TBD Fest and TUBE. Magazine go way back. The magazine has been covering the Sacramento festival since it was called Launch Fest and rocked Cesar Chavez Park back in 2012. The festival was started by Michael Hargis as a one day ‘art party’ in 2008 and has since evolved considerably. Now a three day event with big name headliners and a new name, TBD is set to light up the Bridge District yet again this year. And yet again, TUBE. will be there to cover the rollicking good times.

This year’s festival is running from September 18th to the 20th and has a lineup that boasts of big names like Chromeo, Tears for Fears, and Tyler the Creator, but also gives smaller local artists space to flourish. TBD covers more than music, giving festival-goers samplings of art, food, beer, fashion, design, and more. There is great emphasis on curating creativity and creating a relevant, exciting scene to bring together up and coming ideas in various fields. With the start of the event, a veritable maze of booths and carnival amusements will spring up behind Raley Stadium, populating the dusty earth like urban daisies. This year will be the biggest incarnation yet, with a three more stages than last year, 90 bands playing over the three days, and several artist installation pieces.

And this year TUBE. has transcended media coverage, joining the event for the first time with a booth and the launch of our very first print edition. Debuting our paper publication at an amazing creative gathering that is fast becoming a staple of the Sacramento scene was a no-brainer. Here’s looking to many more years together, TBD.

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Melissa Uroff

Cults. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Wallpaper. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Girl Talk. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Dino

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo John Klaiber

Wallpaper. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Drowners. Photo Sarah Elliott

Doomtree. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Mainland brightening the stage. Photo Sarah Elliott

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

Blonde Redhead at LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Minus the Bear. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. La Sera. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Deltron. Photo Sarah Elliot.

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff

Aby Wolf and Dessa. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Doomtree. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Michael Hargis, Shaun Slaughter and company. Photo Sven Olai

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez.

St. Lucia. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Cold Eskimo under the disco ball. Photo Sarah Elliott

Wallpaper. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. SKATERS. Photo Sarah Elliott

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Naomi Lucchesi

Turquoise Jeep. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Dessa. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

An Angle. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Blondie putting on quite a show at TBD. Photo Sarah Elliott

An Angle. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Naomi Lucchesi

A young LAUNCH attendant protects her little ears. Photo Kate Gonzales

Wallpaper. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Lizzy Plapinger aka MS of MSMR. Photo by Ryan Stewart

LAUNCH 2013. Imagine Dragons. Photo Melissa Uroff

Girl Talk. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Dino

Flynt Flossy. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Imagine Dragons. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Tapigami. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. The Sacramento Ballet giving D.A.M.B. bloody good visual accompaniment. Photo Sarah Elliott.

Cults. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. FMLYBND. Photo Sarah Elliott

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Deltron 3030. Photo Sarah Elliott.

Mike Sparks playing with An Angle. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Cults. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Mark Robert Fuller of Gold Fields. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Blonde Redhead at LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Le Sera. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff.

Aby Wolf. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Heather Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez.

Festival-goers, Tigers Blood, went all out with costumes and dancing. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Skaters energizing the stage on Saturday afternoon. Photo Sarah Elliott

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Naomi Lucchesi

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Kris Anaya of Contra. Photo Ryan Stewart.

LAUNCH Fashion. 2013. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Naomi Lucchesi

Mister Metaphor. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

Mister Metaphor. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Blonde Redhead at LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff.

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Jordan Wolfe.

LAUNCH 2013. After. Photo Melissa Uroff

Turquoise Jeep, LAUNCH 2013. Photo Naomi Lucchesi

Blonde Redhead at LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Melissa Uroff

Turquoise Jeep. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Wildcat! Wildcat! drawing the crowd in. Photo Sarah Elliott

You know we love Kenny! LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Cults. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Shenna Ozzella of Buffalo, NY band Lemuria. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

The crowd at Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff

Digital fireworks at the MS MR show. Photo Sarah Elliott

LAUNCH 2013. Mister Metaphor Photo Melissa Uroff

Vin Andanar of Gold Fields. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

TUBErs acting silly. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

Aby Wolf. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

LAUNCH 2013. Fashion. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez

The Intern hard at work. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Girl Talk. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Dino

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Le Sera. Photo Heather “the intern” Uroff.

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Kate Gonzales

St. Lucia. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Kurt Vile and the Violators laying claim to the LowBrau stage. Photo Sven Olai

2014 Sacramento TBD Festival grounds in the afternoon. Photo Ryan Stewart.

Mister Metaphor. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Imagine Dragons. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Wallpaper. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

Cults. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Heather Uroff

Sacramento TBD Fest 2014. Photo Jordan Wolfe

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez.

Imagine Dragons. LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff

LAUNCH 2013. Photo Lorraine Gonzalez.

Blonde Redhead at LAUNCH 2013. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Words: K. Hules

Photos: TUBE. team throughout the years.