4. FROLIC - 5.07.10

Saturday, May 8, 2010
9pm-2am
@ Stud Bar, 399 Ninth Street @ Harrison, San Francisco
$7, only $3 in costume (21+)

A Celebration of Costume and Dance
Calling all Bunnies, Steampunks, Tweeds, Santas, Clowns, Bears, Beavers, Goths, Furries, Puppies, Aliens, Costumers and more!  On Saturday, May 8th, and every Second Saturday after that, come out and show off your costume finery, and enjoy dancing to some of BRC's best DJ's.  Now you can get your cosplay fix (or just enjoy looking at all the great costumes) and dance fix all in one night, without all the sun and dust (but we do have Pabst and Tecate at the bar!).

With DJ's Dex Stakker (Opulent Temple)
NeonBunny (BunnyJam, NeonBunny.com)
My Pet Rhino
w/ visuals by MaliePono (Burnal Equinox, BunnyJam)
w/ blacklight face painting by Lara!

Cheb i Sabbah was born in Algeria of Berber (Amazigh) descent and moved to Paris as a teenager and became a DJ by chance. By the late 1980s, residing in San Francisco, he was internationally pushing boundaries on the dance floor, seeking ways to infuse Asian, Arabic and African sounds into the mix. Then as the “world music” movement unfolded, Cheb i Sabbah took the inspired step of recording traditional and classical musicians from India, Pakistan and Africa, effectively transforming those compositions into sonic landscapes, thus creating a new style of electronic music “composed” by a DJ.

With seven landmark recordings on the Six Degrees Records label, Sabbah remains a DJ at heart,
but he is also something more. “As a DJ you have ears,” says Sabbah, “this is my instrument, you know what
you want to hear on the dance floor or in producing music.”

An innovator in one of the most contemporary musical realms, he is clearly committed to creating new forms.
“But at the same time,” says Sabbah, “the most important focus for me is to keep the musical tradition alive. For example, folk, trance and healing musicians are struggling to make a living and teach the young generations. Once those musicians go, it's over, then what?” As an “Outernational” DJ to defender of ancient traditions, Sabbah is a true musical iconoclast and visionary in the electronica scene.

From the crowded confines of nightclubs to major festivals, Cheb i Sabbah enjoys a worldwide reputation as a magician of the dance floor. On stage he often spins accompanied by live musicians, dancers and massive projected visuals, interwoven and juxtaposed as the spirit moves

www.chebisabbah.com
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www.janakaselekta.com

6. 11th ANNUAL HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE - 5.09.10

HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE
Sunday May 9, 2010!
Centered at Howard & 2nd Streets, San Francisco, Earth.

Bollyweird: The Cosmic Dance http://www.HowWeird.org Noon to 8pm outdoors, and is all ages. How Weird @ Night is from 8pm to 2am indoors, and is 21 and over. There is a requested donation of $10 (or $5 in costume). Ten downtown city blocks of music, celebration, art, performances, and fun! Vendors from around the world with unique goods. Food and drinks and so much more! Costumes highly encouraged.

We're going for a world record this year. At the end of the faire (7:40pm) we will broadcast a special peace song on all ten music stages simultaneously. All participants are invited to take part in the World's Largest Bollywood Dance!

This year includes music stages by Space Cowboys, Brass Tax, Symbiosis, Muti Music, Rebel Bass Collective, Tantra, Groove Garden, Non Stop Bhangra, Temple Nightclub, Strategik, Opel, Opulent Temple, Le Harem, Aum Festival, Red Marines Festival, Team Infinity, Ultraviolet Carnival, Style/Clash, and more!

Noon to 8pm outdoors, and is all ages. New this year...

FASHION ALLEY - a non-stop fashion runway show throughout the day, on Natoma Street just off 2nd Street, featuring stylistic fashions from top local designers and artists, fashion-related vendors, and a music stage. They will introduce you to the world of conscious fashion.

SHANTI STREET - a healing arts area, also on Natoma Street just off 2nd Street, featuring activites and sounds and holistic vendors.

The MAIN ENTRANCE is at Howard & New Montgomery Streets, near many MUNI lines, and 2 blocks from the Montgomery BART station. That is also where there will be complimentary bike parking thanks to the SF Bicycle Coalition.

There is a requested donation of $10 (or $5 in costume). And with that donation you'll once again receive a Magic Sticker! The Magic Sticker gives you: $1 off every drink at the bars, $2 off the after party, and discounts at many of the vendors. Magic Stickers are only available during the day at the faire entrances.

All proceeds go to the non-profit World Peace Through Technology Organization.

The fun doesn't stop at night, it just moves indoors to three great venues at the faire site...

