If you’re in LA Labor Day Weekend, I can’t imagine anything better or more fun to do than checking out the F Yeah Fest and LA Scavenger Hunt. Easy enough, just read everything below. Should be amazing.
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THE LA SCAVENGER HUNT:
Here is a list of a few of the prizes for the winning team of the scavenger hunt. We are serious when we say that this will be the best day of the summer.
* $500 cash
* 1hr to play whatever you want on KXLU (88.9fm in Los Angeles) on Friday, September 5th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm. Thank you Matt from KXLU for making this happen.
* The opening slot on Mess With Texas 3 + $200 cash to get to Austin to perform. Mess With Texas is a free party that takes place during SXSW. This past year the Breeders, NOFX, Simian Mobile Disco, Lucero and Islands were amongst the bands that played to over 20,000 in attendance. I organize the event with two friends. Your band or a band of your choice (your best friends band) get to play.
* 10 new cds every month for an entire year from Finger Prints Music, which is the best record store in Southern California.
* The largest whiskey bottle known to man. Actually, it’s not the largest but 5 gallons is big and if the winners are underage they will get a keg of crystal clear pepsi or fruit punch.
Here is some information about the scavenger hunt:
The hunt will take place on Sunday, August 31st. It will start at 2pm at the Echo Park Lake and will end at a location in downtown LA at 7:00pm. The hunt is all ages, open to the public and cost $8 per person to participate.
The list for the hunt is made up of 100 items. Each item is worth a certain amount of points. The team with the most points at 7:00pm wins the grand prize. Teams are made up of 2 to 5 people. Each team must have a name. Your team should be like one of the gangs in the movie, the Warriors. Wear matching uniforms (this is not necessary but HIGHLY recommended), face paint, and make sure to scream a lot.
Items & Points:
Here is an example of some of the items that were on the list to the last scavenger hunt.
* Everyone on the team gets cornrows and extended fingernails. Must be real cornrows.
* One Person on the team getting a flat top with their name shaved into the back of their head.
* Life size cut out of Eazy E.
* Gay Porno magazine pre 1987
* Photograph of team member kissing a stranger on the lips. 50 extra points if they are a senior citizen.
The Cause:
Forty items on the list are material goods that the Union Rescue Mission is in need of. The Union Rescue Mission houses hundreds of houseless families in downtown Los Angeles and is one of the few missions that works with homeless to get back on their feet. With the last scavenger hunt we were able to donate thousands of dollars of material goods and plan to do the same with this year’s event.
THE SCAVENGER HUNT IS MEANT IS FOR EVERYBODY. WE DON’T CARE IF YOUR 14 OR 40. COME OUT AND HAVE FUN. AND AFTERWARDS THERE ARE VARIOUS AFTER PARTIES TAKING PLACE WITH DAN DEACON, POLVO, TRANS AM, PAINT IT BLACK & MORE. CHECK THE SITE FOR MORE DETAILS.
F YEAH FEST 5
DAY ONE: SAT., AUGUST 30th
BANDS
NO AGE
NEGATIVE APROACH
GLASS CANDY
MATT AND KIM
TWO GALLANTS
FUCKED UP
LADYHAWK
DAVID VANDERVELDE
JAPANTHER
PAINT IT BLACK
MIKA MIKO
PAST LIVES (EX BLOOD BROTHERS)
MONOTONIX
HIGH PLACES
DAVID DONDERO
ABE VIGODA
THE STRANGE BOYS
CRYSTAL ANTLERS
TRASH TALK
MANNEQUIN MEN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND
BEST FWENDS
TRIUMPH OF LETHARGY SKINNED ALIVE TO DEATH (MEM. OF MURDER CITY DEVILS)
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
RUMSPRINGA
ANAVAN
PREACHER AND THE KNIFE
BROTHER READE
MICHAEL RUNION
TOD ADRIAN WISENBAKER
SILVERGHOST
WAR TAPES
FRANK FAIRFIELD
GRAHAM FOREST
NODZZZ
60 WATT KID
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM
DIMITRI COATES FROM BURNING BRIDES
WITCH HATS
+ A FEW MORE
PLUS DJ’S
DUBLAB SOUNDSYSTEM
DENNIS OWENS FROM GOOD FOOT
RUSTY LAZER
COMEDIANS
BOB ODENKIRK
JEFF GARLIN
KYLE KINANE
JONAH RAY
MATT BRAUGNER
JOSH FADEM
MATT BESSER
+ MANY MORE TBA.
