October 8, 2007
Giant Homemade Instruments Invade Travis County Expo Center
You may not have noticed, but Maker Faire is just around the corner—less than two weeks away on October 20-21. Among all of the homemade, groovylicious goods, we’re especially excited about the Zimbabwean-style Rattletree Marimba band—playing their gigantic instruments, which are hand-crafted by a band member.
We first saw the group while hauling our sweaty, sticky selves home from ACL. Right there on Barton Springs Road, Rattletree was infusing the Heineken-sponsored, AT&T corporate-ness of ACL with a bit of ye olde Hippie Austin drum-circle / street theater vibe. That made us happy.
While we can’t promise the same alterna-moment we witnessed, who knows what you might see. If you’re into the whole DIY thing as much as we are, it’ll be a transformative experience. Catch them post-Maker Faire at Third Sunday at Barton Springs Pool.
Rattletree Marimba
[MySpace]
[official site]
At Maker Faire
Sunday 10/21 @ 11:20am
Maker Music Stage
Travis Country Expo Center [map]
[tickets]
At Third Sunday at Barton Springs
Sunday 10/21 @ 6pm
Rear Entrance of the Springs
Free!



I was wondering who those guys were after Friday's ACL Fest! They were absolutely magical to listen to as I ate my deliciously cool snowcone (from Sno-Beach, no less, who I'd thought were gone)!
I was planning to go to Maker-Faire too! Yay! :D