Lexi-Fest FESTIVAL: Up-dates....

MUSIC, food & drink specials, prizes & giveaways, fire arts, and more!

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 Car (w/ Slade Warnken & friends)
SongByrds (w/ Eliza Sayers)
Marcus L. Wilkerson Percussion Ensemble VAGABOND FIRE
Paulie Felice with special guest Mallory Lennon
Gone to the Dogs
Daisy Helmuth
Logan Smith
Driftwood Gypsy
..............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.

Awards Changes

From June 1 FB group post:

BIG CHANGES.....in keeping things moving forward and trying to improve, we're initiating several changes in the awards process (and in the Lexi-Fest series).

1) We're adding a "panel of experts" to ADD (not replace) to the nominees. Nominations will still be done by public vote, but a small and rotating list of industry folk (media, retail, musicians, etc) will add a "wild card" nominee to every category.

2) We're adding a few categories....including "album of the year" and "critics choice award" (this voted on by the aforementioned panel). Maybe more, if feasible.

3) I may trim back the Lexi-Fest gigs (or turning all but one or two over to others to organize and host). We'll have official criteria for everyone if YOU want to host a Lexi-Fest show.

Thoughts? Ideas? Opinions (pro or con)?

Let's discuss it!

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From a later post, 2 relevant points:

4) Other changes in the awards we've discussed....like "Best Album" category, an expert panel made up of a handful of industry folks (like some of last year's winners, which will disqualify them for 2017 awards, and others) to add a "wild card" entry in each category and possibly vote for a "critics choice award".

Said panel will change EACH YEAR.

5) It is likely we'll start the voting EARLY this year, with much more time for everyone to get the word out to other musicians, music fans, family/friends, and the like. Personally, I'd like to see 5000 votes this year in the nomination process.

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!