FRIDAY MUSIC live & on TV, Plus WEEKEND FESTIVALS -- a "more is coming" edition, Oct 21 2016

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Yes, of course there's more happening this weekend, and yes, The Guide will be back with all of it. Meantime, don't miss Friday's action, or risk launching your weekend unaware of the festival scene.

1) Friday night LIVE Music scene

2) Friday's Music on TV

3) Weekend Festivals

Let's get started!

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Part One...


FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC SCENE


Continuing through Oct 23:
(See times) "BARS AND MEASURES" began its run Sep 24th at Boston Court Theatre, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; 626-683-6883; www.bostoncourt.org. This is "a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere," by Idris Goodwin, directed by Weyni Mengesha. What's it about? Two brothers, both musicians. The classical pianist is Christian. The jazz bassist is Muslim. When Bilal is accused of being a terrorist and jailed awaiting trial, Eric tries to stay connected by pushing aside his own classical aspirations in order to learn big brother's jazz style. Separated by prison bars and religious convictions, the brothers scat and be-bop through their shared language of music. As his brother's trial progresses, Eric becomes disillusioned and struggles to decide if he believes the charges levied against his beloved older brother, or if false accusations make him a beleagured martyr to a prejudiced, paranoid nation. Cast: Brian Abraham, Zehra Fazal, Matt Orduna, Donathan Walters. Production team: Noah Agruss, Music Director/Composer; Francois-Pierre Couture, Scene & Projection Design; Tom Ontiveros, Lighting Design; John Nobori, Sound Design; Leah Piehl, Costume Design; Bethany Tucker, Properties Design; Michael Donovan, Casting Director; June Carryl, Assistant Director; Molly McGraw, Production Stage Manager. Performances Thursday-Saturday nights at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, through October 23rd. Post-Show conversation with actors from Bars and Measures: Sunday, September 25th after the 2 pm performance and Thursday, October 13th after the 8 pm performance. There's a $5 Night: Thursday, September 29th. All tickets to Bars and Measures are only $5 this ONE NIGHT ONLY. No advance sales. First come, first served at the door starting at 7 pm. All other tix at: www.bostoncourt.com/events/294/bars-and-measures. Buy your tickets now while dates are still available; it's filling-up.
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Fri, Oct 21, not music, but important:
Noon to 2 pm "RESIST! A WORKSHOP ON STUDENT ACTIVISM" presented by DarkMatter is an event in the USC "Visions & Voices" series, this one at Parkside Performance Café on the USC campus in University Park, L.A. Admission is free. Reservations are required (due to space). Make them at: http://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/events/listing.php?event_id=773918. Drawing from their experience working on campaigns for gender, racial, economic, and environmental justice, DarkMatter will present a workshop focused on skill-building and theoretical frameworks for student activism. Taking an intersectional approach to issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, they will explore how the university system keeps us reading rather than revolting.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm CHUCK ALVAREZ "OUR WORLD - MUSIC AND COURAGE" is an all-acoustic performance at Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro 90732; www.alvas.com. Chuck like you've never seen him before in a one man inspirational play, called Our World 33.

Written by Larry Heimgartner and Chuck Alvarez, Our World 33 is part of a series of original plays by Heimgartner called The Our World Project. The plays deal with problems that young people are facing today...HIV, women's rights, sexual identity and much more. The plays are informative, deep, and often life changing.

Recently a few plays in this series were written about INSPIRATION. Plays that inspire people to live their dreams. Larry wrote a play exclusively for Chuck where Chuck would star in a play about his own life. It's a blend of original music and performance art. The play deals with issues he has faced to live the dream of doing what he loves. It also touches upon issues of choices, focus and determination; failures and successes.

It is heartfelt, mindful and moving. Chuck's audience will see another side to him that they've never seen. He will be touring this play in the UK.

