The current issue of HARP magazine has an somewhat irreverant look at last year’s Fest For Beatles Fans held in Las Vegas. Personally, I find Las Vegas, a city built on a foundation of reckless capitalism, felony and greed, to be a curious location for a festival celebrating a group of artists who once represented [...]
Due to a scheduling conflict we weren’t able to make it to the Las Vegas edition of The Fest for Beatles Fans last week, but Blog Me Do reader Juan Sanson made it and was kind enough to take lots of photos. You can see the full set onine by clicking here. Thanks for sharing [...]
An auction of Beatles Memorabilia to be held in Las Vegas on July 3 in conjunction with the Beatles Fest will feature several examples of original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s art. The lots include Abstract Sculpture, Abstract Figures on Paper, Seagull Painting, Abstract Oil Paintings, Charcoal and Ink Artworks, Handwritten Song Lyrics and Set Lists, Handwritten Poems, [...]
Today sees the start of this year’s New York Fest For Beatles Fans. Among the top attractions at the weekend long celebration of all things Fab Four are: Special guests – the original Quarrymen. Terry Sylvester – former member of Cavern regulars, The Swinging Bluejeans and The Hollies. Beatles recording engineer – Norm “Hurricane” Smith [...]
In today’s mail I recieved the latest catalog from Lapidos Productions, the organizers of the fantastic “Fest For Beatles Fans“ series of conventions. This year there will be three Fests New York (March 16th to 18th) Las Vegas (July 1st to 3rd) Chicago (August 3rd to 5th) and we are planning on the Blog Me [...]
Mark & Carol Lapidos are extremely proud to announce The Fest For Beatles Fans 2007-Las Vegas, Sunday-Tuesday, July 1-3, 2007, at The Mirage Hotel, the first Las Vegas Fest, ever, and their first Fest out West since 2000. Of course, the Mirage is the site of the Beatles LOVE Cirque Du Soleil Show that has [...]
A nice review of what it was like to attend the recent Chicago Fest Â
Pete Best behind the drum kit as his younger self looks on… In this interview Pete reckons that Ringo benfited from Pete’s hard work – I don’t think so. And if Ringo wasn’t at The Fest in person, he was definitely there in spirit. Â
This was just two small parts of the largest display of Beatles collectibles I’ve come across… and then there was the room full of every variation of a vinyl Beatles release…
The main Market Place at the recent Fest For Beatles Fans had almost everything that a Beatles fan could wish for, short of the Fab Four themselves, (Although one vendor was selling what they claimed to be actual samples of the boys’ hair !). You could read about The Beatles Play a guitar like The Beatles [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
