Fun Fun Fun Fest (often abbreviated as "FFF" or "F3F") was an annual music and comedy festival held in Austin, Texas, United States. It featured stages that focused specifically on hip-hop / electronica, indie rock, punk / metal, and comedy.
Started in 2006, the festival focused on a combination of discovering emerging talent and putting together rarely seen or anticipated reunion performances. Being based in Austin (The Live Music Capital of the World), FFF had the unique opportunity to work with newer performers that had yet to experience the national stage. The festival had a history of unearthing new artists that eventually ended up in mainstream music and festival markets. The festival's name itself was a nod to the independent music scene in Austin, specifically Big Boys, an early and highly influential hardcore punk band who released their EP "Fun Fun Fun" through the Austin-based underground label Moment Productions in 1982. After the final Fun Fun Fun Fest, some of the organizers went on to produce Sound on Sound Fest, "Sound on Sound" also a title of a Big Boys song.
Fun Fun Fun Fest was dedicated to Austin's unique culture, featuring street food from some of Austin's favorite eateries, an annual American Poster Institute poster show featuring work from artists across the country, pop-up vintage fashion shops, hair salons, and record stores. The festival also hosted everything from a mechanical bull to a live wrestling ring featuring Sexy Sax Man on site.
Notable performers include Public Enemy, Spoon, Weird Al Yankovic, Girl Talk, The Descendents, MGMT, Bad Religion, Danzig, Mastodon, The Dead Milkmen, Sophie, Slayer, Slick Rick, Pharcyde, Cat Power, The National, M83, Circle Jerks, Todd Barry, Reggie Watts, Henry Rollins, Neil Hamburger, Gwar, the return of famed Detroit punkers, Death, and many more.
In 2011, Fun Fun Fun Fest was moved to Auditorium Shores, a much larger downtown park, a change from previous years in which the event was held at Waterloo Park. 2011 saw the addition of a third full day and FFF Nites, a set of free aftershows for ticket holders in downtown Austin music venues, featuring an additional 75+ artists. Additionally, Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara filmed a sequence for the Terrence Malick film Song to Song on November 4, 2011, on the festival grounds.
The 2012 festival took place November 2–4 at Auditorium Shores. The event made headlines with the announcement of a reunion of the hip hop group, Run–D.M.C. for their first show in a decade.
The festival had its final year in 2015. Some of the event producers have moved on to produce an event called Sound on Sound Music Festival, which takes place at the Sherwood Forest Faire site in McDade, TX.
Origins The show began in 2006 when Graham Williams, working at Emo's, overbooked one night in December at the club. He, independent Emo's, worked with Tim League to create a one-off, one day festival in Waterloo Park. However, Williams left Emo's in 2007 to work at booking shows full time through Transmission Entertainment, which ran Fun Fun Fun Fest.
By 2010 the show had expanded to become a three-day event.
Lineups
2015
Orange Stage
Jane's Addiction D'Angelo and the Vanguard (Cancelled) Chromeo CHVRCHES Cheap Trick RIDE Antemasque Toro y Moi American football The Growlers Fuzz Mikal Cronin The Charlatans Preoccupations (Viet Cong) Alvvays Speedy Ortiz Broncho Joanna Gruesome Grifters Creepoid A Giant Dog Golden Dawn Arkestra Think No Think Ringo Deathstarr Lauryn Hill
Blue Stage
Wu-Tang Clan Future Islands ScHoolboy Q Grimes ODESZA Neon Indian Rae Sremmurd MSTRKRFT Hudson Mohawke Gesaffelstein Peaches Joey Bada$$ Big Freedia Afrika Bambaataa (DJ set) Slow Magic Lido Doomtree Anamanaguchi Roosevelt Shamir Bomba Estereo Kembe X Two-9 Bayonne (Roger Sellers) The Outfit, TX S U R V I V E Keeper
