Eastside Tavern once again hosts a pre-fest show of krautrock style postpunk, heavy riffs, and songs of love and disgust. Featuring Relevant Hairstyles, New Tongues, and Weird Viberz! Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders. $5 general admission.
Go for a stomp in the dirt and navigate bluesy roots while quenching your happy hour thirsts with The Woodsmiths, Samuel James, and The Flood Brothers. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
Cindy Woolf & Mark Bilyeu, Jack Grelle & Ryan Koenig, and The Strangled Darlings
serve up a night of homegrown country ballads and American graveyard pop.
Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
Jowlz, Bruiser Queen, and David Wax promise a raucous night of feet stompin, butt shakin, and bellowing from the heart. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
Some enjoy a drink straight, while others the perfect blend. If you enjoy rich velvety harmonies then stop in to hear Steven Carrel, Stepdaughter, and The Onions. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
Dubb Nubb, Dreamgirl, and Anonymous Choir will sweep you away for a night of dreams brought to life and classics revived. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
Pat Sajak Assassins, Fliight, and Cave will traverse the sonic sound waves of your mind with psychedelic riffs and beats. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
Sure it’s cold outside, but what better way to bid winter au revoir than a concert in an ice cream shop? Lizzie Wright and Prahlad will show how it’s possible to match the honey of their own sounds to the many flavors offered. Hosted by Sparky’s, our sweetest friends, who happen to make Columbia’s finest homemade ice cream. Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
Syna So Pro, Rae Fitzgerald, and Molly Gene One Whoaman Band offer up a whirlwind night of multi-instrumental looping, dark soothing folk, and explosive garage rock. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
The Como Mamas and Anonymous Choir will show us why builders of yore designed sanctuaries to be vast open spaces allowing voices to sound as if they were descending from heaven. Doors at 8:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Yes Ma’am, Paul Rucker, and El Haru Kuroi span the globe culturally from early jazz and ragtime to the melodies of South America and rhythms of Africa. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
Your Friend, Raya, And Shilpa Ray will turn up the volume of your night with varying levels of swaying rhythms, hard hitting beats and sharp lyrics. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
No matter the weather outside, it will be cozy and sweet inside Sparky’s with tunes from harpist Ruth Acuff and classical acoustic pop duo Stepdaughter. Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False’s own second line in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they offer an instant wake for T/F 2015 following the Q&A after How to Change the World.
