HOLLYWOOD BREWFEST THIS SATURDAY - UNLIMITED TASTINGS + LIVE MUSIC

This Saturday night in Hollywood, we're presenting a beer festival at the gorgeous MUSIC BOX @ FONDA where for the $45 ticket price, you can drink unlimited tastings of over 35 breweries while watching bands on two stages and dancing to DJ's on the rooftop.

You've been to some beer festivals, you know what I'm talking about, the kind where people have their hat backwards, in some field with white tents, and if they happen to have music playing, it isn't the kind you wanna hear. We're looking to flip that experience, deliver cool sounds that represent Los Angeles and beyond, while you taste amazing beers like MAGIC HAT or cask beers in the Blue Palms Brewhouse. Breaking it down over 8 hours, the unlimited beer tastings makes this a cheap night out drinking, with bands as a bonus.

Here's the line up on the musical front:

MAIN STAGE
GREAT NORTHERN 10:15 PM - 11:00 PM
DUM DUM GIRLS 9:00 PM - 9:45 PM
THE DEADLY SYNDROME 7:45 PM - 8:30 PM
NICO STAI 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM
CASTLEDOOR 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
THE TENDER BOX 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
THE DIAMOND LIGHT 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

BLUE PALMS STAGE
FEROCIOUS FEW 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM
BLACKMARKET 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
SAMUEL STEWART 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
THE FIRKINS 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ROOFTOP DJ's
TRAVIS of BUDDYHEAD - 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
DJ VanVille - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
KEITH 2.0 (Club Moscow) - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
DJ S.I.S - 3:00 to 5:00 PM

To purchase tickets in advance, visit http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2670414.

For more information visit the Hollywood Brewfest web site at http://www.hollywoodbrewfest.com/.

NEW DATE - BANDS CONFIRMED FOR HOLLYWOOD BREWFEST - NOVEMBER 14

The first ever HOLLYWOOD BREWFEST @ The Music Box @ Fonda is now on November 14th. Prepare yourselves for an entire day of music, food and most importantly, BEER.

With over 35 breweries showing up we're going to put them everywhere, on the Fonda rooftop, in a beer garden outside, and on every level on the venue itself and in the Blue Palms Brewhouse.

The line up has been confirmed and GREAT NORTHERN are headlining, with DUM DUM GIRLS and THE DEADLY SYNDROME coming on before them, as well as NICO STAI, CASTLEDOOR, THE TENDER BOX, THE DIAMOND LIGHT, THE FEROCIOUS FEW, BLACKMARKET, SAM STEWART and a host of other great beer bands.

Watch this space or the HBF Twitter account for more information as it happens!

BUY TICKETS HERE

TONIGHT IN LA: BAND OF SKULLS + TONS OF GREAT BANDS

Tonight's a night with too many great options for live music in Los Angeles, an embarrassment of riches. If you weren't at our RUMBLE LA party last week (and that's a question you really have to ask yourself), then you simply must see BAND OF SKULLS tonight at The Echo. Say you saw them when before they become the next White Stripes. Playing with them is a band we've dropped on the FS radio show, OTHER LIVES from Stillwater, Oklahoma (listen to "Black Tables") and OLIVER FUTURE. It's also FREE.

I also love anything associated with MANIMAL VINYL and they are presenting a show tonight with our lil buddies, AVI BUFFALO downstairs at The Echoplex.

Next up is another FREE show at Spaceland, where the bill is also a bruiser: CASTELDOOR (FS30) and EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS (FS29) - the latter featuring the lovely and talented Melissa Dougherty on guitar.

If you like to go big ticket, SEBASTIEN GRAINGER & THE MOUNTAINS are supporting METRIC at The Wiltern - Sebastien is awesome!

THE SHOW TO BE AT THIS WEEKEND IN LOS ANGELES

It's the holiday season and so it's a good time for charity, and on Saturday night at The Echoplex the 'Wear A Sweater' party with an incredible line up of LA bands:
CASTLEDOOR
HAPPY HOLLOWS,
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
AMNION
THE PITY PARTY
THE DEADLY SYNDROME

$5 - well worth it for these bands.

TONIGHT IN LA: CASTLEDOOR @ SPACELAND

The final night of THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT residency at Spaceland closes out BIG with THE DEADLY SYNDROME and our friends, CASTLEDOOR (FS30). Castledoor hits the stage at 9PM.

TONIGHT IN LA: CASTELDOOR @ BOARDNER'S

It's raining and you won't melt. Get out tonight and see CASTLEDOOR for FREE tonight at Boardner's in Hollywood (Radio Free Silverlake Presents). You might recall Castledoor's 'Dove' on FS30, but they have a stack of strong tracks like 'Burn The Maps' in store with you and up on their Myspace page.

TONIGHT IN LA: LAST NIGHT OF CASTLEDOOR'S ECHO RESIDENCY

If you've been listening to FS30, then you know the track, "Dove" by the LA band, CASTLEDOOR. Catch them tonight for their last show of their ECHO residency. It's FREE!