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Troika Music Festival, Nov. 5-7
If you’ve been waiting around for months to finally see that great local band that you’ve heard so much about, now’s your chance.
Troika serves as Durham’s own music festival with performances in venues all around Bull City throughout three nights. Some local event sponsors include Merge Records, Duke student-run radio station WXDU and the Durham Performing Arts Center.
This event is affordable (and college-student friendly) with a full-festival pass priced at $20 or $8 for a night. However, if you’re feeling super thrifty, there is at least one free show each night (one Thursday, two Friday and four Saturday).
Rock, Paper, Scissors, a new addition to this year’s festival, features live music, and art from local craftsmen and band merchandise for sale on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Check out the vendor list.[map]
There’s no lack of quality in talent whatsoever, so I’ll take the lazy, yet thorough way out and post the entire schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 7
Festival Kickoff at Durham Central Park (free) [map]
- 7 p.m. The Beast
- 7:45 Megafaun
Backstage at the DPAC [map]
- 8:30 p.m. Ghost Cats
- 9:15 p.m. Humble Tripe
- 10 p.m. The Future Kings of Nowhere
- 11 p.m. Bowerbirds
The Pinhook [map]
- 9 p.m. The Desmonds
- 9:45 p.m. House of Fools
- 10:30 p.m. Aminal
- 11:15 p.m. Max Indian
Duke Coffeehouse [map]
- 9:15 p.m. Molly Bancroft
- 10 p.m. The ExMonkeys
- 10: 45 p.m. EAR PWR
- 11: 45 p.m. Future Islands
Broad Street Cafe [map]
- 9:30 p.m. Regina Hexaphone
- 10:15 p.m. Pink Flag
- 11 p.m. The Dry Heathens
- 11:45 p.m. The Moaners
Friday Nov. 8
West End Wine Bar (free) [map]
- 7:30 p.m. Tea and Tempests
- 7:45 p.m. Liza Kate
- 8:30 p.m. Birds and Arrows
Marvell Event Center [map]
- 8:15 p.m. Ryan Gustafson
- 9 p.m. Wembley
- 9:45 p.m The Proclivities
- 10:30 p.m. Embarrassing Fruits
Trotter Building [map]
- 9 p.m. The Huguenots
- 9:45 p.m. Brett Harris
- 10: 30 p.m. Hammer No More the Fingers
- 11:30 p.m. Gentleman Jesse & His Men
- 12:30 a.m. Dex Romweber Duo
Duke Coffeehouse
- 9:30 p.m. The Ringing Cedars
- 10: 15 p.m. The Pneurotics
- 11 p.m. I Was Totally Destroying It
- midnight Birds of Avalon
Broad Street Cafe
- 9:45 p.m. Jews and Catholics
- 10:30 p.m. Whatever Brains
- 11:15 p.m. Dirty Little Heaters
- 12:15 a.m. Pipe
Bull McCabe’s (free)
- 11:30 p.m. All Your Science
- 12:15 a.m. Beloved Binge
Saturday, Nov. 9
Rock, Paper, Scissors at Trotter Building (free)
- 12:30 p.m. Three Days in Vegas
- 1:30 p.m. Tin Star
- 2:30 p.m. Mount Moriah
West End Wine Bar (free)
- 7 p.m. Sequoya
- 7:45 p.m. Jasme Kelly
- 8:30 p.m. The Tender Fruit
Marvell Even Center
- 8:15 p.m. Sea Cow
- 9 p.m. Bright Young Things
- 9:45 p.m. Lud
- 10:30 p.m. Luego
The Pinhook
- 9:30 p.m. Veronique Diabolique
- 10:15 p.m. Citified
- 11 p.m. Gray Young
Duke Coffeehouse
- 8:45 p.m. D-Town Brass
- 9:30 Veelee
- 10:15 Schooner
- 11:15 Lonnie Walker
Trotter Building
- 9 p.m. The Bronzed Chorus
- 9:45 Maple Stave
- 10:30 The Travesties
- 11:30 Red Collar
Broad Street Cafe
- 9:30 p.m. Dynamite Brothers
- 10:15 Rat Jackson
- 11 The Loners
- midnight The Love Language
Bull McCabe’s (free)
- 11:30 p.m. Butterflies
- 12:15 a.m. Pistil
Check out a map of all the venues (courtesy Troika’s Web site).
If you can’t make it to Durham, head over to the Indy and download some free tracks from festival performers. (If you love free stuff check out Free-cession in the Triangle for all kinds of free activities!)
Can’t get enough Troika here? Follow the festival’s Bullbot and check out his blog.
Written by Elizabeth Lilly
November 5, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Posted in Durham, Festival, live music
Tagged with All Your Science, Aminal, Beloved Binge, Birds and Arrows, Birds of Avalon, Bowerbirds, Brett Harris, Dex Romweber Duo, Dirty Little Heaters, Durham Performing Arts Center, EAR PWR, Embarrassing Fruits, Future Islands, Gentleman Jesse & His Men, Ghost Cats, Hammer No More the Fingers, House of Fools, Humble Trips, I Was Totally Destroying It, Jews and Catholics, Liza Kate, Max Indian, Megafaun, Merge Records, Molly Bancroft, Pink Flag, Pipe, Regina Hexaphone, Ryan Gustafson, Tea and Tempests, The Beast, The Desmonds, The Dry Heathens, The ExMonkeys, The Future Kings of Nowhere, The Huguenots, The Moaners, The Pneuroitcs, The Proclivities, The Ringing Cedars, Troika, Wembley, Whatever Brains, WXDU