More About WRFL's week-long music festival
WRFL 88.1FM has been educating Kentuckians with our extremely diverse and eclectic programming for over 20 years!
Pezhead
Snow Monster
Rakadu Gypsy Dancers
Dewali Dancers
The Health & Happiness Family Gospel Band
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What is Alternative Music Week?
"Alternative Music Week" is resurrected nomenclature, pulled from the bowels of WRFL history. In 1988, six months after first hitting the airwaves, WRFL-FM sponsored its first Alternative Music Week by bringing six alternative music groups to Lexington for a week of concerts. All different styles of music were represented, appealing to just about every genre-loving music fan. The bands that performed during that inaugural event did so out of support for WRFL, feeling that it was vital to have a station that provided exposure for alternative and local bands. And now history repeats itself 20 years later. The Alternative Music Week is a collection of musical and artistic talents who have agreed to participate in a weeklong of charity benefits around Lexington to raise money for the wattage upgrade recently approved by the FCC. The groups, as those of their predecessors 20 years before, believe in WRFL and would like to see them widen their listening audience.
WRFL, CD Central, & The Dame present the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at 9pm at The Dame (156 W. Main St.). Cover charge: $20. This band from California plays psychedelic, blues-meets-indie rock'n'roll. Catch them earlier in the day for a rare acoustic jam session at CD Central (377 S. Limestone) at 3pm.
WRFL and The Shrieking Shack (503 Oldham Ct.) present a benefit from 6-7pm with performances by The Seedy Seeds, The Iron Mikes, & Smutty Nose. Cover charge: $3. Also on Sunday, WRFL and Theo Edmonds present "The Show", a one-hour rock/folk opera that will immerse the audience in Lexington's creative culture, a demonstration bronze pouring, and live performance art by Theo, all at Tuska Foundry (248 Walton Ave.). Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults.
WRFL & the Jazz Arts Foundation present a benefit at Natasha's Bistro (112 Esplanade) at 9pm featuring internationally acclaimed jazz violinist Zach Brock. Cover charge: $15 *
WRFL's benefit concert "Boost the Power - Build the Tower" at Kentucky Theatre (214 E. Main St.) at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm). Cover charge: $10. Hosted by local comedian Ross "The Sauce" Duncliffe, five local bands will perform. They are, with their musical genres, Some Other Meanness (alternative country), Old Vine Street Social and Pleasure Club (New Orleans funk), Soul Patch (original blues), The Blue Dawg (bluegrass), and the UK Graduate Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Raleigh Dailey.
WRFL and Al's Bar present a bluegrass benefit at Al's Bar (corner of 6th & N. Limestone) featuring 23 String Band, the Downtown Country Band, Brother Barrett, and the Rainjunkies. Show starts at 9pm. Cover charge TBA.
WRFL presents an alumni photography exhibit in the Cat's Den on the ground floor of the UK Student Center. Lexington Indie band, The Yellow Belts, will perform at 8:30pm at the reception. Also, later that night, WRFL & Al's Bar present "Radio Vaudeville" featuring performances by The Mezmer Society from Ashville, NC, Rakadu Gypsy dance, and music by The Swells. Cover charge: TBA.
WRFL's FreeKY Festival atop the Downtown Lexington Transit Center (corner of High St. and Martin Luther King Blvd.) from 11am-11pm. Admission is free.
WRFL & the Lexington Art League host the All-WRFL Picnic and Potluck at the Loudoun House (209 Castlewood Dr.) from Noon-4pm featuring performances from Half-handed Cloud and Lake. Admission free. Bring a dish.