Fresno's 9th Swede Fest - maybe the most unique event out of Fresno - is next Thursday the 24th. And there is still time to get your entry in this year's festival. The deadline is Sunday before Midnight. As a added bonus, this time around you can see your Swede in an actual movie theater!
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There is good music all around Fresno, you just gotta know where to find it. Find it here. It's time to... BANDGEEEEEK!
FRIDAY
KUPPAJOE'S: We have faith that Jesus will be head-banging at this show with I The Mighty, Mercury Bullet, Stories In Braille and Corsair:
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Fresno's Light Theives with the newness of Ghost Skin Coat...or something like that:
CYC: Metal and hardcore from ITheDeceiver, Murder My Hero, Behold The Device, Sagas and Embrace The Nightmare:
SPECTRUM ART GALLERY: Art it up with music from Sahab and Former Selves:
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It is Bike Month douncha know Fresno!? Plenty of things going on in town this month - Fresno is working its way to becoming a biking city, if we're not already. Wednesday is a very cool event called the Mall-to-Mall Ride...actually it probably WAS a cool event since you're probably reading this too late because we totally suck ass and only posted about this the night before...*sigh*
What would have happened is you would have joined up with other local cycle-heads at Manchester Mall and had a escorted ride to Fulton Mall. More details on I Bike Fresno.
Yeah so we missed that. At least there is Bike To Work Day on the horizon.
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Fresno's really showing off now. It's Spring and there's too damn much going on, especially for one shitty blogger to keep up with. ArtHop is tonight with dumps of stuff (artists love it when you refer to their pieces as "dumps of stuff") all over at places like this:
Also, that blog that has never stopped believing that blogs are popular, the Fresno Beehive, are putting on another Tweetup with the Grizzlies, poolside:
Downtown Fresno is all into doing stuff on Thursday nights now:
Arthop is so popular it produces bi-product events:
Oh yes, there's the normal during Arthop live music like the Light Theives playing...
...And post-Arthop live music as well:
There's probably a buncha other junk happening too...after all it is Fresno: lot's of stuff happens here.
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The dates have been decided, local music festival the Fresno Urban Sound Experience is happening September 6th, 7th and 8th this year!
Like last year, there will be two nights (and some day time stuff too) of music. There is also a new third night, a special preview night, during September ArtHop (that's Thursday night the 6th).
There will be a nice mix of new and returning venues this year. Frank's Place at Warnors will return as will Fulton 55 and Tokyo Garden. And there is a nod to year-one as the old Milano's (now the Fresno Brewing Company) returns, plus a couple new spots you'll find out more about later.
Gettin' pumped already. What bands do you want to see play this year?
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It's a Gotta Love Fresno inspired Creative Fresno Bartender Challenge tonight at Brick. Battling for your tip money will be See Saw Seen, Nothing To Do and Who Eats Brunch. It goes from 6:30 to 9, promises to be good time Fresno. All proceeds go to the Creative Fresno Mural Project.
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Another PechaKucha that promises to be interesting and fun and this one will appropriately be kicking off Arch Week:
Continue reading "Tonight!: PechaKucha Night Fresno Volume 15" »
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Yet another fruitful weekend of music for Fresno. Sure hope you have Saturday morning to recover because Friday is going to be rude. Let's BANDGEEK!:
FRIDAY
FULTON 55: It's not often that one of Fresno's top bands of all time, Let's Go Bowling, plays so this one moves from a show to a EVENT:
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: If you like the Fay Wrays, then you probably like (or will like) The Soma Holidays. That's 'cause The Soma Holidays are kinda the Fay Wray's grandad... or something. It's a big reunion show for the Holidays (we told ya about this, complete with free mp3 downloads) because it's been seven years since they've played together. Keeping the stage warm for them is Achievement House, The Red Coats and straight from Portland (via Fresno and Nashville) is Kat Jones. Good times. [$8, 9pm, 21+]
BABYLON: Diehardz Music presents The Accident Experiment (with Marcos Curiel from P.O.D) Also doing stuff is Down Word, Outside the Wire, Clockwork Hero (Stockton), Kinship, and S.K.O.P.E:
KUPPAJOE: Sacramento alt rock guy, Josiah James. Plus Quiet Science (Merritt Island, FL), Omotola and My Beautiful Surrender. How terribly awesome is this flier?:
THE CYC: The promoter wisely put an early start time for this one as there are a dump load of bands playing: Brotherhood, Limits, Phoenix Emerge, Head Over Heals, Fatty Cakes, Dependence and Lover Boy:
THAI PALMS: Homegrown Fridays returns with a familiar face: This Planet Prelude. Plus I Do Not Exist and No Cause For Alarm:
STARLINE: It was the late 80s (or maybe early 90s) and Bang Tango was a band. That played. Music and stuff. Well God bless them they're still doing it, and frankly...Why the hell not!? Locally supported by Six Day Truce, Hammerdown Sindrum and Tipsy Gipsy:
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Fulton 55 has two shows with returning (again) Fresno legends. The CYC has goes all weekend long, Starline has Layne Staley as a girl and KFSR could use your donations. ALL in this weeks... BANDGEEK!:
