Red Hot Art 2011 July 30th and 31st at Steven's Square Park

Red Hot Art Festival

Saturday, July 30th:

Lower Stage

11:00 am – Minneapolis Free Music Society
12:00 pm – TBA
1:00 pm – Andy Elwell
2:00 pm – Villa
3:00 pm – The Discord Syndicate
4:00 pm – Bouncer Fighter
5:00 pm – Nightosaur
6:00 pm – Bitter Roots
8:00 pm – Seawhores

Upper Stage

11:30 am – Switzerlind
12:30 pm – Matthew Inkala and the Hostages
1:30 pm – Matt Moberg
2:30 pm – The Sunny Era
3:30 pm – Nice Purse
4:30 pm – Fort Wilson Riot
5:30 pm – Wide Eyes

Sunday, July 31st:

Lower Stage

11:00 am – No Guest Energy
12:00 pm – The Brutes
1:00 pm – OceanCats
2:00 pm – Power of 2
3:00 pm – The Desert Vest
4:00 pm – Rank Strangers

Upper Stage

11:30 – Niki Becker
12:30 – The Ericksons
1:30 – Party of One
2:30 – Black Audience
3:30 – Bethany Larson

When:
-Saturday, July 30th -11:00am-7:00pm, with a special performance by The Seawhores at 8pm and a screening of Little Shop of Horrors at dusk
-Sunday, July 31st - 11:00am-5:00pm

2011 Food Vendors:
...-Asase Yaa
-La Loma Tamales
-Big Bell Ice Cream

The city’s premier grass roots arts festival, Red Hot Art is a weekend long event that serves as a showcase for emerging Twin Cities artists, offering them and arts enthusiasts alike a great opportunity to create flourishing relationships through support and networking. The event, free and open to the public, also provides a way to reclaim the park for neighborhood residents and local families. Our mission is to celebrate the artistic diversity and urban vibrancy of Minneapolis in the historic Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood. Red Hot Art is presented by the Stevens Square Community Organization (SSCO), one of the longest running community organizations in the city.

Each Summer, Red Hot provides an ideal opportunity for artists of all mediums to showcase their work, and brings together 3,500 community participants. This year the festival will host up to 100 booths dedicated to visual artists, 28 musical acts to play on two stages, food from local vendors, and many local community organizations providing hands-on activities for visitors of all ages.

Tonight At The Nomad...

I know things have been quiet around here but what can I say? I've been enjoying the warm weather while it lasts. I did want to mention a show tonight at The Nomad real quick. It's the first July miniseries show for With a Gun For a Face. Since WAGFAF has material completed for the new album they will be giving away their first album Goodnight, Ladies for free exclusively at these Minneseries shows. "Sort of an 'out with the old, in with the new' celebration!" - WAGFAF

It's also The Great Confinement's second to last show ever! Their CD Release show is July 16th at The Kitty Cat Klub.

The Nomad World Pub (501 Cedar Ave)
Thursday July 7th
9pm | No Cover

With a Gun For a Face
Hardcore Crayons
Power of 2
The Great Confinement

That West Bank Apartment Should Have Been Mine.

The folks running the WBSC have something great going on and I encourage you to keep an eye on their calendar. You may sweat out a few ghosts while there but you'll enjoy yourself while doing so. After getting set up I had to run some compact discs down to Chris at The Triple Rock and happened to run into Mr. Salinas, curator of your favorite Funk/Soul/Blues dance night Hot Pants as well as many other parties around town. Always good running into this fellow. Back at the WBSC the potluck was in full swing and sets had begun. For a little taste of The Somethin' Else #2 I wanted to share Makr's set (Live from the West Bank Social Center 07/09/10). If you get your stuff in order you can catch him again tonight at the Whitesand/Bandlands LP Release Show with Moonstone and Visions of Christ (who also played WBSC). So thank you to Jon Davis, The West Bank Social Center and everyone who performed last night.

It was at this particular point in the evening where I chose to fail Mother of Fire. Then again you don't need some shoddy live two track recording from The Bedlam to discover this band. The new LP is available through Destijl Recs. It wasn't time to retire yet so I asked Fish to head to Memory Lanes. Power of 2 had a few songs left and I rather enjoyed what I caught. I had stopped through for The Yoleus and they did not disappoint.

With 30 minutes left before the clock struck 2:00am it was time to see what was shakin' at the Hexagon. I walked straight into a Bight Club set which was a pleasant surprise. It made me recall the first time I saw Jeremy at The Suburban World Theatre in April '07. Call number two to 24/7 and to all a good night.

Electric Orange Music Collective

Have you heard of The Electric Orange Music Collective yet? EOMC is a St. Paul based music collective that currently consists of Dragons Power Up!, Wizards Are Real, Power of 2, The Japanese Space Program, Haroh, Company Inc. and Mr Mustachio. As you can see from the Myspace page they already have a series of shows booked on both sides of the river to start out the new year. If you're into Facebook perhaps you would like to keep up with them there.

As of January 1st 2010 EOMC has already put out their first sampler. In the works is a quarterly release that will alternate between samplers and a zine as well. The first zine can be expected in early April if not before with the second sampler to follow in June and the next edition of the zine sometime in September et cetera. The track listing for Sampler Number 1 is:

01. Dragons Power Up! - "House Fires"
02. Wizards Are Real - "Flavor of Coal
03. Mr. Mustachio - "Helicopter, Baby!"
04. Haroh - "Curses"
05. Power of 2 - "The End is Near Here"
06. The Japanese Space Program - "Superchunk Was the Jam"
07. Company Incorporated - "Science"