PAINT THE TOWN RED IS FINALLY HERE!!
See below for a map of all participating Vendors and Artists. We hope to see you all tonight!
5pm-12pm on Second Avenue North in the Loft District downtown.
PTTR ART MAP 2012- DOWNLOAD & PRINT HERE
Volunteers Needed!
We still need a few hands to help us out this weekend. Click here to volunteer!
Music Schedule
Want to know when your new favorite band is playing? Here’s the schedule!
Silent Disco comes to PTTR!
With a week to go until Paint The Town Red, we’ve added an exciting new component to the event — silent disco. Located inside our geodesic dome, the silent disco is an immersive way to listen to music broadcast by a DJ — over wireless headsets.
The silent disco is a continuation of live DJ performances at Paint The Town Red, located inside the dome 2nd Ave and 23rd Stree North. DJs will perform over speakers from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the silent disco starting at 10 p.m. Katie and John Gaiser return this year with projection art filling the dome space.
There’s no extra charge to Paint The Town Red attendees, but the 150 wireless headphones will be given on a first-come-first-served basis. Equipment is being provided by Silent Storm Sound System .
“I first encountered silent disco at Bonnaroo and was blown away,” says Scott Pierce, Paint The Town Red Chair. “It’s weirdly communal and pairs perfectly with the immersive nature of our artists’ work.”
A fundraiser for the Jefferson Shelby Chapter of the American Red Cross, Paint The Town Red, in its fourth year, is a celebration of digital art in downtown Birmingham. It features more than two dozen artists, 18 bands, four DJs, street entertainment, and food and art vendors. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the event.
To purchase tickets to Paint The Town Red, visit http://pttr2012.eventbrite.com. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/pttrbham.
Paint The Town Red Vendors
In addition to the digital art projected on buildings throughout downtown, Paint The Town Red is going to be packed with incredible art that you can take home, food and drink to enjoy throughout the night, and other incredible vendors. Something for everyone, starting at 5 p.m., April 14. One week to go!
FOOD VENDORS
ART VENDORS
NON PROFIT & MEDIA
- SideWalk Festival
- B-Metro
- Birmingham Magazine
- Travel Screen
- Birmingham Weekly
Paint The Town Red Schedule Update
We’re just 12 days away from Paint The Town Red, and so excited about the art, music, and food we have lined up – two dozen artists, 18 bands, 4 DJs and a slew of incredible eats, as well as street performers.
We’re so excited to bring you this great programming that we are going to start the event at 5 p.m.
Music will run from 5:30 to 10 p.m. outdoors and until 11:30 in Daus Haus, 2318 2nd Ave N. The Dome will still be the hub for our DJs (see schedule below).
Same great event — just a little earlier!
Questions? Visit our Facebook Page.
Inside The Dome: The DJs!
At the heart of Paint The Town Red is our Dome. The 44-foot tall geodesic dome has 1,520 square feet of space (and takes about 14 hours to build). The night of Paint The Town Red, the dome becomes a gathering spot, dance party, and projection space for digital art that’s a centerpiece of the evening.
This year we’re thrilled to have an incredible lineup inside the Dome: a mix of Funky/Electo Breaks, DubStep, DrumStep, and Drum and Base, capped off with Hip Hop by Green Seed.
Oscillator, from Atlanta
Featured DJs are:
5-6:15 p.m. — Tryptone
6:30-7 — SoBad-ical
7:15 – 7:45 — Hard Knox
8 — Oscillator
8:15-8:45 — MC LaZio
9-10 — Green Seed
(Click here to see their video that premiered on MTV April 2!)
All of this, plus 18 bands and two dozen artists for $10. Get your tickets today right here. ($15 day of the event.)
Paint The Town Red Artists Announced
“Just Yesterday” By Andre Villanueva
We’re excited to announce the artists who have been selected for this year’s Paint The Town Red. With two dozen incredible artists, from Birmingham all the way to Italy, we are thrilled to have such talent on display April 14, from 7 p.m. until midnight in downtown Birmingham.
All the more reason to get your tickets today. They are just $10 if you order in advance — just click on the Eventbrite link here (also to the right).
