By Leslee Kulba-Mike Adams came before Asheville City Council to request funding for Moogfest. The presentation was a sharp contrast to what the Buncombe County Commissioners saw last week. Adams told the members of council he was “not comfortable” coming before them asking for money. His business is sound and he is capable of running it at a profit.
Had he wanted to continue the music festival, he never would have asked for public assistance, either. But what he proposed was an economic development event. At the request of the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, Moogfest had been moved to April, and it will run from Wednesday through Sunday. To attract daytime visitors, the festival has been transformed from an entertainment weekend to an opportunity for career musicians and techies to network and learn.
As in the past, a host of innovators melding music and electronics will perform, and cosmologists, technicians, and artists will give presentations. Added to the mix will be film screenings, an open-source hackathon, talks by “some of the most important thinkers of today,” and an “opportunity to build, modify, and take home your unreleased Moog synthesizer.”
As planned, the event
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