Rocks Off may have mentioned it before, but we’re of the opinion that Houston has some of the finest poster artists working anywhere today, and that we’re in the middle of a concert-poster renaissance. Now we know for sure. Besides Shane Hillman’s main poster above, which we’ve already showed you and will no doubt do so again, Pegstar and Free Press Houston commissioned a baker’s dozen local graphic artists to do individual posters for Summerfest’s top-tier talent.
Now we can show you those too. A limited amount of hand-signed and numbered prints of each will be available at the festival June 5 and 6 in Eleanor Tinsley Park. See www.freepresssummerfest.com for ticket information, etc. Don’t delay, advises FPH editor/publisher Omar Afra: “People in Sweden are buying tickets…”
This article appears in Menu of Menus 2010.
