shows

A complete listing of Canasta’s upcoming and previous shows and events, inluding links to bands we’ve played with, venues, official announcements, flyers, and photos.

Upcoming | Local
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
@ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
FREE SHOW
w/ Brighton, MA,
Birds per Hour
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 11:30 PM / FREE / 21+
( poster )
Upcoming | OnTour
Friday, Aug.ust 22nd, 2008
@ The
Geneva Theater
(Lake Geneva, WI)
w/ Will Phalen and
The Stereo Addicts
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $6 adv. / $7 door / All Ages / Tickets
Friday, Oct.ober 17th, 2008
 @ Papa's Corner
(Ames, IA)
w/ The Poison
Control Center
Time TBA / $TBA / Ages TBA
Past Events
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 @
Madison & DesPlainesMadison St. & DesPlaines St. (Chicago, IL)
"Old St. Pat's World's Largest Block Party" -
A Benefit for Old St. Pat's Mission and Outreach Activities
w/ Pat Monahan
(of Train), Todd Carey
Presented by Jam Productions
Show - 5:30 PM / Canasta - 5:30 PM / $35 adv. / $40 door / 21+ / Tickets
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
@ Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ Darling,
The Battle Royale (Afternoon Records)
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $7 / 21+ / Tickets
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
@ Fullerton Ave. & Racine Ave. (Chicago, IL)
"Pizza Fest"
w/ Stephen Kellogg
& The Sixers, Rustic Overtones, Funkadesi, Jazz Conspiracy
Show - Noon / Canasta - 2 PM / $5 / All Ages
Presented by Chicago Special Events
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
 @ The 7th St. Entry
(Minneapolis, MN)
w/ The Battle Royale (Afternoon Records),
Trapper Schoepp Band
Show - 8:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $7 / 18+ / Tickets
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
@ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Mary Onettes, Truman and His Trophy, Netherfriends
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9:45 PM / $10 / 17+ / Tickets
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
@ Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Lemonheads: "15th Anniversary of
It's a Shame About Ray!",
The Ladies & Gentlemen
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $20 / 21+ / Tickets
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
@ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
w/ American Music Club
Show - 10:30 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $15 / 21+ / Tickets
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 @
The Bog, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL)
w/ Kyle Mann Combo, ten-speed
Show - 8:45 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / FREE / All Ages
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
@ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
We Were Mixed Up
Release Show
w/ The Scotland
Yard Gospel Choir, Otter Petter
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 11:30 PM / $10 / 18+ / Tickets
Friday, Feb.ruary 29th
, 2008 @
Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
w/ Frontier Ruckus
7 PM / FREE / All Ages
Wednesday, Feb.ruary 27th, 2008
 @ The Uptown Bar & Cafe
(Minneapolis, MN)
"Pabst Blue Wednesdays"
w/ Military Special,
Birds of Virginia
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / FREE / 21+
Saturday, Feb.ruary 23rd
, 2008 @ Bela Dubby
(Cleveland, OH)
w/ The Woovs, Haunted Heartland
9:30 PM / FREE / All Ages
Friday, Feb.ruary 22nd
, 2008 @ The Elbow Room
(Ypsilanti, MI)
w/ The Beggars, Bulletproof, Sunday Painters
10:30 PM / $5 / 18+
Sunday, Jan.uary 13th, 2008
@ Simon’s Tavern (Chicago, IL)
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 2 sets: 9 PM & 10:30 PM / FREE! / 21+
Presented by Last Alley Productions
Wednesday, Jan.uary 9th, 2008
@ The Hi Tone Cafe (Memphis, TN)
w/ Chasing Squirrels
Show - 10:30 PM / Canasta - 11:30 PM / $7 / 18+
Presented by Scenestars
( poster )
Wednesday, Jan.uary 9th, 2008
@ Ardent Studios (Memphis, TN)
"The Ardent Sessions" on Breakthru Radio
Show - 7 PM / Canasta - 7 PM / FREE / All Ages
Presented by Breakthru Radio
Friday, December 14th, 2007
@ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
w/ The New Amsterdams
SOLD OUT!
