BOSTON CALLING,

BOSTON’S FIRST-EVER TWO-DAY OUTDOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL, COMES TO CITY HALL PLAZA

SATURDAY MAY 25^th – SUNDAY MAY 26^th 2013

HEADLINED BY THE NATIONAL AND FUN.

AND FEATURING THE SHINS,

OF MONSTERS AND MEN, YOUNG THE GIANT,

ANDREW BIRD, MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS AND MORE

TICKETS ON SALEAT BOSTONCALLING.COM

February 27, 2013 – Boston, MA – In what is an exciting and major addition to Boston’s music scene, Crash Line Productions, in partnership with Bowery Presents, announces Boston Calling, the very first two-day music festival to take place in Boston proper. The festival will be held on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 25^th and Sunday May 26^th at the city’s historic City Hall Plaza [One City Hall Square, Boston, Massachusetts]. Tickets are on sale at www.bostoncalling.com, www.ticketmaster.com, and with no service fee at The Sinclair box office (52 Church St, Cambridge MA).

Boston Calling will bring a heavy-hitting line-up to its two stages. The festival is headlined by The National, which is set to release a new LP later this year, and Fun., 2013 Grammy winners for Best New Artist and Song of the Year “We Are Young.” Legends and newcomers alike, in genres ranging from indie folk and pop to American rock will perform at Boston Calling. A few highlights include The Shins, Of Monsters and Men, Young the Giant, Andrew Bird, Marina and the Diamonds, Matt and Kim, The Walkmen, Youth Lagoon, Portugal. The Man, and Cults. 

In creating the line-up, Crash Line Productions’ Partners and Co-Founders Brian Appel and Mike Snow tapped Aaron Dessner, acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of The National, so as to ensure the festival offered ticketholders the most entertaining and eclectic range of performances. It is not the first time Dessner has co-curated a festival's line-up; he founded and curated the annual "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" festival in New York last year and curated England's All Tomorrow's Parties with The National this past December. Of the Boston Calling collaboration, Dessner says, "I was excited to be invited by friends to help with the artistic direction of this festival. We've been playing shows in Boston for almost 15 years, and I can say without a doubt the city has one of the best live audiences and music scenes in the country. There's no reason it shouldn't have a great outdoor music festival of its own. We worked hard to pull together an exciting group of artists." 

Perched on a hill in Downtown Boston and with the city’s skyscrapers encircling its grounds, Boston Calling’s locale at City Hall Plaza will offer the ideal urban festival vibe. Producers will enhance this environment with two performance stages, a spacious beer garden, a food pavilion comprised of food trucks and local food vendors, and world-class lighting and design throughout the plaza. Boston Calling will also feature a VIP component whereby VIP ticketholders will have access to City Hall Courtyard, a 25,000 square foot, second-floor Mezzanine offering prime views of the main stage as well as specially curated menus and luxurious amenities.

“Boston is such a great city for music and arts, and the city’s appetite for live outdoor events only grows each year. We are fortunate to have some wonderful people contributing to this event, and we are excited to fill a void in the New England festival circuit. Our aim is to do nothing less than exceed ticketholders’ expectations,” says Appel. “As Boston natives who have worked in the industry for a long time, we really could not be more excited to translate our knowledge of both music and city events into a festival unlike any the region has seen,” Snow adds.

For more details about Boston Calling, please visit www.bostoncalling.com online and follow Boston Calling on Twitter, @Boston_Calling, and Facebook www.faceboook.com/BostonCalling

Boston Calling’s confirmed 2013 line-up as of current is as follows.

SATURDAY: MAY 25, 2013

  Fun.

The Shins

Marina and the Diamonds

Matt and Kim

Portugal. The Man

Cults

Ms Mr

St. Lucia

Bad Rabbits

SUNDAY: MAY 26, 2013

The National

Of Monsters and Men

Young the Giant

Andrew Bird

The Dirty Projectors

Ra Ra Riot

The Walkmen

Youth Lagoon

Caspian

Boston Calling would like to thank its inaugural partner The Liberty, a luxury collection hotel located in Boston. Boston Children’s Hospital and its Music Therapy Program is Boston Calling’s charitable partner – the program helps patients cope during their hospitalization by bringing the joy of music to their bedsides. 

Crash Line Productions is a full-service music and entertainment production company. Formed in the Fall of 2012 by Brian Appel and Mike Snow, Crash Line sees the two executives drawing from their extensive backgrounds in the music and event industry.

City Hall Plaza is located at One City Hall Square in downtown Boston. The festival is accessible via the city’s T via the Government Center stop on the Green line, Park Street stop on the Red Line, or the State Street stop on the Orange or Blue line. The 92 and 93 buses also stop outside of City Hall Plaza on Congress Street.

The Bowery Presents is an independent promotion company based in New York City. With a core business based around great music, its mission is to bring the best bands to the best venues and to provide a great concert experience for fans and artists, along with reasonable ticket prices. Over the years, The Bowery Presents has worked with a vast cross section of some of the most talented performing artists, including Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, LCD Soundsystem, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Passion Pit and Deadmau5. The company’s activities center on programming live music in the venues it owns and operates, including several New York and New Jersey music venues, such as Terminal 5, The Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Music Hall of Williamsburg and the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, N.J. The Bowery Presents also presents shows at other venues in New York City, such as Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Central Park SummerStage and the Beacon Theatre, and across the Northeast, at places like the Constellation Brands- Marvin Sands Performing Art Center, located on the campus of Finger Lakes Community College in upstate New York. In 2010, the business launched The Bowery Presents: Boston, an extension of the company with an office headquartered in Boston and became the live-music partner for the Royale nightclub in the Theater District. In 2010, The Bowery Presents partnered with Alex Crothers, from Higher Ground in Burlington, Vt., to reopen The State Theatre in Portland, Maine, and in 2011, partnered to open Union Transfer in Philadelphia. In 2012, The Bowery Presents: Boston opened The Sinclair, a concert venue and restaurant with consulting Chef Michael Schlow. In 2012, The Bowery Presents: Boston began to exclusively promote shows at Boston music institutions TT the Bear’s Place and Great Scott. For further information, visit www.bowerypresents.com