SF Popfest 2009!!!

I hope I haven't tainted SF Popfest's branding with my yellow monotone.

In the ever-growing list of popshows and festivals I will NOT be able to attend this year, the San Francisco Popfest remains one of the few that I'm the most broken up about. The lineup is amazing and who wouldn't want to hang out in San Francisco all weekend??? My hopes and dreams of making it this year are all but washed away, but now that it's back, hopefully the SF Popfest will continue to keep going and I'll be able to make it next year. Now, in the interest of not making this any more grim, here's the schedule, as if you haven't already seen it somewhere else. Highlights for me would have to be Northern Portrait, Tullycraft, Brilliant Colors, Dear Nora, Eux Autres, and Cheap Red. To anyone going – DO NOT miss Cheap Red. I'm very, very jealous that you'll have a chance to see them, so don't blow it!

Thursday, May 21
Venue: The Rickshaw Stop
www.rickshawstop.com
Ages: All
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
Still Flyin'
Oh No Oh My
Pelle Carlberg

Friday, May 22
Venue: Annie's Social Club
www.anniessocialclub.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
The Hot Toddies
The Tartans
ballboy
The Orange Peels
Bunnygrunt
Springfactory
+ indiepop dancing until 2am

Saturday, May 23
Venue: House of Shields
www.houseofshields.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 3:00pm
Cost: $5 door (no pre-sale tickets)
Gregory Webster
Champagne Riot
Brilliant Colors
Sourpatch
+ guest DJs from Big Pink Cake (Bristol, UK) and Hungry Beat (LA)

Saturday, May 23
Venue: The Rickshaw Stop
www.rickshawstop.com
Ages: All
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
My Teenage Stride
Northern Portrait
Tullycraft (LAST SHOW EVER!) :(
Magic Bullets
The Smittens 


Sunday, May 24
Venue: Acoustic Picnic Show in Local Park (location TBA)
Time: 1pm-ish (TBD)
Ages: All
Cost: Free!
Let's Whisper (Colin Clary + Dana Kaplan both of The Smittens)
Pocketbooks (Dan and Emma of)
Gregory Webster
Antarctica Takes It!
Land of Ill Earthquakes
Apple Orchard

Sunday, May 24
Venue: Café du Nord
www.cafedunord.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 6:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
The Hidden Cameras (special solo performance)
Eux Autres
Dear Nora
Birds of California
Cheap Red

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MySpace links for all of the bands playing can be found HERE if you're up for some investigating, which I would totally suggest doing!

ALSO! This Friday, April 24th, Your Latest Crush will be hosting a lovely Popfest fundraising night at the House of Shields! Go and have fun and raise $$$$$$! More info HERE!

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Bad news bears and good news bears

Tullycraft

When stopping by the Tullycraft blog today, I was greeted by some very saddening news. It seems that Tullycraft have decided to throw in the live show towel! Noooooooooo! Now, as much as I can understand their reasons, I'm still quite broken up about this because I've never had the opportunity to see them live. They are still going to be playing a final show at this year's San Francisco Popfest, but I simply don't have the mean$$$ to make it across the country this Summer. I guess there's always YouTube :( Fortunately they will still be recording music – had I read that they were 100% done for good I just don't know how I would have coped.

These will be Tullycraft's last two shows:
Saturday, April 4 at The Crocodile (Seattle, WA)
Tullycraft w/ "Awesome", BOAT, iji

Saturday, May 23 at The Richshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)
Tullycraft w/ My Teenage Stride, Northern Portrait, The Magic Bullets, The Smittens

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In other less-sad news, One Happy Island are touring en route to SXSW! and they're playing in Baltimore this very Friday the 13th! Scary! If you happen to live in or around Baltimore, MD like myself, you would do very well to not miss this!

The Dates!
Thursday March 12, New York City, NY - Piano's; 11pm, www.pianosnyc.com
Friday March 13, Baltimore, MD - El Rancho Grande, 9pm, www.myspace.com/itsabigranch
Saturday March 14, Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's, 9pm, http://www.birdyslive.com/
Sunday March 15, Chicago, IL - The Darkroom, 7pm, http://www.darkroombar.com/
Monday March 16, St, Louis, MO - CBGB, http://www.myspace.com/cbgbstl
Tuesday March 17, Memphis, TN - The Buccaneer,
http://www.myspace.com/buccaneer_memphis
Wednesday March 19, Houston, TX - Sound Exchange,
http://www.soundexchangehouston.com/
Thursday-Friday March 20-21, Austin, TX - SXSW*
Saturday March 21, Austin, TX - Waterloo Cycle, 3pm
(w/the Besties, Casper and the Cookies, etc.), http://www.waterloocycles.com/

*They will be playing various private parties at SXSW. If you are interested in seeing them, email Brad at brad [at] onehappyislandmusic [dot] com for details.

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