NEW YORK– There are still 26 days before the highly-anticipated Rock in the Box Weekend happens, but Soulworks Records, the Filipino-American independent record company that organized the happening reported that the special two-day passes that they have offered for sale last month is close to selling out.

The label said that close to 400 two-day passes were sold on their website – http://www.soulworksrecords.com.
“ It’s a tremendous show of support,” according to Rich Saguirre, one of the label’s executive producers.  “It only shows how a tight community could do great things.”

THE BUGS. The Moonbugs from Maryland  playing at FIve Points last month. (Photo by Feliza Mirasol)

EVER since the small venue along Mott Street in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown hosted Filipino-American
artists a couple of years back, it has become part of the Filipino-American music and art movement.

Almost all the important bands, solo artists, comics and poets in the New York/New Jersey region have played in the venue. In fact, if a Filipino-American music fan wants to catch a FilAm artist either playing or just hanging around, there are more chances of seeing them at Five Points than any other joint in town. If Britpop had Camden Town, The FilAms have Five Points.

NEW YORK– The premiere Asian-American music channel on Direct TV, MYX, will take part in the historic Rock in the Box Weekend on August 29 and 30 in New York City.

It was reported that the music channel will be sending a crew to cover the historic event and will feature some of the bands that will be playing, as well as the ones in the compilation album, Rock in the Box 2.

According to a network producer, they are aware of the magnitude of Rock in the Box Weekend, hence their decision to team up with Soulworks and Poptimes Magazine and bring this growing scene to a wider audience.