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MONDAY August 7

BADGE PICKUP
11 AM – 5 PM QUEEN ANNE MEZZANINE, Hotel Monteleone


UNOFFICIAL RSD SUMMERCAMP POP UP /WELCOME PARTY!
2 PM – 5 PM  EUCLID RECORDS  3301 Chartres St.
Stop by for the International Vinyl Pop-up featuring DJ Dub Insurgent of Magic Isle Krewe, for the first NOLA pop-up of his rare original African and Reggae pressings. Also cold drinks and adult beverages. All Summer Campers welcome!


OFFICIAL RSD SUMMERCAMP PRE-WELCOME WELCOME PARTY!
Sponsored by Redeye Distribution
6 PM – 8 PM THE BLACK PENNY 700 N Rampart St.
Stop by and have a drink at a classic New Orleans dive bar with new friends, old friends, and soon-to-be friends!

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TUESDAY August 8

BADGE PICKUP
8 AM – 4 PM QUEEN ANNE MEZZANINE, Hotel Monteleone


NOTE: Coalition members please see your individual coalition agendas


OPTIONAL PRESENTATIONS FOR STORE CAMPERS!
10 AM – 2 PM  ROYAL SALON, Hotel Monteleone
From 10 to 2, stop by and learn about the RSD MRKT, RSD ESSENTIALS and hear from PR and Publicity Experts about getting your store to be the biggest buzz in town.

If you’re interested, stop by! If you wouldn’t mind, RSVPing here if you have interest helps us plan out the number of people joining us!  RSVP


10 AM – 10:25 RSD ESSENTIALS  with Steve Duncan (Cured Vinyl) and Russell Cothran (Think Indie)
RSD Essentials is the ongoing series that helps put Essential titles into the racks of record stores and ONLY record stores to help them stand out. Learn from the people who run it and help shape the series as it moves ahead.


10:30 – 10:55 RSD MRKT with Jon Berger (Broadtime/RSD MRKT)
Learn and ask questions about the upcoming online marketplace ONLY for RSD-participating record stores.


11:00 – 11:45 PRESS/PR PRESENTATION with Perry Serpa (Vicious Kid PR), Valerie Pascoe (The Pascoe Group), Dawn Novak (Electric Fetus)
Tips and tricks to get local press (online, television, radio, print) to think of your store first and you and your staff as the experts they need to talk to for EVERY pop culture happening. And how that local press story may not stay local!


12 PM – 12:25 RSD ESSENTIALS  with Steve Duncan (Cured Vinyl) and Russell Cothran (Think Indie)
RSD Essentials is the ongoing series that helps put Essential titles into the racks of record stores and ONLY record stores to help them stand out. Learn from the people who run it and help shape the series as it moves ahead.


12:30 – 12:55 RSD MRKT with Jon Berger (Broadtime/RSD MRKT)
Learn and ask questions about the upcoming online marketplace ONLY for RSD-participating record stores.


1:00 – 1:45 PRESS/PR PRESENTATION with Perry Serpa (Vicious Kid PR), Valerie Pascoe (The Pascoe Group), Dawn Novak (Electric Fetus)
Tips and tricks to get local press (online, television, radio, print) to think of your store first and you and your staff as the experts they need to talk to for EVERY pop culture happening. And how that local press story may not stay local!


KREWE OF RECORD STORES BOOMBOX BALL
5 PM to 7 PM Royal Rooms, Hotel Monteleone
Thanks to Verve Records and Marshall Amplification
We’re kicking it N’Awlins style for the first event that brings all Summer Campers together.

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WEDNESDAY August 9

BREAKFAST 
8 AM Iberville Ballroom


GENERAL SESSION PT. 1
9 AM – 12 PM Iberville Ballroom
If Summer Camp is all about conversations, this is the largest one yet. All Campers are welcome to join us as we go through the following topics with panels, presentations and audience participation!

*Introduction and Welcome

*SPEAKER: PORTIA SABIN, President, Music Biz

*PRESENTATION: Physical Music Marketplace Update with Stephen Blackwell, Luminate

*PRESENTATION: Business Metrics 2023 with Mike Fratt, Homer’s Music, Omaha NE

*PRESENTATION: TikTok Talk with Meilani Felix, Former TikTok Brand Ambassador

*UNVEILING: This year’s collectible Summer Camp t-shirt!


LUNCH
12 PM to 1 PM
Pick up your box lunch (and your Summer Camp t-shirt) and have a chat with your neighbor!


GENERAL SESSION PT. 2
1 PM to 4 PM

*PRESENTATION: Culture Club, the importance of your “company” culture with Johanna Lortsher, SPHR

*PANEL DISCUSSION: What makes a store “activist”? Staff, store and artist activism post-pandemic. A talk with Johanna Lortsher, SPHR; Sandy Bitman of Park Ave CDs Orlando FL, and Eleni Psaltis of QPrime.

*PANEL DISCUSSION: Record Store Day Plans and Machinations. The closest we’ll come to an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Michael Kurtz, Eric Levin, Andrea Paschal and Carrie Colliton.

*PODCAST KEYNOTE INTERVIEW:  The host of the Record Store Day Podcast, Paul Myers, interviews a SECRET ARTIST GUEST about a new, as-yet-unannounced album.  (This artist is VERY loved by record stores. Who do you think it is?)


POOL PARTY!
5 PM to 7 PM  Riverview Room and The POOL, Hotel Monteleone
Sponsored by UMe and Virgin Music

August 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc entertains at a summer party and invents the musical genre, the art form, the cultural phenomenon known as HIP-HOP.

August 9, 2023 a bunch of people from the world of record stores celebrate 50 years of this incredible creation with some great music, cold drinks and a dip in the pool!

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THURSDAY August 10

BREAKFAST
8 AM Iberville Ballroom


GENERAL SESSION PT. 3
9 AM – 10 AM Iberville Ballroom
Sponsored by Crosley

*WELCOME: Scott Bingaman, Deer Park Distributors

*PRESENTATION: Marshwood Great Works School Project

*ARTIST KEYNOTE: The Intersection of Visual and Musical Art with John Dyer Baizley of Baroness

*General Information and Instructions For The Day Ahead


BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE AFTERNOON:

TRADE SHOW /VENDOR FAIR
10 AM to 4 PM Queen Anne Ballroom, Hotel Monteleone
Find a list of Trade Show Vendors, Service Providers, Labels and Distribution HERE.


“SPEED DATING”
11 AM to 6 PM Various Rooms, Hotel Monteleone
Speed Dating requires stores to make appointments in advance. Click HERE to do that.

Find a list of Speed Dating Distributors and Labels HERE.