Blip Festival

Blip Festival

The Blip Festival is a festival that celebrates chiptune music with musical performances, workshops, and screenings of movies. It has been held annually since 2006 in New York City.

The festival was the subject of a documentary film, "Reformat the Planet", made by Two Player Productions. The documentary was an official selection of the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival, and is being shown on Pitchfork.tv [ [http://pitchfork.tv/?p=one-week-only Pitchfork.tv, One Week Only] ] .

References

* [http://www.blipfestival.org/ The official website of the festival]
* [http://2playerproductions.com/video/rftp/ Reformat the Planet]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/arts/music/28blip.html New York Times article about the festival]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3963977 ABC News article about the festival]


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