By Emily Bontatibus
People's Perch in Baldwin, ME. Photo by Emily Bontatibus
No weather will phase fans of punk rock. Last weekend at The People’s Perch in Baldwin, Maine, Punktoberfest took place with a damp setup.
Memories of old school punk rock shows inspired this festival. “It came together very quickly,” stated Scotty Saints, one of the organizers of Punktoberfest. Saints is the guitarist and vocalist of Scotty Saints and the True Believers, a local “dad punk” group that routinely plays in Portland.
Scotty Saints (left) and Marlo Feinberg (right). Photo by Emily Bontatibus
“[Scotty] and I were outside the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plains, Boston, and we were talking about how old fashioned punk shows used to be run,” stated Marlo Feinberg, another organizer of Punktoberfest, “I used to throw shows up in the Bangor area in the early 2000’s… We’d run out halls and we’d book them that way and have a bunch of bands play on a bill.” Feinberg is the drummer of The Feinbergs, she is also a University of Maine alumni and a staff writer at Tour Worthy.
Saints and Feinberg concluded that renting a hall would be too costly and landed on the old water tower in Baldwin. Feinberg posted information about Punktoberfest on social media and musicians reached out to be a part. With their connections however, the search wasn’t much of a task.
Lineup of bands for Punktoberfest. Photo by Emily Bontatibus
Punktoberfest featured Milk St., The Feinberg's, Scotty Saints and the True Believers, Gagger, The Lazy Anarchists, Dusty Buckets and The Keeper Class.
An overview of the festival can be found on Marlo Feinberg’s podcast, NEundergroundpodcast.
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