Sacramento Punk Shows
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MON AUG 3 BLEAKNESS (France) + FALSE FLOWERS (7” release) + EYES OUT + ROSE LYON. 7pm @ CAFE COLONIAL, 3520 STOCKTON BLVD, ALL AGES.
WORDS on GIGS (and barns). The Red Barn Collective has got some good stuff percolating in the back of the barn that is red at the flea market on Folsom Boulevard (between Watt and Howe). I had been noticing some really cool stuff they had going on... www.instagram.com/p/DbR7lbGlMT...
good shows and good flyers on a thursday really solid week for experimetnal music around here
WORDS on GIGS: In a week overflowing with good gigs, there were three particularly phenomenal tours that came to Sacramento last week featuring some of my absolute favorite bands who are taking different approaches to creating fantastic punk and super sonic stuff.. www.instagram.com/p/DbGbfSDlA0...
WED, JULY 22 MILK FOR THE ANGRY + APHIDS AS LOVERS + SERPENTFOOT. 7pm @ CAFE COLONIAL, 3520 STOCKTON BLVD, ALL AGES. STOUT REBELLION. 4pm @ DAVIS FARMERS MARKET, ALL AGES, FREE.
TUES, JULY 21 PIGEON PIT + PROPOLIS. 8pm @ STARLET, 2708 J ST TITANS OF INDUSTRY + FIRST NAME BASIS + TASHOW. 7pm @ AUDIO NERD, 3700 MIDAS AVE, $10. LUCAS GUNN + VASAS + DONALD BEAMAN. 8pm @ BEERS BOOKS, 712 R ST, $10. KELBY CLARK & LIAM GRANT + SAN KAZAKGASCAR DUO. 7pm @ FAULKNER HOUSE.$15-20
Tuesday shows TUES, JULY 14 YEAR OF THE DEAD BIRD + FARLEY CT + VINNIE GUIDERA & the DEAD BIRDS. 7pm @ SMASH, 6412 TUPELO DR, ALL AGES, $15. LOW CUT CONNIE + KATE CLOVER. 8pm @ HARLOWS, 2708 J ST, ALL AGES
MON, JULY 13 URSAWRATH + REEKING SLUG + BEHEADER + MIMIC. 6pm @ AUDIO NERD, 3700 MIDAS AVE, ROCKLIN, ALL AGES. $10. LANA DEL RABIES + TRACE AMOUNT + INSULA ESCARIOT + EX-HEIR. 7pm @ CAFE COLONIAL, 3520 STOCKTON BLVD, ALL AGES
WORDS on GIGS: Sacramento Second Saturday syzygy set it up so 3 fine events happened within 6 or 7 blocks of each other last night. My evening started at the Bike Kitchen’s 20th(!) anniversary party as local gems, The MeGustas, were tearing through... www.instagram.com/p/DatfZ8CD4j...
Spent some time the last few weeks posting “Words on Sounds” - an appreciation of a couple dozen great recordings that have surfaced in the last six months or so. I’ve collected all of them and put them up on the Sacramento Punk Shows website here: www.sacramentopunkshows.com/p/words-on-s...
Words on Sounds - Summer 2026
WORDS on SOUNDS. (Summer 2026, 1/24) M.A.R.C.U.S. - Demo 2026. It is time to catch up on some excellent local releases that have hit my...
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