Are you doin’ the Dale? You should plan on doin’ the Dale. 

https://dointhedale.com/

My guests are Shawn Podgurski (DMen/Sybris) and Dave Hornyak (Livewire Lounge), organizers of Doin’ the Dale, an Avondale-centric music and arts festival happening 2/26-3/1.

We met outside Avondale Tap and talked about the event, which will include (but isn’t limited to) the following:

Thursday 2/26 - Dmen Tap - Art Show

Friday 2/27 & Saturday 2/28 - Livewire Lounge 2 days of music

Sunday 3/1 - Dmen Tap - Craft Fair

This is an exclusively Avondale event - everyone is from the neighborhood. If you’re keeping track, it’ll be (roughly) 15 bands, 7 artists, 7 vendors.

And how’s this for the music line-up? 

Lollygagger, Salvation, Autofobia, Vaudettes, Sharkula, the Sonnets, Reivers, Revel Noise, Freelapse, the Nix, Vince and Lauren, Chancey Brothers, Selfish Lovers, Werewolf Detective, Denim Daisy, Baggy Time

I plan on coming out for some of it, and hope you will, too! DO THE DALE.

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