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March 2018
Digifest Temecula Brings Innovation and
Hollywood to the Temecula Valley
What upcoming festival celebrates
Riverside County’s Innovation Month
and also attracts renowned speakers from
Hollywood? The answer is JDS Creative
Academy’s second annual Digifest Temecula,
which takes place April 13th –15th
at JDS Studios on 28069 Diaz Rd in
Temecula, as well as other key locations.
This exciting event features all things
digital including film, video, animation,
music, games, photography, graphics
and comics. Renowned guest speakers
from the digital media field will offer
thought-provoking special presentations
and workshops throughout the weekend.
In addition, in celebration of Riverside
County’s Innovation Month, the City
of Temecula will be present the winner
of the Temecula City Science Fair free
all-access passes to Digifest Temecula
and a special Digital Innovator’s award
during Digifest’s awards banquet.
Confirmed speakers include John
Corser from NBCUniversal, Disney Animation
Developer Mike Morris, David
Tobin, Television Producer/President &
Developer of the Audiojack app, Creative
Suite Trainer David Creamer who will
present an Adobe After Effects workshop
and Corinne Massiah from Fox’s TV
Show 911. The event will also feature a
special presentation of the film Marsha
Hunt’s Sweet Adversity: The Documentary
along with competition entry screenings,
digital exhibits, entertainment, and
expo vendors. The event concludes with
an industry panel, an awards dinner and
entertainment held at Temecula City Hall
conference center.
Community support for this event
includes: Mt. San Jacinto College, Abbott
Vascular, The Geek Store, JDS Video
& Media Productions, Inc., The City of
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Temecula, DCH Auto Group Temecula,
Alta Pacific Bank, Lake Elsinore Storm,
Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce,
The Economic Development Commission,
The Law Offices of Rosenstein &
Associates, Verily Imagery, The Valley
Business Journal, Neighbors Newspaper,
Murrieta Chamber of Commerce, and
Starway Productions.
JDS Creative Academy is still offering
sponsorship opportunities and
all donations are 100% tax deductible.
Tickets to the event can be purchased
via digifesttemecula.org or at the door.
Ticket fees are: $15.00 for day pass,
$25.00 for day pass and workshop, $45
for the awards banquet (which includes
industry panel and after-party), $125.00
for an all-access pass.
ABOUT JDS CREATIVE ACADEMY
- The mission of the 501c3 nonprofit
JDS Creative Academy is to advance
education and training in the arts, theatre,
music, creative writing, fine art and
production art. Their objective is to fulfill
the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)
requirement per the California Education
Core Standard for the Home School,
Online School, Traditional School and
Trade School populations. JDSCA’s
purpose is to enhance the future of the
Southwest California Area, our youth,
and the arts, as well as the engineering
and technological workforce in California
and throughout the nation through
education, training, and apprenticeship.
For more information on JDSCA go to
www.jdscreativeacademy.org, contact
via email info@jdsca.org, or phone 951
296-6715.
info@jdsca.org
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Moyer Entertainment Group
MEG (Moyer Entertainment Group,
Inc.), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization,
was born from a desire to give back by
providing much needed support of music
education while helping to raise local recognition
of the hard working, amazingly
talented artists that populate our Valley.
MEG works to support students who
represent the future of music in the Valley
and around the world. Founder Tim
Moyer says, “I have seen firsthand how
a music education can change a young
student’s life, with my son’s four years
on the drumline in marching band at Vista
Murrieta”.
Temecula Valley is unique in that it’s
music community bands together to support,
encourage, and share its resources
with one another on all levels. As an
active part of this growing music community,
MEG seeks to provide a forum
of recognition and a lunching point for
the careers of many emerging artists of
all ages. MEG raises funding that goes
directly to local school music programs,
as well as personal scholarships for
gifted hard-working music students in
need, through music events including
Temecula Valley Bluegrass Festival,
Temecula Valley Music Association,
and more.