Events
The Final Four Days of Infringement Festival
[INFRINGEMENT] This weekend is the final stretch for the 11th annual Buffalo Infringement Festival. Since the weekend usually begins on Thursday night for many folks in Buffalo, we’ve got the next four days planned out for you right here.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
When work ends on Thursday, Infringement Festival will be in full swing. Start with Barging into the Burch IV, an outdoor sensory trip where artists will make use of the Burchfield Penney’s elaborate outdoor projection system, as well as the cozy stage on the front lawn. At 7pm the Thursday Night Hootenanny begins at the 9th Ward with a slew of folk bands including Folkfaces and the Vine Brothers. Sneak over to Dreamland to view a collection of erotic and fetish-themed artwork at a show they’re calling Wet Dreamland. End the night at either Milkie’s for a hip hop showcase featuring Chuckie Campbell & the Phaction; or the National Cheese Cake Day Celebration at Nietzsche’s with Dark Matter Trio, Brett Cole, chloroform, and more.
FRIDAY, JULY 31
On Friday every major Infringement Festival event is a masquerade ball. That means that whether you’re going to Mohawk Place to see Strange Standard, Manawi Thorn, Tomoreau, Look a Fang, and Guillotine; Nietzsche’s for ish kabbible, My Rap Name is Alex, Governess, Hooked on Casiophonics, Video Beast, Zev, and Jack Toptht, or Milkie’s for BlurrAngels, MatKa, the Finality Complex, DJ Leah, Wood Bois, and JeffRepeater, you’ll be best advised to wear your favorite Eyes Wide Shut mask. Or your favorite Point Break mask. Or even maybe the mask from The Mask. A couple of other Masquerade Ball events will happen simultaneously at the Tudor Lounge and Sugar City as well, so there will be many places to lurk to and fro on Friday night.
SATURDAY, AUG 1
The forecast for Saturday is looking like 90 degrees and sunny, and Saturday’s Infringement Festival lineup is full of fun things to do outdoors. Start with Food Not Brahms in Symphony Circle outside of Kleinhans Music Hall where 11 acoustic acts will play all day (10am-4pm), fueled by a potluck picnic. From there, head to Hoyt Lake for 100 Drums Along Hoyt Lake at 1pm, where acts like the Slyboots Drum Ensemble and Buffalo Percussion Collective will hold the city’s biggest drum circle—which could end up running the entire the circumference of the lake itself. At 8pm, head over to Days Park to catch the BuffaFlow Hulagans’ hoop show, followed by the Hoopnosis Fire Faery flaming hula hoop show. Then head indoors for either Punk Rock Night at Mohawk Place, Journey to Uranus Sci-Fi Costume Ball at Nietzsche’s, or the annual Pirate Party this year at Milkies.
SUNDAY, AUG 1
Sunday night is all about the Closing Ceremonies. Ok, maybe not ALL about–there’s also a whole Sunday Funday full of events like the Open Air Art Fair on Wadsworth Street, followed by Megafringe Movie Montage (also on Wadsworth Street) and of course the infamous outdoor interactive theatre show, Car Stories—but it’s mostly about the Closing Ceremonies. This year the final hurrah will feature beerhall philosophers, Kerry Fey, Ould Pound, Dashuri, the Kerosene Brothers, Volver, and the Minions. As always, the Closing Ceremonies will also include the Iffy Awards Presentation, where attendees vote for their favorite Infringement Festival performers and present those performers with the coveted Iffy Award paper plate with their name written on it in permanent marker.
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