Listen to Mystery Roach, Saturday September 12 from 8-10am on WKNC for a discussion with Aly Khalifa and Mary Ellis, two minds behind SPARKcon. Aly is one of five “bobbleheads” that facilitate the event. He, along with four others work with the organizers of each individual SPARK to help ideas become reality. Mary is is the lead organizer of MusicSPARK, the musical aspect of the festival. MusicSPARK will feature a large, diverse group of 94 Local Bands in 15 Raleigh Venues.
In all, SPARKcon will include more than 1200 performers from gaming to dancing to street painting to poetry reading. Check the full schedule for details.
IdeaSPARK will kick off SPARKcon Thursday night at 6:00pm at the Marbles Kids Museum with
Pecha Kucha, a rapid fire presentation of ideas where each presenter has 6 minutes and 40 seconds to communicate their SPARK using 20 slides and discussion. After that, head down to The Pour House, where WKNC will be hosting Local Beer Local Band as part of MusicSPARK. The show will feature local acts: Bright Young Things, Animals, The Jackets, and Starmount.
Talk to you Saturday morning, and see you at SPARKcon.
-La Barba Rossa