Gary Chapman – Birmingham
Grant Tatum – Birmingham
Brian Ratigan – Birmingham
Alessio Rutigiano – Italy
Justin Popp – Birmingham
Jamie Walters – Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Graffeo – Birmingham
David Montgomery – Fernandina Beach, FL
Ryan Carlson – Birmingham
Randy Gachet – Birmingham
JJ Gaudel & Randy Crow – Birmingham
Christophe Nicolet – Birmingham
Billie Dupree – Birmingham
Andre Villanueva – Helena, AL
Christopher Davis – Birmingham
Dana Smithberg – Birmingham
Beau Gustafson – Birmingham
John and Katie Gaiser, a Married Couple – Birmingham
N. Lynn Schmidt – Tuscaloosa, AL
Student Work:
Julian Freeman – Montgomery, AL
Wes Whaley – Birmingham
Layne Doctson – Montgomery, AL
Bently Hudson – Montgomery, AL
Rosalind O’Connor – Montgomery, AL
Paint The Town Red Music Lineup Announced
Since its inception in 2009, music has been an important part of Paint The Town Red. Earlier this week, we gave a sneak peak of some of the bands who will perform in downtown the evening of April 14. We’re excited to announce the list of many more — for a total of 17 acts!
The lineup is incredible, with something for everyone: hip hop, indie, funk, prog rock, Southern rock, and singer-songwriters. We promise — you are going to find your favorite new local band on the evening of April 14, 7 p.m. – midnight.
We’re so excited about this lineup and think you will be too. To get you ready for April 14, here’s a clip from Kids Your Age, who are among our fantastic artists. Turn up the sound and tell your friends!
The Twin Heart Trap
Peter Tubbs
Paint The Town Red Music Sneak Peek
What does $10 get you? If you buy your tickets to Paint The Town Red in advance, it gets you access to amazing digital art, street entertainment, and of course, a full lineup of some of the best bands in town. (Plus you are supporting the good work of the Jefferson-Shelby Chapter of The American Red Cross.) Can’t beat that.
We’re excited to announce some of the musical performers for this year’s event. Have we mentioned you can see all of them for $10? And more to be announced soon. For now, turn the volume up …
Terry Ohms (Vulture Whale side project)
Green Seed
Jesse Payne
Lauren Michael Sellers
Meet Paint The Town Red: Scott Pierce
With less than four weeks to go before this year’s Paint The Town Red, event chair Scott Pierce is a busy man.
Pierce is also the Director of Technology at Intermark Interactive and curator of the WhyBHM project.
Continuing our stories of PTTR volunteers, he shares how he got involved and what the event means to him.
“I signed on to last year’s PTTR event as a volunteer – I really wanted to drive the golf carts around but ended up on the dome crew. We were scheduled to build it the night before the event, but if you recall, we had a number of tornadoes blow through the area so we rescheduled for the morning.
I showed up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ready to go at 6:30 only to find Atticus, Christophe, and others already racketing poles together and levering up the crane. Eight hours later, we had built a 44′ buckydome. It was awesome and I was hooked.
I’m thrilled to be a part of this year’s event. I’m excited that we’re bringing back some amazing art and adding a lot more cool stuff — you’ll get some sneak peeks soon! We’ll start announcing musical acts soon as well, including some of my personal favorites.
But more than anything, I’m happy that we get the opportunity to celebrate the hard work of our local Red Cross folks. The last 12 months has been a difficult time in our community and Linda, Jean, Kevin, and all the other great folks at our Red Cross have been there every day making a difference. It’s time to toast them!”
The Dome
At the heart of Paint The Town Red is The Dome. The 44′ geodesic dome has 1,520 square feet of floor space and 22′ ceilings. The night of Paint The Town Red it’s transformed by art projects on the surface, visible from the inside out.
It takes a crew about 14 hours to build The Dome, which becomes a gathering spot, dance hub and ever-changing work of art.
Intrigued?
Check out this video by Katie and John Gaiser. And buy your tickets to Paint The Town Red, Saturday, April 14, downtown Birmingham!
