TOMfest is a yearly Christian music festival in Camas, WA, USA.
Previously held in Stevenson, WA, Tomfest is known for featuring underground Christian rock, indie, punk rock, hardcore, ska, metal and electronica bands. Notable appearances have included performances by P.O.D., MxPx, Danielson Famile, Pedro the Lion, Damien Jurado, Zao, Starflyer 59, Project 86, Joy Electric, Raft of Dead Monkeys, Saviour Machine, Tourniquet, Poor Old Lu, Living Sacrifice, Michael Knott, The Blamed, Soul-Junk, Havalina Rail Co, Squad Five-O and Tomfest founder Mikee Bridges' band Tragedy Ann.
In 1999, TOMfest also held festivals in Denver, CO(Castle Rock, CO), and Dallas, TX(Kaufman, Texas). Bands in Denver included B-N-B All-stars, Cloud 2 Ground, Echoing Green, Fold Zandura, Joy Electric, Rackets and Drapes, Squad Five-O and Viva Voce.
For a time, the name was changed to Portico Fest, but was then changed back to TOMfest.
The "TOM" in TOMfest stands for "The Other Music"[cite web |author=(unstated) |publisher=Christian News Northwest |date=(undated) |url=http://www.cnnw.com/articles/articles09-02-2.html |title=Christian News Northwest: News Article Archive: Feature Articles |accessdate=2008-01-16 |format=html ] .]Mikee Bridges is the founder of TOMfest. Mikee Bridges led a big following of people that met for local Christian events. Mikee decided to get every one out to go camping at his parents farm out in the rural area of Portland and eventually their gathering grew too big for that farm. That's when they started renting out the fairgrounds in Stevenson Washington. In 2003, Mikee moved to California and that's when some people decided to take over the rent at the Stevenson Washington fairgrounds. Xfest NW sprung up in the absence of TOMfest and took place at the same location & time as the earlier TOMfests.
In 2006, TOMfest shifted its date & location from Stevenson on Labor Day weekend to Camas Washington earlier in August.
References
http://www.velvetbluemusic.com/calicoes/elvisonfire.html
http://www.allium-sativum.com/index2.html
External links
* [http://www.tomfest.com TOMfest] - Official site
* [http://allalom.com/082005tomfest.htm ALLALOM Music review of TOMFest 2005]
* [http://www.shzine.com/tomfest-2001.php "SHZine" review of TOMfest 2001]
* [http://www.last.fm/group/Tomfest/ TOMfest group at Last.fm]
