Patio Nights 2008
Kid Dakota + Story Of The Sea



Kid Dakota
Story Of The Sea

In the event of unfavorable weather, the concert will be moved indoors.

Skid Row
Crash Anthem + Scarlet Haze



SKID ROW
http://www.skidrow.com

Earlimart
The Wars of 1812 + Western Fifth

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band




||:|| and Jade Presents

CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND
http://www.myspace.com/musicofconor

Deadbolt

American Speedway
Superbuick

Melvin Taylor


CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND MELVIN TAYLOR
Melvin Taylor is a star in Europe, but it may take some time for U.S. audiences to catch on to just how phenomenally talented a bluesman he is. Part of the problem for Taylor may be his own natural eclecticism. He's equally adept playing jazz or blues, but in the last few years, he's forged a name for himself as a blues guitarist with a slew of releases for Evidence Music. Taylor may well be the most talented new guitarist to come along since Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Taylor was born in Mississippi but raised in Chicago after the family moved there in 1962. He learned guitar from his mother's brother, Uncle Floyd Vaughan, who jammed to tunes by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Howlin' Wolf with his buddies. By the time Taylor was 12, he was sitting in with his uncle and other grown-ups at those sessions. Almost entirely self-taught, the young Taylor learned slide playing, finger-picking and flat-picking styles from his favorite recordings by B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix.

Taylor's recordings include two he first recorded for a French label that have seen been reissued on the Pennsylvania-based Evidence Music: "Blues on the Run", originally recorded in 1982, and 1984's "Melvin Taylor Plays the Blues for You". Back in the U.S., Taylor continued to build a buzz around the strength of his marathon live shows at Rosa's Lounge and other venues in Chicago. Several small labels tried to sign Taylor, but they weren't successful. In 1995, Taylor was signed to Evidence Music and entered the studio with blues impresario John Snyder to record his debut for the label, "Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band", which showcased his original songwriting. He returned in late 1996 to record his second U.S. album, "Dirty Pool". Taylor's debut remains the Evidence label's best-selling release ever. Both records showcase Taylor's awe-inspiring guitar playing and original renderings of classic Chicago blues tunes. "Bang the Bell" followed in 2000, featuring racy cover art and a somewhat funk-influenced sound, but it was his teaming with Lucky Peterson and Mato Nanji on 2002's "Rendezvous with the Blues" that cemented his reputation as a mainstay in the American blues and roots rock scene.

"One of the most exhilarating blues guitarists to emerge in the past decade...[he] is more a blues innovator than a purist, mixing jazz chords and rock influences into his tapestry of electric blues" – ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE

"A volcanic guitarist... the sort of virtuosity that drags an audience into a world of risks and chances and excitement." – THE NEW YORK TIMES

Spies Like Us (Reunion Show)
Channel One + The Failed Attempt + The Unlikely Heroes



SPIES LIKE US (REUNION SHOW)

NOTE: This show will be taking place in Fitzgerald's Lounge, not the main room!

Brave Combo




BRAVE COMBO

Brave Combo. Rarely, if ever, has a band name been more apropos, not only at the group's inception, but even more so 26 years after the fact. At first glance, back in 1979, the Denton, Texas, based outfit was, in shorthand, pegged as a New Wave polka band, a courageous if not almost oxymoronic endeavor during that particular rebirth of the cool. Yet it clicked and launched a stunning run that has now catapulted it into the new century. Over the last 26 years, Brave Combo has collected a dizzying array of descriptive musical pegs, boldly going where few bands have gone before, and even fewer could (or would) dare to venture. Succeeding in its first mission, Brave Combo is America's premier contemporary polka band, and a Grammy winning one at that. In the same breath, to name some but hardly all of the colors found on Brave Combo's musical palette, one can describe them as a groundbreaking world music act, a hot jazz quintet, a rollicking rock'n'roll bar band, a Tex-Mex conjunto, a sizzling blues band, a saucy cocktail combo, a deadly serious novelty act, a Latin orchestra, and one of America's dance bands par excellence. It's all in a night's music for Brave Combo, often in a synergistic fashion that includes everything from klezmer surf rock to rocking cha cha to what The Washington Post calls "mosh pit polka," as well as to the hokey pokey and the chicken dance. And zyedeco, acid rock, Muzak, bubblegum, cumbia, classical, and the twist, to still not exhaust the list. This plethoric multitude of musical styles and flavors is frequently mixed, matched, and melded, into delicious, new concoctions by an imaginative team of musical gourmet master chefs.

