Word: mixfest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days of heavy rain was not the only problem with Mixfest '98, the seventh annual, two-day concert event sponsored by Boston radio station MIX 98.5 (WBMX). Fans who braved the weather to spend a disastrous afternoon at City Hall Plaza soon realized that they were duped by a manipulative publicity bonanza on the part of MIX radio. In hindsight, it seems that this concert had little to do with free music, and a lot to do with free publicity for the radio station. That should have been apparent from the weeks of obnoxious, on-air hype that...
Event organizers were smart enough to move the concert stage this year out of the pit it had been in last year in front of the old City Hall, but that did little to help. Mixfest used to be held on Boston Common, an ideal location for such an event. Because the stage there was elevated off the ground, even people at the edge of the Common only had to tilt there heads up to see. Apparently pressure from Beacon Hill residents unhappy with the crowds and the noise resulted in the move to City Hall Plaza. Yet the Hempfest...
...with the rest of Boston to WBMX 98.5's MIXFEST, a free concert featuring all sorts of great bands and artists. Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby, Heather Nova and Blue Man Group headline the acts on Saturday, and then the hip, happening, trendy, Canadian and actually good Barenaked Ladies play on Sunday. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. City Hall Plaza (Government Center T-stop). FREE. You can call me Pavlov...