Enjoy FREE LIVE MUSIC at more than 20 VENUES in the Near Southside's SOUTH MAIN VILLAGE
Dip in and out of venues while discovering new musicians and exploring new spaces! This music "crawl" is totally free to attend with dozens of musicians across the village.
--- Saturday, November 15 from Noon to Midnight ----
Set times vary at each participating venue and details are soon to be shared.
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The official Lost 'N Sound guide goes live the week of the event, with all of the details about participating venues, markets, and performance times. Details at https://lostnsound.org
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INTRODUCING LOST 'N SOUND
The Near Southside has long been home to some of Fort Worth's greatest music assets - from bygone venues like Madhatters, Axis, M.A.S.S. and Shipping & Receiving to today's celebrated listening rooms like Tulip's FTW and The Cicada. Far beyond the formal music clubs, you can hear Fort Worth's local musicians across the district at our record stores, restaurants, bars, breweries, coffee shops, recording studios, galleries, and in the soundtracks of films made in the district. In fact, Fairmount porches have been known to serve as music venues as frequently as our Near Southside festival stages. Celebrated artists like Leon Bridges, T Bone Burnett and Ornette Coleman all have Near Southside roots, among so many others.
Music is in the DNA of the Near Southside.
In 2024, Fort Worth's music community was faced with a difficult reality as several of the city's most prominent music venues announced their closure. Our own announcement of a Friday on the Green pause shortly after was unfortunately timed. Live local music needed something in the win column and we were eager to help.
Enter our very first season of LOST 'N SOUND, founded in 2024 as a South Main Village music series. The idea behind Lost 'N Sound was a simple one - transform businesses throughout the village into one-day music venues hosting established and emerging local musicians across genres. Community members were invited to enjoy the performances while exploring both traditional music venues and unexpected spaces like architecture offices, art galleries, retailers, recording studios, and film studios hosting stages. All performances were free to enjoy, and all musicians were paid by the venues for their set. The free Lost 'N Sound shuttle allowed patrons to hop on-and-off at dozens of participating South Main Village venues with markets, food, music and more on each event day.
So free music and free transportation? How does it work, you ask? Well, the answer is fairly simple - teamwork! Sponsors helped to underwrite the costs of event materials, promotion, the shuttle and the development of online event tools to organize the festival. Special thanks are due to Trinity Metro, Nicole Dawson State Farm, and Valliance Bank for their early support of our 2024 season. Additionally, more than two dozen Near Southside businesses committed to hiring local musicians at their own expense. These venues were either hopeful that increased event-day sales would off-set the cost of music booking or they were making a philanthropic investment in supporting Fort Worth's music economy and culture. For most venues, it was a combination of both motivations. Many venues also formed creative partnerships to secure sponsors or financial contributors to help underwrite the costs of music booking and production.
With partnership, our inaugural Lost 'N Sound season produced more than 200 performances for over 100 participating musicians. We expanded our community's music repertoire across genres, supported emerging talent, and introduced a few unexpected venues. The first four Lost 'N Sound events helped to bolster Fort Worth's music scene during a vulnerable time. Thousands attended to explore new music and businesses, creating patronage and investment for Fort Worth's musicians and small businesses.
With eyes on 2025, we're planning for two big events for the second season of Lost 'N Sound.
Lost 'N Sound is seeking sponsors! If you are able to contribute to our grass-roots music festival, please contact Megan
Henderson for more information at [email protected]
LEARN MORE AT https://lostnsound.org