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $12 / 21+ / Tickets
( poster )
Friday, Dec.ember 7th, 2007
@ The Riviera Theatre (Chicago, IL)
"Change Rocks": A Concert with Senator Barack Obama
w/ Wilco, Macy Gray, Third Eye Blind, Jill Sobule, The Cool Kids, The Changes
Doors - 7 PM / Show - 7:30 PM / Canasta - 7:45 PM
$35, $50, $75, $150, $250, $500 / All Ages / Tickets
( poster / flyer )
Wednesday, Oct.ober 17th, 2007
@ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
w/ Eleventh Dream Day,
The Lesser Birds
of Paradise
Presented by WNUR 89.3 FM
Show - 8:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $8 adv. / $10 door / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement )
Friday, October 12th, 2007
@ Bell's Brewery (Kalamazoo, MI)
"Pre-Party for the K College, Class of '97 - 10 Year Reunion"-------------------
"Pre-Party for the
K'97 10 Year Reunion"
9 PM / $5 / 21+ / Open to the general public
( announcement, poster )
Friday, October 5th, 2007 @
The Bog, Illinois Institute
of Technology (Chicago, IL)
w/ Alison Kenady
Show - 9:15 PM / Canasta - 10:15 PM / FREE / All Ages
( poster )
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 @ Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
w/ Imperial Teen,
Bang! Bang!
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $12 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Friday, August 10th, 2007 @ Double Door (Chicago, IL)
"A Benefit for
The Chicago
Indie Radio Project"
w/ Plane, May or May Not, Driftless Pony Club
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 11:45 PM / $10 / 21+
( announcement, flyer, poster, pink poster, green poster )
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ The Lager House
(Detroit, MI)
w/ Ezra Furman
& The Harpoons,
Citizen Smile
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $5 / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 @ The Melody Inn
(Indianapolis, IN)
w/ The Dead Science, Days of Dynamo
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $5 / 21+
( announcement )
Monday, June 18th, 2007 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
"The Camel Farm"FREE SHOW
w/ Maritime
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / FREE / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Friday, June 8th, 2007 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
w/ Brighton, MA
(CD Release),
Mason Proper,
DJ Dream
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $10 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 @ Funky Buddha Lounge (Chicago, IL)
"Rock Away Racism" YWCA Benefit
w/ Mecca
Show - 7 PM / Canasta - 8:15 PM / $45 / 21+ / Tickets
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 @ Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
w/ Starlight Mints, Ryan Lindsey
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $10 adv. / $12 door / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer, Thax's poem )
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 @ Sokol Underground (Omaha, NE)
w/ Aqueduct, What
Made Milwaukee Famous
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $7 / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 @ The Picador
(Iowa City, IA)
w/ Aqueduct, What
Made Milwaukee Famous
Show - 9:45 PM / Canasta - 9:45 PM / $7 / 19+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Friday, April 20th, 2007 @
The Uptown Bar & Cafe
(Minneapolis, MN)
w/ Omaur Bliss, Née Née, Midwest Standard Time
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $5 / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 @ The Kinetic Playground (Chicago, IL)
"The Decemberists Afterparty / Sustainable City Showcase" w/ Milk at Midnight, Joe Pug, Third Wheel,
Tangleweed
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 11:15 PM / $5 / 21+
( flyer )
Friday, April 6th, 2007 @
Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Honeydogs,
Mark Mallman
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $8 adv. / $10 door / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 @ Ronny's (Chicago, IL)
w/ The One AM Radio,
All Smiles
(ex-Grandaddy)
Presented by MP Shows
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $TBA / 21+
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 @ Otto's (DeKalb, IL)
w/ Oh No! Oh My!,
Light Pollution, Praise the Twilight Sparrow
Presented by MP Shows
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $7 / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 @ The Ice Factory (Chicago, IL)
"A Benefit for the Chicago Underground Library"
w/ Teddy Edwards
(of The Music Lovers), Eric Ziegenhagen
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 11 PM / $6 / All Ages
( announcement )
Thursday, Feb.ruary 22nd, 2007 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
w/ Annuals, The Never
SOLD OUT!
