The Friday night summer concerts series returned to Cesar Chavez Plaza. Concerts in the Park returned for the first time without promoter Jerry Perry hosting the event. The music played on Friday, May 4 continues to be as entertaining as ever. Just like Fiesta en la Calle did last year this year’s CIP includes a DJ on site. DJ Shaun Slaughter supplied great music for those in attendance. Slaughter, writes and produces music under D.A.M.B., and also performed at the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival Saturday night. Concerts in the Park began on May 4 and runs every Friday until July 27. Many of last year’s bands return to the venue. Another noticeable difference this year is that

The third annual Sacramento Electronic Music Festival swarmed into Harlow’s and the Momo Lounge this weekend. From Thursday to Saturday, tremendous pulsating music attracted an overwhelming crowd to Midtown. Three nights of great music brought over three dozen premier entertainers to the stages. The festival had been in the works for months, and the promoters worked feverishly to bring a great lineup of electronic artists for each evening. Co-creators Adam Saake and Clay Nutting brought together great talent to perform this year. Although Thursday night’s crowd started off small, it grew quite rapidly as the evening progressed. Doors to the venue opened at 7 p.m. and performers took

One Sacramento Press user commented that, “I wish I could remember how the night ended.” Just in case you missed the end (or just thought you did) of Launch 2011 at the Greens Hotel on Saturday night, here’s what happened. Although the festival was scheduled to run into the wee hours of the morning, the event was shut down around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, due to what festival organizer Michael Hargis believes was most likely a noise complaint from nearby residences about the considerable amount of jovial “whomp” that was emanating from the bustling and hotly-attended event. According to Hargis, who was “under the impression we could go as late as we wanted,” there were issues with th

Launch 2011, a design, music and fashion festival, will take place at the Greens Hotel on Del Paso Boulevard on July 23, 2011. Launch is a multidisciplinary audio and visual festival. The event aims to create an experience that allows Sacramento artists to join forces in producing a creative community that works for art and the community. Launch brings together artistic individuals to Sacramento to showcase local and national works of art, music and design in one place. The event will include live music by Little Foxes, D.A.M.B., Exquisite Corps, ReSA, The Dreaded Diamond and Chain Gang of 1974, as well as many others scheduled to appear. Artists, DJs, fashion designers, architects and

Looking for something to do this Friday night? Put on your dancing shoes, head over to the Blue Lamp, and support a good cause! Japan XOXO is a benefit dance party, with all profits from the door going to the American Red Cross. Join local DJs Shaun Slaughter, Adam J, Sam I Jam, and Taylor Cho as they do what they love to support an amazing cause. Feel like you could do more about Japan's dire situation? Feel helpless? Japan XOXO offers a very easy solution: COME DANCE. Expect an evening of fun house, bouncy house, hip house, topsy turvy techno, treacherous techno, and some fun indie stuff mixed in the middle keeping the party going all damn night. Plus, enjoy drink specials all night--