FRIDAY
THE CYC: Wow this all California lineup is kinda huge with... hugeness. Joyce Manor (Torrance), TSOSIS (Elk Grove), Tidemouth (Santa Clarita), New York Taxi (Glendora), Mane Horse (Fresno), Fast Car (Fresno) and Tough Stuff (Garden Grove):
KUPPAJOE: Check it: The Roos, Saving Temperance, Mongrel City, Wise Cub, & Frontier:
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Metal up with Fe Talis, 9th Level, Ruthless, and Hymn of Rlyeh:
FULTON 55: So bigtime Fresno rock dudes, Six Ounce Gloves, are still around and don't seem to be going away after all. Speaking of, just when you thought rising Fresno metal band, Mercury Bullet, had gone away too THEY have come back big. "New" Fresno rock band Relax Reload (seems like maybe it's Say Swear), will open it up:
STARLINE: Mix it up with locals Dislodic, The Dirty Dirties, Siren Singing and The Long Black Veils:
THE LAMP POST: Like seeing some acts, that normally play the under 21 circuit, playing at the Lamp Post. Restaurnaut, Fatty Cakes, and Control Noodle. [$0, 9pm, 21+]
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With it being Rogue time, there's even more going on musically this weekend. Check out some Rogue Festival options on the site - we'd lay them out for ya here but there just isn't the time (you relize nobody gets paid for this crap, right?). As for the rest of Fresno's kickass music lineup... it's BANDGEEEEK!!:
FRIDAY
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Almost a pop-up show with this one as it came together quick. Strange Vine is headed back to SXSW and they need Audie to send them off. Playing with Light Thieves and Style Like Revelators:
C.A.F.E. INFOSHOP: Another show at Info' that will help... The Bel-Tower (When's Info' gonna get some cash?!)... hey, whatever, it's cool either way. Playing is locals Light Thieves, Cabin Fire, El Joe of the River, Eindrah, Loverboy, plus Oakland's AYS and Santa Rosa's Teenage Sweater.
KUPPAJOE: Fresno rock band Mercy Fists, plus a CD release show from Running The Risk (Fresno/Los Angeles), Witzend (Sac), The Unbelievable (Fresno) and Valkyrie Missile (Fresno):
THE CYC: Yo it's all local and crazy with Gorilla Stomp releasing a CD and the near endless amount of bands playing:
FULTON 55: It's the return of U2 tribute band The Joshua Tree:
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It's the time of year in Fresno when the Creative Community goes balls out. Besides the standard awesome Fresno stuff, the next 10 days has the added bonus of the Rogue Festival (hope you've been saving your Rogue Dollars).
Tonight has many choices. First there's Art Hop, plenty of stuff to do. Like a can't miss Jazz Hop show at the new CMAC with Poor Man's Poison, or Art Hop stuff like this:
There's the beginning of Rogue with stuff like this and this and this:
Then there's the typical Thursday night music stuff with AC Myles at the Lamp Post and a tour kick off show from Bully The Kid and I Do Not Exist:
The next 10 days in Fresno shall be interesting:
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Their is no question, Fresno's Indie Rock Monarch is Rademacher. Yes, and they will be releasing their final album from their completely stellar "Babyhawk" trillogy on Tuesday March 6th. But they are having a party for it Saturday at Fulton 55. Brother Luke and the Comrades are playing too along with LA band NO. It should be a great show, one that fills the place and helps send Rademacher on their way to this year's SXSW.
Speaking of, Rademacher could still use some help with that. They are using Indiegogo as a way you can help them with some cash but get Rad stuff in return. Check their page to see what your donations can get you and watch the video for kicks and more info:
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Thank you Creative Fresno for giving us something cool to do on a Monday night. It's time again for a Fersno Pecha Kucha and this one is globally linked as all Pecha cities are doing a "Cities" theme. Tonight's presenters are:
This is one of Fresno's coolest and most unique events. Definitely worth a try if you've never been.
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It's going to be as about as a enjoyable music weekend as it gets. Three nights of solid shows, mostly featuring Fresno talent. So let's get into this. Lets... BANDGEEK!!:
FRIDAY
KUPPAJOE'S: Expect big things from... From Indian Lakes this year. They've released some new music and are going out on tour to support. One of the area's best alt bands for sure. Good stuff showing with them as well: K-sera, Via Coma and Corsair. Details:
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Ol timey swinging Fresnans, The Old Tire Swingers, have been touring across the pond (for realz) and are finally back home to recharge before SXSW. Time to party with Brother Luke And The Comrades and Still Stoked. Ought to be a good one:
STARLINE: Hard rocking Fresnans, Death Alley Motor Cult, have some new stuff coming out and are out promoting, partying and playing tonight. Joining them is HateFX, Grooveyard and Max Kaos:
THE LAMP POST: Fresno Pyrate Punx presents: Chris Carro's Birthday Bash with FYB, Scrapmetal, Final Threat, Ill Content, The Velisha and probably maybe even more. [$0, 8pm, 21+]
THE CYC: This one shall be heavy. And it shall be all local with: Endure, For Those Who Venture, At The Hands Of An Architect, CGR, Failed Creation and Tigerblood. [$3, 6:30, All Ages]
CLUB RETRO: Fresno's Outside The Wire and more:
SATURDAY
C.A.F.E. INFOSHOP: All kinds of ska and punk to choose from with Still Stoked, Iwanaga, The Backstabbers and more:
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