LAUNCH 2012 Event Guide Now Available!

Our annual event guide is currently being distributed to businesses throughout Central PA - pick up your free copy for all the details on LAUNCH 2012.

From a schedule of Conference and Festival events to profiles on select artists and more - our guide has all the info you need about this year's event!

Don't want to leave your house to find out all the details? No problem.
Read it online now right here and then share it with your friends:
launchmusicconference.com/guide.htm

LAUNCH proudly welcomes Pabst Blue Ribbon!

We are excited to announce a new major sponsor for LAUNCH this year. Please welcome Pabst Blue Ribbon - one of the fastest growing domestic beer brands!

We thank Pabst for helping us bring LAUNCH to you, and we hope you think of us the next time someone you know says "PBRMe".

Panelist and Sponsor Updates!

We've announced more panelists for 2012 - please visit here for more info on each of our guests!

We've also updated our sponsors page - please visit here and support these great brands without whom we couldn't bring you LAUNCH!

More speakers and info will be added soon in addition to the announcement of our panel topics! Stay tuned!!

LAUNCH 2012 Interactive Performer Schedule Now Live!

Today, we're excited to announce our Interactive Performer Schedule for LAUNCH 2012!!! 
This year, we're making it even easier for you to figure out where you want to be with a Personal Scheduling Tool!


Enhance your experience using our interactive schedule at:  http://launchmusicconference.com/festival/schedule/index.html

Explore Events & Speakers 
This year's schedule will allow you to explore the detailed agenda using multiple visual formats and filters. Sort by date, venue or genre! Create a personalized itinerary and discover other attendees, speakers, & exhibitors!

One Click To Start
Getting started is easy! Simply connect your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn account and we'll show your friends & contacts also attending. Not social? Create a private account to keep your plans to yourself.

Your Schedule On The Go 
Print out your plans to keep them handy or get the most up to date data by using your mobile device. Simply visit http://launch2012.sched.org from your iPhone, Android or Blackberry for a mobile schedule. On an iPhone? Click the "Share" button at the bottom of your screen and select "Add to Home Screen" to add a LAUNCH schedule app to your iPhone!

And There's Even More… 
Get started today by visiting http://launch2012.sched.org and maximize your event experience!

First Panelists Announced!

We've announced our first batch of panelists for 2012 - please visit here for more info on each of our guests!

More great speakers will be added soon in addition to the announcement of our panel topics! Stay tuned!!

LAUNCH 2012 Headliners Announcement pt 3

While the focus of LAUNCH is about developing artists, we know that Festival attendees also want to see some more well known acts in addition to up-and-coming talent! Over the course of the next 3 days we'll be announcing our headlining acts for each night of LAUNCH. This week we announced that multi-platinum artist RUSTED ROOT would be be headlining the Thursday of LAUNCH and THE FELICE BROTHERS would headline the Friday of LAUNCH.

Today we are excited to announce Saturday's headliner.... TEXAS IN JULY!

These hard rock/metallers will be wrapping up a US headlining tour in support of their 2011 album "One Reality"with a return to their hometown (here in Lancaster!) to close out LAUNCH! Individual tickets for non Conference attendees will be on sale soon.

We're excited to have all these fantastic artists and will have more announcements soon!

LAUNCH 2012 Headliners Announcement pt 2

While the focus of LAUNCH is about developing artists, we know that Festival attendees also want to see some more well known acts in addition to up-and-coming talent! Over the course of the next 3 days we'll be announcing our headlining acts for each night of LAUNCH. Yesterday we announced that multi-platinum artist RUSTED ROOT would be be headlining the Thursday of LAUNCH.

Today we are excited to announce Friday's headliner.... THE FELICE BROTHERS!

The folk rockers have toured all over the globe and released three acclaimed albums that have been praised by the likes of Esquire, Filter, The New York Times, NPR, Spin and more! Individual tickets for non Conference attendees will be on sale soon.

We're excited to have THE FELICE BROTHERS and are excited to announce Saturday's headlining act tomorrow - check back!

LAUNCH 2012 Headliners Announcement

While the focus of LAUNCH is about developing artists, we know that Festival attendees also want to see some more well known acts in addition to up-and-coming talent! Over the course of the next 3 days we'll be announcing our headlining acts for each night of LAUNCH.

Today we are excited to announce Thursday's headliner.... RUSTED ROOT!

The platinum selling band may be best known by their hit single "Send Me On My Way" which you may have recently heard in an Enterprise Rent-A-Car commercial! Individual tickets for non Conference attendees will be on sale soon.

We're excited to have RUSTED ROOT and are excited to announce Friday's headlining act tomorrow - check back!

Sonicbids offering 1/2 off LAUNCH submissions - TODAY ONLY!

For one day only, until midnight EST tonight - our partners at Sonicbids are offering HALF OFF artists submissions for LAUNCH! Sonicbids is not only the easiest and least expensive way for artists to submit ($20 instead of $25) but TODAY ONLY they have slashed the submission price from $20 to $10!

What are you waiting for? Click here to submit now!

Remember - all submissions must be in by February 8th!

LAUNCH Success Stories: 2011 Performer Ducky Duke to appear on 'The Voice'

Over the next few weeks we'll be posting a series of "LAUNCH Success Stories", highlighting significant career milestones achieved by artists who performed in past years at LAUNCH.

Today we'd like to highlight LAUNCH 2011 performer Ducky Duke who will appear on this season of NBC's hit vocal competition, 'The Voice'!

Check out the promo below (you can see Ducky at around 2:30) and tune in to "The Voice" starting February 5th to find out how he did!