For a few weeks now, our friends over at Free Press Houston have been laying mention of a festival they've been constructing for this summer. Culling their festival experience from the wildly popular biannual Block Party, FPH has announced details for the first ever Free Press Summer Fest, an event that just might help put Houston on the musical map. Taking place August 8 and 9 at Houston's Eleanor Tinsley Park – and costing less than 15 bucks – the fest includes Canadian indie super-group Broken Social Scene, odd-ball indie-dance outfit Of Montreal and Austin post-rockers Explosions in the Sky, among others. Several of our favorite local bands will also be gracing the stages, including Buxton, Wild Moccasins, Sideshow Tramps and many more.

Check out the full line-up after the jump

Eleanor Tinsley Park

From FreePressHouston.com:

Free Press Houston is proud to announce the 2009 Free Press Summer Fest. This music and arts festival will be held August 8th and 9th at Buffalo Bayou's Eleanor Tinsley Park and will feature more than 40+ national and local musical performers, visual arts, and games. Confirmed to headline are BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, OF MONTREAL, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, THE SWORD, WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS, OCTOPUS PROJECT. The park will host 2 stages, dozens of local artist booths, a craft beer garden, games, and several 'cooling elements' such as a misting tent to help attendees stage cool in the hot sun. Free Press Houston intends to make this greener than your average festival with a recycling program, carbon off-set credits, and a partnership with the Texas Campaign for the Environment. Participants are encouraged to wear bathing suits and loose fitting clothing. Free water will be available on site. Additionally, a portion of proceeds will go to Project Row Houses which is a community non-profit that is responsible for restoration restoration, art, and social activism in Houston's Third Ward since 1991. Entry cost for the event is only 7 dollars per day via advanced ticket sales at www.freepresssummerfest.com. For more info contact Omar Afra at editors@freepresshouston.com. For vending info contact Don Schwarzkopf at EWMedia@swbell.net.

Tickets available at www.freepresssummerfest.com and www.pegstar.net

Free Press Summer Fest 2009

Broken Social Scene
Explosions in the Sky
Of Montreal
The Sword
Octopus Project
Voxtrot
UME
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Buxton
Fat Tony
Los Skarnales
News On The March
Hearts of Animal
Grrrl Parts
H.I.S.D.
Mechanical Boy
The Manichean
The Tontons
Scale The Summit
The Small Sounds
skyblue72
O Pioneers!
American Fangs
Riff Tiffs
Chase Hamblin
Wild Moccasins
Young Mammals
Sideshow Tramps
Grandfather Child
Juzcoz
Ceeplus Bad Knives
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans
Eastern Sea
Southern Backtones
Muhammidali
The Watermarks
B L A C K I E vs. Cop Warmth
Perseph One
I am Mesmer
Come See My Dead Person
Ghosttwon Electric
Tha Fucking Transmissions


You can find out more about the festival and buy tickets at its official website. That's a whole lot of great music for an incredibly cheap price. The best part, though, is that it's less than a mile from my front doorstep!

-Eggs