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $10 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement )
Saturday, Dec.ember 30th, 2006 @ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
w/ Robert Buscemi,
Warm Ones,
Eric Ziegenhagen
Show - 5 PM / Canasta - 6:45 PM / $8 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Tuesday, Dec.ember 12th, 2006 @ Shank Hall
(Milwaukee, WI)
w/ Jeremy Enigk
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 8 PM / $15 / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Saturday, Dec.ember 9th, 2006 @ Radio Radio
(Indianapolis, IN)
w/ Red Light Driver, Cabin, Innate
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $6 / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Friday, Dec.ember 8th, 2006 @ Metro (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Dears,
Young Galaxy
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $16 / 18+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Tuesday, Nov.ember 28th, 2006 @ The Note (Chicago, IL)
w/ Bound Stems, Rahim
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $8 adv. / $10 door / 21+ / Tickets
Presented by MP Shows
( announcement, poster )
Sunday, Nov.ember 5th, 2006 @
Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ Voxtrot, Dorian Minor
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $12 / 21+ / Tickets
Presented by Insound
( announcement, poster )
Friday, Nov.ember 3rd, 2006 @ Europa (New YorkNYC, NY)
“CMJ Music Marathon” / “3rd Annual RWIM Chicago Showcase”
w/ The Saps, Brighton, MA, I Need Sleep, The Fake Fictions
Presented by RWIM
Show - 7 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $TBA / 18+
( announcement, flyer )
Saturday, September. 23rd
, 2006 @ 5500 N. Ashland Ave. (Chicago, IL)
“Andersonville Music
& BBQ Festival”
:
A Benefit for St. Gregory's Stained Glass Restoration
w/ The Scotland
Yard Gospel Choir, Henhouse Prowlers,
Angel Melendez & The 911 Mambo Orchestra, Outlaw Family Band,
The Delafields, The Prohibition Orchestra of Chicago, Devil in a Woodpile
Show - Noon / Canasta - 6 PM / $5 / Under 12 - FREE / All ages
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Thursday, September. 21st
, 2006 @ Park Grill, Millennium Park (Chicago, IL)
“Party on the Plaza”
w/ Seth Bradley
Sponsored by 101.9 FM - The Mix
Show - 4 PM / Canasta - 5:30 PM / FREE / 21+
( announcement )
Wednesday, Sept.ember 20th, 2006 @ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
w/ Adam Green, Jeffrey Lewis Band
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $15 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Saturday, September. 16th
, 2006 @ Division Ave. & Wood St. (Chicago, IL)
“Guinness Oyster Fest”
w/ Califone, Marty Casey & Lovehammers, Hockey Night, Bobby Conn, Powder, Oh My God, The J. Davis Trio, Fitz and the Celts, The Javelinas, Al Weber
Show - Noon / Canasta - 2:15 PM / $5 / All ages
( announcement )
Saturday, September. 9th
, 2006 @ Ridgeville Park (Evanston, IL)
“Fall Frenzy”
Show - 11 AM / Canasta - 12:30 PM / FREE / All ages
Wednesday, Aug.ust 30th
, 2006 @ The Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Clientele, Great Lakes
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $13 adv. / $15 door / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Saturday, July 22nd
, 2006 @
The Apple Store North Michigan Ave. (Chicago, IL)
7 PM / FREE / All Ages
Friday, July 21st
, 2006 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
w/ DeVotchKa, Now It’s Overhead
SOLD OUT!
