South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival

This looks pretty good, just heard about it.

All-day music festival in 5 venues throughout South Pasadena.

Tickets: www.southpasadena.net

On the Main Stage ($20)

9:00pm David Lindley
The definition of eclectic, Mr. Dave's combination of American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, and Turkish musical sources is as unique as his collection of polyester shirts. Well known for his many years as a collaborator with Jackson Browne, and leader of his own band El Rayo-X, he has long championed the concept of world music from his groundbreaking work Kaleidoscope to the present.

8:00pm The Nervis Brothers
Louisiana native Eddie Baytos and Nervis Brothers have a unique, horn-driven take on Cajun, Zydeco and traditional 2nd Line styles. Eddie’s high-energy vocals, washboard and accordion playing are backed up by a hard driving rhythm section and a horn section featuring members of Tower of Power.

7:00pm Double Naught Spy Car
Winners of an L.A. Weekly Music Award for Best Instrumental Band, Spy Car's cinematic punk jazz surf instrumental originals featuring lap steel guitar is "your soundtrack to the collapse of Western civilization."

6:00pm Moira Smiley & Voco
Moira Smiley leads an ensemble of extraordinary musicians who share a passion for spreading powerful, emotional music with lush four-part vocal harmony, cello, accordion and banjo. Original improvisation-built songs steeped in Appalachia and Eastern Europe. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. in 2007, VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string quartet.

5:00pm Wahid
Original improvised oud & hand percussion informed by classical Turkish and Greek traditions.


KJazz 88.1 JAZZ STAGE - Free
BurkeTriolo Studio, 538 Mission Street

Jazz music at its modern best, featuring:
2:00pm Tim Gill
3:00pm Mark Hatch Quartet
4:00pm Wonk
5:00pm Elliott Caine Quintet
6:00pm South Pasadena Music Center Blue Mondays Ensemble,
featuring Michael Campagna


NEW AMERICANA STAGE - Free
Fremont Centre Theatre, 1000 Fremont Ave.

6:00 Brad Colerick
7:00 Sally Dworsky

EMERGING ARTISTS IN JAZZ STAGE - Free
South Pasadena Music Center & Conservatory, 1509 Mission Street

Some of most talented, up and coming young artists in jazz music, featuring:
4:00pm The Taylor Plenntet
5:00pm John Egizi Ensemble
6:00pm Max Zooi Quartet


COMMUNITY STAGE - Free
Gold Line Mission Station, 913 Meridian Ave.

Musicians from the South Pasadena Community:
2:00 Minor Trouble
3:00 Pat McIntyre
4:00 Ultimate Outlet
5:00 Cottage Industry
6:00 Floozy
7:00 South Pasadena Transit Authority

ADVANCE TICKETS: www.southpasadena.net