Halloween Costume Party with The Primate Fiasco
Venue: Frank's @ 622 North, Blacksburg
Organizations: The Primate Fiasco
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2016
Time: 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM
Event Types: Music, Miscellaneous
Cost: $8.00
Description:
622 North presents their 2016 Halloween Costume Party with music from The Primate Fiasco on Saturday, October 29, 2016.

Join us for our Halloween Party! Primate Fiasco starts at 10 pm and we will also be doing a Halloween Costume Contest. The costume competition results will be announced in between sets.

Prizes:
• 1st Place: $40 gift card
• 2nd Place: $20 gift card

Don't miss this opportunity to dress up and dance!

To a deaf person, they look like a New Orleans dixieland street band. To a blind person, they sound like a rave DJ mashing-up house beats with 60?s folk lyrics. To the police, it’s a busy day on the sidewalk.

The Primate Fiasco, based in New England, uses instruments that are loud without electricity, giving them the opportunity to attack at any moment, in any location, with or without permission. If The Primate Fiasco sees a dull moment somewhere, they will pop out of the nearest sewer drain or trash can to lead an irresistible dance party.

On stage, the sound is different. This band has pioneered what is possible with mind-bending Accordion, funky pockets of a hyperactive Sousaphone player, and banjo that thinks it’s a Fender Strat. Add lyrics that grab hold of even the most inattentive audience and beats that channel surf like a remote that’s been sat on. The music is always high energy and extremely imaginative. Most importantly, this is fun. People smile from the first beat to the last smoldering ash of what was previously a dance floor.

Following a Grammy-nominated kids album, several conquered jam and electronica fests and stolen hearts at prestigious folk festivals, the Primate Fiasco audience demographic is as diverse as a New York City street.

Primate Fiasco started as a roaming band at a major amusement park. After spending awhile exclusively performing on sidewalks, they headed indoors to try their luck on stage. That simple move allowed singing, which turned out to be the icing on the proverbial cake. Complicated icing, even, as their singer was a successful folk act in a former incarnation that pre-dated the army of brass. Those who listen to lyrics will often get into hour-long discussions about them. The resulting stage shows have since successfully turned music venues inside out, turned festival stages into circus tents and turned random paths or spots on festival grounds into stages.

Links:

• http://www.primatefiasco.com/home.html
• https://www.facebook.com/primatefiasco
• https://www.twitter.com/primatefiasco
• http://reverbnation.com/theprimatefiasco
• https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePrimateFiasco/videos

For more information, visit: http://www.622north.com or https://www.facebook.com/622North or call 540-951-1022.