Sun Rider 9 Productions, LLC is a full-service music promotions and film company dedicated to amplifying artists, events, and brands through strategic marketing, authentic audience engagement, and culture-driven campaigns. We specialize in creating momentum using film and graphics—turning live experiences into measurable growth and lasting impact.

Our approach blends creative storytelling with proven promotional strategies, ensuring every campaign feels organic while delivering real results.

 

Mission Statement:

To elevate music and live events by connecting artists and audiences through innovative, ethical, and results-driven promotion.

 

Basic Information:

Sun Rider 9 Productions is a Catonsville, Maryland–based film production, event promotion, and coordination company. Established in November 2018, the company brings creative vision and professional execution to every project and event it undertakes.

 

Products and Services:

We specialize in creating music events and festivals, film, music videos and business promotions. Sun Rider 9 has a long history of setting up successful music shows and festivals. From smaller weekly events to the larger multiple stage festivals, we offer an assortment of services that can set up any event you are looking for from start to finish.

Festivals:

We can set up any size festival to fit your needs. From getting bands, stages, sound techs, sound systems, permits, cleaning crews, security, promotions, ticketing systems, setting up vendors and selling merchandise we can do it all from beginning to end. Promotions to include everything from social media, to billboards to radio advertising.

Sun Rider 9 began organizing music festivals in May of 2019.  Since then we’ve successfully set up dozens of festivals in Baltimore.  Sun Rider 9 is one of the main production companies for Catonsville’s newest outdoor music venue The Vortex at CAA Park https://www.musiccitymd.org/the-vortex/.  We are now organizing 5- 8 all day festivals at this venue per year. For the latest on our Sun Rider 9 festival events at The Vortex visit https://www.musiccitymd.org/event-calendar/.

 

Film:

Sun Rider 9 specializes in making affordable videos and films for bands and musicians to help with promotion. We have several music videos and films that have won multiple awards in film festivals around the world.

Films include “Catonsville: Music City Maryland” winner of 12 film festival awards from around the world; “Tude” also a multi‐award winner; and “ENCORE” is now an Official Selection of The New York Movie Awards. Music videos that have won multiple awards “See You in Hell” and “Never Wake Up in a Good Mood Again” by Sporatic Sunjam and “The Glow” by Society Fringe Players.

 

Business Promotions:

We provide a team of professionals from start to finish to create an affordable commercial ad or any type of business promotion you are looking for. We use state of the art video editing software, cameras and equipment and highly trained individuals who will put together an affordable and effective product.

 

Events:

For the latest on our Sun Rider 9 events visit https://www.musiccitymd.org/event-calendar/.

 

Sun Rider 9 Records:

Sun Rider 9 also produces and records albums under our independent label Sun Rider 9 Records.  “Sunjam” by the band Sporatic Sunjam was the first official release in 2020 by Sun Rider 9 Records.

 

Bio and Contact:

JD Barth is a life-long musician, film maker and artist. He performed in many bands for decades in the Baltimore area including cover bands and original bands. JD received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from UMBC in 1993 and had been in the banking industry for more than two decades. Successfully setting up several offices in the area with years of experience in management and marketing. JD has studied art throughout his life beginning at a very young age at Staub Studio. He is a self taught musician and film maker. JD began organizing and promoting events back in 1994 and has gone on to become one of the most successful independent promoters in the region.

For more information please contact JD Barth @ sunrider9productions@gmail.com or by phone @ (443)-789-3061