We are no longer accepting submissions for this year's festival. Thank you to the record number of artists who submitted to perform! We have too much great music from which to choose. We're very excited for November! In the meantime, it's never too late to help organize the festival, so, if you'd like to get involved now or nearer to the festival, please let us know.

Obviously there is no detailed schedule yet, but the 2009 Troika Music Festival will take place on 5, 6, and 7 November, so mark your calendars now!

Without the generous support of sponsors throughout the years, Troika could not have existed.

The following were the saintly sponsors of the 2008 Troika Music Festival: Merge Records, Yarrr! PR, Duke Coffeehouse, Pizza Palace, James Joyce Irish Pub & Restaurant, West Village, Bull McCabe's, Toast, Churchkey Records, 307 Knox Records, Pox World Empire, Triangle Brewing Company, The Blotter, Shuffle Magazine, WKNC, Performer Magazine, Continuum Consulting, Rockin' the Stove.

Interested in supporting the Triangle music scene and downtown Durham? Please consider sponsoring the not-for-profit Troika Music Festival!

Download the sponsorship form here.

For information on sponsorship options, please contact us.

Volunteers are a critical part of the Troika Music Festival. Every year, dozens of advocates of music, art, and community come forward to help do all of the little and big things that make the festival fun and valuable for the rest of us. The experience always proves challenging and rewarding.

If you have any interest in volunteering, please contact us!

Pin Projekt is an always fun and fantastic fundraiser for the Troika Music Festival. Visual and musical artists apply their artistry to old bowling pins to give them beautiful new lives. We then auction off the bowling pins to happy and generous supporters of Troika and the music and art scene. It's a critical part of Troika.

This bowling pin by artist Jodi Hoover and many others will be available at the auction on Friday, 29 May at the Pinhook in Durham. Local blues legend Cool John Ferguson will play music. Billy Sugarfix will act as auctioneer.

Viewing and cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. with the auction at 8:00 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge that will be collected at the door.

Cocktail hors d'oeuvres are being provided by several amazing local restaurants:Alivia's, Amelia's, Chamas Brazilian Steakhouse, The James Joyce, Piazza Italia, Piedmont, Pop's Backdoor Pizza, Revolutions, and Six Plates.

In 2002, the Durham Association for Downtown Arts, Inc. (DADA), having successfully hosted a showcase series since 2001, decided to organize the first Durham Music Festival, a one-day event featuring musicians and bands from Durham, North Carolina. Despite some weather issues, the event was a success, so DADA held the following year's festival over the course of three nights at multiple venues in downtown Durham. In 2004, festival organizers invited independent bands from all over the Triangle and beyond. Plus, several well respected independent record labels participated by showcasing some of their bands and themselves.

In 2005, organizers made an effort for the festival to better serve and represent the whole Triangle area. During the festival's five day span, there were events at locations in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh. Additionally, organizers changed the name to Troika Music Festival, so that, although the bulk of the events were still in Durham, the whole area could celebrate its vibrant music scene together.

In subsequent years, organizers resumed efforts to concentrate the activity in the burgeoning, culturally rich downtown area of Durham, consistently featuring the area's brightest musical acts as well as critically acclaimed acts visiting from elsewhere.

Sorry, but we are no longer accepting submissions for this year's festival. Please come back in 2010!

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