2019 South Street Spring Fest May 4th - Meet the Artists on the Pepsi Stage

2019 South Street Spring Fest May 4th  

Meet the Artists on the Pepsi Stage

At Passyunk Ave @ South St

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South Street kicks off Philly's summer festival season with a totally free, all day, all-ages celebration of the city's best sights, sounds, tastes and sips. Don't miss out - Saturday May 5th!
Festivities will take over South Street between Front and 8th Streets. All activities are FREE and open to the public. Food and drink are pay-as-you-go. Rain or shine! #SouthStFest

HIGHLIGHTS: 
* Some of Philly's hottest new bands rocking the street 
* 30+ restaurants/bars serving outside
* Hundreds of boutiques and artists selling their wares
* Free family fun and entertainment
* Free Comic Book Day
* Maifest and Philly's largest Maypole 
* Philly Taco Eating Contest 

Meet & Here the Artists on the Pepsi Stage

You Do You 
Set Time: 7:10pm

You Do You is a 7-piece new wave funk rock party band from Philly known for their infectious beats and electrifying 70’s-era showmanship. Since forming in 2012, You Do You has drawn comparisons to artists such as Parliament-Funkadelic, Janis Joplin, Chic, Lady Gaga and Phish, and has supported an array of talented musicians that includes Robert Randolph & the Family Band, George Porter Jr. of the Funky Meters, the Dead Milkmen, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas and many more. Led by Katie Feeney’s raw, sultry vocal stylings, the band delivers a powerful performance characterized by tight chemistry and four-part harmonies, wild stage antics, funky grooves and wailing melismas that land somewhere between Whitney Houston and Robert Plant.

Bad Mary
Set Time: 6:15pm

NEW YORK PUNK THAT’S FAST, LOUD AND FUN!

Drawing influence from the likes of Blondie and The Ramones, Green Day and Paramore, Bad Mary has created their own strain of punk that takes you back to New York in the 70’s but with a modern vibe. Following on from their critically acclaimed debut, Better Days, released in 2013, the high octane four-piece group – led by powerhouse lead singer Amanda Mac, Mike Staub (bass/vocals), Bill Mac (drums) and David Henderson (guitar) – split their latest blasts of infectious, in your face songs into two driving EPs, Killing Dinosaurs (2015) and We Could Have Saved the World (2016).

The band makes their home on Long Island, New York and have played classic venues such as Arlene’s Grocery, Bowery Electric, Trash Bar, and Highline Ballroom. Bad Mary were in the lineup of Warped Tour when it hit Jones Beach in 2015, the Liberty Music Festival in Philadelphia in 2016, and have scored airplay on U.S., U.K. and Australian radio.

Another Day Dawns
Set Time: 5:15pm

Another Day Dawns is a high-energy hard rock band that was established in 2010 by drummer Nick McGeehan and guitarist Tyler Ritter of Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Initially performing classic rock covers, the addition of frontman Dakota Sean ignited their evolution into a full-on original act. Writing music at a breakneck pace, the trio quickly generated buzz across the northeast Pennsylvania region. Another Day Dawns earned opening slots for Fuel, Avatar, Sammy Hagar, Godsmack, Puddle of Mudd, Bad Flower, Trapt, Breaking Ben, 5 Finger Deathpunch, Daughtry, and BuckCherry. They band also accompanied former lead singer of Hinder, Austin John Winkler in his 2017 tour. As one of five finalists in the national NeXt2rock competition, Another Day Dawns took the opportunity to play the legendary Viper Room in LA. Inspiration flooded in the spring of 2017 as Livi Dillon topped off the band’s lineup as their new bassist, and Another Day Dawns was signed to M7 Booking Agency in April of the same year. The band has been writing non-stop ever since, formulating their next masterpiece to share with fans. Although in a creative mindset, Another Day Dawns continues to play shows every week all along Northeast America Through years of extensive show bookings, the band has cultivated a strong and loyal fan base with hundreds of audience members per show, and 10K followers on social media. 

Jackie June

Set Time: 4:20pm

Find the courage to speak your truth.​

New Jersey singer-songwriter Jackie June channels this guiding principle into her 2019 debut EP Wildflower. Truth has remained a challenging force for the songstress, having spent life suppressing her undying passion for music.
Now, secure in her footing and firm in her voice, June shares her story of apprehension with the world, instructing those both young and old that it's never too late to leap forward into your truth. Finally harnessing her voice and speaking as the narrator of her own story, June accesses the most authentic version of herself.​
Wildflower finds kinship with the sonically delicate and lyrically poignant pop discographies of artists from Michelle Branch and Sara Bareilles to Lady Gaga and Adele. And, more personally, June's infectious refrains and whimsical instrumentation harken back to the 90s airwaves that inspired her youth. ​
Having already shared her message of self-love and self-actualization in her singles "Chasing Nightmares" and "All The Colors," June explores a deeper vulnerability in Wildflower, finally taking off her mask and finding beauty in the broken.

Looseleaf

Set Time: 3:30pm

Rhett Tierney (pictured center right) and Andrew Napoli (pictured left) joined musical forces as middle schoolers, and they've been playing music together ever since. The band Looseleaf was born from their love of tight vocal harmonies and music from the 60's-70's. In an age of synthetic sound effects and overproduction, Looseleaf prides itself on a no-frills, vintage sound inspired by the blues, classic rock, funk, and reggae.
Over the years, Looseleaf has played all over the Greater Philadelphia Area including venues and events like: Boot & Saddle, Ardmore Music Hall, Milkboy, The Wildwood Blues Festival, Citizen's Bank Ball Park, Bourbon & Branch, and World Café Live. The band notably opened for Questlove at the Pennsbury High School Prom, known as the greatest prom in America. In 2018, Rhett and Andrew shared the stage with Bakithi Kumalo (Paul Simon's bass player most famously featured on the Graceland album).

Philly Taco Contest

Set Time: 3:00pm

Perpetuals

Set Time: 2:00pm

Philly-based alternative rock band featuring Owen Crowley on vocals, Rich Giduck on lead guitar, bass, and vocals, and Sam Tattum on drums and weird faces. Influenced by: Kings of Leon, Young the Giant, Grizzly Bear, Mutemath

Labella & Poole

Set Time: 1:00pm

We met in 2013, during fall semester of our first year at college. In the five years since, we’ve lived together, eaten together, drank together, studied and argued together, laughed together, written and played together. We’ve played in the same bands, visited the same cities, befriended the same people. For five years we’ve been writing and singing songs for loves lost and loves found, songs for the joy of friendship, songs to grieve pain and death, songs unashamed and unafraid to hope for better days, songs for losing religion, songs for finding it. Our music concerns that which most stirs the human spirit. We need this affirmation, this catharsis, to beat back the isolation and alienation that grows in and between hearts during these changing times. We’re counting on the hope, compassion, and laughter that run through our songs to lead us out of emptiness, and to reach our neighbors where they live.

We’re ready to share this first family of songs in the album called Skippack, named after my hometown—the place from which I have begun every journey of my life, and the place to which a part of me will always long to return. Likewise, I know Tim and I will return to the music, this spiritual home we’ve found, for as long as our hearts continue to need it—and gratefully take with us anyone who wants to stay there awhile.

House of Talent Artist
Set Time: 12:00pm

TBD