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!