina Hagen.

In 2006 the Drop Dead Festival was held at the Knitting Factory onLabor Dayweekend, September 1–3. This was the last regular Drop Dead Festival in the US.

2007-2012

Since 2007, Drop Dead has been held in Europe as a traveling festival, including Prague (2007), Portugal (2008),Vilnius,Lithuania(2010), and Berlin (2011, 2012).

See also

• List of electronic music festivals
• List of punk rock festivals

External links

• Drop Dead Festival