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $10 adv. / $12 door / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Friday, June 30th
, 2006 @ The Annex
(Madison, WI)
w/ DeVotchKa, Norfolk & Western
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $10 / 18+ / Tickets
( announcement )
Thursday, June 29th
, 2006 @ Betty's Blue
Star Lounge (Chicago, IL)
“Music with Meaning: A Benefit for Rape Victim Advocates & Second Harvest”
w/ The Pumps, The Fake Fictions,
All City Affairs
Presented by The Machine Media
Show - 8:30 PM / Canasta - 10:15 PM / $7 / 21+
( announcement )
Saturday, June 24th, 2006 @
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (Arlington Heights, IL)
Matt & Jen's Wedding
w/ Matt Kerstein & Sam Koentopp (of Brighton, MA), Eric Ziegenhagen,
Elia Einhorn (of The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir), Ben Imdieke (of Canasta)
Sunday, June 18th
, 2006 @
Festival Village, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
(Cleveland, OH)
“CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest”
w/ Nebula, The Bellrays, The Heavenly States, Aberdeen City, Nous Non Plus, The Dials, Wussy, View from Everest, Dead Heart Bloom
Presented by CMJ
Show - Noon / Canasta - 1:30 PM / FREE / All Ages
( announcement )
Sunday, June 11th
, 2006 @ The Northcenter (Chicago, IL)
“Ribfest Chicago”
w/ The M’s, Manishevitz,
Paris Delane’s Tye Dye Skye, Catfish Haven,
Paper Airplane Pilots, The New Fuse, NYCO
Sponored by The Northcenter Chamber of Commerce
Show - Noon / Canasta - 3 PM / $5 Donation / All Ages
( announcement )
Saturday, June 10th
, 2006 @ The iO Theater (Chicago, IL)
“The Late Night
Late Show”
w/ David Kovac
Show - 11:45 PM / $5 / 21+
( announcement )
Thursday, June 8th
, 2006 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
Immediate Media’s “Random Act” Chicago Showcase Kick-Off
w/ The Living Blue,
Brad Peterson
Presented by Immediate Media and The Onion A.V. Club
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $7 / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement )
Friday, May 26th
, 2006 @ The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
“Gapers Block’s 3rd Anniversary Party”
w/ Sycamore Smith, Short films by Steve Delahoyde, Readings by Gapers Block staff and friends
Presented by Gapers Block
Show - 9:45 PM / Canasta - 11:30 PM / $10 / 21+ / Tickets
( announcement, poster )
Thursday, April 27th
, 2006 @ HotHouse
(Chicago, IL)
“She Speaks Volumes” YWCA Benefit
w/ Staceyann Chin, Angela Rose, Krista Franklin, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Presented by The YWCA
Show - 5 PM / Canasta - 5 PM & 7:20 PM / $15 / 21+
Monday, April 24th
, 2006 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“Practice Space”
w/ The Aluminum Group,
Moonlight Towers
Presented by WLUW
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $6 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Monday, April 17th
, 2006 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“Practice Space”
w/ Velvetron, Cameron McGill
and What Army
Presented by WLUW
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $6 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
@ The House Cafe
(DeKalb, IL)
w/ Light Pollution (CD Release), The Honeybear Wild, No Funeral
Presented by Kickstand Productions
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $5 / All Ages
( announcement )
Monday, April 10th
, 2006 @ Schubas
 (Chicago, IL)
“Practice Space”
w/ Hopewell, Eric Ziegenhagen
(w/ Band)
Presented by WLUW
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $6 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Monday, April 3rd
, 2006 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“Practice Space”
w/ Kelley Stoltz, Page France
Presented by WLUW
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 9 PM / $8 adv. / $10 door / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Saturday, March. 18th, 2006
@ Onopa Brewery
(Milwaukee, WI)
w/ The Like Young,
Shiny Object
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 11 PM / $TBA / 21+
( announcement )
Wednesday, March 1st
, 2006 @ Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ Charlemagne, Swearing at Motorists
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $8 / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Saturday, February. 11th, 2006
@ The Wheaton
Grand Theatre
(Wheaton, IL)
w/ Question Mark Zero, The Lesser Scene,
Tank Engine,
The Fake Fictions, Rumbubber
Show - 6 PM / Canasta - 8:45 PM / $7 / All Ages
( announcement )
Friday, January. 27th, 2006
@ 400 Bar
(Minneapolis, MN)
w/ Cowboy Curtis, Seymore Saves the World
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $5 adv. / $7 door / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement )
Saturday, December. 31st, 2005
NYE '06 - 2 Shows
@ Beat Kitchen
(Chicago, IL)
“New Year’s Eve Celebration 2006!”
