Winner of our 2015 Treasure Island Music Festival haiku contest!

David Pescovitz 5:30 am Mon Oct 5, 2015

Congratulations to Boing Boing reader MarieFury who won our annual Treasure Island Music Festival haiku contest!

On October 17-18, MarieFury will groove to The National, deadmau5, FKA Twigs, The War On Drugs, Chvrches, Father John Misty, Lower Dens, Jose Gonzalez, and more than a dozen other acts performing on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay.

MarieFury scored a pair of VIP 2-Day Tickets (a $630 value), provided by our pals at Noise Pop, co-promoters of the festival with Another Planet Entertainment. Congrats MarieFury and thank you to everyone who entered! A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase here.

And here's MarieFury's winning haiku:

Chrvches vs. The
War on Drugs: who has the least
San Franciscan name?

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