The 15th annual Mid-Atlantic College Radio Conference just announced its preliminary line-up. As of last night’s release, this year’s MACRoCk festival includes Algernon Cadwallader, Eternal Summers, Infernal Stronghold, Canon Blue, End of a Year (Self Defense Family), Big Troubles, Soil and the Sun, The Beets, and Creepoid.
Founded by student volunteers at WXJM in 1997, MACRoCk has since become one of the biggest magnets of regional and national independent acts that Central Virginia has to offer, and for two days a year, makes Harrisonburg an unlikely epicenter for all things lo-fi and DIY. This year’s conference takes place on April 6 and 7, and tickets are usually $25 and under.
Algernon Cadwallader is back from last year’s MACRoCk festival, as is Eternal Summers, a pop duo from Roanok known to play around these parts on occasion. If your band wants to represent Charlottesville come April, the festival is still accepting applications.
"Pogo" – Eternal Summers