Since last week’s press conference, Ypsilanti has been in the grip of Totally Awesome Fest fever. You can’t leave your home, it seems, without getting tangled up in drunken beard, wet lips smacking against your ear, speculating as to what Patrick Elkins may have up his sleeve this year. Well, earlier this morning, a bit more was revealed, as the following list was stuck to my front door with clove chewing gum, Martin Luther style, along with the following image warning me not to share it. (I suck at keeping secrets.)
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
Ypsilanti:
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. City-Wide Egg Hunt
TBA:
12:01 p.m. Secret Brunch in the Woods
Water Street Commons (River St. & E. Michigan Ave.):
6:00 p.m. Potluck
7:00 p.m. Jo Pie Whyld
7:30 p.m. Joey Molinaro
8:15 p.m. Amanda Krugliak
9:00 p.m. Patrick Elkins presents: “The True Love Story of the Wizard & the Swamp Witch”
MONDAY, APRIL 21
Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave. Branch (229 W. Michigan Ave.):
9:00 p.m. Ypsilanti Library-To-Library Walking Tour w/ host Mark Maynard
Poetry Eating Contest & Pie Reading Competition to follow at Water Street Commons Library
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
Electric Waterfall Castle (308 Washtenaw Ave.):
Doors at 9:00 p.m.
10:00 – 11:00 p.m. “Taco Tuesday Noize Nite”: one hour of simultaneous performances in each room of the venue (with snacks TBA) featuring Andara, Chemical Valley, Croidoid, DJ Homonormal Park, JAV, Magic Markers, MC Trashpedal, Ooze Dude, Princess Xanthipe, Thom Elliott, and more!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
Voss Acres (4847 Merritt Rd.):
9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Outdoor Film and Pizza Pajama Party. Local films including “Telepathic Telephones“, Totally Awesome Fest 10: Totally Awesome Week Press Conference (Extended Director’s Cut)”, and “Surprise in the Woods” will be shown and free pizza from Voss’s Zas will be served.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
The Ugly Mug Cafe (317 W. Cross St.):
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Totally Awesome Patio Party
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
VG Kids (884 Railroad St.):
5:00 p.m. Happy Campers
5:30 p.m. Curtains
6:00 p.m. Creode
6:30 p.m. Oak Openings
7:00 p.m. Juniper Baby
7:30 p.m. Shells
8:00 p.m. Snesi
+ Live Painting organized by Community Rebirth
+ Ben Miller’s Take-Home Fashion Show
Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington St.):
9:30 p.m. Ministry of Boredom
10:00 p.m. Lord of the Yum-Yum
10:45 p.m. Minus 9
11:15 p.m. Wicker Chairs
11:45 p.m. Chit Chat
12:30 a.m. Girth
1:00 a.m. Buffalo Coven Party
1:30 a.m. Public Urination
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
Ypsilanti:
12:01 p.m. Totally Awesome Fest 10 Pancake Parade
The Little Weasel House (814 Stanley St.):
1:00 p.m. Dan Florida
1:30 p.m. B.S.R.B.
2:00 p.m. Sam Finch
2:30 p.m. May Pie
3:00 p.m. Dear Darkness
3:30 p.m. Growth Spert
4:00 p.m. Brian R. Tucker
4:30 p.m. Izzy Johnson
5:30 p.m. Vomit Express
6:00 p.m. Nick Painter
6:30 p.m. The Lovelies
+ Live Painting organized by Community Rebirth
+ Ben Miller’s Take-Home Fashion Show
Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington St.):
Totally Awesome Jessie Bott Birthday Party
w/ DJ Buffalo Coven Party
8:30 p.m. Salt City
9:00 p.m. The Dreamland Puppet Troupe
9:30 p.m. Jovantoes
10:00 p.m. Emily Jane Powers
10:45 p.m. Deadbeat Beat
11:30 p.m. Manhole
12:30 a.m. The Real Spicollis
1:00 a.m. The PreMadonnas
1:30 a.m. Unicorn
SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Riverside Park (5 E. Cross St.):
9:00 a.m. Croquet Tournament * Grand Prize: A date with Hollis Coats to Sidetrack Bar and Grill (additional prizes for Best Shades, Best Dressed Pet, and Best Slam Dunk will also be awarded)
The House of Mole (310 Maple St.):
11:45 a.m. Video Games
12:30 p.m. Modern Lady Fitness
1:00 p.m. Stef Chura
1:30 p.m. Annie Palmer
2:00 p.m. Animal Magic
2:30 p.m. The Blob
3:30 p.m. Richard Album
4:00 p.m. Van Houten
4:30 p.m. Weed
5:00 p.m. Sex Police
5:30 p.m. Rebel Kind
6:30 p.m. Man vs. Indian Man
+ Live Painting organized by Community Rebirth
+ Ben Miller’s Take-Home Fashion Show
Woodruff’s (36 E. Cross St.):
8:00 p.m. White Dwarf
8:45 p.m. The Understorey
9:30 p.m. Truman
10:30 p.m. The Jols
11:30 p.m. Nausea Valley
12:30 p.m. Disinformants
From what I understand, millions of Easter Eggs will be left around the City early Sunday morning. They will all include something special, but only one, from what I’m told, will include a map to tomorrow’s “Secret Brunch in the Woods.” The person who finds it will then have a serious choice to make. She can either choose to keep the information to herself, and dine alone in the woods, or she can let the world know… perhaps by leaving a comment on this site, which would kind of make sense given that this is pretty much the official blog of Totally Awesome Fest… a title I will totally disavow should anything terrible happen over the next week. And, speaking of terrible things, I’m told that, among the prizes being left in the eggs will be chocolate tampons.
update: If you want to get a sense as to what the Totally Awesome Fest vibe is like, here’s some footage I shot a few years ago which I think does a pretty good job of capturing it.
update: Here’s a recording of the Ooze Dude / Princess Xanthipe / MC Trashpedal / Sujit Das / P.E. / JAV jam from WCBN’s Local Music Show a few days ago.
8 Comments
I see that Friday’s events end with public urination.
Surprised we don’t have an Ypsi Pooper band yet.
Also, I’m trying to add links where I can, but I don’t know most of these bands. If you do, and there’s somewhere appropriate that I can link to, please let me know.
Totally Awesome Fest always ends with public urination.
Hipster level 120.
Is “Public Urination” a reference to Nathan K?
http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-5295-touring_musician_arrested_for_peeing_in_mason.html
Happy Easter. Totally Awesome Fest is officially on.
http://imgur.com/NGL2Tw9
This looks, well, awesome! Ticked I’ll be gone this week but going to go Easter egg hunting later today.
Tickled to wake up and find an easter egg on my mailbox! If only it had been the brunch one… Oh well, breakfast candy at least.