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CONTACT: Jim Jacobmeyer, (319) 573-2537 or new.bohemia@gmail.com     http://www.newbohemiamusicfestival.com

New Bohemia Music Festival Fundraiser to take place Labor Day Weekend at several Corridor locations; TV and film star Riley Smith to headline event

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ­ The New Bohemia Group today announced that more than 60 local and regional bands have been booked to perform on nine different stages over Labor Day Weekend. The 2nd Annual New Bohemia Music Festival will take place in three different cities on three different days Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 29, 30 and 31.  Profits from the festival will help support future programs and events designed to aid recovery efforts in the New Bohemia Cultural District.

The festival will begin Friday night, August 29. The festival's Mission Creek Stage will host several bands at The Industry, 211 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.; The Nexus Stage will host bands at the Pepsi Pavilion (on the grounds of the National Cattle Congress), 257 Ansborough Ave., Waterloo, from 3:30 to 1:30 a.m.; and the Tornado's Stage will host bands at Next Door, 1736 16th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 30, The Linn County Blues Society Stage and the Stars Guitar Stage will host bands at Shores Central Park in the Irish District, 700 16th Street NE, Cedar Rapids, from noon to 9:30 p.m. Also on Saturday, August 30, The Mission Creek and Nexus Stages will host bands at the Third Base Sports Park, 7251 Mount Vernon Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, from noon to 9:30 p.m.

On Sunday, August 31, the Third Street Live Stage, Arts Farm Stage and the Harvester Street Art Festival will take place on the Kirkwood Main Campus, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd., Cedar Rapids, from 12:30 to 9:30 p.m.  Cedar Rapids native Riley Smith will perform on the Third Street Live stage from 7 to 9 p.m. The festival will include a diverse variety of musicians and bands performing at several locations and representing every musical style imaginable from traditional bluegrass to industrial metal. Also included will be children's events, street performers, interactive art demonstrations and food vendors. One inclusive ticket price will include all three days of music and art.

"This neighborhood has been through a lot this past year," said Jim Jacobmeyer, President of the New Bohemia Group and organizer of the festival. "This festival marks the end of an extremely difficult summer and the promise of a better year ahead. We are grateful to the many venues that stepped up to help support the New Bohemia Music Festival, and hope that everyone will come out and celebrate the good news of art and music with all of us who live and work and volunteer in the New Bohemia Cultural District."

Scheduled to perform are dozens of individuals and groups including Baby Teeth, Black the Sun, Mike Belmont and Friends, Birth Rites, John Boller, Jason Ray Brown, Castle Ridge, Concrete Blanket, Casados, Mike Cox, Sarah Cram and the Derelicts, The Diplomats of Solid Sound, Feature Presentation, Gayla Drake Paul, the Dynaflows, East Eighteen, Happy Go Lovely, HEALTH, Inch 75, I:Scintila, Kalimbaman, Johnny Kilowatt Band, Josh Lamore, LWA, Minimalistic Orchestra, Matthew Grimm and the Red Smear, Terry McCauley, The Moment, Carol Montag, Murder by Death, Newickedream, Nothing's Real, Poison Control Center, Post Mortem, the Pumpers, Puritanicals, the Slats, Pat Smith, Riley Smith, Southerly, Leo Speedragon, Shawn Ster, Shame Train, Teddy Boys, Unknown Component, Veritas, William Elliot Whitmore, Matt Woods and the Thunderbolts, Zbornik, Dave Zollo and many more.

The New Bohemia Music Festival is a Freedom Festival-affiliated event. Freedom Festival button-wearers will receive $3 off gate admission. Gate admission is $15, $12 in advance, and can be purchased through Friday, August 29, at these locations: Stars Guitars, Jackbox/Nexus Shows, CD's Plus, Brewed Awakenings, Music Loft, Music Go Round, Tic Toc, Wittes End, West Music and 3rd Street Live! (in Cedar Rapids); and West Music and Record Collector (in Iowa City); Bob's Guitars, Mohair Pear (in Cedar Falls); and CD's Plus (in Waterloo); or online at www.newbohemiamusicfestival.com. One inclusive ticket price is good for all days and locations, with all proceeds going to help in the Flood recovery effort in the New Bohemia Cultural District.

About New Bohemia
New Bohemia is a diverse urban village located in the heart of Cedar Rapids.  Respectful of the Czech immigrants who built the neighborhood and the commercial enterprises that provided its economic lifeblood, New Bohemia is emerging as a vibrant creative community that embraces the future of Cedar Rapids.  Centered on Third Street SE and adjacent to the Cedar River, New Bohemia links the Downtown District with the Czech Village, and is recognized as the Bohemian Commercial Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places.  New Bohemia is also recognized by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs as part of the Czech Village/New Bohemia Cultural District.