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May 17, 2007
Saturation Art and Music Festival
If you haven’t been to downtown Riverside recently, go check out the sixth annual Saturation Art and Music Festival. The event hosts hundreds of artists, bands, performers, dancers, poets, DJs, art and craft vendors, workshoppers, bike gangs and other “strangeness” at several venues through Sunday, May 20.
Many of the performers are local, some coming from as far as Portland and San Diego.
Many of the events are free or at least fairly cheap so that anyone and everyone can attend.
“We choose to keep most of the events free and all ages so that the kids who couldn’t normally afford to go to a whole bunch of shows out of town can see the possibilities in their own backyard,” said event coordinator Alaska Whelan. “We are helping to foster an inclusive cultural community in Riverside.”
Well, I’m all for it and I only wish that I could attend more of the events. So I am enlisting all of you to enjoy what I cannot.
Tonight, Thursday, May 17, at midnight, eight bands are performing with mixed media projections split between the Life Arts Building and Division 9 South. The bands include Brother Mitya, Baby Dinosaur, Mosaic Palm, old mexico, Sleeping Me, Vernon Falls Off a Building, Voice on Tape and Fathom.
Friday at 8 p.m. at Back to the Grind is The Art Opening featuring 20 visual and multimedia artists’ work in illustration, textiles, installation, photography and design.
After The Art Opening the Grind’s basement will turn into an open bar with DJs on both levels.
On Saturday Der Irregular Bike Society presents a traveling DJ party. Vendors and sellers of art and music will also be present downtown for the event. Vendors include Nightpass Records, KUCR, Totally Mag!, and Folktale records.
Art and culture workshops will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. and music begins at 6 p.m. featuring Bizzart, Perrla, El Oct, Mad Marionettes, Francisco the Man, The Panties, The Sea Beasts, Scandells, Jeprocket and Walter oftha Woodz and diamondcutter.
And Sunday features Mika Miko, Redcellone, The New Motherf*ckers, Fights in the Orange Groves, Mystery Hangup, Polite, John Thill, Abe Vigoda, The Gaza Express and Rogue State.
This brief explanation does not even include all of the events taking place through Sunday. So get out there and get saturated.
Information: www.myspace.com/saturationfest
Posted by Darcie Flansburg at May 17, 2007 02:52 PM