The 40 minute play will be followed by a discussion and intermission followed by a fun, high quality, acoustic concert. Tix, $20.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm ILIANA ROSE BAND plays the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org.
Exuberant danceable rhythms of Cuba by L.A. all-star musicians led by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Iliana Rose, who is also musical director and pianist on the popular TV show, Noches Con Platanito on Estrella TV.
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Fri, Oct 21:
JACKIE BRISTOW, acclaimed New Zealand folk singer-songwriter, plays the second of her two California dates on her current US tour, both on the Central Coast: tonight, she's in San Luis Obispo at the Steynberg Gallery.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm THE GOOD INTENTIONS plus THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE play the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena. The show is titled, “MOUNTAIN COUNTRY ACROSS THE POND.” It brings together two critically-acclaimed Americana duets in their first combination show: Liverpool’s premier group THE GOOD INTENTIONS and Los Angeles-based THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE. Melding their country repertoire from original songs to classic country covers, this show reflects country music’s rich past, its origins in Britain through the use of Appalachian and mountain music, up to and including the classic pairings of country male-female duos. Delving deeply into the canon of American folk music icon Jean Ritchie, the work reflects the influence of British balladry on the development of new country, as well as contemporary songwriters such as Gillian Welch, Iris Dement and David Olney. More at: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm. Tix, $18. RESERVATIONS, 626-798-6236.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm PETER CASE plays the "30th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM" at McCabe’s in Santa Monica; 310-828-4497.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm THE DOOBIE BROTHERS play the Vina Robles Amphitheatre, in Paso Robles.
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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm THE MONKEES perform "Good Times: The 50th Anniversary Tour" at the City National Grove of Anaheim.
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Part Two


FRIDAY'S MUSIC ON TV



8-8:30 pm "SUN STUDIO SESSIONS" is a 2016 edition with REV. JOHN WILKES. On KLCS.
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8:30-9 pm "BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND" brings JJ GREY & MOFRO in a 2016 edition. On KLCS.
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9-10 pm "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" re-airs a 2016 edition with ROBERT PLANT doing songs from throughout his career, from the recent roots music with ALLISON KRAUSS to his LED ZEP rock classics. On KLCS.
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10-11 pm WALELA: LIVE IN CONCERT featuring RITA COOLIDGE, her sister PRISCILLA, and niece LAURA SATTERFIELD, is a 2005 live performance. On KLCS4.
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10-11 pm "FRONT & CENTER" airs a 2016 episode with BØRNS at the Iridium in NYC. On KLCS.
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1:30-2:30 am "PRISON SONGS" is a 2015 Australian "documentary musical" in which inmates express their thoughts and feelings through song. (Think of Johnny cash singing "Folsom Prison Blues" before you blow it off.) On KCET.
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2-3:30 am "JOE BONAMASSA AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL" is a 2009 concert. On KOCE, aka PBS SoCal.
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3-4 am "MUSIC GONE PUBLIC" brings Americana artist NELL ROBINSON in a 2015 edition. On "PBS +."
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3-4 am "FOR THE GENERATIONS" profiles native American musicians including Grammy winners ROBERT MIRABAL and BILL MILLER, and songstress MARTHA REDBONE. A 2009 documentary. On KLCS4.
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3-3:30 am "SUN STUDIO SESSIONS" repeats on KLCS.
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3:30-4 am "BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND" repeats on KLCS.
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4-5 am WALELA: LIVE IN CONCERT featuring RITA COOLIDGE, re-airs. On KLCS4.
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4-5 am "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" repeats on KLCS.
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5-6 am "FRONT & CENTER" repeats on KLCS.
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Part Three


WEEKEND FESTIVALS


A local (Sunday-only) fest first; a Northern Cal fest (running all weekend) follows...
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Sun, Oct 23:
4:30-8:30 pm "THE CLIMATE REVOLUTION TOUR" arrives in L.A. as a star-studded flagship event, with music by OZOMATLI, GABRIEL MAYERS, and the LA RIVER CHOIR, and speakers SHAILENE WOODLEY, ED BEGLEY JR., KENDRICK SAMPSON, GREG PALAST, FRANCES FISHER, YAHNE NDGO, NICHOLAS GONZALEZ, and JOSH FOX, at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park, 2230 W 6th St, Los Angeles 90057.

Celebrities, activists, and concerned citizens (who love a good dance party) join up as Academy Award-nominated director JOSH FOX brings his "Climate Revolution Tour" to MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. In addition to the guest speakers and the concert, there's a screening of Josh Fox’s latest film, "HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE."

