Posts tagged ‘festival’
AND SO IT BEGINS….SXSW 2011
If you’ve got frequent flyer miles saved up and about $1000 disposable cash, you a) are one lucky son of a gun and b) should start thinking about buying your badge for SXSW 2011. The music festival will take place March 16-20 and the first round of bands have already been announced, check out the full list or some highlights below:
Bombay Bicycle Club
Frankie and the Heartstrings
Marcus Foster
Veronica Falls
Yuck
I’m sure that a whole slew of other bands I would really, really love to see will get added soon enough, that’s how it always goes. However, I’m realizing that with every passing year I care less and less about not being able to go to SXSW. Not exactly the setting I’d love to see these bands in, you know? However, if anyone’s got an extra pass to the Interactive conference, I would love you forever if you hooked a sister up! 
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011: EPIC TIMES AHEAD
Every year, hundreds of bands trek from all over the world to play SXSW and CMJ in hopes of becoming the latest and greatest blog darling. And every year, the person currently typing these words on her bruised and battered sony vaio** complains about the lack of love the Midwest receives in terms of touring bands and festivals*.
But for the last five years, Schubas (and now sister venue Lincoln Hall too!) have presented TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a winter music festival showcasing some of the best up-and-coming bands from around the world. This year, one particular blogger hit bank with the lineup. Many have been using the old phrase “happy as a clam” to describe her feelings about TNK 2011.
TNK 2011 will take place Wednesday January 12th through January 16th at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. For the first time ever, the festival has also partnered with the Metro to bring Chicago even more good times! Initial lineup below!
Chicago Reader & Threadless present TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011
JANUARY 12th
Schubas: Special Guest / Generationals / Drink Up Buttercup / Pet Lions
Lincoln Hall: The Helio Sequence / Special Guests
JANUARY 13th
Lincoln Hall: The Besnard Lakes / Special Guest / Lia Ices / A Lull
Schubas: Markéta Irglová / Sam Amidon / Jeremy Messersmith / Special Guest
JANUARY 14th
Lincoln Hall: MYSTERY JETS / Title Tracks / Special Guests
Schubas: Special Guest / Fol Chen / BRAHMS / Special Guest
Metro: Freddie Gibbs / Rita J / Special Guests
JANUARY 15th
Schubas: The Boogers (early show)
Schubas: The Concretes / The Red River / special guest (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Handsome Furs / Special guest
January 16th
Schubas: Human Tim And Robot Tim (early show)
Schubas: S. Carey / Darwin Deez / Young Man / Sea of Bees (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Little Dragon / Alex Winston
FOR SHOW TIMES, AGE RESTRICTIONS and MORE INFO about the bands, the venues or TNK, please visit the official page on SCHUBAS.COM
TO PURCHASE TICKETS (INCLUDING 5-DAY PASSES), CLICK HERE!!!!
January 14th, see you home slices there.
**if people can namedrop their macs, why can’t i namedrop my vaio?
* i guess it’s all very subjective
