What is MagmaFest?

MagmaFest is the yearly run music festival organized by Hollow Earth Radio, a community FM and online Radio Station and arts hub located in Seattle, WA that will turn 20 years in 2027. H.E.R. is a 100% volunteer-run, freeform radio station that provides a place for local musicians and artists to present their works.

How to be part of MagmaFest?

We encourage folks that want to participate as artist or vendors at MagmaFest to fill out the following form

History & Mission

The first Magma Festival was in 2008. We wanted to create a public forum for the people of Seattle to experience underrepresented sounds and perspectives. We strive to select bands and performers that are really, really underground or making weird sonic stuff that we feel should be given more exposure.
In the course of our booking, we also keep diverse lineups in mind. We look to make sure people who are from underrepresented communities—people of color, people of all ages, women, queer-identified people, people with disabilities—are given a place in the lineup.

“Hollow Earth Radio seeks to examine the unknown and the periphery of music and culture, to discover what’s going on right beneath our feet. MagmaFest is the physical manifestation of it.”

How can a person get involved with Hollow Earth or Magma Festival?

It’s SUPER EASY TO BE A PART OF IT. We want people to come make the radio station better, especially if they’ve got a show they want to do that fits our mission of “underrepresented sounds and perspectives.” COME MAKE IT HAPPEN. Take over the space!