w/ Head of Femur, Catfish Haven
Early Show - 6 PM / Canasta - 6 PM / $15 / Advanced Tickets / All Ages
Late Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 10 PM / $15 / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement )
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“Thomas Dunning’s Hoot Night”
Ben, Elizabeth & Matt (of Canasta)
w/ Edith Frost, Dag Juhlin (of Poi Dog Pondering), Joe Cassidy (of Assassins), Mr. Rudy Day, Eric Ziegenhagen, Dan Phillips (of Zapruder Point), James Dague (of ScribbleMonster), Tommi Zender, Stacey Earley, Jacquie Krupka (of Joie De Diva), Lifelike, Thomas Dunning & Your Boyfriends
8 PM / $10 / 21+
Sunday, December. 18th, 2005
@ Onopa Brewery
(Milwaukee, WI)
w/ Headlights,
Those Royals
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $7 / 21+
( announcement )
Saturday, December. 17th, 2005
@ Quiet Storm
Coffeehouse
(Pittsburgh, PA)
w/ Mark Mallman, Weird Paul, Romantica
Show - 9 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM / $5 / All Ages
( announcement )
Friday, December. 16th, 2005
@ Rothko
(New York, NY)
w/ The Damnwells, Romantica, Army of Me
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 8 PM / $12 / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement )
Thursday, December. 15th, 2005
@ Schubas
(Chicago, IL)
“Run With It Management’s Annual Holiday Party”
w/ Matthew Kerstein (ex-The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir),
The Happy Bullets, The Saps
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 8 PM / $8 / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement )
Tuesday, December. 13th, 2005
@ The Lager House
(Detroit, MI)
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 10:30 PM (approx.) / $5 / 21+
( announcement )
Saturday, December. 10th
, 2005 @ Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Earlies, Dogme 95
Show - 10 PM / Canasta - 11 PM / $10 / Advanced Tickets / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Friday, November 18th, 2005 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
We Were Set Up CD Release Show
w/ Headlights, Palaxy Tracks, plus special guest musicians!
Presented by WLUW
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 11:30 PM / $10 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer, Thax’s poem )
Sunday, October 9th, 2005
@ Milemarker 25.2 (Michigan Ave. & 18th St.) (Chicago, IL)
"The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon"
Marathon - 8AM / Canasta - 9:20AM (6 Hour Set!) / FREE / All Ages
( announcement )
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 @ The Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL)
“Food Hoot: The Return of Hoot Night”
w/ Kelly Hogan, Nora O’Connor, Dag Juhlin (of Poi Dog Pondering), Eric Ziegenhagen, Zapruder Point, Joie de Diva, Michael Ross (of Boys on Trial), Steph Turner, Thomas Dunning & Your Boyfriends
Show - 7PM / Canasta - 8:45PM / FREE! / All Ages
( announcement )
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 @ Simon’s Tavern (Chicago, IL)
Presented by Last Alley Productions
Show - 9PM / Canasta - 2 sets: 9PM & 10:30PM / FREE! / 21+
( announcement )
Saturday, October 1st, 2005 @ The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
Shawn & Larry's Wedding
w/ The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Steve Frisbie & Liam Davis (of Frisbie), Eric Ziegenhagen, Zapruder Point, Zebulun, Stacey Earley & Vernon Tonges, Ben & Amanda Berg Wilson, Colby Beserra & Jason Berger
Sunday, September 25th, 2005 @ The Annex (Madison, WI)
w/ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Super Eights
Presented by Last Coast / True Endeavors
Show - 8PM / Canasta - 8PM / $8 - advance / $10 - day of show / 18+
Advance tickets available online and at the Regent Street Retreat.
