• Source: Ska Weekend

      • Ska Weekend is a music festival in Knoxville, TN, United States, that began in 2003 with only a few bands and has grown to be one of the largest gatherings of ska musicians in the country.


      Popularity


      The festival is touted as the largest ska festival in the country by its organizer Ben Altom. The event usually takes place during the spring, but the two most recent festivals have been moved to Summer (Ska Weekend 2008 was July 19)
      The Event draws some of the most popular ska, punk and rocksteady bands in Northern America (The Planet Smashers, The Know How, mu330, Catch 22, Go Jimmy Go, Mustard Plug, Royal City Riot, SGR, High School Football Heroes, Last Martyrs of a Lost Cause, The Taj Motel Trio, 50:50 Shot and Perfect Orange have all played at the festival) it also routinely attracts more than 1,000 people.


      History


      Ben Altom held first Ska Weekend at Brick Yard Blues restaurant in Powell, TN in 2003. There were only about five bands there. All of those bands were friends of Ben's that he met while touring with Perfect Orange, the ska band Ben played with while in college. In order to provide more space the next year it moved to Market Square in Knoxville's downtown. Since 2005 the festival had been held in Knoxville's historic Old City. In 2008, Ska Weekend moved to World's Fair Park in Knoxville where the 1982 World's Fair was held.
      Ska Weekend also teamed up with Second Harvest in 2004 and turned the show into a charity and requests everyone to bring 5 cans of food to donate, along with admission. Proceeds from the show go to help Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.


      = Ska Weekend 2008 Bands

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      50:50 Shot
      In The Face
      The Disregardables
      Bigger Thomas
      Murphy's Kids
      Stuck Lucky
      Fatter Than Albert
      Stereohype
      Hub City Stompers
      Royal City Riot
      Chase Long Beach
      The Taj Motel Trio
      The Hits
      Aka Rudie
      Matt Wixson
      Mad-E Ruthless
      7 Step Drop
      Green Room Rockers
      Marx Revolution
      The Hoodingys


      = Ska Weekend 2007 Bands

      =
      Mustard Plug
      Voodoo Glow Skulls
      The Slackers
      Westbound Train
      Deal's Gone Bad
      Manic Sewing Circle
      King Django
      Mile 21
      The Hits
      Monkey
      Royal City Riot
      Fatter Than Albert
      Natti Love Joys
      Dr. Ring-Ding
      Case Of The Mondays
      Shakedown
      Stuck Lucky
      The Pietasters
      We Are the Union
      In The Face
      Last Martyrs of a Lost Cause
      Eastern Standard Time
      Fat Penguin
      Steadfast United
      Siafu*
      *The final band selected by fans voting on the festival's website.


      Organization


      In 2003 and 2004 the festival had only one stage, but since 2005 there have been four stages. Bands are scheduled to play 30-minute sets. There is a 15-minute delay between each stage's start time, which means that at least two bands are playing at all times while the other two stages are being set up.


      References




      External links


      Ska Weekend's Official Website

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