[2] Organizers have included festival founder L. Jim McAdams,[3] Arrington de Dionyso (founder of the Olympia Strange Music Society),[3] Aerick Duckhugger,[3] and Domenica Clark.

[citation needed] Performers have included Acre,[5] Alps of New South Wales,[5] A Nat Hema,[6] Wendy Atkinson,[5] Atropy Minor,[6] Argumentix,[5] Better People,[5] Blue Sabbath Black Cheer,[5] Bran Flakes,[7] Cabinet of Natural Curiosities,[5] Celesteville,[5] Crank Sturgeon,[8] Dead Air Fresheners,[8][9] Amy Denio,[10] Dendrites,[8] Arrington de Dionyso, Paul Dutton, Evolution Control Committee,[11] Steve Fisk,[8][11] Foque Mopus,[10] Gang Wizard,[3] Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet,[5] Bill Horist,[10] KnotPineBox,[8] Al Larsen, Le Ton Mite, METAL,[5] Midmight,[5] Nequaquam Vacuum,[5] Noggin,[1] Noisettes,[5] Office Products, Oliver Squash,[5] Plants,[5] Gino Robair,[1] Sluggo,[11] Chuck Swaim,[7] Toro sec Toro, Jennifer Robin,[12] White Rainbow,[5] Bert Wilson,[1] Wood Paneling,[1][5][9] Paintings for Animals,[13] LA Lungs,[13] Four Dimensional Nightmare,[13] Super Unity, Eurostache,[13] and Nathan Cearley (at the time performing as Godzilla).

In addition to unusual, experimental, and/or noise music, many festival performers use film, multimedia, and spoken word.

Yahoo News in 2007 called it a "summer festival to watch".

[14] In Signum, writer Tiffany Lee Brown commented in 2001: "This was no overpriced, fancypants event full of goatee-stroking theorizers or a showcase of overserious minimalist compositions, but a romp through the tangled underbrush of homegrown experimentalism.