Virgin Mobile Fest 2010

Virgin Mobile Fest, the free festival with the theme was “Let Free Ring 2010” was recently held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on Saturday September 25. A $5 donation to RE* Generation, Virgin Mobile’s initiative to address youth homelessness was requested, but the festival was worth much more than that. This is a testament to Virgin’s charitable motto and social consciousness.

It was great event which saw a great crowd turn out. Crowds overwhelmed the downtown Columbia area, which was a nice change for the usually quiet area. I was very impressed by the “greenness” of the event. Recycling was actively encouraged by Kyocera staff giving people freebies for recycling in very visible recycle containers.

The festival included performances by Brite Lite Brite, Jimmy Eat World, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Joan Jett and the Blackheats, Matt & Kim, Pavement, LCD Sound System, The Temper Trap, Trombone Shorty, Yeasayer, Thievery Corporation, Ludacris, MIA, Will Eastman, Wolfgang Gartner, Neon India, Maximum Balloon, Chromeo, Sleigh Bells, Modeselektor, and Sharam.

There were other types of shows, such as the High Tea Toast with Jeremiah Weed of Jeremiah Sweet Tea, the 27ft Thermokraken and 30ft Tapasya fire shows sponsored by Therm, a circus show by Bindlestiff family Circus, a huge Ferris wheel and skateboarding by Skate Park of Baltimore who brought their own skate boarders, mini-ramp and DJ with great music. They are recruiting volunteers, if you’re interested; please visit their website at www.skateparkofbaltimore.com

Virgin’s Kyocera was the very visible premier wireless partner of the event. Other partners and vendors included Polaroid, Toyota, Jeremiah Sweet Tea, Statefarm, Converse, Therm, Play Station, Zync from American Express, Kyocera, Aqua Hydrate, The RE Generation, Virgin Unite, Green Chimneys, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Naehcy.Bindelstiff family circus, Albus Cavus, Skatepark of Baltimore, Reb Bull BMX, Vevo, Sonicbids, 9:38 Night club and Megabus.

DJ Jonny Santos kept the turn tables spinning and everybody dancing at the Kyocera booth. If you need a DJ for your event, contact him by email at imakeparty@gmail.com

Again, it was a great event and I'm already looking forward to the 2011 Virgin Mobile Fest. The festival’s website is at http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/

Below are some pictures. Enjoy

PS: Polaroid said pictures from the event will be available at facebook.com/polaroid. I checked today and I didn’t see them, but feel free to check back and hopefully they’ll post them soon.