Todd Patrick

Image:Todd P performing at the 2005 SPRINGTIME UNAMPLIFIED ACOUSTIC BAR-B-QUE 9 May 2005.jpgTodd Patrick (aka Todd P) (born 1975) is an organizer of independently produced concerts, based in New York City.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112066997|title=Promoter Todd P Is Getting His Own Place|date=20 August 2009|work=NPR.org}} Patrick was born in 1975 in Indiana, and grew up in Richardson, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0626,breihan,73642,22.html|title=New York Music News, Concerts and Reviews - Village Voice|work=Village Voice}}

Patrick is known within the independent music community for selecting and attracting emerging acts to his concerts, as well as for championing all ages access to live music and affordable ticket prices, and for encouraging the use of alternative spaces as venues.

Before relocating to New York City in 2001, Patrick and his then-partner Erin Gordy founded a successful all ages music and arts space in Portland, Oregon known as Seventeen Nautical Miles, as well as booked concerts in Austin, Texas in the mid-1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediumheat.com/odds/toddp.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221203340/http://www.mediumheat.com/odds/toddp.htm|title=medium heat|archivedate=21 February 2006|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://nypress.com/todd-patrick-the-citys-hardest-working-club-promoter-has-a-vision/|title=Todd Patrick: The city's hardest-working club promoter has a vision.|publisher=}}

In 2001 Patrick began organizing events in Brooklyn, New York under the name "Todd P", first at residential lofts, then at clubs and bars, later shunning establishment venues and becoming instrumental in the founding of several New York all ages music venues housed in alternative spaces, including Llano Estacado, Monster Island Basement, Silent Barn, Death By Audio, the Market Hotel, 285 Kent Ave, and others.

Patrick's concerts have provided a forum for independent acts to perform outside of the music industry club circuit, primarily in the Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick areas of Brooklyn, New York, and in Downtown Manhattan.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9308-indestructible-room-the-story-of-285-kent/|title=Indestructible Room: The Story of 285 Kent - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|publisher=}} Shows Patrick organized provided an early launchpad for many successful independent music acts in the 2000s (decade), including Black Lips, Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Mount Eerie, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, Matt and Kim, Real Estate, Pictureplane, Woods, USAISAMONSTER, Dirty Projectors, Surfer Blood, TV on the Radio, Gang Gang Dance, DIIV, Teengirl Fantasy, Kitty, No Age, Vivian Girls, and others.

Patrick also gained notoriety organizing an annual festival of free and all ages concerts in Austin, Texas during the South by Southwest music festival in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/todd-p-announces-free-day-show-sxsw-line-ups-broke-ass-austin-bound-kids-rejoice-6633725|title=Todd P Announces Free Day Show SXSW Line-Ups, Broke-Ass Austin-Bound Kids Rejoice|author=Camille Dodero|date=6 March 2009|work=Village Voice}} The festival was chronicled in the 2009 film Todd P Goes to Austin.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In 2007, Patrick founded the New York City free newspaper SHOWPAPER, which provides comprehensive listings of music events that do not discriminate by age, and features full color prints of contemporary visual art. Patrick serves as the Executive Director of the not for profit publication, and oversees the curation of the art on the publication's cover.{{cite web|url=http://untappedcities.com/newyork/2012/03/28/showpaper-and-the-nyc-diy-movement|title=Showpaper and the DIY New York City Movement - Untapped Cities|work=Untapped Cities}}

Patrick is a curator and organizer of an annual music festival in Monterrey, Mexico known as Festival Nrmal + MtyMx, which launched in 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/arts/music/10fest.html|title=A New Frontier for Indie Rock, Down in Mexico|date=10 March 2010|work=The New York Times}}

In 2012, Patrick founded a contemporary art gallery in Tijuana, Mexico called Otras Obras.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/photos/107-inauguracion-galeria-otras-obras/|title=Music Photos - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|publisher=}}

Patrick has received press coverage in The New York Times, New York Magazine, SPIN, Pitchfork Media, Vice Magazine, The Village Voice,{{cite web|author=Tom Breihan |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0626,breihan,73642,22.html |title=Portable Noise Pollution - Page 1 - Music - New York |publisher=Village Voice |date=2006-06-20 |accessdate=2010-03-19}} Time Out New York,{{cite web |url=http://toddpnyc.com/images/todd_p_timeoutny.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=toddpnyc.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220015422/http://toddpnyc.com/images/todd_p_timeoutny.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2006 |url-status=dead}} The New York Press,{{cite web |url=http://nypress.com/todd-patrick-the-citys-hardest-working-club-promoter-has-a-vision/ |title=Archived copy |website=nypress.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905064319/http://nypress.com/todd-patrick-the-citys-hardest-working-club-promoter-has-a-vision/ |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead}} among other outlets.