2nite

Blogger has been on the fritz all week (is it because of Joel Fritzler?) so we haven't had a chance to talk about the two great shows happening tonight until now.. so let's do it right now! Chicago's Ga'an, Iowa City's Alex Body, and our very own Drunk Virago are playing at the Skihaus tonight, on mister Nicholas Sandino's birthday! Ga'an is sweet as hell, and so is Nick, so check it out.

Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three are playing at Hangar tonight, and if you haven't seen them one of the many times they have played here before, maybe you've seen them on the internets lately 'cause the've been blowing up everywhere! They've been featured on NPR a bunch (check out their tiny desk concert), Jack White recorded some songs with them and put them out via his Third Man record label, etc etc. Swamp Tigers will open up, and possibly Whistle Pigs will be playing in the beer garden?? Tix $8 at the door but you can still get the presale price of $6 today if you go grab a ticket at Hangar 9, Plaza Records, or PMAC.





Saturday May 14th

GA'AN
+ Alex Body
++ Drunk Virago
@ Skihouse
10p, all-ages, $4?

POKEY LAFARGE
+ Swamp Tigers
++ Whistle Pigs
@ Hangar 9
10p, 19+, $6adv/$8door

Tonight is a Good Night

Tonight (weather permitting..) is the first of what will be a weekly Friday Night Fair at the Town Square Pavilion (btwn Longbranch, Tres, Thai Taste, ABC). The fair is a new event with the purpose of promoting local culture and community in Carbondale. It is always free, will have live music by different bands every week, local food vendors, a farmers market, arts & crafts, community info, and kids activities. Nighty Night & Rob Jacobs are playing tonight, Swamp Tigers will be playing the next one on May 6th, and you will see lots of other rad bands there in the future, like Wild Murphy, Giant City Slickers, Parlor, Young Loves, Black Fortys, and more..

Tonight's schedule:

Kid Tiger plays @ 6p
Rob Jacobs plays @ 7p
Nighty Night plays @ 8p

Vendors will always be there from 6-9p

**The fair is still going to happen if it rains a little, it is under the pavilion! It will only be canceled if it is crazy/lightning.

Tonight is also the benefit show Rainforest Rescue Panama, to raise money for la Asociación Panamericana para la Conservación (APPC), a grassroots, not-for-profit organization involved in wildlife rescue and rainforest conservation projects in the Central American country of Panama. These shows are always SO good, they transform the Hangar into a rainforest, there is a great lineup of bands, and a lot of other goodies, all for a good cause. There will be an Art Auction, Date Auction, Live Art, DJs, Comedy, and a Raffle!

Here is a rough schedule of who is playing when:

8p - Love Chant (Jazz Trio)
830p - Swamp Tigers
10p - Autonomy
11p - Red-Winged Blackbird
1130p - Comedy by Ross Kelly
1145p - Nighty Night
1230p - Mr Free & The Satellite Freakout

@ Hangar 9 - $5 students, $7 non-students (we think..?)

Live @ The Grand Ole Varsity

There is a pretty cool event happening this Thursday at the Varsity Theater. Here's the skinny straight from the horse's mouth, Curtis Conley describes it as "An evening of drinks and live music at the Varsity for the fist time ever. Bosco and Whiteford, Swamp Tigers, Giant City Slickers, and Stace England and Salt Kings will perform a 40-45 min set a piece with drinks during the intermission. Trying to start a new type of venue in Cdale. One where people can sit down and not have to stay up until 11 to hear. Come check out the theatre it looks really cool and could be our own little Grand Old Opry. While Technically and Legally speaking we cant call it a fundraiser, every single dollar of profit will be donated to the Varsity Center of Arts for the renovation of the big theatre. Matt Longville and I are working on this together and the Bands have been so kind to completely donate their time for this evening. Tickets will be $20 and there will be 150 of them available soon. We totally expect to sell out so stay tuned. Yes the have a beer/wine license so there will be drinks. So grab your sweetie for a night with some of the finest musicians in the area. Stay tuned!"

You can get tickets online here.