The Big Stomp, the nation’s first music festival to focus on mental health, will return this summer, as an expanded event, with more than 12 acts across two stages. The festival, held July 25-26, ...

Dr. Ike's baby, all grown up, has left the nest. The Ponderosa Stomp, conceived by local anesthesiologist and vinyl junkie Ira "Dr. Ike" Padnos as a wild and woolly multi-night celebration of roots ...

ACTIVATIONS. YOU HAD 530 USING MUSIC TO STOMP OUT THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. THE STOMP FESTIVAL IS USING MUSIC TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HELP SHINE A LIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. WLKY IS ...

The festival is an annual outreach event for The Pete Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to destigmatizing mental health and expanding access to mental health crisis intervention. The festival's ...

The Big Stomp will return to Louisville July 26-27 in a new location at Waterfront Park, with an expanded lineup that includes BADBADNOTGOOD, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, The Black Angels, and Bully ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In their first year with a new name, 'The Big Stomp' is preparing the celebrate their 6th year far out in Southeast Jefferson county. It began as 'Petefest,' the largest mental ...

MORE THAN THE MUSIC. NOT LONG FROM RIGHT NOW, BANDS ARE GOING TO BE FILLING THE STAGE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS FOR THE BIG STOMP MUSIC FESTIVAL, BUT ORGANIZERS HOPE WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS, THE ...

The crowd at Osheaga was a sweaty sea of singing bodies. Thousands stood shoulder to sunscreened shoulder and belted the words to Noah Kahan's bright hits "She Calls Me Back" and "Stick Season" during ...

The Ponderosa Stomp music festival and conference will skip 2014, it was announced Friday (Feb. 21), and return to the New Orleans festival calendar in the fall of 2015. It's not the first time that ...

Performing in STOMP, a dance troupe that uses the body and ordinary objects to create a percussive performance, is not for the faint of heart. “I think you have to have a personality and be fearless,” ...

While there are a hanful of better-known Louisville music festivals including Forecastle Festival, Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life, you won't want to miss The Big Stomp. More than 30 acts will ...