Black Stage
Venom NOFX Gogol Bordello Coheed and Cambria Drive Like Jehu L7 Dag Nasty Desaparecidos (Canceled) American Nightmare Archers of Loaf Converge Chain Of Strength Babes In Toyland Parquet Courts Off! La Dispute Title Fight Fucked Up Head Wound City The Dwarves Mutoid Man Nothing together PANGEA Power Trip American Sharks Future Death
Yellow Stage
Tig Notaro Andrew W.K. Doug Benson GZA Gad Elmaleh Kurt Braunohler Lucas Bros Eric Andre Sabrina Jalees Todd Barry Eugene Mirman Derrick C. Brown Murder By Death Twerking Lessons with Big Freedia Cass McCombs Lil Freckles Steve Gunn BadBadNotGood Chris Cubas Dr. Scott Bolton Saffron Herndon King Khan & BBQ Show Bad Example Benjamin Booker East Cameron Folkcore Andrew Jackson Jihad Sandbox with Rob Gagnon TOPS Air Sex World Championships The Altercation Punk Comedy Tour The Secret Group ATX Comedy Hour Greetings From Queer Mountain Master Pancake The New Movement
Ride & Skate
Ryan Sheckler Grant Taylor Chase Hawk Rune Glifberg Aaron Ross David González Dustin Dollin Louie Lopez Tom Dugan Collin Provost Clint Reynolds Axel Cruysberghs Joseph Frans Ben Raemers Dani Lightningbolt Chris Pfanner Nina Buitrago Caswell Berry Matt Nordstrom Paul Cvikevich Kenny Horton Jeremie Infelise Devin Fredlund CJ Collins
Wrestling * Anarchy Championship Wrestling Inspire Pro Wrestling
FFF Nites
Tig Notaro Andrew W.K. Future Islands Doug Benson GZA Lagwagon Kurt Braunohler American football Hudson Mohawke Lucas Bros The Growlers American Nightmare Eric Andre Fuzz Mayhem Converge Watain Mikal Cronin Sabrina Jalees Peaches Chain Of Strength Joey Bada$$ Subhumans Todd Barry Skinny Puppy Viet Cong Les Sins (Toro Y Moi DJ Set) Parquet Courts Alvvays OFF! Speedy Ortiz La Dispute Slow Magic Title Fight Murder By Death Doomtree Trippy Turtle Fucked Up Lil Freckles Steve Gunn Broncho Har Mar Superstar Head Wound City Anamanaguchi Joanna Gruesome Roosevelt The Dwarves Grifters Windhand Shamir King Khan & BBQ Show Creepoid East Cameron Folkcore Mutoid Man Snakehips Small Brown Bike TOPS Giraffage Nothing Runaway Kids Sarah Jaffe together PANGEA A Giant Dog Power Trip Two-9 Bayonne (Roger Sellers) Girlpool Golden Dawn Arkestra Think No Think Alex G Pity Sex Ringo Deathstarr Wild Ones The Outfit, TX American Sharks Danava S U R V I V E Dirty Fences Future Death One Night Stand Live Action Battle Rap Keeper Pure Bathing Culture Rotting Christ Empty Vessels The Applicators Youth Code GEMS Milezo Protextor Crooked Bangs NOTS Sniper 66 Dirty Kid Discount Borzoi Xetas Daktyl Vockah Redu Cult Leader Magna Carda Christeene Moving Panoramas soundfounder Technicolor Hearts Yonatan Gat Magnet School OBN III's PEARS The Bad Lovers Monolord Wildhoney Otis The Destroyer The Well Wet Lungs Big Bill Moonlight Towers Slooom Booher Illustrations Body Pressure Late Night Basement Commoners Red Death Sailor Poon Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes Rozwell Kid Easy Prey Barnaby Saints Tele Novella Woodgrain Feral Future Hard Proof Hidden Ritual Kid Trails Dead Tapes Fuck Work Burnt Skull Corduroi & Selva Oscura
2014
Music
Judas Priest Nas Girl Talk Neutral Milk Hotel Modest Mouse King Diamond Wiz Khalifa alt-J Death From Above 1979 2 Chainz Rocket From The Crypt Dinosaur Jr. Atmosphere First Aid Kit The Blood Brothers The New Pornographers Flying Lotus Gorilla Biscuits Guided By Voices Sky Ferreira City and Colour Amon Amarth Gary Numan Failure Glassjaw Yo La Tengo The Presets Black Lips Dum Dum Girls Ginuwine Iceage Z Trip Hot Water Music Foxygen Run the Jewels Sick of It All Courtney Barnett Cashmere Cat Mineral Deafheaven Freddie Gibbs & Madlib METZ San Fermin Sun Kil Moon Lunice Pissed Jeans Yann Tiersen SZA Majical Cloudz Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine Yelle Pallbearer Angel Olsen Iron Reagan The Internet Knapsack Pianos Become the Teeth SOHN Ryan Hemsworth Tinariwen J Mascis Mas Ysa The Bots King Tuff Say Lou Lou Fat White Family Chelsea Wolfe Gardens & Villa Reputante Roosevelt Radkey ASTR Spider Bags Cities Aviv Twin Peaks Julianna Barwick Wildcat Wildcat Jacuzzi Scott H. Biram The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die Nostalghia Thundercat This Will Destroy You Zorch Crooked Bangs Blue, The Misfit. Dana Falconberry Communion The Sour Notes Breakout The Digital Wild Good Field Intimate Stranger Residual Kid
