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John Roderick by Victoria VanBruinisse

{John Roderick/Long Winters photo by Victoria VanBruinisse}

City Arts announced their over the top City Arts Fest line-up late last week.  If you haven’t seen it already, prepare yourself, it’s a doozy (and it’s cut and pasted below)! It looks like our schedules for October 20-22, 2011 will be filled to the brim with radness!

The core of the fest hones in on the rich medley of bands saturating the Seattle music scene, from royalty like the Fastbacks and the Long Winters to a fine sampling of up and comers like Don’t Talk To The Cops and Lovesick Empire. The organizers also secured some of the finest international acts to mix it up (Ryan Adams, Built to Spill). Oh, and then there are the laser dome shows (Grunge and Helio Sequence) and fantastic film sing alongs, including Hedwig and Purple Rain.

I wonder if Bumbershoot is looking over it’s shoulder a bit and feeling the heat of such a diverse, jam-packed festival offering?

Wristbands go on sale this Friday (August 5, 2011) at 10a and start at $69 (VIP versions are also for sale).  Single tickets go on sale later this month, August 24.  Of course, if you were to like them on Facebook, you might have special access to some pre-sale action?

I’ve marked the ones I’m most over the moon about, with multiple things each night that are high priorities for me, I’m already working on my deception making paradigm.  What are your recommendations?

The schedule:

***October 20***
ROBYN
CRYSTAL CASTLES w/ Picture Plane, Crypts, Nightmare Fortress
*THE LONG WINTERS w/ Campfire OK, Cobirds Unite, Cataldo
THE FELICE BROTHERS
*POGO w/ That 1 Guy, Daydream Vacation
*THE COPS w/ Birthday Suits, Strong Killings
ALLEN STONE w/ Fly Moon Royalty
SCHOOL of ROCK: Laser Grunge Show
HORDE and the HAREM
THE ECSTACY OF INFLUENCE: Heather McHugh Poetry Reading
SEATEETH: Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”, Premiere performance)
*HEDWIG and the ANGRY INCH: Movie Sing Along
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art
CULTURE CLUB: Washington Filmworks Event and Happy Hour
CULTURE CLUB: Celebrity Karaoke

***October 21***
AN EVENING WITH RYAN ADAMS
*BUILT TO SPILL w/ Disco Doom, Seapony
HELIO SEQUENCE: Laser Show
FENCES w/ William Elliot Whitmore, Black Whales, Daniel G Harmann
BOXER REBELLION w/ Pickwick, Yuni in Taxco, Kris Orlowski
USF w/ Big Spider’s Back, Blue Sky Black Death, Brainfruit
*SON OF WARREN OATES w/ Smokey Brights, Joseph Giant, Bryan John Appleby
ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO THE REPLACEMENTS
ERIN LEDDY (Hand2Mouth Theatre): My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow
GENRE-BENDER w/ Karen Finneyfrock, Rainbow Fletcher, Joanna Lepore Dwyer, Mark Haim, Wes Hurley, Amy O’Neal, Mike Pham & more
*THRILLER DANCE CLASS: Waxie Moon, Inga Ingenue and Lou Henry Hoover
COLOR ME OBSESSED: Replacements Documentary
PURPLE RAIN: Movie Sing Along
CULTURE CLUB: NW Hip Hop Redesigned
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art

***October 22***
OZOMATLI w/ Theoretics, Picoso, Dyno Jamz
BLACKALICIOUS w/ Freestyle Fellowship, Hi Life, Don’t Talk to the Cops
*MUDHONEY w/ Fastbacks, Thee Emergency, Lovesick Empire
*THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN w/ Grand Hallway, Lemolo

MAN MAN: Laser Show
SHELBY LYNNE
MALE BONDING W/ Unnatural Helpers, Virgin Islands, Fuckin Eagles
ERIN LEDDY (Hand2Mouth Theatre): My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow
*SEAPONY w/ Tea Cozies, Midday Veil, Witch Gardens
WHALEBONES
DANIEL BARROW: EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY
STEVE CUIFFO IS LENNY BRUCE
SEATEETH: Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”, Premiere performance)
COLOR ME OBSESSED: Replacements Documentary
*SO YOU THINK IT’S DANCE: Show (+Tell)
*GREASE: Movie Sing Along

CULTURE CLUB: City? Arts? Festival? A Creative Conversation by Arts Leadership Lab
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art
CULTURE CLUB: Pie Life