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Home My WebLink About14-01213 Submittal-Mussadiq Muhammad-Presentation-Overtown Music FestivalSubmitted into record in connec the public Item Dijon 12ti?onwith Todd B. Hann'-L1`f on Clerk of the Board 1 c44„„0-,fr,0014-r/ &ARTS, FESTIAti >12 /3_SobM . � � Mu55QddiqA'N' 6 U{lcti,.}Alad- 2014 Overtown Music & Arts Festival The spirit of Community permeated through the Overtown Music and Arts Festival(OMAF) on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Produced and curated by Headliner Market Group(HMG), the 2014 Festival had the highest attendance at approximately 5,000 festival goers. The entertainment lineup featured a mix of bold names such as Teedra Moses, Jaguar Wright, R&B singer Case, Sebastian Mikael, TV One's R&B Divas star Keke Wyatt and Grammy nominated soul singer Raheem Devaughn who closed out the day with his awe-inspiring performance. The artists were backed by South Florida's own Deep Fried Funk band and Mr. Larry Dogg performed a stellar tribute performance to Frankie Beverly & Maze. 0 c ra 0 Clerk of the Board The Youth Zone @ Overtown Music & Arts Festival Teens Exercising Extraordinary Success (T.E.E.S.) and The Green Family Foundation created the FIRST EVER Youth Zone at the Overtown Music & Arts Festival. This area exclusively served the youngest community resident and festivalgoer's. T.E.E.S. provided all youth zone participants with book bags filled with an official festival t-shirt and toiletry items. A local biker group, One Fist Ladyz also provided free book bags filled with school supplies. Finally 103.5 The Beat hosted the Youth Zone stage and provided a board game tent filled with giveaways. MEDIA COVERAGE ONLINE The festival's website had over 65,000 hits. TELEVISION HMG created a spectacular commercial which was broadcast on Comcast for 30 days. RADIO HMG had an extensive heavy radio campaign with Cox stations, Hot 105 and 99 Jamz in addition to promotional banners on their website. They also hosted a "live remote" from the location in addition to their on -air personalities co -hosting various segments of the concert. Submitted into the public record in connection with itemMion Todd B. Hannon Clerk of the Board PRESS Miami±1cra1 Posted on Fn. Jul. 18. 2014 Festival sets out to put a positive spin on Overtown By Jeffrey Pierre The Miami Herald Overlown: for locals. the name can instantly paint a picture of poverty, crime and dilapidated properties. The frequent headlines with words like 'Shooting" or -killing' don't help the neighborhood's Image. either. But that's not the Overtown that Michael Gardner. CEO of Headliner Market Group (HMG). wants people to see. He is inviting locals and non locals alike to the downtown Miami neighborhood Saturday for the annual Overlown Music and Arts la....ry.r.w.r■..we Festival. formerly known as the Overtown Rhythm 0JeMdlWiaw MIAOW Ms.4l GrawCE0 Prieto and Arts Festrval. dsr4nrra MAN. .MSM *Arm While this is the fourth year of the festival. it is the lust year Gardner and HMG are quarterbacking the protect. 'When you think of Overlown al the present lime. you only think of the negative. but it's nth in culture.- said Gardner. 40- who took on the project atter being introduced to the idea by the City Commission six months ago. The Overtown of earlier decades was a renowned black neighborhood tilled with restaurants, grocery stores. barber and beauty shops. tailors. doctor and law ollices. a milliner, local insurance agents. and even a soda wafer bottling facility called Cola Nip — all black -owned and operated. For blacks. Overlown, the 'Harlem of the Scuth.