NOTE: THE NO IDEA FEST HAS BEEN MOVED TO LOLA'S STOCKYARDS AT 105 WEST EXCHANGE (817) 386-5008

No Idea Fest (Lola's Stockyards)
If you haven't heard, the No Idea Festival begins its bi-state, multi-city journey in North Texas tonight, an improbable location (and perhaps even more so if you consider the venue) for an event with support from not only the Austin Cultural Arts Division, but The National Endowment For The Arts, as well as cultural councils out of Berlin and Switzerland. I'm always amazed and impressed when people can actually snag grants and funding for their events, especially when they involve violin improvisations, drone electronics, and guitarists that play with the instrument flat on its back. It's hard enough to get people to go to such events for free, much less convince a government funded institution to help out. Excellent work. The mix of classically trained composers along with performers who are more used to J and J's should be a fascinating one. Tonight's event is split into three sets with different performers assigned to each. Order is as follows:

SET 1
Annette Krebs (guitar, electronics - Berlin)
with Mike Maxwell (electronics, kalimba)
Sarah Alexander (vocals, electronics)

SET 2
Jason Kahn (percussion, electronics - Zurich)
with Chris Cogburn (percussion - Austin)
Zanzibar Snails’ Michael Chamy + Nevada Hill (drones)

SET 3
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion - Pennsylvania)
with
Dennis Gonzalez (trumpet)
Stefan Gonzalez (percussion)
Aaron Gonzalez (bass)


Disqo Disco (Fallout Lounge) Tonight is Passenger Panda's birthday, so wish him well.

Yeah Def | Bangs (Hailey's)
Fat Tuesday Celebration with photography by We Shot JR's newest photographer, Stephie Ya Know.