XYZ Affair
Bill Mallonee (ex Vigilantes of Love) + Secret Panels

Deadbolt

Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble
Mel Gibson And The Pants + City On The Make

Dillinger Escape Plan
Noris + As Above So Below + The Subtle Way + Finding Solace



DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan

UVULITTLE Recording Artist Jim Schwall


UVULITTLE RECORDING ARTIST JIM SCHWALL
Jim Schwall, Guitar, Mandolin, singer-songwriter - is the co-leader of the Siegel-Schwall Band, "one of the best acts in America", - Billboard Magazine.

After playing drums and accordion in elementary school, Jim Schwall found the guitar in high school and has never put it down for long. In college, Jim met piano/harmonica player Corky Siegel and formed the Siegel-Schwall Band. Siegel-Schwall toured full-time for about ten years, releasing over a dozen albums on Vanguard and Wooden Nickel Records. Siegel-Schwall starting playing occasional reunion gigs in the late '80's and currently have two recent CD's in the Alligator Records catalog.

For well over 40 years, Jim has also played with various other bands, releasing recordings with many of these, including two versions of the Jim Schwall Band. He has also played solo acoustic gigs for over 40 years but, aside from acetates cut in high school, never made a solo acoustic recording until 2007's "Getting Old," on Madison WI's Uvulittle Records. Currently he lives in Madison, is a member of SoDangYang along with singer/songwriter Marques Bovre, plays solo, works in visual arts, and is recently retired from social service work.

Otenki
Like A Movie + Better Luck+ So Called Tragedy + To Write Her A Letter



OTENKI

Formed in the summer of 2004, the rock/pop quintet of Otenki (now consisting of Enoma Asowata (rhythm guitar/vocals), German Hernandez( lead vocals), Fausto Padilla(lead guitar/vocals/programming), Josh Tenorio(bass/vocals) and new comer Kris Hiatt(drums)) had a start that most bands would envy. Formed through exchanging emails through mutual friends, within six months of being a band, they headed to California to record their first EP. Also during those formative months, they were selected by MySpace users to play with My Chemical Romance and The Used during the inaugural year of the Taste of Chaos Tour. Shortly after that they performed at the 2005 Vans Warped Tour and the 2006 Taste of Chaos tour.

The band opted to hit the road for a 2 month self booked/promoted full US tour. They continued to hone their skills while being on the road and enduring the hardships of the DIY lifestyle. While continuing the writing process the band knew they would have to look beyond themselves to bring out all the potential the new material had. At the end of the band’s summer tour, the decision was made to work with record producer Paul Leavitt. Leavitt’s work includes pop punk heavy weights All Time Low, and Over It, as well as The Bled, Senses Fail, Circa Survive, Conditions, Mercy Mercedes, and newly signed Gwen Stacy. In November of 2007 the band headed to Valencia Recording Studio in Baltimore to work on the collection of songs that would become "Making Sense of Static".

"As the title of the record suggests, the songs are about finding your place in the world. This record is the summation of us trying to figure ourselves out. And hopefully people can take hold of something to relate to in it," states Asowata. Starting out with the darkest and heaviest song "Empty Words", a song about the falling out of friends or lovers, to the ending track "The Impossible", a power-pop anthem of chasing dreams but being thankful for what you have, Otenki has redefined themselves with this effort. With thousands of miles clocked, over one hundred of shows played, and a ever growing fan base, Otenki has risen from the ashes a transformed group of wiser, more focused individuals that share one goal…to never slow down.

