Summer is loaded with big, outdoor festivals of mainstream music, but there are also options for those who want to hear more avant garde and surreal soundscapes. This weekend, check out the 22nd Olympia Experimental Music Festival, Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26 at four venues in Olympia.
Friday, June 24 at Obsidian
8pm: The Giant Worm
9pm: Fidget/Mantle Duo
10pm: WIND TALKERS , featuring music duo Amy Denio and Emily Hay.
11pm: Worshprr
$8 cover. Ages 21+. (414 4th Ave E)
Saturday, June 25 at Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge
8pm: Fischkopf Sinfoniker
9pm: Shoup, Horist Kikuchi Trio
10pm: Bad Luck
11pm: Miserable Monokeys
12am: Four Dimensional Nightmare
$8 cover. Ages 21+. (404 4th Ave)
Sunday afternoon, June 26 at Artesian Well Commons
4:30pm: Cyclopsycho
5:15pm: L.A. Lungs
5:45pm: Dead Air Fresheners
6:30pm: Liquid Letters
Free and all ages! (415 4th Ave E)
Sunday night, June 26 at the Brotherhood Lounge
8:30pm: Derek M. Johnson with Uneasy Chairs
9:15pm: Joshua Plague
10pm: Malaise
10:45pm: Mac Dawg
11:30pm: Creaturing – (feat. members from The Need, Romanteek & Wolves the Musical)
$8 cover. Ages 21+. (119 Capitol Way N)
Olympia Experimental Music Festival
When: Friday, June 24 – Sunday, June 26
Where: Various locations throughout Olympia
Individual tickets at the door. Festival passes are $22 for all three days.