News

Video, photos and blog from the 2009 International Music Festival winners: Nights and Weekends! Check back as the IMF will be adding live video and images from the international tour and hosting an unfiltered blog from Nights and Weekends about their experience.

The Anthem IMF is proud to announce its most recent city winners. City winners will all receive permanent placement on the IMF website as well as participation in the online voting process at the conclusion of the opening round of the IMF.

• Baltimore, MD: Artherius Johnson • New York, NY: Trent Crews • Richmond, VA: JuniperGreen • Garden City, NY: Dirty Bath Water • Athens, OH: Altered • Portland, OR: Miriams Well Band • Vancouver, Canada: Money Honey • Topeka, KS: Tim Strathman • San Diego, CA: Todd Day Wait's Pigpen • Seattle, WA: Sarey Savy • Oklahoma City, OK: Meddle • Santa Fe, NM: Liv Lombardi • Minneapolis, MN: Apathe • Las Vegas, NV: Xoch • Memphis, TN: Dusty the RoboDrum • Boston, MA: Dublin Free Press • Brunswick, ME: Becoming August • Kansas City, MO: Shawn Miquelon • Toronto, Canada: Hilary Weaver • Boston, MA: Boston and Bosco • Cleveland, OH: Megan Zurkey • Milwaukee, WI: Saved by Grace • Nashville, TN: The Great Barrier Reefs and Tony • Dover, NH: Til We Die • Atlanta, GA: Wildkard • Southeastern, MA: Nicky Egan & the Majority

• Philadelphia, PA: CopperTonic • New York, NY: The Deadlyz • Newport News, VA: Shamar Forte • Northern CA: O'Dark:30 • Vancouver, WA: Beautiful Lies • Portland, OR: The Tanner Cundy Band • Vancouver, Canada: One Life Animal • Little Rock, AR: Damn Bullets • Honolulu, HI: Stratus Blue • Phoenix, AZ: Adalaus • Oklahoma City, OK: Saints of State • Boulder, CO: Dana Kyle Stokes • Cheyenne, WY: Tshirts 4 Tomorrow • Tuscon, AZ: Indigo Kids • Southern, ME: Marie Morsehead • London, Ontario: Metro4 • Austin, TX: Tom Gun • Springfield, MA: Running The Gambit • Orlando, FL: Run Rhino • Pittsburgh, PA: Splitsound • Chicago, IL: Paragon • Portland, ME: Inanna Sisters in Rhythm • Birmingham, AL: Preston and the Melodic Few • Charlotte, NC: Jeremy Hopkins and the Thrill • Georgia: Buy Wag • Austin, TX: Automatic Cycle

CHOSA and the IMF extend partnership for the 2010 festival. CHOSA (Giving hope to the children of South Africa) is a prominent South African children’s charity whose mission is to identify and support community based organizations that reach out and take care of orphans and other vulnerable children in South Africa. Partial proceeds from Anthem's International Music Festival (IMF) will be donated to CHOSA at the conclusion of the 2009 festival and will once again be donated at the end of the 2010 festival.

NEW markets to be added to the 2010 IMF. The festival aims to have a broad reach over North America that varies year to year. This allows the IMF network to expand and to benefit as many artists as possible. Anthem listened to your feedback and now new markets will be announced, including Cape Cod, Tampa, Upstate New York and more.

Anthem reaches a company record for market activity for the fourth straight year. In 2006, Anthem executed projects in 41 markets thanks largely to marketing and mystery shopper programs. That number has since been increased to 70 in 2010, both nationally and internationally. The 2010 IMF promises to further extend the boundaries of Anthem.

Anthem Entertainment President, Chris Sinclair featured in Entrepreneur Magazine’. As the premier trade publication for entrepreneurial ventures and a leading national business magazine, Entrepreneur’s selection of Sinclair marks an important professional highlight. It is also indicative of Anthem Entertainment’s continued growth and the rapidly rising profile of this Boston-based event planning and marketing company.

IMF continues accepting applications from all genres and solo artists for the 2010 festival. Visit the Sign Up page on the IMF website and sign up for participation in the IMF. All genres will be considered for all upcoming events throughout North America. Hundreds will enter, all will gain further exposure opportunities and some musicians will earn the experience of a lifetime.