Wrestling * Anarchy Championship Wrestling Inspire Pro Wrestling
2013
Music
MGMT M.I.A. Slayer Chelsea Light Moving Misfits Snoop Dogg Descendents Cut Copy Jurassic 5 Flag Simian Mobile Disco Quicksand The Walkmen Ice-T Bonobo Lupe Fiasco Killer Mike Television RJD2 The Locust The Julie Ruin The Impossibles Judge Big K.R.I.T. Subhumans Big Freedia Chromatics Gojira Tycho Geographer Glass Candy Body Count Deerhunter August Burns Red Thee Oh Sees Cloud Nothings Action Bronson The Dismemberment Plan Cro-Mags Shlohmo Ceremony Washed Out XXYYXX Johnny Marr Melt Banana Retox Little Boots Kurt Vile Daniel Johnston Pelican Delorean Sparks Star Slinger Polyphonic Spree Title Fight Poolside Blake Schwarzenbach White Lung Dessa Small Black King Khan and the Shrines Bill Callahan LNS Crew
Wrestling
2012
Music
Run–D.M.C. X Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes De La Soul Santigold The Head and the Heart Bun B Julian Casablancas Fucked Up Girl Talk Explosions in the Sky Real Estate The Promise Ring Turbonegro Superchunk Rakim Titus Andronicus Against Me! Braid Bob Mould Tomahawk Cursive Kreayshawn Schoolboy Q Refused Danny Brown Liturgy ASAP Rocky Japandroids Lagwagon Surfer Blood Public Image Ltd
Comedy
David Cross Hannibal Buress Wyatt Cenac Doug Benson Eugene Mirman Saul Williams Jon Benjamin Duncan Carson Ramin Nazer Doug Mellard Chris Cubas
Wrestling
2011
Music
Public Enemy Slayer Passion Pit Spoon Danzig Legacy Lykke Li Flying Lotus Hum Childish Gambino Black Lips Girls Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Reggie Watts Diplo Architecture in Helsinki Okkervil River Neon Indian Ra Ra Riot Murder City Devils Donald Glover Tune-Yards M83 The Joy Formidable We Were Promised Jetpacks Turquoise Jeep Joe Lally Major Lazer Odd Future Death Grips Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Del tha Funkee Homosapien Black Joe Lewis The Thermals Cloud Nothings Jim Ward Future Islands Keep Shelly in Athens Budos Band Mates of State Russian Circles Thee Oh Sees Ty Segall The Damned Hot Snakes Blonde Redhead Boris Cannibal Corpse Four Tet Spank Rock Big Freedia YACHT Rakim Cold Cave Cave In Dan Deacon Baths Grimes
Comedy
Henry Rollins Reggie Watts Brian Posehn Upright Citizens Brigade Donald Glover Neal Brennan
Wrestling
2010
Descendents Weird Al Yankovic MGMT Bad Religion RJD2 Mastodon Deerhunter Yelle The Hold Steady Dirty Projectors Os Mutantes Monotonix Gwar The Vandals Suicidal Tendencies The Appleseed Cast Best Coast Wavves Kaki King Margot & the Nuclear So and So's Slick Rick Man Man Devin the Dude Cap'n Jazz Ariel Pink Polvo Dum Dum Girls Crocodiles Toro y Moi Indian Jewelry Mother Falcon A-Trak Big Freedia Junius Kylesa Valient Thorr Snapcase Eagle Claw Dam Funk Peelander-Z
Wrestling
Comedy Moshe Kasher
2009
Death Crystal Castles Ratatat Yeasayer The Cool Kids Danzig Kid Sister This Will Destroy You Broadcast GZA/Genius Why? Destroyer No Age Gorilla Biscuits The Strange Boys Atlas Sound Neon Indian Fuck Buttons The Jesus Lizard Brian Posehn Les Savy Fav Lucero Mika Miko 7 Seconds Mission of Burma
2008
The National Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Minus The Bear ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Atmosphere Clipse Deerhoof Islands Frightened Rabbit