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This page is a Daily Archive of entries for Thursday, August 28, 2008 listed from newest to oldest.
(Ed. Note — Full Disclosure: A founding member of Smile Politely also produces Pygmalion Music Festival.)
As the golden autumn months set in, there is no better time for Champaign-Urbana indie rockers and music lovers to unanimously come together to celebrate some of the finest musicians C-U has to offer. The host: Pygmalion Music Festival. While the official music dates are set from September 17–20, four bands hand picked by Nicodemus Agency will set launch to the festival with pre-shows each Friday until the initial show hits on Wednesday, September 17, which includes a striking lineup leading to Elsinore's set at the Canopy. Though the pre-gaming will have to be done on your own time and on your own vicinity, this year's pre-partying will be hosted by Urban Outfitters with special guests, Headlights, tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Most weekends, a little Sunday evening psychedelia would interfere with the beginning of the work week come Monday morning. Not so this week, as the Labor Day holiday will free up most of us to check out one of the nation's most popular jam bands, Tea Leaf Green, on Sunday night at the Canopy Club. 56 Hope Road starts things off at 9 p.m., and advance tickets are $12.
After the jump, check out an interview with Tea Leaf Green guitarist and vocalist Josh Clark.
Trot on down to Cowboy Monkey tonight to check out three local acts: Scurvine, The Chemicals, and Krukid rock the restaurant/club that’s getting its feet wet again with live bands. After closing its doors for a few months earlier this year to remake/remodel, the Cowboy Monkey re-emerged with a new menu and music in the evening provided by disc jockeys.
A solar-powered concert will be held on Thursday, August 28th, in the parking lot across from the Urbana Free Library. The local band Zmick will be playing music amplified by a 256 square-foot solar array. The concert will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and is part of Greenpeace’s Global Warming Story Tour.
The tour started in San Francisco and is making its way across the country to Washington D.C. where Greenpeace will be presenting to Congress stories of how Americans are doing their part to fight global warming — and encouraging Congress to do the same. If you would like to share what you have done on the global-warming front, Greenpeace will be collecting stories during the concert on Friday.
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