02/24/2026
🔥 EAST KOAST BATTLE ROUND 1 - THE VOTES ARE IN. 🔥
Your online winners for round 1 are moving on to the first semi-final of Battle of the Bands 2026 are:
🎸 The Underground Rainbows
🎸 Lovermind
🎸Waffle Stomp
The fans showed up for these bands and they earned their spot to go head to head live on 2/27 at Cosmic Art Studios . Buy your tickets now! https://www.cosmicarts.org/tickets/p/kota
Don’t miss your chance to see MOREL headline the event with a special thanks to Compass Talent Agency. Our friends at DubSnacks are sponsoring our headliner trio of DJs for the night, Daddy Chill, & Smobee, to take us through the rest of the night🌙
Future KOTA bands, the next round of online voting goes live in a couple weeks. If you want a shot at playing Karnival of the Arts East 2026 , this is your sign.
Come see and get it in on with the rest of the East Koast team before this traveling circus heads West this for our 5th Karnival of the Arts West. 🌵🌞🎪
