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Electric Avenue Music and Arts Festival has just announced a Late Night All Star Jam featuring Kyle Hollingsworth and Michael Kang of SCI along with Speech of Arrested Development, Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic and many others from this historic downtown event (Additional $15).

Michael Kang will be part of the Allstar Jam
The Electric Avenue Festival, which is slated to take place over Labor Day weekend on the streets of Historic Five Points in Downtown Denver, has just announced their two-day schedule. The event will highlight over 22 live bands on two stages, arts and crafts vendors, outdoor beer and liquor tents as well as food booths representing the best in Colorado eatery. And, at a price of only $65 for a two-day pass or $130 for a two-day VIP Pass, it may be the most exciting and definitely the most affordable event in Colorado for music goers over the holiday.

Taking place on Sept 4th and 5th the event features a stellar line up of independent live music including Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Living Legends, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Pnuma Trio and even a Michael Jackson Tribute band aptly named “Who’s Bad” among others.

The newly revitalized Five Points district is seeing an amazing surge in artistic and retail growth over the last few years. With a dramatic drop in crime and a bustling music scene developing under the new management at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, their self-produced outdoor event is just one of many signs of transformation in this quaint historic neighborhood.

Event organizers are expecting over 4,000 people during the two day event which will feature an array of musical styles from Rock, Jam, Jazz/Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Bluegrass and Experimental music genres. Event participants will find ample parking and an urban festival environment that is so close to the heart of the city, area residents are encouraged to bike ride to the event grounds or take the Light Rail directly to festival gates.

The two-day and three-night event will take place between September 3-5th on Welton St. between 26th and 27th Streets as well as inside Cervantes’ and The Other Side, with music starts at 1PM each day and a kick-off party featuring Who’s Bad – The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band taking place on Friday, September 3rd.

Tickets are available:
Online: www.cervantesmasterpiece.com
Cervantes’ Box Office: 2637 Welton Street Denver 80205
By Phone: 303.297.1772

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On Labor Day weekend the streets of Historic Five Points in Downtown Denver will be closed off for the largest outdoor festival of its kind in the heart of the city center. Featuring a stellar line up of independent live music, Electric Avenue Music & Arts Festival boasts headliners Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Living Legends, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Pnuma Trio and even a Michael Jackson Tribute band aptly named “Who’s Bad” among others.

The west coast is about to experience its first bass driven earthquake as three of the nation’s top live electro, dubstep and glitch producers join together for their first combined tour. The 11-day circuit will kick off this September in San Diego and will make its way up the coast featuring electronica artists EOTO, MiMOSA and MartyParty. Listeners can expect to be transported into another space and time with the sound and fury of the most respected dance music produced live on the scene today.

By: Ami Heinrich, Owner Tsunami Music Publicity

The use of posters, handbills and fliers have often been considered a critical piece of the marketing puzzle for grabbing an audience while they are standing in line, going to a like-minded event or sitting idle on the mass transit system. At Tsunami we incorporate an active national street team of over 3000 volunteers who promote hundreds of shows and festivals per year alone. With each large package stuffed full of posters, it’s hard not to recognize that the carbon footprint paper promotions leave behind lasts far longer than the event we are promoting.

Are there better ways to minimize our impact without minimizing our ability to be effective? At Tsunami, we think so. Enter On-Line Street Teams.
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With an estimated 25,000 – 30,000 barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico everyday, it’s hard for anyone to sit back and not want to do SOMETHING. But what? For many of us, flying down there to volunteer is monetarily impossible but that doesn’t mean there aren’t simple things we can do to contribute and help.