Last minute reminders and updates! A Note for our vendors! Will you be joining us at the Vendor Mixer Friday night? Click that link for more details, we'd love to have you pull through on Friday night before the festival! And now, the last round up from our performer highlights! In the previous two emails we have shared some highlights from some of our performers, here's the last round up to prepare you for the whole lineup on Saturday! Since we're heading into some of the later acts, we did...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Continuing to Highlight MONfest 3 Performers We don't know about you, but we are SO excited to get to vibe out to the performers on our lineup. Just popping into your inbox to share a little more behind the scenes on the people gracing the Cellar Winery's main stage! 2:00pm Christina Jo Our second performer will be Christina Jo. She's been a performer her entire life. "I grew up dancing on stages, acting in musicals and plays, singing on stage at choir concerts etc. I began writing my own...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Let's Drill Down into our Musical Acts! We wanted to send some emails your way with some behind the scenes intel on our performer lineup! Keep reading to learn about the people behind the vibes! 1:30pm Pipo Loveron Kicking off the festival is Pipo! He's been making music for over 10 years. He stopped for a couple of years but he's back on track! Pipo Performing "I love the culture of the music how you can express your feeling. What keeps me performing is showing my music to others and the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The Full Musical and Performance LINEUP Behind the scenes at MONfest, the team has been busy handling business! We've been making maps, sending Press Releases, printing badge credentials, managing contracts, booking equipment, updating websites, making sure there will be enough bathrooms on the day of the festival... among all the other mundanities not mentioned! It turns out putting on a rural art and music festival takes a team and lots of work. But we are happy to do it because we know how...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Did you think we forgot about yall? Apologies for the short hiatus friends! Life has been keeping the MONfest team a little busy! What have we been up to? Well, slinging new merch at a Raygun pop up for one! Thank you to all who came out Saturday June 6th - it was great to see long-time supporters and meet new friends! The real hit was our decorate your own plushie station - if you're worried you missed out, don't fret! Our team members who sew have been busily prepping more for our stash at...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Special Event! Mark Your Cal! We've been hinting something special was in the works! We are so excited about our upcoming MONfest Fundraiser event where attendees are going to be able to customize and purchase your very own MONfest character plushie. You'll also be able to purchase the limited edition MONfest3 RAYGUN CUSTOM teeshirt collaborations, and of course chill and vibe with the folk who bring you the festival year after year. Join us June 6th from 10am - 2pm at RAYGUN in Ames - 301...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Ft: New Tees & Our Festival Music Lineup You may have noticed that at MONfest we like to say, "In rural we vibe." This mantra is a sign off and a promise to ourselves to find ways to have fun, to get in the groove, and to keep curating that ineffable sense of a creative flow state. One of the ways you know we vibe is by bringing you the hype of our next Festival happenings directly to your inbox. And do we have a treat for you today! Exclusive First Chance to Snag New Merch This year we are...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Meet the Monfest team Brief interviews with the people making the magic happen Learn more about Kub We do the work of hosting and amplifying rural artists because we basking in others' glow is just as special as the moments when we shine brightly individually. Today's newsletter features an interview with our Talent & Sponsorship Director, Kub Stevens. Which reminds me - if you are interested in sponsoring MONfest, or know of others who might be, please send them our way! Or tap in with the...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Meet the Monfest team Brief interviews with the people making the magic happen Learn more about Siricasso Applications for vendors are officially closed and we now enter into the era of the Festival planning where we move into full time production phase! As that new era loads, we're excited to bring you into our community with some deeper dives into the people behind the scenes making this festival shine all year long. We'll share some brief interviews with our team, and the musicians and...
4 months ago • 2 min read