The inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival is almost here, party people of the Triangle, and while laying out the official Speakers in Code endorsed track, this guy just got officially giddy for the festivities to begin. I even geeked-out enough to give you a back-up plan just in case the show of your choice is all full and stuff. (I’ve been to enough SXSW festivals to know that you’re never going to see all your A-list people).
So check out the below list and print it off if you’re smart. Looks like we all may want to leave the Black Chukkas at home and opt for some Pumas or something with a bit more arch support instead. Making it to all these shows on time is going to require a bit of dashing, or rickshaw-riding for the wussies.
Also bring this full lineup and map because no matter how well you know downtown, it can get a little overwhelming with thousands of bearded indie-kids running around.
Thursday, September 9th
A-List
8:00 – 9:00 – Ponderosa @ Lincoln Theatre
9:00 – 10:00 – John Howie & The Rosewood Bluff @ Lincoln Theatre
10:00 – 11:00 – Cults @ Tir Na Nog
11:00 – 12:00 – Best Coast @ Tir Na Nog
12:30 – 1:30 – Future Islands @ Berkeley Cafe
Backup Track
8:30 – 9:30 – EAR PWR @ Berkeley Cafe
10:00 – 11:00 – Max Indian @ Lincoln Theatre
11:30 – 12:30 – Javelin @ Berkeley Cafe
12:30 – 1:30 – Akron/Family @ Pour House
Friday, September 10th
A-List
6:00 – 7:00 – The Rosebuds @ Raleigh City Plaza
7:15 – 8:35 – Broken Social Scene @ Raleigh City Plaza
8:50 – 10:00 – Panda Bear @ Raleigh City Plaza
10:30 – 11:30 – Sharon Van Etten @ The Pour House
11:30 – 12:30 – Active Child @ Busy Bee
12:30 -1:30 – Harlem @ Slim’s
Backup Track
6:00 – 7:00 – The Rosebuds @ Raleigh City Plaza
7:15 – 8:35 – Broken Social Scene @ Raleigh City Plaza
8:50 – 10:00 – Panda Bear @ Raleigh City Plaza
10:30 – 11:30 – Harvey Milk @ Berkeley Cafe
11:30 – 12:30 – Bowerbirds @ The Pour House
12:30 – 1:30 – Atlas Sound @ Kings
Saturday, September 11th
A-List
5:50 – 6:40 – The Love Language @ Raleigh City Plaza
6:55 – 7:50 – No Age @ Raleigh City Plaza
8:05 – 10:00 – Public Enemy @ Raleigh City Plaza
10:00 – 11:00 – Dex Romweber Duo @ Slim’s
11:00 – 12:00 – Bear in Heaven @ Lincoln Theatre
12:00 – 1:00 – Washed Out @ Tir Na Nog
Backup Track
5:30 – 7:00 – The Love Language @ Raleigh City Plaza
7:00 – 8:30 – No Age @ Raleigh City Plaza
8:30 – 10:00 – Public Enemy @ Raleigh City Plaza
10:00 – 11:00 – Lonnie Walker @ Deep South
11:30 – 12:30 – Dungen @ The Pour House
12:30 – 1:30 – Woods – The Pour House
Oh and did I mention that’s just the nighttime festivities? Check out the day roster after the jump below. Go ahead and stock up on Advil, coffee, 5-hour Energy, and Gatorade, people. Monday will NOT be a productive day.
Thursday, September 9th
Knox with an X: noon–5 p.m.: With Tea and Tempests, Brett Harris, Phil Cook & His Feat, Shawn Luby, Midtown Dickens, Birds and Arrows, Gray Young, North Elementary. Kings Barcade, 14 W. Martin St. Co-presented by Triangle Brewing Company. Free.
Friday, September 10th
Friend Island: 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.: With Collections of Colonies of Bees (performing their new album, GIVING), All Tiny Creatures, Pattern is Movement, Family Dynamics (ex-Stars Like Fleas), Megafaun (release party for new EP, Heretofore), Breathe Owl Breathe. The Pour House, 224 S. Blount St. Presented by Hometapes. Free breakfast and nachos. Free.
Tamplin’s Last Local Band, Local Beer: noon–5 p.m.: With Cellar Seas, Veelee, Filthybird, Temperance League, A Rooster for the Masses. Tir Na Nog, 218 S. Blount St. Includes record fair featuring local labels. Co-presented by New Raleigh and Aviator Brewing. Free.
Troika Music Festival Presents…:2–5 p.m.: With The Pneurotics, Bellafea, The Beast. Kings Barcade, 14 W. Martin St. Co-presented by Triangle Brewing Company. Free.
Layabout in Raleigh: 1–5 p.m.: With The Wigg Report, Pinche Gringo, Last Year’s Men, John Wesley Coleman III and a special unannounced guest. Slim’s, 227 S. Wilmington St. A Layabout House road show co-presented by Fullsteam Brewery, Nice Price Books & Churchkey Digital. Free.
Oddsac – Only six hours before Panda Bear takes Hopscotch’s co-headlining spot on Friday, Sept. 10, in Raleigh City Plaza, filmmaker Danny Perez will screen Oddsac, the new experimental film by Panda Bear’s band, Animal Collective. The Los Angeles Times recently called Oddsac “a bleakly funny and seriously accomplished riff on a generational reflex to laugh at anything that scares us.”
Galaxy Cinema (770 Cary Towne Blvd., Cary) will host the screening at 3 p.m., and Perez and special guests will then lead a question-and-answer session with the audience. Admission is $5, and giveaways include posters and newly released DVD copies of Oddsac. For more, see www.oddsac.com.
Saturday, September 11th
A Hazy Morning Wake-Up: noon–3 p.m.: With Glissade, The White Cascade. Humble Pie, 317 S. Harrington St. Presented by Deep Space Recordings. Free.
Churchkey III: noon–5 p.m.: With Lurch, Free Electric State, Last Year’s Men, The Dry Heathens, Hammer No More the Fingers. Tir Na Nog, 218 S. Blount St. Co-presented by Triangle Brewing Company. Free.
Local Time: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.: With The Flute Flies, NAPS, The Loners, Maple Stave, Red Collar, Des Ark, The Old Ceremony. In front of Raleigh Times Bar, 14 E. Hargett St. Presented by The Independent Weekly, Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh Times Bar, WKNC-FM 88.1. Free.
Mann’s World: 1–5:30 p.m.: With HOG, Make, Caltrop, Black Skies. Kings Barcade, 14 W. Martin St. Free.
New Raleigh Presents: 1–5 p.m.: The Drughorse Collective. Slim’s, 227 S. Wilmington St. Free.
Trekky Records Presents DAY-DREAM: 2–5:30 p.m.: With Butterflies, Embarrassing Fruits, Sharon Van Etten, Midtown Dickens, Lost in the Trees, special guests Justin Ruggiano. The Pour House, 224 S. Blount St. Free.
Sunday, September 12th
Hopscotch Hangover: noon–until: With Brett Harris, The Spring Collection, Chip Robinson and the Heavy Beat Outfit. Slim’s, 227 S. Wilmington St. Free.