Las Vegas Weekly

March 11, 2009 · 2 PM

Neon Reverb: complete festival schedule

By Las Vegas Weekly Staff

LA garage rockers Mere Mortals bring pageantry and sonic domination to The Bunkhouse as part of Neon Reverb.

Photo: Aaron Thompson

After a successful inaugural run last September, Neon Reverb is back from March 12 - 15 for another round of alternative, indie, folk, ska, country, rock and punk shows in downtown Las Vegas.

The music festival has mushroomed for its second time around, now featuring around 100 local and national acts at a slew of venues including the Beauty Bar, The Bunkhouse, Thunderbird Lounge, The Freakin’ Frog, The Aruba Ballroom, Las Vegas Country Saloon and The Box Office. Headliners include freestyle gospel rockers Akron/Family, Seattle’s Say Hi, hip-hoppers Themselves and New York punks Japanther, who’ve been known to serenade synchronized swimming clubs.

Passes are available for single shows, single days or the entire festival and range from free to $60, making this home grown festival a lot more affordable that Coachella or Bonaroo.

New to this edition of the festival are early shows at locations like Freakin’ Frog and the Beaux Arts Gallery where you can catch a few acts from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. before heading out for additional shows scattered around downtown. There is also a special Poolside Reverb show on Sunday at Allure Tower where you can relax by the pool, enjoying the sounds of DJ Axis and recalling your fondest Neon Reverb memories.

Here is the complete Neon Reverb schedule. Plan you musically enhanced, downtown-centric weekend accordingly.

March 12

Opening reception with The Petals at The Downtown Cocktail Room:

Who: The Petals

When: 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

Genre: Folk

How much: Free

Playing at the Beauty Bar:

Who: YACHT, Kid Meets Cougar, Ex-Dinosaur, Pan de Sal and Afghan Raiders

When: 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

How much: $10

Playing at the Bunkhouse:

Who: The Shys, Halloween Town, The Lazystars, Hungry Cloud and A Crowd of Small Adventures

When: 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

Genre: Rock, Folk, Indie

How much: $10

Playing at the Box Office (ALL AGES SHOW!):

Who: Eyes Set to Kill, Destruction of a Rose, No Bragging Rights, Ministry of Love, Katsumoto, Joshua Judges Ruth

When: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Genre: Rock, Hardcore

How much: $10

Playing at The Thunderbird Lounge:

Who: Leaving Springfield, Calicos, Rubiks Hotel and Brian Conway Band

When: 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

Genre: Rock

How much: $5

Playing at the Aruba Lounge:

Who: Moksha, Flux, Mango Road and Roadside Prophets

When: 7:30 p.m.-12 a.m.

Genre: Jam Band, Reggae

How much: $8

Playing at the Freakin’ Frog:

Who: Brent Jameson Band, David Quick Band, Sharon Paquette and Tim Catching for a special Neon Reverb edition of Resodence

When: 8:00 p.m.-12 a.m.

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic

How much: FREE

March 13

Playing at the Beauty Bar:

Who: theSTART, The Action Design, Roxy Epoxy and the Rebound, Ministry of Love, and Van Nuys

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Alternative, Indie, Rock

How much: $10

Playing at the Bunkhouse:

Who: Spindrift, Mere Mortals, Black Patterns, Click Bang!, The Ku, and Louise LeHir

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Psychedelic, Indie, Rock

How much: $10

Playing at the Aurba Ballroom:

Who: Akron/Family, Leopold and His Fiction, American Gil & The Major Dudes / Las Vegas Club* and Easysleeves

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Folk, Alternative, Blues

How much: $12

Playing at the Thunderbird Lounge:

Who: Glass Heroes, The Quitters and The Mapes, The Objex and The Dirty Panties

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Rock, Punk

How much: $10

Playing at the Las Vegas Country Saloon:

Who: The Devil Makes Three, The Clydesdale, Stampead, See Me River, and DJ Lucky LaRue

When: 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

Genre: Rockabilly, Country, DJ

How much: $10

March 14

Playing at the Box Office (ALL AGES):

Who: Fearless Fearless, Serene, Undefine, I Am Revolution

When: 6 p.m.- 11 p.m.

Genre: Alternative, Rock

How much: $10

Playing at the Beauty Bar:

Who: Say Hi (...), Telekinesis, The Bleachers and Love Pentagon, Romanteek

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Pop, Rock

How much: $10

Playing at the Bunkhouse:

Who: Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, Black Camaro and Big Friendly Corporation, Transfer and Crash Encore

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Indie, Rock

How much: $12

Playing at the Aruba Ballroom:

Who: The Debonaires, Two and a Half White Guys, Pimpbot, One Pin Short, The Boss City Sounds, The Remedies

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Reggae, Ska, Soul

How much: $10

Playing at the Thunderbird Lounge:

Who: DJ Handgun

When: 10 p.m.- 4:30 a.m.

How much: $10, $5 with Neon Reverb show stamp

Playing at the Las Vegas Country Saloon:

Who: Merle Jagger, Los Duggans, Craic Haus, Quint & The Cowpunk Calamity and Yeller Bellies and DJ Lucky LaRue

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Country, Rockabilly, Bluegrass, DJ

How much: $10

March 15

Playing at the Allure Tower for Poolside Reverb:

Who: DJ Axis and guests

When: 2 p.m.- 7 p.m.

Genre: Dance

How much: FREE

Playing at the Beauty Bar:

Who: Japanther, Themselves, The Tinglerz and The Doodler

When: 9 p.m.- 12 a.m.

Genre: Rock

How much: $10

Playing at the Bunkhouse:

Who: The Blakes, Bee Movie The Band, Dude City

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

Genre: Alternative, Rock, Indie

How much: $8

Playing at the Griffin:

Who: Festival End Party with The Bargain DJ Collective , Rex Dart (Pirate Detective), DJ Aurajin, DJ LadyFingers and more

When: 9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

How much: FREE

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