Summer is rapidly ending, which mean Fall is rapidly beginning, which mean it’s almost time for WIDR’s Barking Tuna Fest! Which also means it’s time to fight . . . for the Tuna.

Last Year's poster. So awesome.

But what does it all mean? Well, essentially, every year WIDR puts on a festival where they bring in most excellent touring talent from all over the place and have them rock a great show over the course of some days. There’s local talent involved, though, and that’s where the fighting comes in.

Fight for the Tuna is a 10-day precursor to the festival. Essentially, it’s a battle of the bands for local talent to duke it out, all gunning for the chance to open for whatever illustrious and righteous headliner the folks at WIDR manage to bring in to town. The format is 3 rounds (read: three nights) where the contenders get to show their stuff. Attendants of the shows each get a ballot with which they can vote for the winner (this is, after all, America). The winner then plays Barking Tuna.

But WIDR needs bands! So, if you have an outfit that’s local and wants to rock it at Barking Tuna, you can send your demos/press packages/pleas and petitions to:

WIDR FM/WMU attn:FFTT,Michelle
1501 Faunce Student Services Building
Kalamazoo,Mi 49008
OR
Send Digital copies to: Widr.tuna@gmail.com

Make it happen.

But before you do that, check out tonight’s show at No Fun House. It’s gonna be a good one.