Harvest Festival this coming Saturday!

[harm-city-heart.livejournal.com]

Saturday, October 9th
1 p.m. - 10 p.m.
@ The Armory
191 Highland Ave
Tickets start at $20
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117508

Update: The first two sessions will be between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.; the final headlining set will be between 6 and 10 p.m. So, you can go to HONKfest! and still catch the main event!

Take a break from the HonkFEST festivities and stroll over to the Armory for an afternoon of local talent! Harvest Fest 2010 is an annual fundraiser and festival sponsored by Somerville Local First, a nonprofitnetwork working to build sustainable local economies. Held at Arts @ The Armory, Harvest Fest brings all things cool and local: beer, wine, music, art, fashion and food for one of the best parties of the year.  Drink local craft suds (Pretty Things, Rapscallion, Berkshire Brewing) and gorge on small bites from area restos like Foundry on Elm, Ronnarong Thai Tapas Bar, Pizzeria Posto, and Redbones. Entertainment will be held in three chunks throughout the day:

Session 1: “Somerville Rocks”
Music from:
Harvest Fest 2009 performer One Fine Morning 
and
Precinct mainstays The SEA MONSTERS.

Session 2: “Local Is The Future”
DJ David Day, Editor of Boston’s Weekly Dig, Co-Founder of the Together music festival, and Co-Producer of Speaking in Code.
and
Fashion performance featuring SLF Members poor little rich girl and Artifaktori and managed by local fashionista Ariana Paoletti (aka Deconize & DJ Volvox of Basstown Productions).

Headlining performance:
The Zebbler Encanti Experience, a cutting-edge music/visual collaboration
with dazzling aerial performances by:
Jill Maio of Aircraft Aerial Arts
Teresa Kochis of Overhead Arts
Rachel Stewart of Esh Aerial Arts
Phil Servita and Liz Manicatide of Aerialchemy
Marci Diamond
Julia Jerome
Mary Langlois

Comments

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

It seems like "Is this the weekend of Honkfest?" should go into early planning decisions for this kind of thing!

You're not alone -- the city is also planning a potluck at Hodgkins-Curtin park Saturday at noon, same time as the opening ceremonies over at Seven Hills.

:-/

[harm-city-heart.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm just one of the aerial performers, and I was, until a few days ago, under the impression that it was an evening thing. Now I'm still psyched about the show, but bummed that I'll miss HONKfest. Le sigh. At least they're basically down the street from each other...

[ron_newman]

Are you performing at both sessions? If not, there's plenty of time to go to Honk during the session you're not performing at.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I suspect there are enough people to go around, and unless you really needed 12 hours of HONK!, it's not too hard to attend both this and that.

And I can personally vouch for the awesomeness of a bunch of these folks, including the OP! (And not just because they're my friends -- if I thought they sucked, I just wouldn't say anything. :)