Best of St. Louis 2015
Arts & Entertainment
Staff Pick
Best Music Festival
Acid Kat Fest
Acid Kat Fest, which wrapped up its third year in early August, has quickly become St. Louis' go-to destination for music that's off the beaten path. Punk lives next to noise and experimental sounds, which take up residence adjacent to garage-rock offerings and even a smattering of hip-hop. The entire ecosystem is located underground, in the sludge and slime of the sewers, mutating and gestating and getting stranger every day before emerging to perform at the festival. And that's just how founder Austin Nitsua likes it. "We're all freaks and weirdos, and we all have the same ideas," he told Riverfront Times in advance of Acid Kat III. "We're all pretty much the same — we just like different forms of music." acidkatzine.tumblr.com.
Previous Winners
- 2019 Best Music Festival - Pu Fest
- 2014 Best Music Festival - Whiskey War Festival
- 2014 Best Music Festival - Whiskey War Festival
- 2013 Best Music Festival - LouFest
- 2012 Best Music Festival - S.L.U.M. Fest
- 2011 Best Music Festival - LouFest
- 2010 Best Music Festival - LouFest
- 2009 Best Music Festival - Live on the Levee
- 2008 Best Music Festival - KDHX's Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum
- 2007 Best Music Festival - Whitaker Music Festival
- 2006 Best Music Festival - PolkaPalooza
- 2005 Best Music Festival - Twangfest
- 2003 Best Music Festival - Washington Avenue Beat Festival
