Now Hear This Podcast Festival Includes 30 Live Podcasts

Now Hear This Podcast Festival logoThe very first Now Hear This Podcast Festival will take place on October 28-30, 2016. The festival is presented by Midroll Media. Tickets are available now!

The Now Hear This Festival will feature over 30 podcasts, live, in one place. The festival will be held at the Anaheim Marriott, in Anaheim, California. There will be six stages that attendees can check out.

Featured Podcasts:

* Comedy Bang! Bang! – Scott Aukerman

* The Moth – Angela Lush & TJ McDonald

* Criminal – Pheoebe Judge & Lauren Spohrer

* WTF With Marc Maron – Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald

* Lore – Aaron Mahnke

* How Did This Get Made? – Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas & June Diane Raphael

* The Brilliant Idiots – Charlamagne Tha God & Andrew Schulz

* With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus – Lauren Lapkus

For the first time, Marc Maron will be joined live on stage by co-creator of WTF Brendan McDonald for a live conversation about what it took to make WTF. They will present a behind-the-scenes look at the podcast in way that has never been done before. They will also be taking questions from fans.

The Now Hear This Festival will include over 30 live podcast recordings. Some of them include:

* Cracked – Jack O’Brian

* Dear Prudence – Mallory Ortberg

* Crybabies – Susan Orlean and Sarah Thyre

* The Longest Shortest Time – Hillary Frank

* The Incomparable – Jason Snell

* I Was There Too – Matt Gourley

* Hello From the Magic Tavern – Adal Rifai, Arnie Nierkamp & Matt Young

Tickets are available now (Quantities are limited). There are three options to choose from. The 3 Day GA Pass includes general admission seating and access to all podcasts and exhibit floor. It costs $150.

The 3 Day VIP Pass costs $200. It includes speed-line access into all podcasts, reserved seating at select podcasts, meet & greet opportunity with select talent, and access to the exhibit floor.

The 3 Day Upgraded VIP Pass costs $280. It includes everything the 3 Day VIP Pass does, plus breakfast with select talent on October 30, VIP lounge with complimentary food and beverage, and 3 alcoholic beverage vouchers.

Now Hear This Podcast Festival will Happen in October

Now Hear This Podcast Festival logoThe Now Hear This Podcast Festival is going to happen on October 28-30, 2016. Tickets go on sale on soon! This podcast festival is presented by Midroll Media.

Midroll Media will bring together the brightest stars in podcasting for a fan-focused weekend of live performances, meet-and-greet opportunities, immersive fan experiences, and more at the very first Now Hear This podcast festival. It will take place at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California, (a location that seems to be a popular one for podcast fests).

There is a countdown clock on the Now Hear This website that shows you how much time is left before you can buy tickets. Those who want to be alerted when tickets go on sale (and who want to get the latest artist announcements) can enter their email address into the box on the Now Hear This fest website.

Now Hear This Fest will feature:

* Marc Maron – WTF with Marc Maron

* Scott Aukerman – Comedy Bang! Bang!

* Lauren Lapkus – With Special Guess Lauren Lapkus

* Paul Scheer – How Did This Get Made?

In addition there will be over 30 live podcast recordings. One will be from a podcast called The Brilliant Idiots, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and Andrew Schultz. Every week, the hosts explore the issues of the day “in a style that’s often idiotic, sometimes brilliant, and always hysterical.” New episodes are available every Thursday afternoon on SoundCloud.

It appears that more announcements will be made about additional featured big names and/or participating podcasts as we get closer to October.