Adult Swim fans are in for a treat at the Adult Swim Festival. The festival is a three-part special episode featuring performances from the Adult Swim Festival’s live performance in Philadelphia’s Fishtown area, which will be available for on-demand streaming on September 23 on Roku.
The Adult Swim festival, held in August this year, consisted of performances by the rap duo Run for the jewelsrapper Tierra Wackand fictional heavy metal band Dethklok (from the series Metalocalypse) and will also include a backstage interview with El-P as well as Killer Mike from Run The Jewels and rapper Whack. In addition, due to the release date of the special, Adult Swim fans will be able to watch and stream on-demand more than 120 episodes of their favorite adult films, such as Alabama Jackson digital Shorts, Rick and Morty anime digital shorts, Vindicators 2 (a Rick and Morty spin off), Side parts of the aquadonk (an Aqua Teen Hungry Force digital spin-off), Robot Chicken, Gendy TartakovskyX primitive, as well as Metalocalypse. Other episodes that will be available are taken from the show. Surround swimming, Aqua Teen Hungry Force, Samurai Jack, Birdgirl, black dynamite, Joe Pera is talking to you, Squad of idlers, SMILING FRIENDS, Teenage euthanasia, Tuca and Bertie, YOLO: Crystal Fantasyas well as squid.
Michael Ouvelinpresident of Adult Swim and Cartoon Network, “excited that fans have experienced the energy and excitement” of the festival and believes the festival was “special” as it marked Swimming for adults back to live events. Jennifer WaughHead of Content Acquisition for The Roku Channel, says “Roku Channel is thrilled to be the exclusive AVOD (Promotional Video on Demand) for the Adult Swim Festival.”
Swimming for adults, the adult-focused and adult-focused channel is in the same space as Cartoon Network. Swimming for adults founded in 2001 in Atlanta and conceived Mike Lazzo (animated series original main programmer) was created as a niche and alternative program to be broadcast when the mainstream audience cartoon network would mostly sleep. Swimming for adults broadcasts Monday through Saturday from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am ET and from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am on Sundays.
Streamers can access the Adult Swim Festival and episodes of the show on September 23 for free with ads on Roku channel. The Roku Channel is available from any Roku streaming device, The Roku Channel website, or by downloading The Roku Channel app on any iPhone, Android phone, mobile device, or Smart TV that has this capability.
Source: Collider
