HCMC – Melting Pot 4: Art and Music Festival

22 and 23 Feb 2014, 1 – 10 pm
Saigon Outcast

From The Melting Pot Art Festival:

Welcome to Saigon Outcast’s One Year Anniversary of The Melting Pot Art Festival! A weekend where creators of art, dance and music come together under one umbrella for a good cause. This festival will raise money to buy music instruments for local orphanages.

Media sponsors: MTV Vietnam and Hanoi Grapevine

“Creation is a drug I can’t do without.” -Cecil B. DeMille

ENTRANCE FEE: 50K

*ACTIVITIES:

BAD PORTRAITS BY GRA AND GARETH, HENNA ARTIST, FACE/STONE PAINTING AND CRAFT TABLE

*ART EXHIBITION ALL WEEKEND FEATURING:

ILLUSTRATIONS: Kris Kotcher, LouLou Toulouse, Maggie Appleton and Mika Tennekoon
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Dredge, Andrea Towne (H2H) and Trictography
WOODCUT PRINTS: Kane Nugent and Jack Clayton
THE ART OF FOLIAGE: Green Youth Collective
HANDMADE SPECIALTIES: Sammy Eastwood, Amy Pons, Joe Thompson, Vy Hoang, Pinups and Needles, Tusks and Dust, Huynh Tat Phat Foundation, Quynh Dao, Arris, AnUKa and Soul Flower Saigon
CLOTHING: Bong Vintage, Cheekie Nguyen and Little Bangkok
FOOD: Saigon Outcast BBQ and The Hungry Pig

*SATURDAY ENTERTAINMENT*

1:30-3:00 PM: CAT PYLON
3:00-4:30 PM: PE DRO FEATURING SAIGON OUTCAST SHREDDERS
4:30-6:00 PM: HOT TZIGANI PROJECT
6:00-7:00 PM: PERFORMANCES FEATURING:
HENRY (Poetry)
KATORI VIETNAM (Kenjutsu)
ANH AND AGNOTTI (Contemporary)
UDG DANCE (Jazz)
EMILY NAVARRA (Modern)
7:00-8:30 PM: THE LOST ART
8:30-10:00 PM: SPACE PANTHER

*SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENT*

1:30-3:00 PM: SAHIVA
3:00-4:30 PM: SOLID MACHINE FEATURING SAIGON OUTCAST SHREDDERS
4:30-6:00 PM: VAN THANH TRUNG BAND
6:00-7:00 PM: Capitán FEATURING ALL THE WAY LIVE VIETNAM ART BATTLE AND LIVE AUCTION
7:00-8:30 PM:THE 67’S
8:30-10:00 PM: THE RAD LIFE

Read Hanoi Grapevine’s interview with Emily Navarra, the organizer of the festival here.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQERpBxLsU[/youtube]

Register in Melting Pot’s Facebook event here.