Every week Bandgeek is about promoting what's happening in Fresno's music scene over the weekend. This weekend we're letting FUSE Fest take over, because it's the bestest, because we're involved with helping it happen and because there's no time to post anything else.
Much respect to Audie's Olympic, The Bel-Tower, the CYC, Starline, Babylon, Kuppajoe's, Full Circle Brew, Club Retro and many others, who week after week, support the scene. But this weekend is all about Downtown Fresno for us.
UPDATE: For online ticket buyers, Will Call is at Fulton 55 for FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!
TONIGHT! It's the South end of Downtown with: (names in red are new editions or have changed venue)
Friday September 30th
JOE’S STEAKHOUSE (All Ages)
6:30 Werebear
7:30 Dale Stewart Band
8:30 Marlson Bruegen
9:30 Brian Kenny Fresno
10:30 The Dirty Stomp
DOWNTOWN CLUB (21+)
6:30 Sounds & Sciences
7:30 Achievement House
8:30 Lezayr
9:30 B. Rawcity
10:30 Koncrete Rose
11:00 Meatball Magic@FUSE (dance party!)
HERO’S SPORTS LOUNGE (21+)
7:00 Karen Marguth
8:00 Boxcar Figero
9:00 Lance Canales & The Flood
10:00 The Neptunes
11:00 Motel Drive
12:00 Bully the Kid
CLUB ONE (21+)
7:00 Brother Luke & The Comrades
7:30 College Kids
8:00 Westerns
9:00 Rademacher
10:00 Fay Wrays
11:00 Quiet Americans
Saturday enjoy the Mural/Cultural Arts District with:
Saturday, October 1
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM - outside in back (All Ages)
5:00 The Milford Higgins
6:00 Kevin Hill Blowout
7:00 Your Hero Is A Villain
8:00 Azazel
9:00 Bruno dA uNo
IRON BIRD LOFTS - outside of old Iron Bird Cafe (All Ages)
5:30 Distrito Torre
6:30 Fast Car
7:30 It’ll Grow Back
8:30 Niilo Smeds
9:30 Werebear
FULTON 55
7:00 Irie Sun
8:00 tba
9:00 Let’s Go Bowling
10:00 Poplord
11:00 Buffalo Guns
FULTON 55 – COFFEEHOUSE STAGE - upstairs (21+)
6:30 Abigail Nolte
7:30 Heather & Joe
8:30 That Guy Kevin
9:30 Suicide Lounge
10:30 Restaurnaut
TOKYO GARDEN (21+)
10:00 Josh & Jaime
11:00 Blake Jones & The Trike Shop
12:00 Sunburns
1:00 The Backstabbers
New map is a great help to figure out where the hell is everything.
MORE INFO!
There is a super awesome FREE IBikeFresno bike valet happening both nights. Ride your bike down to the festival and these nice dudes will take care of it for you all night. Check the bike icons on the map for each night's location.
Also also IMPORTANT: The place to buy and pickup tickets ($20) on Friday is at Club One! You can start picking up tickets at 5:30, doors open on the early venues at 6.
Buying your ticket on Saturday (if you didn't get the 2-day pass on Friday) means going to Fulton 55 when you get there and the first band is playing at 5:00!
Twitter hashtag for the event is #fusefresno. There is a Foursquare thingy up too to check in with.
All venues on Friday have fine dinner options (and BOOZE) so make sure to plan your dinner at FUSE on Friday. Saturday there will be a good taco truck around plus Tokyo Garden will serve dinner till about 9:30 or so and there will be booze at Tokyo and Fulton 55.
Parking is free Downtown at night and on weekends (since the Grizzlies season is over) so find a spot and you're done. Friday the Spiral Garage will be a good option. Saturday just find a random spot in the Culture Arts/Mural District and that's it. Easy.
There will be band merch and festival merch so bring some cash.
Get there early. Stay late. Bounce around. Sample sample sample. See what Fresno's music scene is all about. See ya out there!
