What's Going on This Weekend?
The Tower District does it best New Orleans imitation on Sunday, as it busts out its annual Mardi Gras parade along Olive Avenue.
Among the performers this year: MoFo Party Band, Sippy & Ol' Guzzler, Lonesome Jem & The Lunatics, Dead Hooker Society, Three Bags Full and Viper City Brass Band. It starts at 1 p.m. Cross your fingers for no rain. Both start at 2 p.m.
Afterward, there's a couple options to keep the party going: Three Guys Playin' the Blues perform at Sequoia Brewing Co. while Glen Delpit & The Subterraneans hits the recently renovated Club Fred stage.
For some Fat Tuesday options, check out my Music Roundup from today's paper. More weekend tidbits there or below:
Friday:
- Cow Bop at Mavericks
- David Trent and Julie Dawn at Sweets Cafe.
- Die Another Day / LRA / Infidel at Babylon [ flier ]
- The Bobbysox at Crossroads [ flier ]
- The Jay Rossette Project at Full Circle Brewing Co.
- Jon Mangano at Sequoia Brewing Co.
- A.C. Myles at Crawdaddy's
- Grooveyard / Seven Gates / IQ Zero and more at Sickboy Tattoo [ flier ]
- DJ Shant P at M [ flier ]
- The Martyrs at Kuppajoe [ flier ]
- DJs P-Rez & Kristian Moua at Veni Vidi Vici [ flier ]
- Aesop at Club Fred.
Saturday:
- Absit / More Than Without / Snuggleblade at Babylon. [ flier ]
- Big Balls / Fraud at Last Call. [ More ]
- Boys in the Woods at Sweets Cafe.
- DJs F-Plus and Don D at Veni Vidi Vici. [ flier ]
- Good Medicine at The Yosemite Bug.
- Lowcrawl and Hate FX at Cuppajoe.
- Songbirds and Spoken Word with Julia Dawn at Full Circle Brewing Co [ more ]
- Spyro Grya at Tower Theatre.
- J.D. & The Peacemakers / The Midnight Howlers at Club Fred [ flier ]
- Hard Times at Crossroads.
Sunday:
- Anthony Gomes at Crossroads.
- Antidote at Veni Vidi Vici [ flier ]
If I missed something, post it below. Got a review? Post that, too.
Comments:
Before going to the Tower Dist., do 2 things:
1. Think about why there are no older photographs of the Tower Dist around - they seem to have vanished.
2. Take a look at my webpage:
www.myspace.com/marlalk
While you are enjoying the festivities of the Mardi Gras, take a good look at the buildings. Heartbreaking, isn't it.
Posted by: Marla at February 18, 2007 1:55 AM
Survived the Mardi Gras parade today--the poor planning of the cops was evident! It's a miracle no one got ran over by the floats towards the end of the parade--there was no serious effort to keep the crowd out of the middle of the street.
Also apparent was that the cops didn't know about the percussion demonstration in front of Palamino's. First, they opened the street and started running traffic down Olive. Then they realized there were still people milling in the street, and ordered them to clear off. Next came multiple police vehicles, a lot of head scrathing, then the ever-moving street closure. At one point, they were running traffic through the Revue parking lot and down the alley behind the Landmark. FUBAR!
Posted by: Dan at February 18, 2007 10:45 PM
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