Sangre del Sol and Kan’nal at Coalessence

Sage and Zarah of the Sangre del Sol Fire Troupe will be performing with Kan’nal during the 2008 Coalessence Festival from October 3rd – 5th in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The festival, centered around music, consciousness, and health, features other artists including JAH Roots, BLVD and MC Souleye, Abakus, Govinda, DJ Spooky, BT, and Rabbit in the Moon. Speakers include Alex Grey, Fred Alan Wolf, Victoras Kulvinskas, Dennis McKenna, Daniel Pinchbeck, Michael Bedar, and more.

Visit www.coalessencefest.com to learn more!

Sangre del Sol Dancers – Live at the Belmont

Every Friday, members of the Sangre del Sol Fire Troupe join members of the fire dancing crew the Usual Suspects, for a series of fire performances at The Belmont in downtown Austin.

Performances start at 11:30 and run each hour until 1:30am.

The Belmont is located at 305 W. 6th St.

Car Stereo Wars Official ACL Afterparty

What once started with small performances at Plush has quickly become the metamorphism of Chris Rose into a one-man mash-up heaven know as Car Stereo Wars.

Since releasing his debut album, “The Bandit,” on his start-up label Artifact Workshop, Rose’s work has been praised by editors at Austinist, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, and Austin-American Statesman. Rose also is responsible for the mash-up preview of ACL’s 2008 line up, released on their website as a teaser prior to the official line-up announcement (listen here). Not bad for a guy that’s only been DJing for three or four years.

Car Stereo Wars will be gearing up for a double smack-down of sick mash-ups during a two night ACL afterparty feature at Emo’s Lounge on September 26th and 27th.  Click here to pick your date. Even better, give us a shout in the comments section below for a chance to score some free tickets!

Emo’s Lounge is located at 603 Red River in downtown Austin. Tickets are $8 pre-sale, $10 at the door. Doors open at 10:00pm.

East End 4th Friday’s in Kenny Dorham’s Backyard

Kenny Dorham’s East End 4th Friday’s have become a standard affair for Friday happy-hour chillers; blues lovers, and East-side pub crawlers looking for a music groove away from the choas created by downtown scenesters. On Friday, September 26th, Kenny Dorham’s spotlights Afrofreque for evening session of backyard hip hop, soul and funk.

From NowPlayingAustin:

Austin’s East End Fourth Fridays! is a unique art and culture-driven monthly community-oriented event developed by DiverseArts to showcase the very specific cultural attributes and historical identity of Austin’s East End – the Soul in the heart of the City. The East End has been recognized by the City of Austin as an African-American Cultural Heritage District, and East End Fourth Fridays! helps showcase this cultural legacy for the benefit of the community. In partnership with neighborhood artists and businesses, cultural, civic, commercial, and governmental groups, this monthly event is designed to bring a relaxed, communal, open-air art and culture experience to the newly revitalized East End.

The venue was listed in the Stateman’s top 100 places to hear live music list a few years back. Read what they had to say:

Funny how any soft dip in the land can become a music venue in Austin. This grassy lot next to the Victory Grill bloomed into a family music spot this summer for blues, jazz and other delectibles. Multiethnic toddlers danced in toddler frenzy, mothers and aunts monitored from lawn chairs, while barbecue beckoned from behind the revelers. The stage, set against the midnight blue of the club’s walls, is low and long, but the lighting and sound are adequate. By the way, BYOB.

Kenny Dorham’s Backyard is located next door to Victory Grill in East Austin at 1106 E 11th St. The Backyard opens at 6pm. Cover is only $5 after 8:00pm and free for the kiddos under 12. Afrofreque will be performing from 9 to 10:45pm.

Art Opening: Enmascarados РAn Homage to Lucha Libr̩

On September 25, 2008, curator Ángel Quesada hosts the opening reception of the Enmascarado, an homage to the Spanish wrestling style Lucha Libré featuring the works of 11 artists from Texas, California, Mexico, and South America.

Lucha Libré is the Spanish style of professional wrestling, where luchadores launch rapid and spectacular holds and high-flying moves under the disguise of colorful masks and crowd-cheering heroic bravado.

The opening reception will take place from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at the Pump Project Arts Complex  at 702 Shady Lane in Austin, TX. The exhibit will remain on view through September 27th, 2008. Visit OnQFineArt.com for more information.

Enmascarados
an homage to Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling)!!!

RECEPTION
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
5:30 – 9:30pm
On view through September 27th
1 – 5 pm (Fri & Sat)

Pump Project Arts Complex
http://www.pumpproject.org/
702 Shady Lane
Austin, Texas 78702
512.351.8571

ARTISTS:
Beto Gonzales  San Antonio, TX
José Rodríguez  Maracaibo, Venezuela
Héctor Hernández  Laredo, TX
Ángel Quesada  Los Angeles, CA
Fidencio Durán  Austin, TX
Marcela Morán  Laredo, TX
Federico Archuleta  El Paso, TX
Enrique Martínez  San Antonio, TX
Gerald López  Corpus Christi, TX
Matthew Rodríguez  Austin, TX
Faustinus Deraet  Mexico City, MX/ Belgium

During the opening reception, two popular local favorite technico luchadores, Mr. ATL and Rey Lancer will be present for questions and autographs. Lucha Libre masks will be available for sale thanks to Tesoros Trading Company. Pulque samples will be available courtesy of Pulque ¡LaLucha!

Click here to check out Jeanne Claire van Ryzin’s write-up at Austin360’s Seeing Things blog.

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