The BISS List Archives: 08/28/08

Thursday, August 28, 2008

BISS Features 08.28.08 - Hornucopia Festival / Monophonics / Slow Food Rocks

The full BISS list will be out next week. Check the www.bisslist.com for all the show dates until then. Mark your calendar for these featured shows & be sure to check out this week's giveaways!

Upcoming Featured Shows:

Saturday, September 6^th ***WIN TICKETS***

The Hornucopia Festival with Yonas Media and The Jazz Mafia Presents: The Jazz Mafia Summit with The Realistic Orchestra, The Shotgun Wedding Quinte,t The Brass Mafia @ The Rickshaw Stop; Doors 8 / Show 9; Tickets $15 / $17

The Jazz Mafia is one of the rock solid pillars of our great music community. These guys are hittin' it everywhere, continuing to innovate and always raising the bar with awesome live shows. You may have seen the 13+ piece Realistic Orchestra, or Shotgun Wedding Quintet or even the roaming NOLA style antics of the Brass Mafia at a show here and there, but have you seen them all on one bill? On Saturday September 6th a very special Jazz Mafia summit will go down at The Rickshaw Stop, a great room with good sound, a positive vibe and space to get down to this amazing triple bill. Don't be the one to miss the show and hear about it after. It may sell out so get you tix now at: http://www.rickshawstop.com/catalog/

Thursday, September 11^th ***WIN TICKETS***
The Hornucopia Festival with BISS List Presents: Manicato, Monophonics, Kapakahi @ Café Du Nord, 9 pm, $12.50 / $15 - Presented by The Hornucopia Festival
The Hornucopia Festival, a big time celebration of local bands with horns and brass, invites you to kick it with a dream triple bill on Thursday September 11th: Manicato, Monophonics and Kapakahi at the famous Café Du Nord. We're aware that 9/11 is an important day and all the more important to express positivity through peace, music and community. Bring friends and family down to this special night as send out the last daze of summer and these 8 years in style. Si se puede. Advance tickets are on sale now at: http://www.cafedunord.com/, get them now and beat the line.

September 4^th – 14^th

Hornucopia Festival

Hornu-what? You haven't heard about the Hornucopia Festival? It's a brassy
horny beast that's coming your way September 4 - 14 with over 35 horn and brass fueled bands playing 20 soul shaking shows at over 9 venues. These bands are the best in the bay and will play pretty much anything from jazz to afrobeat to salsa to soul, funk and even a punk rock marching Band in the mix. Info, schedule and DISCOUNT FESTIVAL PASSES at www.hornucopiafestival.org. Check out the horniest festival anywhere!

Friday, August 29^th @ 19 Broadway & Saturday August 30^{th @}@ Boom Boom Room, Monophonics

SF Weekly's Best of the Bay award winners, Monophonics, bring a unique blend of old school soul/funk and rare groove. Since coming together in 2005, they have quickly evolved into one of hottest upcoming live instrumental funk bands in the Bay Area. Recognized for their retro sound, style, and approach (primarily inspired by late '60s and early '70s artists like The Meters, The J.B.'s, The Crusaders, and Tower of Power) members of Monophonics continue to rep. the name through performances, sit-ins, and collaborations with local and touring acts in The Bay Area.

Saturday August 30^th& Sunday August 31^st***Get a 50% discount!! Use promocode: FOFN***

Slow Food Rocks 2008 w/ Gnarls Barkley, Ozomatli, The New Pornographers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Lebo (featuring Dan Lebowitz of ALO) Phil Lesh & Friends, G Love & Special Sauce, John Butler Trio, London Street

Fort Mason Center (FMC) is part of a citywide celebration for the Slow Food movement on Labor Day weekend when Slow Food Nation '08 comes to town. Stretching from the San Francisco waterfront to Civic Center, this monumental series of events offers tours, tastings, dinners, educational programs, expert panels, films, and even rock 'n' roll. The goal of all this activity is to get people thinking about where and how they get their food. The Great Meadow at Fort Mason, San Francisco

https://ticketing.festivalnetwork.com 877-655-4TIX (4849) - Get a 50% discount!! Use promocode: FOFN

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See you all at the Shows!

Why?

B.I.S.S.!!!

www.bisslist.com

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Get Paid, Get Tickets!! GET ON THE BISS STREET TEAM!! EMAIL: BISS@BISSLIST.COM

This Week's Ticket Giveaways:

You know the deal! Be the first person to send us a new sign up for the list who WANTS to be added.

Thurs, 8/28/2008 - Afrolicious,Pleasuremaker & Senor Oz Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA http://elbo.com/Calendar.php Show: 10PM
Thurs, 8/28/2008 - Afrolicious,Pleasuremaker & Senor Oz Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA http://elbo.com/Calendar.php Show: 10PM
Sat, 8/30/2008 - Monophonics Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA http://www.boomboomblues.com/ Show: 9:45PM
Tues, 9/2/2008 Realistic Orchestra @ Jazz Mafia Tuesdays Bruno's, San Francisco, CA http://www.brunoslive.com/music.htm Show: 9:30pm
Sat, 9/6/2008 Jazz Mafia Summit - The Realistic Orchestra, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, The Brass Mafia Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA http://www.rickshawstop.com/ Show: 9PM
Thurs, 9/11/2008 Hornucopia Festival w/ Manicato / Monophonics / Kapakahi **** Café Du Nord, San Francisco, CA www.myspace.com/hornucopiafestival Show: 8pm

HOW TO WIN TICKETS
**Read carefully cause the contest rules have changed**

FIRST, look through the BISS Calendar for shows that are marked with *WIN TICKETS*. Be sure to be entering no later than noon (maybe 11am to be safe) on the day of show keeping in mind that Saturday and Sunday requests should be in before noon on Friday

SECOND, spread the word about the show you want to win by sharing the information with your friends. Share the event info with your friends. This could be sharing the event or poster image online thru Facebook or Twitter or some other Social Media platform. For those of you NOT on Facebook.... (yes, I know there are a few of you out there), you could send a group email or text. Or maybe you'll hang some signs on the bathroom wall at your office. (I say this because it HAS been done before). Maybe you just have a big loud mouth and you yell about it on the corner outside another show. No matter which way you choose, this is an important part of the contest so find a way to show us what you've done to spread the word when you email biss@bisslist.com to enter.

THIRD, choose one of the following questions and include it in your answer... For now, we will keep the questions simple but check back soon cause the questions might just change! Be sure to include the show description & date for the show you want to win in the subject line.

1) Why do YOU subscribe to The BISS List?

2) Send us one email address for a new subscriber. It must be a NEW subscriber. And they must WANT to be added!!

3) Why should you represent for BISS crew at this show?

You all would be surprised at how many shows go without winners just because people think that they would never win. I mean what band/venue doesn't want to make the extra money on ticket SALES over GIVEAWAYS but then again, why not try and see what happens!?