- was once a beacon of pride. hope and opportunity. All that changed during the 1960s with construction of Interstate 95 and Interstate 395, which sliced through the neighborhood. ds overpasses lowering over its homes and buildings. Property values sank. and Overlown lost its prestige. Gardner. known for making LIV Night Club one of Miami Beach's moss-successlul dubs. took on the task of promoting and overseeing the music festival with a vision of reinventing `Miami's Little Broadway. another nickname Overtown once hold The festival is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m, Saturday on Northwest Third Avenue between Eighth and 111h streets. in the heart of Overtown's business district. Gardner and HMG say they are bringing In a lot of bra names born the R&B, soul. gospel and jazz scene to the Ieslrval, including Raheem DeVeughn, Keke Wyatt and Sebastian Mrkael http://www.miamiheraid.com/news/local/community/miam i-dadeJmidtown/article1475520.html Love Life and the 411 for August 2014 By FredOMdm 15'10 Miami Soul's Jill Tracey puts you in the know for this month 'A bond doesn't sing because It has an answei. it sings because it has a song...' Maya Angelou BlackBird Fly You omit hear it in the greetings al -Hello my sister. Well. good day. my brother' and see it in the smies of children p/ayvig tearessly that indeed the city had a song at the kidiofl al the I st Ar cal Overtown Music and Arts Feslwal. Hea41 net !.MVketing Group and House of Wings along with Cowr'ssgner Keon Haldeman spearheaded the daylong canoed and Kids Zone along NW 3rd Aye. r Historic Overtown'eatlairg Grammy rinr, need artists like Raheem DeVaughn. Keke Wyan. Jaguar Wright. 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SEE OVEYIOw11. r.GE 5 http://digitalCommons.fiu.edu/ceifviewcontent.cgi?article=1012& context=student newspaper 'usm.com flusm.com L i r e 1 With Overtown's Music Festival, comes a new perspective on the neighborhood hap://fiusni.com/2014/08/01 /409381 Submitted into the public record in connection with itemDIton 12-24-14f Todd B. Hannon Clerk of the Board PRESS -� .hank - \I u.. Cu...Lulc Print \l-r.n1u ILLtpWI'Iot_..nu:unl lu w t inle..cnity,•ro..(aJc/?I I I drt17/nl crtu W n-ntt1•n'-I..i Overtown Music & Arts Festival: "This Big Annual Event Will Expand Like Calle Ocho" By Jacob Kate! Published Fri., Jul. I1 2014 of 8:oo A.�1 ,A„At4, Among the great American capitals of black culture, the V agic CM has always been a beacon of music, art. and hope. But you wouldn't necessarily know it by consulting mast of the Merl Rake Wyatt ti IheOveelOwn f.a. supposed scholars on the subject. They'll talk for houm about Chicago blues, New Orleans jazz. the Harlem Renaissance and so-called "L.A. race music,j1 but Miami has largely been left out of that national conversation. Thankfully, the Overtown Music & Arts Festival will pay homage to that rich. too -often untold legacy. See also: !{yrhtrm on_Fi&J; in; 9_44: "lt s Jl ro 1'e to_kgfp :slier aod Fh,sh" htto://blogs.miamin wtimes.com/crossfade/2014/07/overtown -music-festival interview miami 2014.php?print=true Overtown Music & Art Fest Reviving A Historic Town 1i.4.M.,LK.1i#41Lm F1y6Jat r2.: ;gym _... • • �® a, S'aam.R* :90.1- i es pot in...m.,...1n.ea awnm e.en-tool psalmteen.jl.ata.M InuKl(Menwen.:,eyer..1..wrNrybtwl trna.tawma.r. rn.-..wntt . e: :,.,mm.mi..�a..m.we .Nsaa 13%,0,mem, awns ket mm.s...w.w *wear.-, _ am mop..betMtd mrbw mt. tt(tp. qI.. —m bta,�•m "_ •' h nee then 10 r.) Iabtwal sr.ma Mel.o-mis vest,^ Yearn rxlt}+ymetu. 'al.,.r31 _ieS t%Iamc labM1 era n •$-' fll t.Ya.n• wee de - u„ w...,ecs In m hafts.. 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Hannon Clerk of the Board FESTIVAL DEMOGRAPHICS .00 Female Male African American Latino Caucasian Mixed Race Masters Degree Bachelors Degree Associates Degree High School Diploma 25-34 yrs 35-44 yrs 45-54 yrs 55-64 yrs No answer ■ Over $65k ■ $45-65k $25-45k Under $25k No Answer Submitted into the public record in connection with itemDLjon J2-21-ILf Todd B. Hannon Clerk of the Board Submitted into the public record in connection with Item . on Todd B. Hannon Clerk of the Board HEADLINERMARKETGROUP Headliner Market Group (HMG) is a premier marketing and promotions company. HMG was founded for the purpose of creating a resourceful and reliable company with the knowledge and expertise of party planning and coordinating special events. The company strives to provide creative, cutting edge events that establish HMG as a dominant force in the nation. 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