+ Taco Eating Contest.
+ Kissing booth featuring Damian “Sexual Chocolate” Edwards from Crystal Antlers
+ Dance Off.
+ Juggalo face paint
+ so much more
Wear a Halloween costumes. It’s summer. Life rules.
At the Echo, EchoPlex, Rec Center + 1 more location.
Doors will be 3:00pm & tickets are $18. The fest is all ages.
http://www.myspace.com/fyeahfest
DAY 2: SUN. AUGUST 31ST
LA SCAVENGER HUNT
INFO ABOVE.
After the LA Scavenger Hunt
Sunday, August 31st
DAN DEACON
KYLE MABSON
@ LOCATION TBA & IT’S A SECRET
$6 with hunt. $9 without / 8:00pm sharp / All Ages
Dan is flying straight from Ireland to play this show. For real. His flight leaves at 10am on Sunday, August 31st from Dublin, lands in LA in the afternoon and then goes straight to the show. This will be more epic than Woodstock 99!
Sunday, August 31st
POLVO
TRANS AM
THE DRONES
@ the EchoPlex
$12 with hunt $15 without / 8:00pm / All Ages
Sunday, August 31st
Special Guest Headliner
PAINT IT BLACK
FINAL FIGHT
BROKEN NEEDLE
@ 6th St Warehouse
$8 / 7:00pm / All Ages
AND WE ARE HAVING A PRE PARTY AT THE GLASSHOUSE WITH ONE OF OUR FAVORITE BANDS, THE MELVINS!!!!
Friday, August 29th F YEAH FEST PRESENTS:
THE MELVINS
NEGATIVE APPROACH
BIG BUSINESS
@ the Glasshouse 200 W. Second St. Pomona, CA 91766
$16 / 7:00pm / All Ages
Note: This show is almost sold out. We highly recommend buying in advance.
INCASE & F YEAH FEST:
F Yeah Fest has teamed up with Incase for a project to raise money for 826LA. We will be screen printing shirts & tote bags onsite at the festival on Saturday August 30th and will be taking donations, all of which will be given to 826LA. There will be artwork by five well known artists to choose from.
Here’s how it will work:
You choose the design.
You choose the color.
You help kids learn.
It’s that simple. Thank you to Article 1 clothing for donating the shirts for this project and Incase for making this happen.
And we’d also like to give a shout out to the following for helping make this year’s fest happen.
Finger Prints Music – http://www.indierecordshop.com
Video Thing – http://www.videothing.com
Article 1 Clothing – http://www.article1.net
Microcosm Publishing – http://www.microcosmpublishing.com/
Family Bookstore – http://familylosangeles.com
Secret Headquarters – http://www.thesecretheadquarters.com
826LA – http://www.826la.com
JAX ART – http://www.jaxart.net
Cafe Bustelo – http://www.bustelocool.com/
Sean Agnew & the Philadelphia Eagles
7 -11 for making the Dr. Pepper Slurpee
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS:
Tickets for the LA Scavenger Hunt are on sale at – http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/08/13/on-sale-now-la-scavenger-hunt-tickets/
Tickets are on sale for the fest at http://www.ticketweb.com tickets for both events can be purchased at the locations below.
Secret Head Quarters
3817 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90026
(323) 666-2228
Note: Only location on the east side to get tickets. In Silverlake near Hyperion in the junction.
Headline Records
7706 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 655-2125
Note: Next to Fairfax High School on Melrose.
Family Bookstore
436 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.782.9221
Note: Between Beverly & Melrose. Next to the old Club Largo.
Vinyl Solution
18822 Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 963-1819
Note: Only OC location to purchase tickets.
Soundsations
8701 La Tijera Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 641-8877
Note: Near LAX and just south of Santa Monica.
Finger Prints Music
4612 E 2nd St,
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 433. 4996
Note: In Belmont Shores. Where I work.
It’s funny, for all the shows that come through New York, especially Williamsburg and Green Point, I feel like there’s never anything I really want to go to. Maybe its because some of the bands that I really like don’t play NYC because its too big of a market, and the bands that are big enough to play here play really big venues so that’s not fun either. Then, all of a sudden, there’s a weekend like this that just can’t be denied. I’ve counted 9 shows this weekend that I’d like to be at. I’ll probably make 3, maybe 4, but 9 shows. 
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