The Village Voice Announces Date for
Village Voice 5th Annual
SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™
at Coney Island
Saturday, July 16, 2005

New York, NY (March 24, 2005) The Village Voice, the nation's premier alternative newsweekly, is excited to announce the Saturday, July 16th date for the 5th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™ at Coney Island, 12:00 noon-9:00 p.m. This free, all-day, all-ages, music festival will feature live national and local bands performing on two outdoor stages in historic Coney Island.

Now in its fifth year, the Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™ has solidified its status as a leading outdoor indie rock event, drawing over 170,000 music fans last summer. Since its inception, the Village Voice produced SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™ has established itself as leader in showcasing indie rock veterans and emerging artists. Past performers include:

2004: Death Cab For Cutie, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Blonde Redhead, Mission Of Burma, Har Mar Superstar, TV On The Radio, Electric Six, The Fiery Furnaces, The Fever, Constantines, Vue, The Thermals, The Ponys, Your Enemies Friends

2003: Modest Mouse, Idlewild, The Datsuns, Hot Hot Heat, Sahara Hotnights, Radio 4, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, !!!, The Kills, Northern State, The Dirtbombs, The Pattern, Oneida, and The Witnesses

2002: Sleater-Kinney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Donnas, Mooney Suzuki, Liars, The Shins, shannonwright, Les Savy Fav, The Von Bondies, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Rye Coalition and Bob Log III

2001: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Man or Astro-Man?, Quasi, Rainer Maria, Peaches, Enon, The Black Heart Procession and The Incredible Moses Leroy.

Budweiser returns to the Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL™ as the exclusive beer sponsor for the fifth consecutive year. Tower Records has signed on to be the exclusive music retail sponsor.

Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

Programming & Booking: siren@villagevoice.com
Event Sponsorships and Sales: Sean Pierce x14157 spierce@villagevoice.com
Ashley Clarke x12032 aclarke@villagevoice.com
Public Relations: Jessica Bellucci x15052 jbellucci@villagevoice.com

PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

2009

7/14/09 Siren Festival and After Party this weekend

6/17/09 Siren Festival Announces Additional Artists and After Party Details

5/19/09 Village Voice Announces Additional Artists for Siren 2009

4/28/09 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2009 Line-up

2008

7/25/08 SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL Draws Record Crowds to Coney Island

7/02/08 Village Voice Announces Artists for the SIREN AFTER-PARTY

6/18/08 Village Voice Announces Additional Artists for Siren 2008

5/07/08 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2008 Line-up

2007

7/16/07 Siren Wrap Up
7/26/07 Siren Announces Final Line-up
6/13/07 Siren Announces Additional Bands to Line-up
5/16/07 Siren Announces Initial Line-up

2006

7/20/05 Village Voice 6th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL
7/06/05 Village Voice Announces Additional Siren Line-Up
6/07/05 Village Voice Announces Additional Siren Line-Up
5/10/06 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2006 Line-up

2005

7/19/05 The 5th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL at Coney Island
7/06/05 Village Voice Announces Final Siren Line-Up
6/27/05 Village Voice Announces Additional Siren Line-Up
5/31/05 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2005 Line-up
3/24/05 Village Voice Announces Date for Siren 2005

2004

7/20/04 Village Voice Siren Music Festival Draws Record Crowd of Over 150,000
6/22/04 Village Voice Announces Final Siren Line-Up
5/17/04 Village Voice Announces Additional Siren Line-Up
4/26/04 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2004 Line-up
3/08/04 Village Voice Announces Date for Siren 2004

2003

7/22/03 Village Voice Siren Music Festival Draws Record Crowd
6/24/03 Village Voice Announces Final Siren Line-Up
5/19/03 Village Voice Announces Additional Siren Line-Up
4/30/03 Village Voice Announces Initial Siren 2003 Line-up
3/25/03 Village Voice Announces Date for Siren 2003