Hey Calexico fans, wrassle up yer tie-dye and yer hacky sacks, because Joey Burns and John Convertino have more festival dates booked than you can shake one of those weird/gross sticks hippie dudes try to juggle at festivals at! Okay, okay, so really, the Tucson-based duo and friends have only a handful of festival dates, but what festival dates they are! These are some of the big ones: Bonnaroo and the New Orleans Jazz Fest, for example. And some lesser known gems, too: the Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Fest, Ozark, AR’s Wakarusa Festival, and Tucson’s Festival En El Barrio.
All this in addition to a summer US tour in support of last year’s much lauded Algiers release on Anti-, which will take the band from deepest Indiana to wildest Montreal. The band’s latest release was born in a converted church in — appropriately enough — New Orleans’ Algiers neighborhood, birthplace of legendary jazz musicians, and home to many a warehouse where the city’s carnival krewes dream up and assemble their floats. So magic is in the air there. Trombones, too. Magic and trombones: coming soon to a city near you.
Dates:
03.24.13 - Tucson, AZ - Festival En El Barrio
04.28.13 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
05.30.13 - Ozark, AR - Wakarusa Festival
05.31.13 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre
06.01.13 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival
06.03.13 - Chicago, IL - City Winery
06.04.13 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
06.06.13 - Tarrytown, NY - The Tarrytown Music Hall
06.07.13 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
06.08.13 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met Café
06.09.13 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall @ Babeville
06.11.13 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
06.13.13 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
06.14.13 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
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• Anti-: http://www.anti.com
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