On Saturday, April 19th, Sweat Records celebrated NINE years in business and Record Store Day 2014 with our 5th annual SWEATSTOCK community block party/pop-up music festival!

Over 2,500 people came out throughout the day to check out over 30 bands and DJs, enjoy great food and drink, and buy records. It was Sweat’s best day ever and a great time was had by all!

Check out some pre- and post-press and loads of photo galleries below, and scroll down for more details about all the parties involved.

New Times “Sweatstock 2014: Old Friends, New Bands, An Awesome Time”
New Times: Sweat Records’ Record Store Day Picks
Interview with Lolo on South Florida Arts Beat on WLRN/NPR
Knight Foundation Arts Blog Post
Morgans Hotels “Back of House” Blog Feature
Ben & Jerry’s “Core Tour” Blog Recap
New Times Event Review
New Times Photo Gallery
Awesome Foundation Miami Photo Gallery
Miami Herald Photo Gallery
Jessy Meadows Photo Gallery
Soul of Miami Photo Gallery
All Access Photo Booth Gallery

Video recap coming soon!

Never-ending gratitude to: the whole Sweat staff (Emile, Jsin, Farrah, Ale, Bootsie), our incredibly generous sponsors (Ben & Jerry’s, KIND Bar, Spotify, Awesome Foundation Miami), Jet, Jason, Thom and all our volunteers, Pete, Sean and Dennis for the great sound and lights, our emcee Daniel Reskin, Greg and Eddy Alvarez of Audio Junkie for putting together an amazing stage at Churchill’s, Rat Bastard, Emerge Miami for running the bike valet, Brian Butler for doing all the amazing graphics, our awesome DJs (Mr. Brown, Chalk, Action Pat, Woozles, Jolt Radio, Os Da Mu, Peligro), all the bands (too many to name here – see below!), Lucas Leyva and Borscht Corp., Squeegee Science for the tees, Churchill’s Pub, Strutter USA, Ms. Cheezious for feeding the people and our staff, the Empanada truck, Panther Coffee, everyone who donated giveaways (O Cinema, Coral Gables Art Cinema, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Live Nation and Grand Central), the City of Miami Special Events department and Police, Garry at Little Haiti NET, Carrie and the whole Record Store Day staff, Michael at AEC, Kevin Arrow for waiting for records in a thunderstorm, and everyone who came out to enjoy the day and everyone who has supported Sweat Records for the last nine years!

Next year will be Sweat’s 10th (!) anniversary so we will be doing it up big. Stay tuned!

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SWEATSTOCK 2014 – ALL THE DEETS!

9am: Sweat’s doors open for Record Store Day exclusives! People are always lined up a couple hours early, so be prepared!

2pm: The Awesome Foundation stage in Sweat’s parking lot and the Audio Junkie stage at Churchill’s kick off!

6pm: When the sun sets the back patio of Churchill’s becomes the BORSCHT LOUNGE with a loop of the Borscht Film Festival‘s most visually exciting offerings.

The Sweat Street Stage ends at 11pm but the fun at Churchill’s goes late into the night.

Food trucks: Ms. Cheezious, Los Chamos, Mulberry 1965, Ben & Jerry’s (free ice cream!)

Giveaways: Concert tickets courtesy of Live Nation and Grand Central, movie tickets courtesy of Miami Beach Cinematheque, Coral Gables Art Cinema, and O Cinema, free Panther Coffee, free KIND bars, Other Electricities slipmats, Aholsniffsglue beach balls and tooons of RSD swag! Come early for posters, stickers, vinyl, and more. Keep an eye out for Team Spotify handing out promo codes, too!

The Main Stage ends at 11pm but the fun at Churchill’s goes late into the night!

Full list of Record Store Day releases at http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Join our community by following @sweatrecords on Instagram and Twitter, tagging #sweatstock, and checking in on Foursquare and Facebook!

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