Shameless Hours 2008
The Smoking Popes + Tub Ring + Dead Town Revival + Vortis + Danger Is My Middle Name + After The Fight + The Romeros + The Hallow + Michaelane + The Hollywood Nightmares

SHAMELESS HOURS 2008
featuring:



THE SMOKING POPES



TUB RING

Dead Town Revival
Vortis
Danger Is My Middle Name
After The Fight
The Romeros
The Hallow
Michaelane
The Hollywood Nightmares

Full details about Shameless Hours 2008 and all of the artists available at www.shamelesshours.com

Fresh Traditions II Fashion Show




FRESH TRADITIONS II FASHION SHOW

Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) presents: The Fresh Traditions II Fashion Show where Hmong fashion designers are showcased and challenged to design an outfit using a combination of the unique pallet of 5 traditional Hmong fabrics.

Featuring the designs of:
Oscar Ly
Mai Moua
Linda Thao
Dawn Thao-Yang
Annie & Susan Vue

Hosted by comedian, rapper and storyteller Tou Ger Xiong

This charitable event is open to the public. All proceeds benefit CHAT.
For more information about CHAT, visit www.aboutchat.org or www.myspace.com/aboutchat.

Wednesday 13
Marazene + They Live + Now Until The Hour



WEDNESDAY 13

The horror rock-punk band with horror-movie inspired lyrics returns to Minnesota for an unforgettable night of murderous music! Don't miss this one-of-a-kind band with special guest MARAZENE and local support provided by THEY LIVE and NOW UNTIL THE HOUR.

Melvins
Big Business



Jade Presents

MELVINS
www.melvins.com

NOTE: This is an early show and will be DONE by 8:00 pm! Please arrive promptly!

Emmure
A Life Once Lost + The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza + Veil Of Maya + Failure To Fall + The Empires Collapse



EMMURE
www.emmure.com

A Day To Remember




A DAY TO REMEMBER
www.myspace.com/adaytoremember

Harry And The Potters
Math The Band + Uncle Monsterface

HARRY AND THE POTTERS
Imagine if Harry Potter quit the quidditch team and started a punk rock band. Take that one step further and imagine that he stole a time-turner and decided to start that band with himself from a different point in time. This is the premise of Harry and the Potters which brings Massachusetts-based brothers Paul and Joe DeGeorge together as Harry Year 7 and Harry Year 4, a rock and roll band that has captured the literary-minded ears of people all over the world. Their energetic live shows seem to answer the question, "What would happen if Bruce Springsteen had been reincarnated as a boy wizard?"

Patio Nights 2008
Off With Their Heads + Death To Our Enemies + The Deaf



Off With Their Heads
Death To Our Enemies
The Deaf

In the event of unfavorable weather, the concert will be moved indoors.

Andrea Dawn and Jeremy Junkin
Kate Myers

The Chariot
Endwell + Surrounded By Teeth + The Viking



THE CHARIOT
www.myspace.com/thechariot

Endwell
Surrounded By Teeth
The Viking

This is one of five shows The Chariot is playing this summer and is the only show that is not a festival. Buy in advance, because this has a strong possibility of selling out.

Melvins
Big Business



MELVINS
BIG BUSINESS

Gloria (Tour Kick Off!)
Birth Of A Hero (CD Release Show!) + Wholehearted + Any Day + Years Spent + Beekeeper (members of Comeback Kid, The Semester, Small Towns, Ettison Clio, and The Fallback)

Robot Mosh Fest 2008




ROBOT MOSH FEST 2008
http://www.myspace.com/robotmoshfest

Saturday, August 2nd - 12:00 pm
Poison The Well
A Life Once Lost
Veil Of Maya
Hewhocorrupts
Emmure
Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Paria
Get Rad
Farewell To Twilight
Protestant
Blues
Cougar Den
Devil's Pie
Widower

Sunday, August 3rd - 2:00 pm
Darkest Hour
Misery Signals
Parkway Drive
Winds Of Plague
Stick To Your Guns
After The Burial
Arsis
Abigail Williams
Arsonists Get All The Girls
In The Face Of War
Asrava
Wholehearted

Tickets
$35.00 - Two Day Passes
$20.00 - Individual Day Tickets (not available in advance)

Witchcraft
Dead Child + Bastard Saint

After Midnight Project
The Josephine Collective



THE AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT
www.myspace.com/aftermidnightproject

THE AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT (commonly abbreviated as AMP) is an alternative rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in early 2004, consists of five members. The band is is currently unsigned, though Alternative Press named the band as one of the "Top 4 Unsigned Bands in the Nation.