SOLD OUT!
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 @ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Kingsbury Manx
Show - 9:30 PM / Canasta - 9:30 / $6 / 18+
( announcement )
Thursday, September 15th, 2005 @ Arlene’s Grocery (New York, NY)
“CMJ Music Marathon” / “Chicago Pop Renaissance”
w/ Le Concorde, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Head of Femur, Cameron McGill, Baby Teeth, The Living Blue, The Dials
Presented by RWIM
Show - 7PM / Canasta - 10PM / $7 / 21+
( announcement, poster, photos )
Saturday, August 20th , 2005 @ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
“Badresa.com’s One Year Anniversary”
w/ Matthew Kersten (of The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir), Penthouse Sweets, Eric Chial (of The Bon Mots)
Presented by Badresa.com
( announcement, poster, flyer, blue flyer, white flyer, pink flyer )
Friday, July 15th, 2005 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
w/ Neva Dinova, Mayday
Show - 10:30PM / Canasta - 11:30PM / $8 / 21+
Advance Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer, photos )
Monday, July 11th, 2005 @ High Noon Saloon (Madison, WI)
w/ Nicolai Dunger, Paul Fonfara (of Painted Saints)
Show - 9PM / Canasta - 10PM / $8 / 21+
Advance Tickets
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Thursday, July 7th, 2005 @ Double Door (Chicago, IL)
w/ Sloan
Show - 10:00PM / Canasta - 10:00PM / $18 / 21+
Advance Tickets
( announcement )
Saturday, June 25th, 2005 @ Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ Longwave, Sam Champion
Show - 10PM / Canasta - 11PM / $12 / 21+
( announcement, flyer )
Friday, May 27th, 2005 @ Martyrs’ (Chicago, IL)
w/ 56 Hope Road
Show - 10PM / Canasta - 10PM / $10 / 21+
Buy tickets on-line or by phone at (800) 594-TIXX
( announcement, poster, flyer, photos )
Saturday, May 7th, 2005 @ Jak’s Tap (Chicago, IL)
w/ Vodka Moxie, The Surge Protectors
Show - 8PM / Cansta - 10:30PM / 21+
Thursday, April 28th, 2005 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“International Pop Overthrow”
w/ The Bon Mots, Epicycle, The Wes Hollywood Show, Popular Genius, PBM, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Show - 7:30PM / Canasta - 8:30PM / $8 / Ages 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer, photos )
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005 @ Kraftbrau (Kalamazoo, MI)
w/ Office, Baby Teeth
Show - 9PM / Canasta - 9PM / $5 / 18+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Sunday, April 10th, 2005 @ Pulaski Park Fieldhouse (Chicago, IL)
Pulaski Park Fieldhouse is located at 1419 W. Blackhawk St.
“WLUW Record Fair”
w/ Live Band Kareoke by The Hootenanners, Mary Nisi, Morning Recordings, The City on Film, Nathaniel Carroll, Unique Chique, The Lesser Birds of Paradise, Colossal, Matt Dubspun, Elk Effects, DJ Vonzele, Manatella, Dave Hofer
Show - 10:00AM / Canasta - 12:30PM / All Ages
$7 / $5 with this ad
( announcement )
Thursday, March 24th, 2005 @ Double Door (Chicago, IL)
w/ Kaiser Chiefs, The Changes
Show - 9PM / $10 / 21+
SOLD OUT!