HOW WEIRD @ NIGHT is from 8pm to 2am

HOW WEIRD @ TEMPLE
(Electro, House, Techno, Breakbeat, IDM, Dubstep)
Temple Nightclub - 540 Howard Street, San Francisco

HOW WEIRD @ 111
(Global Electronica, Downtempo, Psytrance)
111 Minna Gallery - 111 Minna Street, San Francisco

HOW WEIRD @ HARLOT
Opel presents "You Can't Stop Weird"
Harlot - 46 Minna Street, San Francisco

The evening is $10 (or $2 off with Magic Sticker).
Three venues for one price! Get a bracelet at any venue and check out the others.
The evening is 21 and over with ID.

Visit the website for updated information...
http://www.HowWeird.org

The How Weird Street Faire showcases many diverse genres of electronic music, including Live Electronica, Downtempo, Dubstep, Electro, Breaks, Psytrance, House, Techno, Drum & Bass, World Beat, and too many sub-genres to name! There will be something for everyone. The music stages are produced by collaborations of collectives, representing some of the best in the world.

The How Weird Street Faire uses electronic music to bring many different kinds of people together and create a common bond. We have found that dancing knows no boundaries or political affiliation. Music, more than any other form of communication, is able to transcend differences between people. It is through music and art that peace is always possible.

7. LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE FESTIVAL - 5.28-5.31.10

Friday, May 28, 2010 through Monday, May 31, 2010
@ OAK CANYON RANCH at Lake Irvine
Orange County, CA
5305 Santiago Canyon Rd.
IRVINE, CA

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE is back! 4 days and 3 nights of activities and entertainment including music, performances, inspiring art, yoga and meditation classes, sustainability workshops, speaker panels, clothing and craft vending, tasty organic foods, camping & much more!

• VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE •
http://www.lightninginabottle.org
• BUY TICKETS •
http://lightninginabottle.org/buy-tickets
• FACEBOOK •
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194437201341

The LIB team prides itself on filling THREE PERFORMANCE STAGES with a wide variety of live and electronic musical acts and vaudevillian performances, as well as deploying unique intersections of artistic form and sustainable function to create stages that double as large-scale art installations. Experience has taught us that top-level artistic and musical experiences are best enhanced by still more art! Check the website for updates on artists and acts, workshop details, images of past LIB revelry, and more surprises in the coming weeks. And if you just can’t wait and need personal, up-to-the-minute notifications on LIB news, sign up for our mailing list on our website!

~~~~~~~~ The Music & Performances of Lightning in a Bottle.. ~~~~~~~~

= BOOKA SHADE (LIVE) = THE ALBUM LEAF = THE GLITCH MOB = ADAM FREELAND = APPARAT = EOTO
= DAEDELUS = BEATS ANTIQUE = SANDRA COLLINS = THE VERY BEST = KRAZY BALDHEAD
= NOSAJ THING = LEE BURRIDGE = VIBESQUA = NICO VEGA = KRADDY = REY FRESCO
= BLUETECH (LIVE) = JOHN TEJADA = MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND = MIMOSA
= BLVD = ELIOT LIPP = OTT = DJ GARTH = BIG GIGANTIC = RANDOM RAB
= MARTYPARTY = AN-TEN-NAE = DADDY KEV = EMANCIPATOR
= RON LEVY = DAVID STARFIRE LIVE ENSEMBLE = TREAVOR MOONTRIBE
= DJ WOLFIE = OSCURE = PATRICIO = R/D
= FISHTANK ENSEMBLE = JUPIT3R = EL PAPACHANGO
= THE BODYROCK DJ’S = LYNX & JANOVER = VAGABOND OPERA
= THE LUMINARIES = KITTY D = SAYNT = DJ LAURA = SHAWNA = SOLILLAQUISTS OF SOUND
= GOVINDA = RENA JONES = MANNY GREENSECTOR = SIDECAR TOMMY = JESSE WRIGHT = JOKTON STREALY = THE IANATOR = SAMMY BLISS = BLUE INSOMNIA = VOKAB KOMPANY
= RED SONYA = COHEN = TIMONKEY = BASS CADET = WYSE = PETER GOETZ = SWEET SNACKS
= THE MAKERS = MOTION POTION = MICAH J = MICHAEL HART = AUDITORY CANVAS
= TERRAKROMA = PUMPKIN = GENO COCHINO = SAQI = FAITH = LIGHTBULB

