Thursday, August 1st brings us to Milwaukee for Jazz in the Park. We have a little time off in August for many of us to travel apart from the band to various spots on the globe–Mexico, Alaska; places like that. There’s a string of festivals coming up towards the end of August. Check the schedule for more info.
Midwest weekend tour…
We’re starting a 4 show run this weekend at the Note in Chicago for “I Love House Music Wednesdays”–1565 North Milwaukee Ave., 12 to 1am with Kennedy Octane. It’s our 1st time there since it was our long-time running “1st Beat” spot (which has now moved to Kinetic Playground as you may know). Thursday is a return to Champaign, IL at Cowboy Monkey, followed by a gig in Peoria on Friday (Universal Rhythm Assembly) and a show at Spin Nightclub in Indianapolis on Saturday, June 23rd. Presales of our 2nd album are happening now at a discounted cost of $12/CD (it’ll be $15 when it comes out).
CAbP Kicks off Chicago Summerdance
Summerdance is coming up this week on Thursday, June 14th–opening night. We’re playing in Grant Park off Michigan avenue near Adams. Our 2nd CD is done and we’re gearing up for the release in a few months. The artwork has been provided by Lemi, the artist who did tons of Fela album covers. In other news, our tour bus is back in the Chicago metropolitan area awaiting some final adjustments before it can once again entertain us and our friends with the spectacle of its sheer size and numerous odd features.
There are also a variety of additional festival dates scheduled for this summer including Dogstock, Jazz in the Park in Milwaukee, Forecastle Festival, Celebrate Clark Street in Chicago, Art Street in Green Bay, and the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy California in July–2 days, Saturday and Sunday, July 7th and 8th. We’ll be making stops on the way out and back in the western states, so stay tuned. End the war!!! See you around…..