Events

[INFRINGEMENT] By the time you read this, the 2016 Infringement Festival will be into its second week, and if you’re a glass half full kind of guy like me, then you’ll realize that there is still much more infringing to be done. Here we’ve listed some of the more notable events happening this week but, as always, we encourage you to sift through the Infringement Festival schedule, which can be found in its entirety here. 

 LOCUST STREET ART EXPOSÉ 
Thursday, August 4​ / 2pm-7pm, 
Locust Street Art, 138 Locust Street

This all day event features more than a dozen artists and musicians and takes place at an art space that’s been active for almost 60 years. The Locust Street Art Expose at the Locust Street Art gallery on the East Side is one of Infringement Festival’s bigger events and features art of all kinds—from music to crafts and visual art too. Highlights include Scantron, Dope Collective, My Rap Name is Alex, Bagel Jesus and more. Stop by the Locust Street Art gallery between 2pm and 7pm on Thursday and you’re bound to see or hear something you’ll enjoy. 

 INFRINGEMENT FESTIVAL MASQUERADE BALL 
Friday, August 5
Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen Street
The annual Infringement Festival Masquerade Ball takes place at Nietzsche’s on Friday, August 5. Come from the freaky costumes, stay for the music from Pangea, Sitar with World Groove Loops, Muggle Snuggle, Erica Wolfing — The Ice Dragon, Bleu & Green, Chucks, and Shattered Glass. $5 gets you in the door, $3 with a costume. A companion masquerade party will be happening at Milkie’s at the same time, with music from Autoverse, Grace of Faults, FairLight, the Seasides, and Boudoir Noir, so if you’re already dressed to impress, you might as well hit both. 

 PIPE DRAGON MEMORIAL EXPO 
Saturday, August 6 / 6pm 
Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk
In the 1980s a collective of artists, musicians, and students got together to open an underground club in Buffalo, which they called the Pipe Dragon. This underground club located on Ellicott at Huron, where places like Tappo and Big Ditch now call home, was a precursor to alternative venues like Soundlab and the Vault, and for this reason local artists and musicians today still pay homage to the Pipe Dragon. This Saturday, the tradition continues with the fourth annual Pipe Dragon Memorial Expo, featuring Silent Piece, Severed Fingers, Pam Swarts, Winged Larva, And How!, Blood Funnel, Lifemusik mit Andre, Be Locust or Alone, and Bad Ronald.

 INFRINGEMENT CLOSING DAY PARADE AND CLOSING CEREMONIES 
Sunday, August 7 / 8pm 
Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen Street
Sunday, the final day of the Infringement Festival, will be dominated by Closing Ceremonies and related activities. The Closing Ceremonies is the Infringement Festival artistic de-briefing in a sense. Much of the crowd at this show, which takes place at Nietzsche’s, is made up of artists who vote for their other favorite artists in the form of the Iffy Awards—paper plate and sharpie award statues of sorts. Of course, plenty or random infringers show up, too. And there’s also music—an eclectic variety at that. Belle Chapo, FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy, Touch and Go, Circular Logic, AJ Jordan, and Blue Lazer will all take the stage to kiss the 2016 Infringement Festival goodbye. The ceremony will be preceded by the Infringe on Infringement Closing Day Parade, which begins at 7:45 and will run from Ol’ Wondermoth to Days Park. If you show up even earlier than that, check out the Holley Farms Mini Megafringe event in the Holley Farms parking lot across the street.