IU Newsletter #11 - THE BIG 2009 ANNOUNCEMENT

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I'd like to proudly announce ITHACA UNDERGROUND ALL AGES SATURDAYS AT THEHAUNT!!!

Yep, you read that correctly. Starting Jan. 31st, the last Saturday of every month you can mark on your calendar for a great show. Check each show for start time but all shows will end by 10PM (like the Cobra Skulls show in November) to ensure making these all ages, all the time.

You all have really turned heads with your enthusiam and continuing support of underground music. Others in this town are starting torecognize the necessity of encouraging and nurturing what you all have started. I'd like to give a huge shout out to Chris Mazer for his support of all ages shows, DIY, and of Ithaca Underground as a collective group of people, artists, and bands for making this possible.

To repeat, mark 1/31/2009, 2/27, 3/27, and onward on your Calendar for ALL AGES AT THE HAUNT. If there are bands you'd like to see play [especially, but not limited to, acts from the Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse,Binghamton, Albany, Brooklyn/NYC, Philly, Wilkes-Barre and surroundingareas] let me know and we'll see what we can do!

***ATTENTION LOCAL BANDS***-

Any Ithacan or surrounding area band/artist/group on this list, please let me know your availability for the last Saturday of the month so we can start booking bands. These will run similarly to what we have been doing at No Radio - encouraging national acts to play Ithaca and giving local and surrounding area talent opportunity to support. I'm sure there will be dates where it is Ithaca and surrounding talent alone supporting theshow. So please, let me know your availability.

...>>>what does this mean for shows else where??<<<...

We will still be doing basement shows and shows in other spaces as we do now and just as frequently. We wanted to give you all a time and placeyou can count on for a show. Please continue to support these shows just as strongly since some shows we do don't translate well to the size, setup, or location of The Haunt.

Check back for updates as we book for this!!