Held Again, M Bloc Fest 2023 Becomes The Next Big Thing Festival

JAKARTA - After being successfully held for the first time in 2022, the M Bloc Fest was held again for the second time. This event is also to celebrate the fourth anniversary of M Bloc Space on September 26.

M Bloc Fest 2023 will be held for three weeks, from September 23 to October 15 at M Bloc Space, South Jakarta.

This annual creative industry festival has three main agendas, namely M Bloc Design Week 2023 (23 September - 8 October), the XNation pop culture festival (11 - 15 October) and the M Bloc Music Fest music festival (14 - 15 October 2023).

Ardy Siji, CEO of M Bloc Entertainment as the organizer, said that M Bloc Fest is The Next Big Thing Festival (Festival for big things in the future).

We call M Bloc Fest the Next Big Thing Festival. Last year there was music, design and literacy. This year it is even more interesting with the new IP (intellectic property). We will meet with local creators who we believe will be global later," said Ardy Siji at a press conference at M Bloc Space, South Jakarta on Tuesday, October 3.

For M Bloc Design Week, Yacobus Gatot S, Program Director & Curator said that a cross-design disciplinary exhibition will be held starting from architecture, fashion, graphic design, product design and photography.

More than 80 collaborators/studio participated in showing off their work and design products with the theme Daur Rupa at the Mini Gallery Museum of Peruri and Creative Hall, M Bloc Space.

"Through M Bloc Design Week, we want to emphasize that M Bloc can be a creative point for Indonesian artists and connoisseurs. Hopefully, one day M Bloc Design Week can become an icon of creative festivals in Jakarta and Indonesia," said Yacobus Gatot S.

Then, Xnation will be held as a pop culture festival involving 100 percent of local creators in the national creative industry. This event will be an arena that brings together various communities, professionals, industry players, geeks and heads to creators from comic lines, games, Intellectual Property Management (IP), Animation, to Art Toys or Art Toys made by self-produced or independent artists or designers.

Of all the creators involved, several big names such as Faza Meonk, Tara Arts, Jasmine Surkatty, Afa (Tanduk Putih), Bryan Valenza (Beyondtopia), Dion Widhi Putra (Ki Gentar), Pak Kardiman, Aruga (Komikin), Magfirare (container of the market), and Rhoald Marcellius (The total Bear) are also confirmed to participate in this big event.

As we all know, many creative fellow actors in Indonesia have limitations. Therefore, we want to help and provide them with facilities. Hopefully with this XNation we can find new IPs and old IPs that can go global," said Dennis Adhiswara, curator of the X Nation Program.

Meanwhile, the M Bloc Music Fest will be held more magnificent by presenting new musicians and other musicians who are already widely known by Indonesian music lovers.

The lineups for newcomers who will appear are The Jansen, Ali, Pink Pitch, Marijuana Whisperer, Sokhi, Milka Eime, Arash Buana, to Hit Run. While other prominent names that have been confirmed will appear are Bronze, Magic Contest, Greenhouse Effect, AFTERNOON, Gugun Blues Shelter, Hospital, and Sisitipsi.

Unlike last year, this year's M Bloc Fest event will use a new outdoor area with a capacity of about 3000 people, which is planned to be part of the New M Bloc Space which is comfortable for various activities, including music concerts and festivals. The area is part of a plan to develop an area of Peruri covering an area of 5.3 HA to become a multifunctional city park.