The AYE Music & Art Festival — which was founded in 2006 by adventurous local musician Nick Mitchell (Grasshopper Juice Records/ The Terrors/Chick Pimp/Juan Cosby) — returns to various venues throughout Northside this weekend.
Featuring local and touring musical acts (often with accompanying visuals) representing everything from Hip Hop and Electronic music to AltPop and Indie Rock (plus many genres between and beyond), AYE (“Adjust Your Eyes”) kicks off Friday night and continues through late Saturday, with performances at popular venues like The Comet, Urban Artifact, Northside Tavern, Chameleon, Junker’s and Northside Yacht Club. Local artists appearing at the AYE fest this year include Electric Citizen, K. Savage, WeirDose & Juan Cosby, Tyler Randall of the duo Dawg Yawp, Common Center, Beloved Youth, The Harlequins, Joesph, Fycus, Lazy Ass Destroyer, Freedom Nicole Moore & the Electric Moon and Knotts.
AYE is perfect for “show hopping” to catch a perfect mix of styles and sounds. Many of the events are free, but a few have small cover charges (grab a two-day pass for $8 for the Chameleon Electronica showcases here).AYE has raised thousands of dollars for locally-relevant charities, causes and organizations since its inception. This year, donations and other proceeds go to Women Helping Women.
FRIDAY, JULY 27
Northside Tavern (projections: Bunk News):
9 pm: Tyler Randall of Dawg Yawp
10 pm: The Old Adage (Detroit, MI)
11 pm: WeirDose & Juan Cosby
12 am - Xzela
9 pm - Danbient
9:45 pm - Kill Bill
10:20 pm - Satyr Circle
11:10 pm - POC
12:00 am - Ajoke
Urban Artifact (Sanctuary):
10 pm - Venus
10:30 pm - Supreme Prisms
11:15 pm - Joness
11:50 pm - Devin Burgess
12:25 am - K.Savage
12:55 am - Venus
Chameleon (projections: Supa):
9 pm - Firecat 451, The Example, Meiosis, Brwnbear, & Vusive
Northside Yacht Club (first floor; projections: Phase Melt Digital):
9:30 pm - Yateveo
10:30 pm - Kuber
11:30 pm - Founding Fathers
12:30 am - Common Center
Northside Yacht Club (second floor):
9:00 pm - Sundae Drives
10:00 pm - The Jared Presley Experience
11:00 pm - Rich Wizard
12:00 am - The Kno Nothings
9:30pm - Toon Town
10:30pm - Sack Lunch
11:30pm - Sleepy Drums
12:30am - Beloved Youth
SATURDAY, JULY 28
Northside Tavern (projections: Bunk News):
9 pm - New Moons
10 pm - Joesph
11 pm - The Harlequins
12 am - Pleasures (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
The Comet (projections: Phase Melt Digital):
9 pm - Off The Meat Rack
9:40 pm - Beta Max
10:20 pm - Dracula-Wolf
11:40 pm - Haskell
12:20 am - Lazy Ass Destroyer
Urban Artifact (Taproom):
8 pm - Eva Patterson
8:30 pm - Freedom Nicole Moore
9:05 pm - Slow Glows 9:50 pm - Knotts
10:20 pm - Pout
11 pm - Fycus
Urban Artifact (Sanctuary):
12 am - Vice Ensemble 1
2:30 am - IN2ITIV3
Chameleon (projections: Supa):
9 pm - Jesse James, Tom Reed, & Bit Flip
8 pm - Acarya
9 pm - Econophonics
10 pm - Attalla
11 pm - Troll (Portland, Ore.)
12 am - Electric Citizen
Junker's Tavern:
9 pm - Jared Presley Experience
10 pm - KidDead (Nashville)
11 pm - Spoken Nerd (Nashville)
12 am - TBA
Visit adjustyoureyes.com for more info.
