Eclipse Fest: A Pillar of the Louisiana Alternative Scene

What is Eclipse Fest? This question has been thrown around a lot since its first incarnation at the beginning of 2024, and that only escalated once the show happened on June 15th, 2024. Well, who better to answer the question? Hello, my name is Nick Cline, and I am the mastermind behind Eclipse Fest.

Eclipse Fest is my brainchild, which I concocted in January 2024. It started as a statement of ability and love for the scene but became something I did not expect. It became more than a statement of ability. It became a statement for a unified scene across all the genres that desperately need light shined on them.

I started Eclipse Fest because I genuinely love music. I love the community music makes regardless of who you are. Music truly binds us together as a people. That is the energy I put into the tireless hours I pour into the festival. The statement and mission I bring are an extension of my love of music, community, media, and everything in between.

The craziest part of Eclipse Fest is that I have, for the most part, handled most of the planning stages by myself. Before Eclipse Fest 2024, I had zero experience planning events, marketing on a big scale, or anything like that. I was solely working on my band, Phantum Sun. That changed once I took the mantle of running and concocting Eclipse Fest.

I took the vision in my head and threw it into the wild. The event brought a lot of shine to the scene through unorthodox booking styles, genres that on paper shouldn't work together, and whatever other plans I had that would give a typical event planner a reason for a thousand-second glance. I'm shocked that it turned out as good as it did, but the help I had leading up to it, the connections I made going through the process, and the bands were a tremendous part of the success.

I aim to make Eclipse Fest 2025 an even bigger statement for the overall scene. It will be a statement of the great original music that Louisiana can provide from one side of the state to the other. Finally, it will be a statement of community.

Announcements will start rolling out on the first Friday of January! Stay tuned because you won't want to miss this one! We have an amazing line-up of talent, and some of these bands are going to blow your mind.

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Nick Cline is the powerhouse behind the Louisiana-based band, Phantum Sun, and loves checking out new music. Got something you think he'd like? Email us at mixedalternativemag@gmail.com.