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http://www.myspace.com/avantfairfaxhttp://www.facebook.com/AvantFfx Spotlight on the Arts presents Avant Fairfax at the Old Town Hall for a third year in a row to showcase some of the world’s greatest unheralded musicians. Again we have for your listening pleasure one of the most diverse line ups from across the world of underground music. Invited artists span areas of experimental music, folk, noise, bluegrass, heavy psych, free improv as well as the corners, side streets and spaces in between. Previous fests have boasted acts such as Cheer-Accident, Scarcity of Tanks, Ergo, Algernon, KBD, and Chris Forsyth among many others. This year’s fest promises will be no less spectacular.
Fri, April 22
(Opening Night)
Candlehaus
5pm-5am
Last of England, Winter Ritual, Pregnant Spore, Gary Stevens, Raw Kale, Krull, Hostage Pageant, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Stephen Palke, Heartstrung, and Kingdom Of Sharks
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148980358495899&ref=nf#!/event.php?eid=139164512816458$5
Saturday, April 23
(The Main Event)
5PM-1AM
at Old Town Hall:
3999 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
[That's the big white building at the corner of University and Main, ya dig?]
Map Featuring performances by:
500 mg (Michael Gibbons of
Bardo Pond)
Amps for Christ (Henry Barnes of
Man is the Bastard and Bastard Noise)
Michael ChapmanBlack Twig Pickers Kohoutek Caves Caverns Human Adult Band Drums Like Machine Guns Heavy Medical FUN and more... ALL AGES AND CHEAP! $5, $10, or whatever you can spare. This is a non-profit event, all money goes to the artists.
[And...bring your ID if you plan on drinking. There will be beer (and food).]