Carlos Giffoni, the man behind No Fun Fest, No Fun Productions, and his own electronic/experimental project, No Fun Acid, has announced that there will sadly be no No Fun Fest in 2010.
This year would have marked seven years of No Fun Fest, blasting eardrums and annoying Brooklynite neighbors each spring since 2004. Last year, No Fun Fest surprised its fair share of noise fans by incorporating Sonic Youth, Cold Cave, Blank Dogs, and Bardo Pond into the lineup for those who find the likes of Merzbow, Religious Knives, and Wolf Eyes a little inaccessible.
No can do this year. While there won’t be a No Fun Fest, however, Giffoni assures his fans that this is not the end of No Fun endeavors. According to the No Fun Fest website, his decline to curate a festival this year comes in an effort to focus on the No Fun Productions label and his personal music projects, as Carlos Giffoni and No Fun Acid. True to his word, news for the year’s events is slowly trickling out from No Fun & Co. While the New York gig is a no-go, Giffoni claims that there will be a one-day No Fun Fest in Montreal this June (featuring Hair Police, No Fun Acid, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Religious Knives, for starters), plus a possible international date.
No Fun Acid is also touring Europe throughout March with Oneohtrix Point Never. Check out Carlos Giffoni’s MySpace for tourdates.
And remember, there’s always Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin.
• No Fun Fest: http://www.nofunfest.com
