August 05, 2005
Buena Festa(s)
Tell your constitution to buck up: it's high festival weekend, and you may soon be drinking lots of beer. Not only at the Strassenfest , where you can chase your souvenir stein of pilsner with a ride on The Zipper, but at the Tap Room's Schlaffenfest, where rumor has it that they will be offering haircuts performed by a barber who specializes in mullets. Even better, the fest benefits KDHX and the band lineup includes the excellent Good Griefs, whose drummer Maggie St. Germaine once told me (very sagely) that "rock 'n' roll is NOT cheesy."
But pace yourself: there's another festival this weekend, one that might get easily drowned out during a weekend rich with air-guitar showdowns, toilet-seat horseshoes, potato pancakes, tubas and spry old guys in leiderhosen (not to mention beer, beer and more beer). Tomorrow night the Way Out Club presents WOW! Fest (that's Women of the Way Out, for those of you not endowed with psychic powers). Four local girl bands are on the docket, with proceeds going to Let's Start, an local nonprofit that assists women transitioning from prison life to living on their own. On the docket: Maid Rite, Reigning Heir, That's My Daughter and the beautifully monnikered Bitch Slap Barbie. Just a $5 donation at the door, and remember: you can drink beer at WOW!Fest, too.