~~~~~~~~ With Very Special Performances by.. ~~~~~~~~
=•= LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE =•= VAU DE VIRE SOCIETY
=•= RICOCHET POETIC ACROBATS =•= FIRE GROOVE =•= STILT CIRCUS
=•= THE WANDERING MARIONETTES =•= SHAKTI SUNFIRE =•= INSECTS VS ROBOTS

~~~~~~~~ The Art of Lightning in a Bottle ~~~~~~~~

Build it. Bring it. Be it! We at the Do LaB delight in bringing heART to everything we create, and Lightning in a Bottle is our most favorite creation. And we simply cannot put the ART in LIB without YOU!

Our roots are renegade, and we’d never stand in the way of anyone’s expression. If you want to hang a painting or show a sculpture, just set it up in a tree and be kind to the tree. Or build your own wall! Want to host a tea party or lead a parade or rally a flash mob? By all means…go big and make it so! The goal is total art immersion and catching Lightning in a Bottle!

If your piece is large, needs special accommodation by the festival organizers, or if your piece may be dangerous in some way, please send us details using the art submission form: http://lightninginabottle.org/art-application/

Please stay tuned for updates on activities and workshops in the interactive art zone, artists showing in the Lightning in a Bottle Gallery, and for all information on the interactive live art experience benefitting arts and music education in local schools, Lightning in a Paintcan!

This is just the beginning..... http://lightninginabottle.org/art-gallery/

~~~~~~~~ Mission ~~~~~~~~

WE WANT YOU to Leave It Better, Leave It Beautiful!

Leave the event feeling positively impacted. Leave the event feeling empowered and connected to your community. Leave the event with tools to pass it on and teach others……and before you leave, leave the land behind better and more beautiful than you found it. This is our request to you as an integral part of our community.

Read more about The Do LaB's Project Green Light:
http://lightninginabottle.org/green-light/mission/

----- Participate & Connect -----

Volunteer Application: http://lightninginabottle.org/volunteer-application/
Vendors Submissions: http://lightninginabottle.org/vendor-application/
Workshop Submissions: http://lightninginabottle.org/workshop-application/
Art Submissions: http://lightninginabottle.org/art-application/
Join our Street Team: http://streetteam.thedolab.com/
Ticket Questions email: support@beticketing.com
General Inquiries email: info@lightninginabottle.org

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8. 32nd ANNUAL HARMONY FEST + TECHNO TRIBAL - 6.11-13.10

32nd Annual Harmony Festival
Friday June 11 – Sunday June 13, 2010
@ The Sonoma County Fairgrounds - Santa Rosa, CA

Music - Art - Ecology - Healthy Living – Spirituality
The West Coast’s Premier Music and Healthy Lifestyle Festival!
Early Bird tickets available now at www.harmonyfestival.com

Celebrating 32 years with a mission to support progressive social values, sacred community activism, trans-partisan politics, and conscious uplifting music in a Green and family-friendly environment!

A taste of this year’s HARMONY FESTIVAL includes a very special appearance by MS. LAURYN HILL (Full Set), plus SLIGHTLY STOOPID, STEEL PULSE, GALACTIC, REBELUTION, THE EXPENDABLES, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, THE North Bay Debut of 7 WALKERS Featuring BILL KREUTZMANN, KITARO, JAI UTTAL, DIEGO'S UMBRELLA, and many more performers, local bands, MCs, entertainers! Keynote speakers include DR. BRUCE LIPTON, PAUL STAMETS, CAROLINE CASEY, DAN MILLMAN, MIKE RUPPERT, SWAMI CHIDANAND, NICKI SCULLY, SWAMI BEYONDANANDA, among others TBA.

plus the return of ANNUAL TECHNO-TRIBAL COMMUNITY DANCE (Fri+Sat)
and its newest attraction, THE ECO-RALLY ACTION SPORTS ZONE (formerly Eco-Cup).

350 vendors, camping, kids under 6 are FREE!

So much to hear, see, do, eat and love...all out in the fresh air & sunshine and under the stars!

See complete line-up and schedule at http://www.harmonyfestival.com
and Follow us on Twitter @HarmonyFestival for special promotions and news blasts!

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Harmony Festival rocks and rolls with the

11TH ANNUAL TECHNO-TRIBAL COMMUNITY DANCE (Fri+Sat)

FRIDAY NIGHT IN HARMONY HALL : 8PM-3AM Mystic Beat Lounge fires up the party on Friday night with a special collaboration with North Bay Producers Double D and Groove Garden for the Friday Night Womp Sessions featuring:  =•= ANA SIA =•= MIMOSA ILL GATES =•= MARTY PARTY DR. DYLON =•= INI

SATURDAY NIGHT GRACE PAVILION : 8PM-4AM Techno-Tribal Dance takes flight in 21st Century sound and light in the vast cathedral of Grace Pavilion.  Presented by Mystic Beat Lounge and Peak Experience  =•= TIPPER =•= OTT =•= =•= GALACTIC Feat. CHALI 2NA & LYRICS BORN =•= BEATS ANTIQUE =•= LYNX & JANOVER  Plus Mindblowing Stage Performances =•=TROUPE LUMINESQUE =•= LIQUID FIRE MANTRA =•= =•= PHOENIX RISING =•= SATYA BELLYDANCE plus many more fire troupes, aerialists and performance troupes!

10. CRAZY DAVE MEMORIAL

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=312861099631
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