Traveling Bands Have a Place to Stop, Play During GFL Fest
Traveling bands have a place to stop, play during GFL Fest
The second-annual Gas-Food-Lodging Music Festival brings a unique variety of performances to venues across Baton Rouge through the month of March.
Some local club owners and entertainment promoters decided last year to take advantage of the national and international acts passing through the region en route to the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
They coined the term “gas, food and lodging,” because many of the bands performing in Austin would need to earn extra money out on the road – and bringing superior live music to Baton Rouge wasn’t a bad idea either.
This year’s local venues sponsoring the GFL shows are Red Star, Spanish Moon, North Gate Tavern, SoGo Live and Chelsea’s Cafe at its new location under the overpass on Perkins Road.
Look for more information at http://www.2theadvocate.com/ gflfest. Rebecca Breeden, 2theadvocate.com staff writer
GAS, FOOD, LODGING MUSIC FESTIVAL ’06
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
North Gate Tavern: A Northern
Chorus/ Sianspheric/
The Useful Knots
The Spanish Moon:
ICON Visuals/DJ Young/
Illegal Alias
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
North Gate Tavern: Shiny Toy Guns/Clear Static/Lindsay Spurlock/
The Pretentious
Red Star: Waking State/We Landed on The Moon
The Spanish Moon:
Thunderbirds Are Now!/Rahim/Fred Weaver
MONDAY, MARCH 20
North Gate Tavern: Dreamend/American Distress
Red Star: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?/Wooden
Wand and the Vanishing Voice
The Spanish Moon: Kudu/Eliot Lipp
Chelsea’s Cafe: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists/The Duke Spirit/Les Aus
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
Red Star: Treasure Mammal/Fire vs. Extinguisher
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
North Gate Tavern: Vaeda/The Nein/Harlan
The Spanish Moon: Hangar 18
THURSDAY, MARCH 23
Chelsea’s Cafe: Centro-Matic/Great Lake Swimmers/Elsah
FRIDAY, MARCH 24
The Spanish Moon: Ballzack
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
North Gate Tavern:
Lagerhead/Mutehound/Silence of the Orphan Moon
Red Star: Southern Backtones
The Spanish Moon: Reception Is Suspected/Slobot