Meet Paint The Town Red: Deon Gordon
Deon Gordon was born and bred in Birmingham. By day, he advises companies on online platforms and digital technologies. At night, he devotes a good bit of his time to serving on organizations such as the Railroad Park Foundation Junior Board and Birmingham Young Professionals United. We’re proud to have him as a Paint The Town Red volunteer!
Here’s what he said about why he’s returned to volunteer in 2012:
“My involvement with Paint The Town Red is, pretty much, the intersecting of my love for the community and eagerness to serve it. I’ve been involved with organizing volunteers for quite a few events so, of course, I jumped at the chance to work with PTTR when the opportunity presented itself. Being a fan of the arts community didn’t hurt either. Another plus is the fact that I personally know many of the people who work on this event behind the scenes. And you’d be hard pressed to find a group that’s more dedicated and passionate about this region.
As for this year’s event, I have to say that I’m looking forward to meeting the new round of volunteers. There’s nothing quite like seeing people from all walks of life coming together for the chance to help a local event and promote a worthwhile organization such as the Red Cross. And then there’s the huge interactive dome that was introduced last year. The only thing better than experiencing the lights and sounds inside the dome is seeing grown men and women fight for their lives trying to put it up. Here’s to another fun-filled event. See you all there.”
Meet Paint The Town Red: Laura Kate Whitney
As we count down to Paint The Town Red Birmingham (seven weeks to go!), we’re featuring stories about what the event means to our community, stories of volunteers, attendees, artists — our community.
Today we feature volunteer Laura Kate Whitney, aka @MagicCity_Mama.
“I came on board with PTTR in 2010. As a newcomer to the city, I was excited about what this event promised to be–a one-of-a-kind experience, benefiting a great cause, in downtown Birmingham. I’m still here. Each year gets better, and 2012 will the best yet!
My favorite thing about the event is watching everyone’s faces as they stop and observe the great digital art, downtown.
I’m LK. I blog about living and building community in the Magic City. By day, I raise two little boys (the future of Birmingham). By night, I plot ways to take over the world. I do other things that are fabulous, but we’ll need to get to know each other first…
I dare every single one of you to be on 2nd Avenue North on the night of April 14. See you there.”
Intrigued? Join LK by purchasing your tickets today. We’re also still looking for artists and musicians to be a part of this dynamic experience. Talk to us!
Paint The Town Red Kickoff With YP Birmingham
Thanks to YP Birmingham for hosting us Wednesday, February 7, at their first Monthly Mingle of the year! We were excited to kick off this year’s PTTR Birmingham with our YP friends at MetroPrime Steakhouse.
Planning is underway for our fourth annual event, to be held the evening of April 14 along 2nd Ave. North.
Pre-sale tickets are now available. They are just $10 in advance, and can be purchased here. A fundraiser for the Birmingham Chapter of the American Red Cross, Paint The Town Red combines stunning visuals, eclectic live music, street entertainment, great food and drink and local vendors.
Thanks to YP Birmingham for choosing us as their first non-profit to feature this year!
Check back for more details. And follow us on Twitter @pttrbham “Like” us on Facebook at “Paint The Town Red.”
Date Set for 2012!
You don’t have to hold your breath any longer, Paint the Town Red is back for 2012!
Once again, for one night in April… the blank brick walls and windows of 2nd Avenue North in Birmingham’s Loft District will be transformed into stunning digitally created art:
graphic art, digital photography and digital animated shorts… all projected.
Celebrating its fourth year, Paint the Town Red is an innovative fundraiser for the Birmingham Chapter of the American Red Cross. It combines stunning visuals, eclectic live music, street entertainment, great food and drink and local vendors.
This event is catered to all ages, so get ready to indulge your eyes in a visual feast on April 14, 2012 from 7pm to 12pm.
Helpful Info!!
We are looking forward to seeing you Saturday evening as we Paint the Town Red! Here’s some important information regarding street closings, parking and main event entrance that we hope will make your experience even better.
Official PTTR Entry & Ticketing:
Ticketing and main entrance will be located on 23rd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues North.
Note: There is only one entrance this year.
Parking:
Event attendees are encouraged to park north of PTTR entrance.
