Austin’s Coffee House: Small And Welcoming

Austin’s Coffee is a quaint little place with artwork-covered walls, an array of cozy booths and comfy couches all accentuated by the thick smell of coffee in the air. Austin’s prides itself on being a venue to showcase local musicians and artists of every type from painters, photographers, comedians, poets, and filmmakers.

To ensure the music is as diverse as the rest of the arts, each employee is responsible for booking. They prefer interested musicians contact them on their My Space page so they can easily check out the bands music from there.

-Kat Coffin

Capacity: 30, but will hold more with patio and standing room

Genres: All

Gear: Mackie PA system, speakers, microphones and stands

Booking Contact: Preferred through the venue’s MySpace page, www.myspace.com/austincoffeeandfilm

Address: 929 West Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789

Phone: (407) 975-3364

Website: www.austinscoffee.com

C.C. Management And Development, Inc: Dedicated To Community

Started just a couple of years ago by three women (Carolyn D. Ohme, Marisela A. Del Cid and Gianina M. Lopategui) CC Management and Development’s showcases have been getting the attention of many music lovers around Orlando. Choosing to build networks and community between artists and venues, CCMaD (as the company calls itself) has been spinning a web across the city one show at a time. Email any of the staff at her first name@ccmad.org (for example, carolyn@ccmag.org) to find out how to get involved, or pop along to one of the company’s many showcases at venues like Studio Café.

Phone: (214) 594-1450

Email: info@ccmad.org

Website: www.myspace.com/ccmad

In the News

The perennial monster music festival Florida Music Festival has announced its dates for next year. From May 14 – 16, 2009, downtown Orlando will host the festival that showcased acts like Baron Von Bear, Tres Bien and even the Blue Man Group in 2007.

www.floridamusicfestival.com

Orlando locals Like Satellites released their newest album in mid-August after a six-month delay on the original release date. The six-track EP is self-titled and the band is planning to support the album through online distribution and playing shows throughout Florida.

www.likesatellites.com

Lonely Heroes are making a name for themselves very quickly. Considering they have been together for less than a year, their catalogue of work is impressive. The band plans are releasing their debut fulllength,

Somewhere to Lay My Head, this month. The group will follow the release up with a performance at the St. Petersburg Folk Festival in late September.

www.myspace.com/

lonelyheroes

Why have just a regular old CD release party when you can make history instead? That’s the question that Orlando rock group The Queues found themselves asking and answering when they arranged to have their CD release party for their new album, Noisemaker, in a Denny’s restaurant. July 19 was the first time that any Denny’s has ever played host to a rock concert.

www.myspace.com/

thequeues

Orlando rock veteran Christian Wilson has picked up a new supporting act: Christian Wilson and the Wayward Sons. Wilson fronted the band with the support of “amazingly gifted musicians, songwriters and producers,” he says, and refuses to acknowledge it as a solo act. The band played its first show on July 19 in Orlando and expect to have an album out sometime in the near future.

www.myspace.com/

christianwilsonmusic

Band Marino has been gaining steam recently. The band released a successful album in March, toured the nation and was featured in many major media outlets. But the group is not stopping there. The band announced in late June that it would soon be begin work on a music video and announce a national tour.

www.bandmarino.net

Ambient/psychedelic group Mirror Pal has been forcing listeners to perk up their ears and pay attention to a new sound coming out of Orlando. Those listeners should have a little bit more material to pay attention to in the near future; the band spent the end of the summer recording its first full length album and plans to release it sometime this month.

www.mirrorpal.com