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Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression
Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest
"...Auditorium Shores. "Playback" charted the history and future of FFF. FFF1 – 2006..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest 8
Fun Fun Fun Fest finally arrives
"...There are sizable helpings of comfort food on the FFF8 buffet, from recent repeats like Slayer, the Descendents, MGMT,..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Comedy: Your Lineup Is...
For the 10th fest, "FFF" can stand for "familiar funny folk"
"...say you won't see any first-timers at the 2015 FFF: The schedule includes a number of intriguing acts that..."

July 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 Lineup Astounds
Wu-Tang Clan, Jane’s Addiction, D’Angelo, and Venom top the list
"...FFF’s 2015 lineup can’t be summed up by headliners, however...."

May 28, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Lines, Rhymes, and Redemption
The line at Fun Fun Fun Fest wasn't the only show last weekend
"...Greg Patterson, CEO of FFF's ticketing agency Queue, says his team vigilantly monitored the..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The King of Hip-Hop
MLK Day, ready-made for hip-hop, plus Fun Fun Fun Fest lands back at Auditorium Shores, and RIP Will Indian
"...Adjusting for the park's impending face lift, FFF altered its layout, relinquishing use of the east end,..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sound on Sound Gets Medieval
Sound on Sound’s über headliner: 23 acres of Sherwood Forest
"...Sarkis to find a home for what would've been FFF's lineup and arrived at a novel location: a Renaissance..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance
Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Death Grips get medieval
"...of Sound on Sound’s booking strategy, which echoes his FFF Fest ethos minus grandiose acts featured in recent years..."

June 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing
Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped
"...audience the gender-bending performer has drawn in her three FFF appearances. Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco followed with a harsher..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Best of SXSW: Best Stage Banter, Best Show, Best Repeats
… and other observations from Kevin Curtin’s notebook
"...Amyl & the Sniffers: Everything you want out of..."

March 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Introducing: Sound on Sound Fest
Everything you loved about Fun Fun Fun Fest – with a different name
"...Other hallmarks of FFF Fest, which Williams co-founded in 2006 with Mohawk owner..."

June 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Festicular Fortitude
Ten music festivals in 10 weeks? Bring it on.
"...and extreme sport sideshows, returns to remodeled Auditorium Shores. FFF's 10th anniversary springs a plentitude of marquee headliners including..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fans Wait Hours to Enter Fun Fun Fun Fest
Massive queue mars Fest’s first day
"...I asked one group of FFF Festers waiting in line why they hadn’t picked up..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy Lineup Revealed
Headliners include director John Waters, actor Fred Armisen
"...in the Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest and aforementioned FFF Dating Show, conjuring memories of 2011’s Henry Rollins-officiated wedding,..."

July 1, 2014 Arts Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather
Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014
"...Illmatic is cooler than ACL Fest's Outkast and Eminem, FFF co-founder James Moody grinned broadly...."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Returns to Auditorium Shores
Festival moving slightly for ninth year downtown, Nov. 7-9
"...redevelopment financed by rival ACL Fest promoters C3 Presents, FFF retains the rest of its annual footprint to the..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Later Chumps!
Chumps say, 'So long, sucker,' while Trent Reznor says hello to Explosions in the sky.
"...a December release, strategic timing for Oscar bait. Guess the FFFFest..."

June 14, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Highest Highs, Lowest Lows: Good Looks’ Jake Ames Discharged From Hospital After Being Hit by Car Following Triumphant Release Show
Beloved guitarist caps “miraculous” recovery by playing a song
"...When the heartland indie rockers played reflective material like..."

April 15, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Terror Fest Review: Daikaiju, Lightning Bolt
Four-alarm dose of masked mayhem
"...View this post on Instagram Whoa that guy’s drum..."

June 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Willie Nelson Unites America
A guitar-strumming Beto O’Rourke tries too
"...Lucas Nelson’s tremendous new song “Turn Off the News..."

July 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016
Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year
"...In the divorce, Stratus got Transmission and ownership of FFF. Williams and other Transmission principals immediately launched a new..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: If the Gloves Fit
Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals
"...fest to be held Nov. 4-6 – the usual FFF weekend. Expect a familiar convergence of metal, punk, hip-hop,..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016
End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it
"...investment lent Transmission financial backing for its signature event, FFF Fest, and positioned them as an increasingly competitive entity..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Willie's Picnic Comes Home
Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic lands back in Austin
"...Fest at Auditorium Shores. The Parks Department won't permit FFF to use the off-leash dog area of the grounds,..."

July 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sorry Not Sorry?
"...tickets. Even while admitting huge mistakes and profusely apologizing, FFF has been adamant that they will not refund anything..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Postmarks

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy
Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013
"...Movement talents emcee a hot, alternative dating game for FFF's body of single, sexually destitute hipsters...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Sarah Silverman = So Much Fun (Fun Fun)
November fest taps Sarah Silverman
"...And there’s eye-popping news on the FFF Comedy front: Organizers announced this morning that stand-up behemoth..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Playback: Mother Falcon vs. Scottish Rite Theater
Mother Falcon's open letter to the Scottish Rite, Frontier Bar's transformation into Lost Well, and soul man Bobby Patterson
"...South by Southwest appearance at Brazos Hall. In other FFF news, local Black Flag linchpin Greg Ginn recently filed..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback
Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more
"...hits. Most obvious among those remains Slayer, which headlined FFF6 at Auditorium Shores two years ago. Given that the..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Best. DJ Gig. Ever.
Presidential crate-digger DJ Mel checks in post-election
"...Last year, the pioneering MC was taken off the FFF lineup due to injury. "I fully think he's jinxed..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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