(Photo above: Ken Doose w/ Lys Mayo of Dead Dads)
This has been a great summer for music festivals in and around Sacramento, if you read this column you already know that. Launch was a success, Punch and Pie Fest was rad, every Friday at Cesar Chavez Plaza felt like a mini-fest with Concerts in the Park, local band ZuhG threw its own fest, American River Music Festival is next weekend in Coloma, Calif., and in a couple weeks the highly anticipated mega-rock-show Aftershock Festival will no doubt shake Sacramento to its core. Here’s another one to add to that list: Bat Guano Fest. Trust us, it won’t be as shitty as it might sound.
“Bat Guano Fest is a two-day event at Luigi’s Fungarden that’s being held to celebrate my birthday and the release of my latest compilation Batshit Crazy,” said Ken Doose, the event’s organizer.
It’s also the unofficial 22nd anniversary for his record label, Bat Guano Productions. Taking place on Friday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, Bat Guano Fest will feature 17 punk bands (five on Friday, 12 on Saturday) hand selected by Doose himself. Bands like The Left Hand, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, Dead Dads, The Walking Dead, Support the Rabid and many others are scheduled to play. The Batshit Crazy compilation will feature 31 bands, most hailing from Sacramento, and is being released as a free digital download available at http://batguanoproductions.blogspot.com/ on Sept. 19, Doose’s actual birthday. A limited amount of physical CDs will be available at the Luigi’s shows as well as at Phono Select.
“Batshit Crazy is Bat Guano’s latest effort to create an audio document/time capsule of the ever-changing Sacramento punk scene,” Doose said.
Friday’s show is only $5 and kicks off at 8 p.m., Saturday’s show starts a little earlier, 3 p.m., and is still only $7. Both shows are all-ages. Happy birthday Ken, and thanks for throwing shows and putting out comps, the local music community appreciates it!
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