Note-worthy in Plymouth: The Plymouth Independent Music Festival

With temperatures reaching well into the 90s and a rainstorm striking in the morning, the Plymouth Independent Music Festival faced its fair share of challenges on Saturday. Still, the members of , which hosts the show, and the musicians were willing to work through the obstacles.

Brewster Productions pushed the event back an hour to wait for the rain to stop, and the musicians took off their shoes and shirts to perform in the sweltering heat. During their free afternoon festival, everyone involved was working for a common cause: exposing residents of Plymouth and beyond to original music from up-and-coming acts.

Jon Dorn, co-founder of Brewster Productions, said the show has been held at since 2007 under the name School House Rock, only receiving its new name this year. During the Saturday afternoon event, six bands played on the main stage, while two acts performed on the side stage.

“We worked really hard to put the set list together and there is a lot of talented young bands around here,” Dorn said. “I think it can be surprising to some people how many awesome bands are around here. So we really try to find them, give them a stage and get their music out there because it should be.”

This year, the bands came from towns between Boston and Cape Cod and included Plymouth’s  as well as Emma Ate the Lion, The Release and The Brightest Lights.

Dorn said that when choosing the acts that would play during the Independent Music Festival, Brewster Productions aimed to include as many genres of music as possible. Showcasing everything from jazz to rock, Dorn said the event appealed to a large audience.

“It is all over the place,” he said. “Especially with these shows, we try to not make it all just one genre. We kind of want to have something for everyone.”

For Dylan Wheaton, a member of the band Emma Ate the Lion, the presence of a wide variety of musicians was one of his favorite parts about performing at the festival.

“It is definitely an eclectic assortment of different types of music, so it’s cool to see that everyone’s hanging out and supporting all the bands,” Wheaton said after his afternoon performance.

Because most of the bands that play at the festival perform only original tracks, Dorn said the event is unusual for the waterfront area. Although cover bands would most likely attract a larger audience, giving young musicians like Derek Measor, the chance to perform is extremely important to Brewster Productions.

Measor has been playing guitar with his rock band Blacklight Sunrise for about two years, and said he truly appreciated being given the chance to play at the event.

“[The festival] offers an opportunity to up-coming bands,” he said. “We are just trying to get out there.”