THE JOSEPHINE COLLECTIVE is a pop band from Johnson County, Kansas.

Hi-Fi Handgrenades
Crash/Burn/Repeat

Matt Pryor (singer of New Amsterdams / Get Up Kids)
Chris Conley (singer of Saves The Day)

A Day To Remember




||:|| Presents

A DAY TO REMEMBER
www.myspace.com/adaytoremember

The Herbaliser DJ set featuring Ollie Teeba
DJ Intel + DJ Trew


OLLIE TEEBA

Render The Voiceless
Serianna + And Then There Were None + The Vanishing Art + The Identity Theft + Now You Have Audio + Tangled In Clockwork



RENDER THE VOICELESS
www.myspace.com/renderthevoiceless

Dance Gavin Dance / A Static Lullaby
Four Letter Lie + Secret Definition



DANCE GAVIN DANCE
www.myspace.com/dancegavindance

Ace Enders
Danger::Radio + Powerspace + Fighting Aurora



ACE ENDERS
Ace Enders MySpace

The Dollyrots
Brandy Thunders

A Day To Remember / Alesana
Pierce The Veil + Sky Eats Airplane

Evol Booking presents



A DAY TO REMEMBER

with special guests
Alesana
Pierce The Veil
Sky Eats Airplane

Straight out of Ocala, Florida, five piece A Day To Remember have taken the scene by storm with their unique blend of "pop-mosh". Blending huge breakdowns with sing-a-long melodies, the Victory Records band has landed themselves on Warped Tour 2008 along with bands like Pierce The Veil, Alesana and Sky Eats Airplane.

A Day To Remember sound-check Giveaway!

Indie Tickets and A Day To Remember have teamed up to offer a special giveaway to fans at the August 7th show in Missoula. All advance ticket purchasers who purchase tickets for this event before August 5, 2008 will be entered into a raffle. Three lucky winners will receive a prize package which will grant them access to watch the sound-check for A Day To Remember. Winners will be notified via email, with additional instructions.

(Fine print: Contest limited to one entry per customer. If you place multiple orders for this event, you will only be entered in the contest once. The winner will be notified in advance and will be allowed to attend A Day To Remember's sound-check at the venue on the night of the event.)

Patio Nights 2008
Dance Band + Mel Gibson And The Pants



Dance Band
Mel Gibson And The Pants

In the event of unfavorable weather, the concert will be moved indoors.

Dance Gavin Dance
A Static Lullaby + Four Letter Lie + Secret & Whisper + Lower Definition



DANCE GAVIN DANCE
www.myspace.com/dancegavindance

War Of Ages (Record Release Shows)




ErieShows.com Productions Presents

WAR OF AGES
RECORD RELEASE SHOWS!

Full line-ups to be announced. Different bands each day.

TICKETS
 $8.00 - Single day ticket (advance)
$10.00 - Single day ticket (day of show)
$15.00 - Two Day Pass (both shows)

The Pin-Ups

Terror
Warriors + Death Before Dishonor + CDC + Trapped Under Ice



TERROR
www.terrorhc.com

I Am Ghost
Eyes Set To Kill + The Urgency



||:|| Presents

I AM GHOST
www.iamghostmusic.com

NOTE: This is an early show with doors opening at 5:00 pm! Please arrive promptly!

Bound Stems
Wishbook

Anthony Green (of Circa Survive)
Person L + Good Old War



ANTHONY GREEN (OF CIRCA SURVIVE)

Terror
The Warriors + Death Before Dishonor + CDC + Trapped Under Ice



TERROR
www.terrorhc.com

Pressure Point (TKO Recs)
Whiskey Rebels + The Britvas