This Weekend in Athens

Get your big kid pants on, 'cuz it's Athfest time. There's so much for each day, you should of course turn to Athfest.com for the full schedule. I'm just going to list the picks I'm familiar with, it would take forever to list everything. Some of this may not be part of AthFest officially, but it's still music around town.

Friday:

Main Stage/Side Stage: Five Eight (7), David Barbe and part of the Quick Hooks (7:40), Dark Meat (9)
40 Watt - Pegasuses-XL (10), Snowden (11), Iron Hero (12), Twin Tigers (1)
Caledonia - Producto (9), Golden Gates (10), Banana Hammock (11), Hayride (12), The Arcs (1)
Casa Mia - Grogus (9)
Cine' - Titans of Filth (11), Cars Can Be Blue (12), The Buddy System (1),
Flicker - Gemini Cricket (10), Claire and Bain's Maple Yum Yum (11), Casper and the Cookies (1)
Georgia Theatre - Venice Is Sinking (10), Folklore (10:50), Contraband (11:30), Velveteen Pink (12:20), Elf Power (1)
Go Bar - Deaf Judges (12)
Little Kings - Paul McHugh (9), Page Campbell (9:30), Druid City (10), Lake City (12), Madeline (1)
The Melting Point - A. Che Why a.k.a. Bob Hay (9), Supercluster (10:30), Sound Houses a.k.a The New Sound of Numbers (11:15)
Nuci's Space - The Winter Sounds (11)
Tasty World - The Help (12), Barefoot Hookers (1)
Allen's - Normaltown Flyers (9)
Athens Arena - (for those outside of town), Bloodkin & Drivin' n' Cryin'

Saturday:
Happy Summer Solstice! The longest day of the year...

Main Stage/Side Stage - Blue Flashing Light (3), William Tonks (3:40), Bill Mallonee (4:40), Dodd Ferrelle (5), King of Prussia (6:40), Spring Tigers (7), Modern Skirts (9)

40 Watt - Centro-Matic (10), A. Armada (11), We Versus the Shark (12), Cinemechanica (1)

Caledonia - Night Moves Gold (8), Mother Jackson (9), Colussus (10), The Dumps (11), Pride Parade (12), Lona (1)
Cine' - Elliott McPherson from The Dexateens (11), Birds and Wire (12)
Downtown Athens Recording Studio - Mikey Dwyer and the Starter Kits (6:30), Sweet Teeth (9:20)
Farm 255 - Count Kellam (10), Vinyl Strangers (11)
Flicker - Timber (11), Still Small Voices and the Joyful Noise (12), The Ones (1)
Georgia Theatre - Sleepy Horses (10), Dancer vs. Politician (10:50), Bloodkin (11:30), GOAT (1)
Go Bar - The Shut Ups (12), Twin Powers (1)
The Melting Point - Hope For Agoldensummer (11)
Tasty World - Betsy Franck (6:45), Jackpot City (10), Thunderchief (10), The Empties (12), Rockinwood (1)
Athens Arena - Clay Leverett, Billy Joe Shaver (he shot a man last year...what happened with that?)

And, the Farmers' Market at Bishop Park and Comer.

Cool gloom permeates this Atlanta band's post-rock new wave vibe. Since signing to Jade Tree Records, Snowden has toured internationally and warmed the stage for such acts as Kings of Leon, Malajube and ¡Forward Russia!.

Sunday:
Look it up at Athfest.com.
And if you couldn't get enough all weekend, there's some more bands (Pride Parade, not sure who else) playing at the SS on Sunday night.

Let the games begin...