About

Founder/CEO: David Bash

Executive Vice President: Rina Bardfield

Web Design: Lecompton Alternate

Art Director: Steve Stanley

Graphic Design/Layout for print programs: Jim Horan

International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it has affectionately become known) is a pop music festival which has been held for the past fourteen years in Los Angeles. We have also held IPO for various years in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Diego, Phoenix, Detroit, Milwaukee, Portland, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Vancouver, and Toronto, as well as in Liverpool (at the world famous Cavern Club), and London, UK! We are greatly looking forward to all of the IPO shows in 2013!

The dates and locations of the IPO festivals in 2013 are as follows (subject to change):

Phoenix……………………………..March 15 & 16

Detroit………………………………………April 4-6

Chicago…………………………………..April 18-27

New York (Spring)………………….April 30-May 5

Liverpool………………………………….May 14-21

London……………………………………May 24-26

Los Angeles…………………………July 26 -Aug. 4

San Francisco………………………… August 7-10

Portland………………………………August 14-17

Seattle…………………………………August 22-24

Vancouver……………………………….Aug. 27-31

Austin…………………………………….Sept 19-22

Nashville…………………………….Sept dates TBA

New York (Autumn)…………………….Nov 12-17

Boston…………………………………..Nov. 20-23

Toronto…………………………………Nov. 27-30

Each International Pop Overthrow features between 25-180 of the best pop bands from around the world. Everyone from the bands to the spectators has a wonderful time, and although we’re all exhausted by the end, we part company with one prevailing thought: “I can’t wait to do it again next year!”

The purpose of International Pop Overthrow is two-fold: one aim is to give every worthy band who’d like to play their music in a festival atmosphere the chance to do so, and the other is to bring pop music the attention it so richly deserves. We have made great strides to that end, garnering press in several noteworthy papers in each city in which we hold the festival, and creating a very positive buzz about pop music within the inner circles of major labels. We’re looking forward to the very real possibility that a number of bands who have played IPO will grab the brass ring and receive major label deals.

The IPO website will be constantly updated as event particulars develop and change. Please make sure to check the site regularly.

I want to personally thank, from the bottom of my heart, every artist, spectator, advertiser, sponsor, and staff member who has given their time and efforts to be a part of International Pop Overthrow. We couldn’t have done it without you!

All you need do is ask anyone who ventured from near and far to come to IPO if they found the trip worthwhile, and we think you’ll be convinced that International Pop Overthrow is an event that you won’t want to miss! We hope to see all of you at future IPOs.

David Bash
International Pop Overthrow

For Questions about International Pop Overthrow, e-mail David Bash at intlpop@earthlink.net

You can submit to International Pop Overthrow through our sponsor, Sonicbids, by going to www.sonicbids.com