Northside Festival

The Northside Festival is an annual week-long summer showcase celebrating emerging "music, innovation and art" in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

[1] The festival is held at venues across the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick and is organized by Northside Media Group, the publishers of The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Playwright's Horizon and BAMbill.

[3][4] Every June for the past decade, Northside has brought hundreds of bands, artists and speakers to the festival.

Past performers include Guided By Voices, Solange,[5] Brian Wilson,[6] Miguel,[7] Dirty Projectors, Beirut, Girlpool[8] and more.

Past speakers include Mayor Bill de Blasio,[9] Senator Kirsten Gillibrand,[10] SNL's Sasheer Zamata,[11] hotelier Ian Schrager, writer Piper Kerman and Kickstarter CEO Yancey Stickler.