WRFL presents Boomslang: A Celebration of Sound and Art
Sept.18 -
27
www.boomslangfest.com
This year marks the third annual installment of Boomslang, a multi-venue festival in celebration of independent music, art and media. Presented by WRFL, the festival will feature music, film, fashion and literary events across a 10-day span, with the music portion of the event culminating over the weekend of Sept. 23 - 25. The weekend's festivities will also include free community "SkillShare" workshops and the inaugural "Queerslang," a separate event under the Boomslang banner geared toward celebrating the local LGBT arts community.
Weekend passes guarantee entry to all Boomslang events ($50/$40 UK students). Many events are free or ticketed separately as well. Tickets and more information available at the festival's website.
Sept. 18
Boomslang and the Kentucky Women Writer's Conference present Stars with Accents: a Literary Celebration, featuring readings by Jane Gentry, Fanonne Jeffers and Sallie Bingham, and a Q&A moderated by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer (7 p.m., Carnegie Center)
Sept. 23
Those Darlins, Scott Carney of Wax Fang, Big Freedia, Miss Cass, John the Baptist (8 p.m. - 2:30 a.m., Cosmic Charlie's)
Cough, Below, They Yearn for What They Fear, Stampede (9 p.m. - 2 a.m., The Green Lantern)
Sept 24
Ty Segall, Woodsman, RC Pro Am, Street Gnar, Pujol and more (Noon - 6 p.m., Bar Lexington)
Pelican, Sir Richard Bishop, Swans, Secret Chiefs 3, Another7Astronauts, Horseback (8 p.m. - 1 a.m., Buster's Billiards & Backroom)
Queerslang presents SSION and MEN (11 p.m., Cosmic Charlie's)
Community SkillShare Workshops (Noon - 4 p.m., Awesome Inc.)
Sept. 25
Julianna Barwick, Hong Shao's Pipa Club, R. Stevie Moore (3 - 6 p.m., Natasha's Bistro and Bar)
Tom Tom Club and Psychedelic Furs (8 p.m., Buster's Billards and Backroom)
Lexington Fashion Collaborative Neighborhood Series (6 p.m., Tuska Gallery)
Sept. 27
WRFL's Sureel Film and the Lexington Film League present the Lexington premiere of "Open Five," a film by Kentucky native Kentucker Audley (7 p.m., Kentucky Theatre).