Troika!

Durham's homegrown music festival, Troika, returns for its annual celebration of local music this weekend. Things kick off with a free show at 7 pm at Durham Central Park on Thursday, featuring The Beast, and Megafaun. From there, things expand to venues all across the city for the 3 nights. Festival passes are 20 bucks for access to all shows, or you can go for a single night for 8 bucks. There are also free early shows at West End Wine Bar (my daughter's band Tea & Tempests is playing there Friday night at 7 pm) and late at Bull McCabe's. Click on the link in the sidebar for a full schedule and info on how to pick up your pass and support Durham musicians.

Melissa Thomas of 307 Knox records will be joining me and Kevin on Shooting the Bull tomorrow night, 7:30pm on WXDU, 88.7 FM. Tune in, and you may be able to score a festival pass for free.

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Pin Projekt

Man, i've been so busy with the Beaver Queen pageant, that i almost forgot tonight is the Pin Projekt fundraiser for Troika Music Festival. Doors at 6:30 at the Pinhook, bidding starts at 8. I've got a couple of pins from years past; don't know if i have the extra cash to bid this year, but Beck Tench's retelling of "Big Lebowski" on a bowling pin looks like it might be worth owning.

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