Little Five Fest


Little Five Fest is an annual music festival in Atlanta, Ga. Each year the event partners with several local venues and features 50 or more local bands and is an annual showcase of the Music of Atlanta. The event was started in 2004 as "Othersound Music Festival" and evolved over the years to take on a more general tone representing the entire area of Little 5 Points and as an alternative to the mainstream music festival Music Midtown. The festival tends to focus on local and independent music groups: "Focusing on bands just under the indie mainstream radar, the Other Sound Music Festival has a rich history of booking the right bands.". The festival usually features bands from local label mainstays like Rob's House Records, Die Slaughterhaus Records and others. While previous festivals focused heavily on rock music, the festival now features a variety of musical genres including Rap, Hip-hop, Country, Electronic Music, DJ sets, performance art and theater.

Past lineups (partial list)

2009 (partial list)

Stage: The Selmanaires, Book Of Colors, A Fight To The Death, Grand Prize Winners From Last Year, Club Awesome, Falcon Lords, , Author's Apology, Los Buenos
Criminal Records stage: Jeffrey Butzer, The Orphins, Yo La Tengo, This Piano Plays itself

2010 (Lineup by venue)http://2010.theothersound.com/lineup/

Criminal Records music & comic book storeJava Lords Coffee Shop Main Stage Basement
The Five Spot

2:30 – Back Pockets
3:30 – The Wild
4:30 – A Fight to the Death
5:30 – Mermaids
2:00 – Wes Ables
3:00 – Hawkeye Pierce
4:00 – Platonic Sex
5:00 – The Falcon Lords
6:00 – What Happened to Your Fire, Tiger
7:00 – Book of Colors
8:00 – Little Tybee
9:00 – West End Motel
9:40 – Author's Apology
10:15 – The Charges
11:15 – Abby GoGo
12:15 – Skin Jobs
6:30 – Walk from the Gallows
7:30 – Starfighter
8:30 – Buffalo Bangers
9:30 – King Congregation
10:30 – Tornado Town
11:30 – Odist
7:00 – Meut
8:00 – Jeremy Ray & The Gonzo Orchestra
9:00 – Weapons of Audio
10:00 – Oryx and Crake
11:00 – Grand Prize Winners from Last Year
12:00 – Omelet

2011 (partial lineup)

In 2012 the venues were hosted at Criminal Records music and comic book shop, Aurora Coffee and three stages at the Star Bar.

2012

According to Creative Loafing, the 2012 festival is scheduled to take place on September 29, 2012, will feature over 90 bands and is spread across 9 venues.

Sponsors and supporters

While the festival is usually sponsored mostly by local record labels and businesses, there have been a number of nationally known sponsors such as Pabst Blue Ribbon, the High Museum of Art, Creative Loafing, Zipcar, Orange Amplification, Scoutmob and Whynatte Latte.