The Hey Heys – May 1, 2015
The 2015 Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival Battle of the Bands Qualifiers were held Friday, May 1, 2015 at The Door – Dallas. Five bands from around the DFW metroplex came out to compete for a chance to be one of just three bands selected to play at the finals on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival.
Judges selected The Hey Heys and Future Nest as the two bands to auto qualify to the final competition round. The three Wildflower! Battle of the Band judges consisted of Melissa Garcia, Mark Williamson, and Jon Meyer.
Additionally, two runner-up bands, Timeless City and Nothing Stranger, were selected to compete online to allow fans the chance to vote on the third and final band to play at the finals. Video excerpts of each band’s qualifier performances were posted on the Wildflower! Festival website for public viewing. Online voting began Tuesday, May 5, 2015 and ended Friday, May 8, 2015. Thousands of fans voted once daily and the band with the most votes was Nothing Stranger. The Auto Qualifiers are as follows:
The Hey Heys
4-member band ages 14-16; Bending Oaks High School, Hockaday, Booker T Washington HSPVA, St. Patrick’s Catholic School
www.facebook.com/Theheyheys
www.instagram.com/the.hey.heys/
Future Nest
5-member band all age 18 and from Plano West Senior High
www.facebook.com/futurenest
www.twitter.com/futurenestmusic
www.futurenest.bandcamp.com
The Runner-Ups for Third Finalist are as follows:
Nothing Stranger
4-member band ages 14 & 15; Oakridge, All Saints & Bedford High Schools
www.facebook.com/nothingstrangerofficial
www.youtube.com/channel/UCORDSppm3BbB3bNG4i58_4Q
Timeless City
www.facebook.com/pages/Timeless-City/387340091412172
www.twitter.com/timelesscity_
www.reverbnation.com/timelesscity
https://youtu.be/bB9hfMKA0x0?list=PLz8GYKivJK1qI2J-N5BqnAQMwQRN4e6FQ
Special thanks to the Wildflower! Battle of the Bands sponsors:
