Annual Shenanigans Halloween Contest (Oct. 29th)

Annual Halloween Contest

Saturday, October 29th 9:00pm -2:00am

Shenanigans

Big surprise! Once again, Shenanigans is competing with The Jolly Fox. They will also be having a Halloween Contest, but they are giving away $3,000 instead of $2,000! Maybe The Jolly Fox will see that and match or raise their contest prize money in response. Hopefully, they will keep up the rivalry, because that will mean more MONEY IN THE BANK for some snazzy dressers!

Also, if you go to Shenanigans and wear a costume, then you you will get in for free. They will also have $0.75 wells and dollar longnecks until 11:00am. There will be be drink specials all night long!

It will be a tough choice planning where to party hard this weekend! Be safe wherever you end up! Also, I hope you already have a costume, because stores are running of the good costumes. At least in town. Some are even out of cat ears!

Annual Jolly Fox Costume Contest (Oct. 29th)

Annual Jolly Fox Costume Contest

Saturday, October 29th from 9pm -2am
Ladies free until 11:00pm

CASH PRIZE!

Tomorrow is Jolly Fox's Halloween Contest! The partying begins at 9:00pm and the contest will start at 11:00pm. There will be drink specials all night long and DJ Frizzy will have everyone jamming to some mad beats. Expect "some sick hip-hop/country mixes as well as house and dubstep." Click HERE to see the Official Faceboook page.

They will giving away up to $2,000 in cash prizes. This means that you should put a little more effort into your costume than some cat ears! Good luck and have fun!

Music in the Park: The Last Great Assault (Oct. 27th)

Music in the Park: The Last Great Assault

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Jane Monday Amphitheater

City Hall 1212 Ave M

The Last Great Assault is playing again tonight as a part of the City of Huntsville's Music in the Park Series. The weather is getting a little colder, but that is not a good excuse to skip out on rocking out with this band tonight!

From an older article that we wrote about the band: "The Last Great Assault has played multiple times in practically every music venue in Huntsville and the surrounding areas, and the band was even a part of Warped Tour a couple of years ago. Slumber Party Theater interviewed them in 2008 and it’s still on the Internet! Watch it HERE."

Go check it out!

HalloRAVE at Confetti's (Weds., Oct. 26)

On Wednesday, you can get your Halloween weekend started early at Confetti's (located inside of Shenanigans, at 1548 11th St.).

The guys that brought us Rave for the Cure are throwing a huge Halloween party. There are 3 DJs coming from Houston, plus two of your favorite local DJs. For a list of DJs for this event, see the Facebook event page by clicking here.

The party starts at 9:30p and will last until 2a. There will be free glow sticks, glow necklaces on sale for $1, and Monster energy drink giveaways. A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to Children's Miracle Network. 

White Collar Sideshow with Levi the Poet Opening (Oct. 14th)

White Collar Sideshow with Levi the Poet Opening

October 14th, 2011 from 8:00pm until 11:00pm

Avenue L Coffeehouse

1215 Sam Houston Avenue

Huntsville, TX 77340

Cost: $5.00

 

 (Promotional Photo borrowed from their website)

Avenue L has another awesome show in the works tonight. Starting at 8:00pm, Levi the Poet will be opening for White Collar Slideshow.

I have never heard of these performers until now, but I just watched THIS YouTube video of White Collar Sideshow and I suggest you check it out. I don't know what is up with the pig mask, but it definitely looks like they know how to put on an awesome live show! HERE is their official website.

 Click HERE to learn more about Levi the Poet.

From his MySpace page:

"As a spoken-word poet from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Levi the Poet has spent the last year building up his concert reputation as one of the most honest expressions of wearing your heart on your sleeve. Reaching beyond any sort of genre limitations that “performance poetry” might hold, Levi has incorporated every vocal influence into his presentation, successfully molding each variety into a purely emotive experience, and holds tight to an unrestrained honesty within his “hold nothing back” method of examining life’s deepest questions. Through a heavily testimonial written approach and an intense slam-esque deliverance, Levi has taken an old art and stylized it as his own, creating a passionate art form which captures the relative-yet-relatable longings of the human heart."

GLOW @ Confetti's (Oct. 14th)

Glow @ Confetti's

October 14th, 9:30pm -Close

Confetti's in Shenanigans



(Official Flyer made by OneLove Graphics)
 

Finish off Homecoming Week with some ELECTRONIC MUSIC at Shenanigans! Justin Barber, Zack Cornwell, and Coloton Guetta, some of the guys who helped organize Rave for the Cure, are now putting their energy into tonight’s Glow @ Confetti’s. There will be “nothing but the best in HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE, DUBSTEP, TECHNO, and all other EDM!” There will also be Monster Energy shots to help you keep up with the dancing, LASER LIGHT SHOWS, and glow sticks.

Schedule:

D & Sol -10:00pm -11:00pm
DjKickFlip -11:00pm-12:30pm
PartyHard -12:30pm-2:00pm
DRINK SPECIALS: .75 cent Wells & Domestics and $1 Longnecks till 11
$2 Jose Silver, Skyy, American Honey shots all night

Cover is only $3.00 for those that are 21+ and $5.00 for 18+.

Click HERE to see the official Facebook event page.

AFTERMATH: Sterling Moniker and the Music in Park Series

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending Sterling Moniker’s performance at the Rather Park as a part of the City of Huntsville's Music in the Park Series. It was a nice night for outside music. The air was cool and breezy instead of the normal hot and humid weather we have in Texas 72% of the time throughout the year.

As stated in a previous article, Sterling Moniker consists of five members. You can mostly see them all in the picture below: 

(Miranda Hightower, Charles Herron, DeKeenan Bell, Kevin Lotts (Drums), John Clark) 

(Kevin Lotts--It's hard to take good pictures of drummers, because

 they are usually too cool for the camera and busy ROCKIN' OUT)

I really enjoyed their performance and so did the crowd. Some were even dancing!

Like they informed us before their show, the band played both covers and original songs.  The covers included music by The Beatles, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand, and The Cranberries. The original song that they played was called the "Man With No Name." This song was written by Charles Herron and was inspired by Clint Eastwood. I definitely enjoyed it, and would like a follow up song written inspired by Toshiro Mifune.

Miranda was nervous, but she shouldn't have been because she sang beautifully.

(Miranda Hightower and Charles Herron )

DeKeenan was confident on stage and in the crowd. He was nice enough to smile for the camera.

(Nice shirt, DeKeenan!)

Oh, and there WAS a surprise performance by John Clark of a Hootie and the Blowfish song, which we reported as possibly happening in our previous article.

(John Clark singing some Hootie)

I am looking forward to seeing future performances from this band and attending future Music in the Park Thursdays. I am no musical expert, but my ears definitely liked what they heard from the entire band.

One thing I did notice, though, was that the band ran out of songs towards the end of the set and began doing repeats. Nobody minded because it was a chance to hear favorite songs again, but I hope as these Music in the Park Thursdays continue, that the City of Huntsville might consider is having two bands perform, or even just an acoustic opening act for the headlining band. It is hard for any band to handle a two hour set by themselves.

I talked briefly with Kimm Thomas, The Director of Tourism and Cultural Services. She said that that while Music in the Park is going to end for this year in November, it will be back again next February and run throughout the spring. This series will hopefully be a regular event each year.

One of the goals that the City of Huntsville has with the Music in the Park Series is to promote the 2^nd Annual Town Creek Music Festival. We wrote about this year’s Town Creek Festival HERE.

This year’s Town Creek Music Festival was a learning experience for the City of Huntsville. Next year’s festival will most likely be in a smaller venue. The location they are currently thinking of is the Town Creek Park behind the City Hall building, because there is already a stage, lighting, etc.  built into that location. All of those things had to be built or set-up at the Eastham-Thomason Park (the location they held the festival at this year).

 

It will also be easier for them to select bands for the festival next year, because they are now working with multiple bands thanks to the Music in the Park Series.  The biggest problem they have is getting the word out that the Music in the Park even exists.
We will do our best to spread the word for both the Music in the Park series and the Town Creek Music Festival, because we love seeing more music venues for local artists. Huntsville has a lot of talented artists, and so it is exciting when there are new venues for them to perform.

Hopefully, Sterling Moniker will perform at the Town Creek Festival next year with even more original songs or even again for the Music in the Park Series. They are definitely a crowd favorite.
Visit our Facebook page HERE to see more pictures from this event.