I don't know how to describe my day here at the 5th Backdoor Ventures Arts and Music Festival 2010, but I can say one word ~ ASTIG!. It was another tiring day and pure fun listening again to live music, meet up with art lovers, artists and musicians. Sharing the passion for arts and culture are high here and it was like a big classroom and our stage is the main blackboard of learning. Mentoring and transfer of knowledge takes place anywhere in different corners of the event and it never stops there.
I arrived late and it was time for the cosplay fashion show, I met up with Konata fans club near the stage and told them to set up after the Maguindanaon Kulintang dance group and I got a response from them that they are ready and just coordinate with the band Jumping Art Kids band for the cosplay show, the cosplay started showcasing different kinds of cosplay art forms, from mecha, to jrock lolita fashion, to anime, and game characters, saw the acoustic performance of the pop duo Krissy and Ericka for the first time and wow!, I also saw the fast tongue of one of the members of Say Wut, grabe ang bilis magsalita, mayganon pala,
Gorgoro Henson performed with his band but the difference is that all of them are humans and he is the lost son of the famed puppet Animal of Jim Henson's hour, Kastigo performed heavy and their guitar and bass player wow the crowd with their epilogue act, Matilda band performed with their scream labeled song and i'm happy to see them play again after so many years, Abby Asistio performed with her band I was lauching at Marc Cerbo and told him I think I saw Sarah Cada playing a guitar, but it wasn't Sarah but it was her brother Tim Cada,ang galing!, Abby is another discovery for me, love the impromptu song act and also her song tribute for the arts fest, dapat naka record na ito and uploaded it in itunes, Aisaku Yokogawa is a japinoy performer and he introduced to us singing classic opm songs with a jazz mix and can't believe he even sang Voltes V.
I raided the Bose booth and tried the different kinds of Beat headphones, and omg! I want one! but it cost P20k each headset, Techyromantics made me run infront of the stage I love this band and this is my 3rd time to see them live, its just so sad that I dont have money always and failed to buy their album, Tanduay booth serves Boracay coffee (yeah with Tanduay!), we just abused the PLDT booth and surf the internet like no tomorrow ahahah we also visited our blogs and even used the daily photo snap shot of plurk, after our dinner at Eskimo boys I caught Blue Jeans Junkie performing on stage, then Drip performed and I'm so glad that they appeared for the 3rd day, kala ko kasi ma miss ko sila sa 2nd day, and as usual nakaka addict ang songs nina Beng, and then Sino Sikat performed and I think they have lots of fans present at the event, our boy JPmanahan was there and nagpa autograph ng CD, Skabeche is the best! always top act every arts fest they have a new music video coming up and they produced an album for the benefit of the kids of Bulacan
Yosha was the last band that night and it's my first time to see them performed, the night ended in a club music set up, DJ Alex Wong jammed with the Pioneer Pro DJ and Bose Beat headset, the night ended slowly and everyone dance dance dance and even the organizers like Jay Virina sat on the drum set and jam with Alex Wong, along with the other performers, ladies went on stage and danced like no tomorrow, I dragged myself to go home that night and it was the best arts fest gimik of all time hehehe.
see you on 2011.
more photos below!
watch our for videos and photos from Daomisyel and Mark Cerbo
EMBARK ON AN ARTISTIC JOURNEY
The 5th Backdoor Ventures Arts & Music Festival
Surrender to the sensory journey within. Brace your senses as the 5th Backdoor Ventures Arts and Music Festival takes you to a bigger venue…with an even greater roster of acts never before gathered under one roof!
The annual art gathering is the pioneer of all arts and music events in the country. Now on its fifth year, the Festival promises to showcase a grand lineup of activities, workshops, and performances that it is known for; raising the bar to a spectacular level year after year. With its growing audience and list of participants, Backdoor Ventures is moving to a bigger venue; this year it will be held at the Megatrade Hall 2 – a larger space adjacent to Hall 3, which has been the Artsfest’s home for the past years.
“We’re taking the next festival to a higher level as we celebrate the 5th staging of one of the biggest if not the biggest gathering of artists and musicians from different disciplines and genres in the country.” according to Chief Event Organizer, Jay Viriña
Five years of bringing the people back to the arts and bringing the arts back to the people is definitely a milestone for the entire Arts & Music Festival family… We’re really excited for this coming year’s celebration. It just keeps getting better.” He added.
As always, new and exciting activities will be added into the lineup. For one, schools and University organizations around the Metro will be taking a more active role in participating at the next Festival. The hall layout and the stage design is also something to look forward to!
The 5th Backdoor Ventures Arts and Music Festival will be held on February 5 – 10, 2010 at the Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall.
For inquiries and updates, call +63 2 951 3646 or +63918 540 3248. You may also log on to www.backdoorventures.com and www.backdoorvent.multiply.com for more details.
