Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions, a music industry convention and talent showcase, is coming to the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV from November 8-10, 2012. This is the first time in Sunset Sessions’ 15-year history that it will be open to the general public. The event is a key opportunity for musicians and industry power players alike, introducing record labels, radio station programmers, music supervisors, managers, agents and others to emerging and established artists. The convention has been influential in the careers of numerous newer artists, including the Black Keys, Ryan Adams, Fun, Sia, James Blunt, Zac Browne Band, Grace Potter and Jason Mraz. Marquee names like Stevie Nicks, Richie Sambora, Lucinda Williams, Jewel, Third Eye Blind and Wayne Coyne also have participated in the event.
The Sunset Sessions main stage will be held at the Boulevard Pool and will feature 20 to 30 rising artists. The lineup thus far includes Stevie Nicks, Carlos Santana, Duncan Sheik, Susanna Hoffs, Steve Earle, Alpha Rev, Lit, Courrier, Paul Adelstein’s band Doris, Faulkner, Angels Landing, Feral Vinca, Laura Warshauer, Brooke Palsson, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, SLATER, Stellar Corpses, The NowhereNauts, Beware of Darkness, Tora, Cheating Daylight, and Elliot Root, with many more to be announced soon.