Hit Week [2], is coming again to the U.S.A. After the massive success in China, Hit Week is ready to arrive in the U.S and, for the first time in its history, also in Canada. The festival has started in 2009 in Los Angeles, and in 2010 it expanded to New York.
The music festival will run from the 9th of October until the 19th, involving some of the most important cities in the U.S, such as New York, Miami, Washington, Los Angeles, and in Montreal (Canada).
Subsonica [3] and Negrita [4], two of the most important rock/pop bands in the Italian music's scenario for years now, will participate to the event, together with the emerging songwriter Alessandro Mannarino [5], and the supporting singer Emma Re [6], who participated at the Festival di Sanremo in 2011, and the bands Boom da Bash [7] and Mama Marjas [8].
The american tour will also see the participation of the Hit Week contest's winners of the emerging talents, Follow the Mad [9] and Una, and the Chef Omar di Santo.
The festival starts its tour at the Highline Ballroom [10] in New York on October 9th, when Mannarino will open the night at 8 p.m, followed by Negrita at 9.15 p.m, Subsonica at 10.30 p.m and an after show with Puglia Sounds [11] and Boom da Bash.
Here is the detailed program:
October 9th: Subsonica, Negrita, Mannarino, Boom da Bash at the Highline Ballroom, New York
October 11th: Subsonica, Negrita and Emma Re at The Howard Theatre, Washington.
October 12th: Puglia Sound, Boom da Bash and Mama Marjas at PAX, Miami.
October 13th: Taste of Italy and Mama Marjas at Downtown, Los Angeles.
October 13th: Subsonica, Negrita, Mannarino, Emma Re at Young Circle, Hollywood.
October 14th: Hit week Miami Dj Set on Lincoln Road at Segafredo, Miami Beach.
October 16th: Subsonica, Negrita, Mannarino at Da Vinci Theatre, Montreal.
October 18th: Emma Re and Omar di Santo at Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles.
October 19th: Subsonica, Negrita at El Rey, Los Angeles.
More info about shows and tickets are available >>> [12]
Source URL: http://newsite.iitaly.org/magazine/events/reports/article/hit-week-in-us
Links
[1] http://newsite.iitaly.org/files/hitweek1348629313jpg
[2] http://www.hitweek.it/
[3] http://www.subsonica.it/index_eng.asp
[4] http://www.negrita.com/
[5] http://www.alessandromannarino.it/
[6] http://www.emmare.it/RESUME_13.html
[7] http://www.boomdabash.com/
[8] http://www.myspace.com/mamamarjas
[9] http://www.followthemad.com/
[10] http://highlineballroom.com/
[11] http://www.pugliasounds.it/
[12] http://www.hitweek.it/schedule.php