Rich Gill

Since 1999 Rich Gill has managed record stores, booked punk rock shows, and helped program the long running Midnight Madness film series at the historic Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, which he also managed for 17 years. He spent the majority of his 20’s touring the country in his own bands as well as working with respected indie artists such as Motion City Soundtrack and The Lawrence Arms which included stints on the Plea For Peace and Vans Warped tours. In 2007 Rich became Managing Editor and Writer for the popular and critically acclaimed Minneapolis film / music / comedy blog Switchblade Comb. It was through writing for that website that he became a friend of Sound Unseen, a relationship which culminated in joining the team in 2014. Since that time he has become Program Director for the festival and in 2015 was responsible for the first ever public screening of the 1999 "lost" Mitch Hedberg film LOS ENCHILADAS