As we approach the birth of Baltimore’s newest festival, Moonrise Festival, veterans of festivals past are both excited and mournful. On the one hand, dance music fans in the DC area know that with each passing year Steez Pomo events become bigger and more robust as they seek to outdo themselves. This year will be no exception.
On the other hand, as we look back over the years to see how the festival came to be – it is with a heavy heart that we turn the page into the next chapter of our beloved Baltimore music scene.
From their humble beginnings partnering with Ultraworld to bring the underground warehouse rave scene to life in this area to becoming the production company we know and love – it has certainly been a long journey for Steez Promo. Now with more than 14 years of event planning experience, Moonrise Festival is sure to be their greatest accomplishment to date.
Before we step foot on these unfamiliar grounds, let’s take a journey back in time to see how the festival has grown. Beginning in 1998 as Sunrise Festival in a neglected Baltimore park, the festival morphed into Starscape Festival – The Garden of Eden the next year at Fort Amisted park and now it has made a full celestial cycle to become Moonrise Festival held at the historic Pimlico Race Track grounds.
The Last Starscape Festival – 2012
13th Annual Starscape Festival – 2011
12th Annual Starscape Festival – 2010
11th Annual Starscape Festival – 2009
10th Annual Starscape Festival – 2008
9th Annual Starscape Festival – 2007
8th Annual Starscape Festival – 2006
7th Annual Starscape Festival – 2005
6th Annual Starscape Festival – 2004
Saturday, July 24 2004
Ultraworld Productions Presents…
The 6th Annual STARSCAPE Music & Arts Festival
@ Fort Artmistead Park in Baltimore, MD
MAIN TENT – TECHNO / BREAKS / PROGRESSIVE
BAD BOY BILL _WWW.BADBOYBILL.COM_ (http://www.badboybill.com/) /
_WWW.BEATPORT.COM_ (http://www.beatport.com/) / CHICAGO
DONALD GLAUDE _WWW.DONALDGLAUDE.COM_ (http://www.donaldglaude.com/) / EDEN
RECORDINGS / SEATTLE
CHRIS FORTIER FADE / BALANCE / _WWW.DJCHRISFORTIER.COM_
(http://www.djchrisfortier.com/) / NYC
SEAN CUSICK BALANCE / BEDROCK / SECOND HAND SATELLITES / NYC
SCOTT HENRY CUBIK / DC
KNOWLEDGE COLUMNS OF KNOWLEDGE / CT
DJ SUN ULTRAWORLD / _WWW.DCUBED.US_ (http://www.dcubed.us/)
DRUM AND BASS ARENA
FABIO CREATIVE SOURCE / RADIO ONE / LONDON
DARA BREAKBEAT SCIENCE / NYC
RAP PROPER TALENT / LONDON
DJ CRAZE CARTEL / MIAMI
KARL K HUMAN / CIRCLE / ATLAS / PHILLY
ACTUAL FACT DEUCE / LD50 / BALTIMORE
MOODY MOORE _WWW.MOODYMOORE.COM_ (http://www.moodymoore.com/) / THE
MIDNIGHTSONS / DC
HIP HOP ARENA: Presented by PARANORMAL PRODUCTIONS
Hosted by Seez Mics of Educated Consumers
DJ CRAZE CARTEL / MIAMI
FAUST & SHORTEE
MENTAL SHARP !!!LIVE PERFORMANCE!!! SUBSTITUTION/GASM/PHILLY
IMPULSE STANTON / KICKER / ECKO / BALTIMORE
CAM-ONE MANTIS SOUND SYSTEM / KRUNK / CLAUSIT STUDIOS / DC
SWINGKIDD ILLSKILLZ / PARANORMAL / PHILLY
MEDDAFORE FOREVER FAM / TEC.NITIONS / PHILLY
TWO TEKS DC MIC FOUNDATION / DC
DC MIC FOUNDATION’S GUERRILLA GRAMMAR EMCEE BATTLE
This year Starscape will be showcasing the finest dancers and performance artists from around the area. Members of BOOGIEKNIGHTZ, DcPHREESTILERS and PERFECT MOTION have teamed up to bring the club and street styles of break-dancing, funk, freestyle, pop and lock, to the stages of this year’s festival.
SONAR STAGE
LOVEGROVE / DEREK FENWICK /
ED RIDGLEY / CHRIS BULLA / ADAM T RUSH /
PROJECT 301 / LIVE PERCUSSION BY ZAK
TAXIDERMY LOUNGE – INDIE ROCK / 80s / DISCO / MORE
Baltimore’s hottest indie dance party gets an area at Starscape, to add a little diversity and fun to the otherwise electronic sounds. Featuring SIMON THE PHOENIXXX, MIKE SINGER, CULLIN STALIN, MOD DAVE and more…
G-SPOT ART GALLERY
Once again, the G Spot Gallery will be hosting a collection of art from local and national artists. Art on display will be for sale.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!! THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY 18 & OVER
$30 In advance from now until June 30
$40 From July 1 up to and including the day of the show at the outlets
$45 At the gate
Although the festival began a few years earlier, the internet was still relatively new at that time so unfortunately as we searched deeper into the past it became more difficult to find images and information online. I guess those years will remain a memory only cherished by those who lived it. As for the rest of us, we’ll have to make some new memories of our own today. See you at Moonrise Festival!
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