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Living in Blighty has its blessings. Mild (if damp) climate and no major problems with earthquakes and mostly the music scene ain't too bad. However we'd happily swap it all for the heat, hills and faultlines of San Francisco if only to attend this year's wonderful indiepop celebration, Popfest 2009.
Popfest has occurred regularly since 1995 when Magnetic Fields were the then obscure headliners. This year it's in San Francisco and although we can't make it we urge our American readers (Hi Hank Junior and Mary Lou Ellen!) to do so. The line-up looks excellent, as ever:
Thursday, May 21
Venue: The Rickshaw Stop www.rickshawstop.com
Ages: All
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
Still Flyin'
Oh No Oh My
Pelle Carlberg
Friday, May 22
Venue: Annie's Social Club www.anniessocialclub.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
The Hot Toddies
The Tartans
ballboy
The Orange Peels
Bunnygrunt
Springfactory
+ indiepop dancing until 2am
Saturday, May 23
Venue: House of Shields http://houseofshields.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 3:00pm
Cost: $5 door (no pre-sale tickets)
Gregory Webster
Champagne Riot
Brilliant Colors
Sourpatch
+ guest DJs from Big Pink Cake (Bristol, UK) and Hungry Beat (LA)
Saturday, May 23
Venue: The Rickshaw Stop www.rickshawstop.com
Ages: All
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
My Teenage Stride
Northern Portrait
Tullycraft (Last show ever!)
Magic Bullets
The Smittens
Sunday, May 24
Venue: Acoustic Picnic Show in Local Park (location TBA)
Time: 1pm-ish (TBD)
Ages: All
Cost: Free!
Let's Whisper (Colin Clary + Dana Kaplan both of The Smittens)
Pocketbooks (Dan and Emma of)
Gregory Webster
Antarctica Takes It!
Land of Ill Earthquakes
Apple Orchard
Sunday, May 24
Venue: Café du Nord www.cafedunord.com
Ages: 21+
Doors: 6:30pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 door
The Hidden Cameras (special solo performance)
Eux Autres
Dear Nora
Birds of California
Cheap Red
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