The focus of the Climate Revolution rallies is to inspire engagement and activism around climate change and "the intersectionality" of climate change and social justice, helping to arm people with information they need to protect and empower their communities.

The Climate Revolution Tour launched the week of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where hundreds of people came out to Vernon Park for the rally-concert-screening event. (Including all the pre-approved convention volunteers denied access because they were Bernie Sanders supporters.) Since then, thousands of people all over the United States and Europe have turned out to see this very important film and hear from the man who has gained his notoriety in the climate movement thanks to his exposure of the very real dangers of fracking in his movies "GASLAND" and "GASLAND 2."

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the extraction of natural gas from deep in the ground by blasting water and chemicals under extremely high pressure, and Fox’s crusade against the technology began when he was offered $100,000 by an energy company to let them explore for natural gas on his land in Northeast Pennsylvania. After doing his own research, he not only turned down the energy company, but he made it his mission to expose the technology for what it is, not cleaner alternative to oil and coal, but another dirty extraction process which comes with its own host of dangers and risks.

In direct contradiction of the First Amendment , DEIA SCHLOSBERG, the producer of "How to Let Go and Love," was arrested while documenting the shutdown of five major pipelines by environmental activists. She was there as press, and did not participate in the shutdown. She is currently being held in jail in Walhalla, North Dakota, and her footage has been confiscated. She is threatened with 45 years in prison.

“Journalism is not a crime, it is a responsibility,” says JOSH FOX on Schlosberg’s arrest. “The actions of the North Dakota police force are not just a violation of the climate, but a violation of the constitution.”

SHAILENE WOODLEY, who was also arrested recently in North Dakota while protecting the local water supply and protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, will speak about her experience and more at the Climate Revolution event on October 23. Preceding the rally, there will be a march in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline hosted by the American Indian Movement Los Angeles. The march will start at MacArthur Park and go from 6th Street to Olympic Boulevard, then to Alvarado Street, and it wiconclude back at the park just as the Climate Revolution rally kicks off. Co-hosting both the march and the rally is California for Progress, an organization that continues to give light to the important issues of our time with large-scale events meant to keep the public awake and involved.

More:
Info about the March: https://www.facebook.com/events/908376359306200
Info on the Rally-Concert-Screening event: https://www.facebook.com/events/307954262913660
And: #ClimateRevolution #UpToUs #HowToLetGoAndLove #NoDAPL #CAforProgress


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Thu-Sun, Oct 20-23, Festival in Northern Cal:
Annual "HANGTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL" is family-friendly and still quite good, in Placerville. With THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, RAILROAD EARTH, THE BROTHERS COMATOSE, HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES, WHISKEY SHIVERS, and the great JOE CRAVEN in the huge lineup, this one warrants a road trip.

One part of it, "The Halloween Hangtown Ball," takes place with the rest of the event in the Sierra foothills, with a wide variety of musical experiences and artist collaborations. There are late night shows, costume themes and contests, parades, food, wine, an arts & craft faire, a Kidzone with family activities such as pumpkin carving with members of Railroad Earth, and much more. Yes they have camping available.

The full 2016 LINEUP:

Railroad Earth
Medeski Martin & Mad Skillet
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe performs Prince’s ‘Dirty Mind’ featuring Angelo from Fishbone
The Infamous Stringdusters
Oliver Wood with Jano Rix & The Hangtown Allstars
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Incidental Animals
Boombox
Steve Kimock & Friends
Pimps Of Joytime
Carolyn Wonderland
The Brothers Comatose
TAUK
Twiddle
Dead Winter Carpenters
Pink Talking Fish
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Whiskey Shivers
Euforquestra
Achilles Wheel
Gipsy Moon
The Kitchen Dwellers
Rabbit Wilde
The Drunken Hearts
Ideateam
Swamp Zen
Joe Craven

Full info: http://hangtownfestival.com


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MORE COMING, INCLUDING THE REST OF THE WEEKEND MUSIC SCENE


'Til then, there is the legal stuff 'n such...

Boilerplate? Where's the main pressure gauge? And the firebox?
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