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Saturday, March 19th, 2005 @ Momo’s (Austin, TX)
South by Southwest: “Chicago Pop Rennaisance”
Presented by The Onion, RWIM Chicago & Satellite Booking
w/ Grizzly Bear, Edith Frost, Manishevitz, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir,
Head of Femur
Show - 1PM / Canasta - 3:30PM / FREE / 18+
( announcement, blue poster, poster, flyer )
Sunday, March 13th, 2005 @ The End (Nashville, TN)
“International Pop Overthrow”
w/ The Bubblegum Complex, Spy Radio, The Pine Club, Arkitekt, Sam Ashworth, The Foxymorons
Show - 7:30PM / Canasta - 9PM / $8 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Saturday, March 12th, 2005 @ The Highlands Tap Room (Louisville, KY)
Show - 9PM / Free / 21+
Friday, March 11th, 2005 @ Radio Radio (Indianapolis, IN)
w/ Jackson Pain, Whippoorwill, Midstates
Show - 9PM / $5 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Friday, March 4th, 2005 @ Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
w/ Pit er Pat, Menomena
Show - 10PM / Canasta 10PM / $8 in advance and $10 at the door / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer, photos )
Friday, February 18th, 2005 @ Metro (Chicago, IL)
“Illinois Entertainer’s ‘Best Of Around Hear’ 2005 Showcase”
w/ Magnus, The Bon Mots
Show - 9PM / Canasta - 11:30PM / 18+
FREE with ticket before 9 PM / $6 with ticket after 9 PM / $9 without ticket
Sponsored by Q101
( announcement, moon poster1, moon poster2, poster, flyer, photos, Thax’s Poem )
Saturday, January 29th, 2005 @
The Phoenix Room, Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)
w/ Velvetron
Show: 8 PM / FREE / All Ages
( announcement )
Sunday, January 16th, 2005 @ Schubas (Chicago, IL)
“Tomorrow Never Knows Fest”
w/ Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Impossible Shapes, The Dials
SOLD OUT!
Show: 8 PM / Canasta: 10 PM / $10 / 18 & over
( announcement, fest poster, fest flyer, gold flyer, grey flyer )
Thursday, December 30th, 2004 @ The Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
"A Holiday Benefit for The Tangerine Arts Group"
w/ Edith Frost, Brandon Durham (of Palaxy Tracks), Zapruder Point, Eric Ziegenhagen, Daniel Knox, Annie Higgins, Matthew Kerstein (of The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir)
Show 8:30 PM / Canasta (3 sets) - 8:30, 10:15 & Midnight / $8 / 21+
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Thursday, December 16th, 2004 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
“The Fourth Annual WLUW Holiday Sing-Along“ (A Benefit for WLUW)
w/ The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, The Lesser Birds of Paradise, Clyde Federal, Tijuana Hercules, The Astronomer (featuring Charles Kim)
Show - 9:00 / Canasta 9:30 / $10 / 21+
( announcement, poster )
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004 @ The Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL)
“Chicago Pop Renaissance”
w/ Branches, Palaxy Tracks, The Lesser Scene
Show: 8:30 / Canasta: 11:30
( announcement, poster, flyer, photos )
Friday, December 3rd, 2004 @ Red Eye Studio (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Private Party
w/ Abstract Giants, Leave
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Friday, November 19th, 2004 @ Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
w/ Elf Power, The Late BP Helium
Show 10pm / Canasta: 10pm / $10 / 21+
( announcement, poster, flyer, Thax’s poem )
Saturday, November 13th, 2004 @ The Ice Factory (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Fake Fictions, The Wills Wilde
Show 10:00 pm / Canasta 12am / $4 / 21+
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 @ Double Door (Chicago, IL)
w/ The Delgados, Crooked Fingers, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Show 9:00 pm / Canasta 9:45 (sharp!) / $13 / 21+
Advanced tickets available at the box office & thru Ticketmaster.
( announcement, poster, flyer )
Thursday, October 14th, 2004 @ Arlene’s Grocery (New York, NY)
“CMJ Music Marathon” / “CMJ Chicago Showcase”
w/ Head of Femur, The M’s, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Tenki, The Changes, Palaxy Tracks, By Divine Right
Presented by RWIM & Subterranean
Show 7:00 pm / Canasta 9:30 / $7 / 21+
( announcement,