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Make a Gig Poster For Your Family Band

Bunchfest wants to help you find ways to help you create that festival feeling right in your own backyard.

The posters that hang in record shops and music venues serve two purposes: they let you know when awesome shows are happening in your city while providing a pop of colour in an interesting font. Gig posters have become so cool, that fans collect them not only because they’re Arcade Fire superfans, but also because the artwork is stellar. We at Bunch HQ love pretty much anything that comes from Burlesque of North America; they’ve really nailed the gig-poster-as-frame-worthy-art thing. Here’s their booth at Pitchfork Music Festival this year:

If you’re kids are at all rock show or art-inclined, a gig poster is a great activity to kickstart your at-home festival. Bunch families made some really excellent gig posters at the They Might Be Giants show at Luminato this year. We started with four basic patterns: lopsided ovals, squares, starbursts and curvy stripes, and supplied markers and pencil crayons.To make your own…