Interview: Pouzza Fest 2013

Pouzza Fest 2013 is set to take over downtown Montreal on May 17th to 19th, 2013. For the third year in a row, founder Hugo Mudie has gathered some of the biggest punk bands from around Canada and the world and got them to come into the city for one weekend of punk rock madness. With 12 venues and almost 300 bands, the festival is becoming the Canadian counter part to The Fest where punk fans can see their all time favourites (American Steel, New Found Glory, The Ataris, Big D & The Kids Table, Planet Smashers, etc.) and be introduced to great local bands from around the country (Ma Jolie, Audio/Rocketry, Fire Next Time Miracles, etc.) all in the course of one weekend.

Dustin Blumhagen caught up with Hugo Mudie to discuss this year’s festival, the motivation behind doing it, plans for the future and the agony of deciding which bands to see and who they’ll have to miss.

Read the interview here.