This year’s MusicFest is bigger and better than ever!

Along with slews of music films – docs, mocks, videos and shorts – we have live concerts most nights, from legendary rockers to rising local acts. Come on down and see for yourself why Spin magazine recently called Silver Lake the hub of the indie music scene in the USA.

ASCAP PRESENTS MUSIC FEST 07 AT SLFF

Thursday May 3rd- The EchoPlex
Friday May 4th- The Echo
Saturday May 12th- The Echo
ASCAP Music Fest access will be accessible only to MusicFest passholders, SLFF filmmakers and additional All-Access Festival passholders.

For the first time in Los Angeles, ASCAP (a membership and performing rights  association of more than 275,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music) has curated an extra-special line up of auditory treats for you lucky Silver Lake Film Festival attendees. Eclectic and seminal bands will be performing in the heart of the Eastside music scene: The Echo and the brand-spankin’ new Ex-Plex.

Thursday, May 3:  Opening Night Gala & programming by ASCAP at the Ex-Plex on Sunset Blvd. Featuring Circle Jerks, 400 Blows.  MUSIC VISIONARY AWARD: KEITH MORRIS

Friday. May 4:  Programming by ASCAP at The Echo on Sunset Blvd. Featuring Dengue Fever, Sea Wolf, The Little Ones, The Bird and the Bee

Saturday, May 12: Closing Night Gala (sponsored by ASCAP and Filter magazine)  featuring John Doe of X jamming; Up and coming LA underground punk icon Igor Spectre; legendary punk rock idol Billy Bones from the Skulls and his new outfit The Billybones. MUSIC PIONEER AWARD: JOHN DOE

Additional support provided by Filter and Radio Free Silver Lake

CINCO DE MAYO SHOWCASE

Saturday, May 5- Jensen Rec Centers
Curated by Ian Brennan
MusicPass accessible; tickets also available at the door.

On Cinco de Mayo (Saturday, May 5) the Silver Lake Film festival celebrates the rich-history of Chicano rock music in East Los Angeles from Lalo Guerrerro to War to Los Lobos. The evening will feature performances by Dios Malos, Lysa Flores (1997 Independent SPIRIT debut-performance nominee for the film "Star Maps"), Ollin, The Revolts (featuring Jonathan Velasquez, star Larry Clark's "Wassup Rockers"), and culminating with the grand finale of 1970's punk-legend Alice Bag being presented with the MUSIC PIONEER AWARD and her performing a song by The Bags for the first time in decades.

Saturday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo showcase, Jensen Rec Center in Silver Lake, featuring Alice Bag, Dios Malos, Lysa Flores, Ollin, The Revolts. MUSIC PIONEER AWARD: ALICE BAG

PEER MUSIC SHOWCASE

Tuesday May 8th- The Derby
MusicPass accessible; tickets also available at the door.

Sponsored and programmed by Peer Music, the major indie music publisher. A showcase of Peer Music artists in performance, including:  Upground, The Procession, Foolproof, Robert Shields, Monty, Los Pinguos, Eddie G, Champagne Socialists, Static Revenger.              .            

LiveBroadcast.TV MUSIC FEST 07 AT LFF

Curated by Irwing Ornelas & LiveBroadcast.TV
Thursday May 10th- LiveBroadcast.TV
Friday May 11th- LiveBroadcast.TV
MusicPass accessible. STRICTLY LIMITED CAPACITY!

Thursday, May 10:  LiveBroadcast.TV web broadcast featuring rising local bands with live video streaming on the web Jack Lee (of the nerves) plus special guests Ocean Tribe & The Clamour

Friday, May 11: LiveBroadcast.TV web broadcast featuring rising local bands: The Clorox Girls, Hard Place, The Red Dons and The Power Chords