Lexi-Fest Series and Festival

As with last year, we've knocked out a variety of Lexi-Fest shows this year at venues around the area....from O'Neil's to Al's Bar to Common Grounds to Willis Music and more. The series culminates with the Lexi-Fest Festival, Sunday September 4 (Labor Day Weekend) at Proud Mary's.

Here, from the FB event page:

MC-ed by the Mighty Max Corona of Classic Rock 921 WBVX and one of our friends from WLEX-TV, Lexi-Fest Festival is a multi-artist, multi-genre event. Rock, hip-hop, country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, fusion, world.....and more!

Sponsored by Thompson Law Office & The Botany Bay, with WLEX-TV,Classic Rock 921 WBVX, and the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Tickets only $10!

Performances by:

The McLain Family Band
Osland/Dailey Jazztet (featuring Miles Osland and Raleigh Dailey)
Alan Robinson
Devine Carama
Soljam Band - Soulful, Jazzy - Covers & Originals (Palmer Tolly Robert Trott Paul M. Osborne Jeana Pillion)
Beth Dean
Taylor C. Hughes
PointSeven
Rhyan Elizabeth Sinclair
Lissy Taylor
GFYEntertainment (with Young Twilight , Kingsley Marshall, Trap Da Vo , Marley Gee)
Huck's Creek (w/ Blakeley Burger & friends)
Red Car Bad Carr (w/ Slade Warnken & friends)
SongByrds
Marcus L. Wilkerson Percussion Ensemble
Paulie Felice with special guest Mallory Lennon
Gone to the Dogs
Daisy Helmuth
Logan Smith
..............and more!

LEXI-FEST Concert Series is a spin-off of the Lexington Music Awards - LEXI. The events are multi-artist and multi-genre, and designed to 1) display the high-quality talent throughout the region, 2) spread the word about the Lexi Music Awards, 3) provide community, exposure, and networking opportunities for the artists, 4) provide hands-on experience to those intersted in working in the music industry, and more!

Produced by Skinny Devil Music Lab & Feltner Artist Development and Management with EKU's Music Industry Organization and Third Sky Studio.

And the winner is......

Winners at the 2nd Annual Lexington Music Awards (January 31, 2016):


best in industry:

best live music venue

Cosmic Charlie's

best music store (instruments)

Willcutt Guitars

best music company (CD & music sales, labels, agents, arts orgs, etc)

CD Central 

best recording studio/engineer/producer

Sneak Attack Recording Studio/Jason Groves (engineer)

Nominees for 2nd Annual Lexi Awards.....

best in industry:

best live music venue

Cosmic Charlie's

Parlay Social 

Austin City Saloon

O'Neill's

best music store (instruments)

Willcutt Guitars

Doo Wop Shop 

Willis Music 

best music company (CD & music sales, labels, agents, arts orgs, etc)

CD Central 

Pops Resale

Fyre Entertainment

GFY Enetrtainment

best recording studio/engineer/producer

Sneak Attack Recording Studio/Jason Groves (engineer)

13 O'Clock Studio/Cory Thompson/Nik McLean (engineers/producer)

Charlies Tone Lab/Michael Vandermark (engineer)

Press Coverage of Awards - 1st and 2nd Shows

Just figured I'd get a list of a lot of the coverage we've had thusfar.....

1st show (some directly about the awards, others mentione in story):

http://www.lex18.com/story/28172448/first-lexington-music-awards-held-sunday

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article44556318.html

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article44555169.html

http://transyrambler.com/6213/ae/homegrown-talent-emerges-onto-lexingtons-music-scene/

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article42680838.html

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article44615460.html

http://copiousnotes.bloginky.com/2015/02/23/lexington-music-awards-and-the-winners-are/

http://www.wkyt.com/yourtown/locations/lexington/headlines/LEXINGTON-MUSIC-AWARDS-LEXI-286343761.html

http://heyevent.com/event/otad3msoedcnma/first-annual-lexington-music-awards-lexi

http://www.mogswebsite.com/id383.htm

http://chevychaser.com/2015/02/inaugural-lexington-music-awards-aims-to-bring-cohesion-the-lexingtons-music-community/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NpCVIEdzE0



2nd show:

http://www.wkqq.com/onair/dead-air-dennis-podcasts-56739/the-deadair-dennis-podcast-david-mcclean-14224418/

http://wuky.org/post/david-mclean-lexington-awards

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article44963214.html

http://www.kentuckycountrymusic.com/2015/11/lexington-music-awards-seek-nominations.html

http://www.tadoo.com/2015/11/lexington-music-awards-now-accepting-nominations-for-2nd-annual-awards-ceremony/

http://www.tadoo.com/event/2nd-anual-lexington-music-awards/

https://roundtown.com/event/32866303/2nd-Annual-Lexington-Music-Awards-Lexington-Fayette-KY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvtsNDkTkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytHJcoGHvUk

WUKY on the Awards!

Checkit out....Curtains at 8 with Joe Conkright!

Herald-Leader Press.....and more!

Dig it....

HERE! .....and HERE for Herald-Leader.

HERE for KY Country Music blog!

Ballot is On-Line NOW

The ballot for the 2nd annual Lexi Music Awards is now active and on-line!

Go HERE.