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Seahollies
to play Road to Rolling Rock Town Fair IV
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 This
is a Battle of the Bands competition at the Cleveland Hard
Rock Cafe to see who will appear at Rolling Rock Town Fair
IV. Seahollies, will be competing against Monkey Love,
Skunkadelic and Defy, Thursday, June 19th. The show starts
at 10pm, however Seahollies time slot is yet to be determined
so be sure to arrive early. Seahollies have arranged an
all inclusive bus trip from Erie to the show and back,
see www.seahollies.com/rtrr for
complete details.
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Zomo
to play Erie Arts Festival
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On
Thursday, June 26th Zomo will
be appearing at the Erie Arts Festival, Main Stage
beginning at 6pm. The
show will be broadcast on live TV - more info on what
channel it will be brodcast on will be coming soon...
The band will also be playing at the Arts Festival's Side Stage on
Saturday, June 28, starting at 3pm.
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PlayErie.com currently
has 118 artist pages with more being added.
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Joceyln
Porter Project CD release party, May 30th
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 Jocelyn
Porter Project invites you to the release of
her new CD "Metaphors & Musings" with
opening act The Fabulous Furry Freek Bros. The event
will be held at the Roadhouse Theater, May 30th at
8pm. Roadhouse doors open at 7:l5 p.m.
BYOB (proper I.D. required). Refreshments available in the coffeehouse
before, during, and after performances.
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Performance
opportunities from the Mayor's Office
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 The
Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs is offering two
performance opportunities for local artists.
Currently they are seeking performers for CelebrateErie 2003, which is
scheduled for August 15-17th.
The other opportunity is Dowtown Fridays which begins Friday, May 16th.
This event will feature live music in Perry Square from 6-8pm every Friday
evening.
For complete information visit our Mayor's
Office page which also includes a printable application for participating
in the events.
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Rock
for Diabetes at Forward Hall, May 9th
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Featuring
The Shindig, East Avenue, Frogtree Gorge Band, Monday
Mourning and Abbey Road. Admission is $5, door open
at 7pm. All proceeds benefit the Erie County Diabetes
Association (excluding beverage sales). This is a 21 & over
show.
Free pizza will be provided courtesy of Little Caesars 38th & Liberty.
Prizes will also be awarded via Chinese Auction donated by ten local
businesses.
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Torn
Curtain CD release party, April 26th
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 Torn
Curtain will be appearing at Scotty's Jazz and
Cigars Saturday, April 26th. The duo will have copies
of their new CD release available at the show, which
starts at 10pm.
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Homegrown
features PlayErie artists
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 Sunday,
April 13th Sammy Stone featured a Homegrown show dedicated
to PlayErie compilation
CD artists. Homegrown airs every Sunday at 8pm
on Rocket 101.
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PlayErie
listening party at the Docksider Friday, April 11th
 Our
first CD, the PlayErie
Compilation CD One features the original work
of 19 local artists in a variety of styles.
An informal listening party featuring the CD is scheduled for Friday,
April 11th at the Docksider from 5 - 8pm. Free pizza will be available
as well as $1 Labatts Blues.
Most of the nineteen artists featured on the compilation will be on
hand for the event and the first fifty people attending the party will
receive a copy of the CD.
The PlayErie online
shop will also be offering a free copy of the PlayErie Compilation
CD One with every order of 2 CD's or more (while supplies last).
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Open
Mic night at Jimmy's Northeast
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April 14th Modern
Luv Child will be hosting an open mic night every
Monday night at Jimmy's Northeast. Come and show off
your talent, or just watch while enjoying the drink and
food specials. If you want to play call 725-9933. Modern
Luv Child are able to provide direct boxes, drums if
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Previous
Artist News
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"PlayErie is a great site for anyone who loves music and wants
to support the local scene in and around Erie as well as a much needed
music resource for the area. It's a hit!" - Chris Vrenna, drummer/producer
for Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins and his solo project, Tweaker."PlayErie.com
takes the dreary out of Erie!" - John Novello, keyboardist extraordinaire
with Niacin featuring Billy Sheehan and Dennis Chambers."Nice! A large
step forward for the music community of Erie & the vicinity. Hats off
to all involved for establishing a much needed outlet in cyberspace for
the promotion and organization of local bands & other performances." -
Joe Travers, drummer with Dweezil Zappa, Duran Duran, Mike Keneally, The
Motels, Lisa Loeb, Missing Persons and keeper of the Frank Zappa tape vault."PlayErie
is one great site! You've given the local music community a stylish, informative
and accessible center. Well done." - Dave Christenson, vocalist for
the Stabilizers and currently North American Manager of Post Production
for Solid State Logic.
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