Weekend Music Preview: Fun Fun Fun Fest Special!

The 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks off tomorrow at Waterloo Park and we hope you’ve been enjoying our artist profiles and interviews. The revelry actually starts tonight! First up, our esteemed music editor Paige Maguire leads a fantastic team of panelists for After The Jump: Following Bloggers Into Mainstream Media, presented by Austin CVB and Transmission Entertainment at Club de Ville on Friday at 7 p.m. Immediately following that, The Mohawk is the place to be for our very own Local Music Is Sexy bash. This year, Brothers and Sisters, The Lovely Sparrows, Leatherbag, and The Eastern Sea do our city proud on the outside stage before Foot Patrol (also from Austin) and a special guest move the party inside at midnight. Club de Ville hosts the soul samplings of the Waxploitation DJs after the aforementioned panel. On Saturday, finish up your day of unending live music with White Denim for a special Exposion release gig at The Mohawk.

Follow the jump for more details on the Fun Fest afterparties as well as information on a few other choice shows in town this weekend!

Kerry Krenzin

GoGirlsMusic.com presents the 9th annual GoGirlsMusicFest this Friday evening at Momo’s. Some of Austin’s most talented female musicians, including Sara Hickman, Breanna Fye, gfire, Ginger Doss, and Shelly Knight, will take the stage at this event that benefits the United Network for Organ Sharing. The Mad Decent Tour featuring Diplo conveniently lands in Austin on Friday. We have been informed that there will be dancing pizza on stage at this show at Emo’s. Diplo recently dropped his first EP in over two years -- purchase Blow Your Head Out on vinyl via Blue Collar Distro.

One of our favorite Central Texas DJs, DJ Jester The Filipino Fist brings the post Fun Fest activities to Beerland on Sunday night. DJ Jester’s beats ‘n’ mixes will precede a special performance by Joe Jack Talcum (Dead Milkmen). We have enjoyed the Jester’s anecdotes in the past -- we recently found out that he was pen pals with Joe back in the day! Legendary stuff!

Fun Fest afterparties:

Friday:

Red 7 -- Keelhaul, Red X Red M, Roller, Rat King (In); secret FFF guest w/ Sista Sekunden (Sweden), Hatred Surge, Blunt Force Trauma (Patio) -- ($10, all ages)

Beauty Bar -- DJ Klassen and Dj Mel (In); Young Love, LAX, Visitors (Patio) -- ($10, 21+)

Club De Ville -- Waxploitation Party -- ($5, 21+)

The Mohawk -- Austinist Local Music Is Sexy party w/ Brothers and Sisters, Foot Patrol, Lovely Sparrows, Leatherbag, Eastern Sea and a special FFF secret guest -- (FREE, no cover, 21+)

Saturday:

Red 7 -- Recover, Consider the Source, Pack of Wolves, Lipstick Terror (Mexico) (In); At All Cost, The Jonbenet, Rory and the Artificial Heart (Patio) -- ($10, half price with FFF wristband)

Beauty Bar -- Devlin & Darko (Spank Rock DJs), DJs Manny/Bigface (In); Tia Carrera, Big Black Smoke, Scorpion Child (Patio) -- ($10, half price with FFF wristband)

Club De Ville -- Peligrosa Sound System w/ Trey Lopez, Orion -- ($5 or FREE with a FFF wristband)

The Mohawk -- White Denim (record release), Dead Confederate, Apollo Sunshine (Patio); Diagonals, Kit, Flying (In) -- ($10, half price with a FFF wristband)

Sunday:

Red 7 -- Drag the River (Chad from All), Wizards Warlocks & Wheeler (Zander of Circle Jerks and Sean of Throwrag), Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast (Scott from All) + special surprise guests (In); DJ Jim Bradford (Patio) -- ($10, half price with a FFF wristband!)

Beauty Bar -- Kutmasta Kurt (Kool Keith’s DJ), DJ Holland, Richard Henry -- ($5 or FREE with a FFF wristband)

The Mohawk -- Girl In A Coma, Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion, Mocktigers -- ($10, half price with a FFF wristband)