2020 (Virtual) Buffalo Infringement Festival Schedule
Visual Arts
View the Buffalo Infringement Festival Photo Gallery here.
Note: See below for YouTube links to all of our individual events or you can find them all on the WNYMusic.com YouTube channel.
Live Events on Zoom
While most of the festival has to be pre-recorded, we do have a few free online events you should check out!
Saturday, July 25th — 9:00 pm — The Prince vs David Bowie Dance Party (as part of The Lawn Disco)
Monday, July 27th — 7:30 pm — Buffalo Infringement Festival Trivia hosted by Ryan Gurnett
Wednesday, July 29th — 7:00 pm — Double-Headed Podcast Monster with The Struggle is Real Buffalo Music Podcast and The Living Dead Girls: A True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries Podcast
A couple of quick notes about the schedule:
- All videos will be available on their specific day no later than 7:00 pm on weekdays and 3:00 pm on the weekends. We’ll have links on this page available as soon as everything is up.
- Due to privacy concerns, all burlesque performances will be removed within 48 hours of their posting. We have versions of all performances without burlesque ready.
- If you see something, someone, etc., that you really like, consider nominating them for an Iffy Award.
Pre-Recorded Events
Thursday, July 23rd – Day #1
Opening Ceremonies with My Rap Name is Alex, Darsombra, Sonic Wranglers, MC Vendetta, astraea beaming, and The Glam Vamps.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Friday, July 24th – Day #2
Dance, Dance, Revolution with the Energy Workshop, Jazztrane, Hayati Bellydance and La Marimba.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Saturday, July 25th – Day #3
The Lawn Disco with The Bloodthirsty Vegans, Sheridan, Ekohta and The Glam Vamps.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
And don’t forget about the virtual Prince vs David Bowie dance party (see Zoom events above)
Sunday, July 26th – Day #4
Singer-Songwriter Night with M.T. Lakes, Christy Abbey, Mike Criscione, astraea beaming, Stress Dolls, and Shannon Vanderlaan.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Monday, July 27th – Day #5
Buffalo Infringement Festival Trivia Night (see Zoom events above)
Tuesday, July 28th – Day #6
The Variety Pack – A night to show off a little of everything Buffalo Infringement Festival has to offer, with:
- The Finality Complex
- Pamela Swarts and her looping, audio/visual chaos
- Red Huffy (with some help from Green Schwinn)
- Bad Ronald
- “Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This” (Janna Willoughby-Lohr’s long-anticipated book of poetry)
- Joy Murphy shows us how to make balloon hearts
- Infringement Festival creator Donovan King shares a video of a business partner who thought they could mess with an Infringement artist
- Three short films from Pandemic Films’ Azalia Primadita Muchransya: “HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence,” “Bearddemic,” and “The Salubrious Monotony of a Living Dream.”
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Wednesday, July 29th – Day #7
Double-Headed Podcast Monster (see Zoom events above)
Thursday, July 30th – Day #8
Infringement Festival Movie Night! with “Transmission” (a film by Darsombra); The Miss Demeanors present “John Williams Is The Man”; and a collection of music videos submitted for the festival.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Friday, July 31st – Day #9
Don’t miss our annual The Purple Sparkly Unicorn Potluck! This year, in lieu of an actual potluck, all of our performers will (hopefully) be sharing with a recipe digitally. With My Rap Name is Alex, nuspeak, Christy Abbey and Jay Aquarious.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link
Saturday, August 1st – Day #10
Buffalo Infringement Festival Invades the Broadway Market with the band formerly known as Sheridan, Eleni and the Uprising, THIS, Bloodthirsty Vegans, The Scarecrow Show, and The Missing Worker.
Facebook Event Page // YouTube Link (Part 1) // YouTube Link (Part 2)
Sunday, August 2nd – Day #11
Closing Ceremonies with Erica the Ice Dragon, Take Two, Snowbelt, The Miss Demeanors, Phriendly Phoes, and a never-published video submitted by Infringement Festival mastermind Donovan King from 2004/2005.