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Another weekend, another Tobacco Road-centered music festival sponsored by the tireless Oski Gonzalez and Queen of the Scene. No, seriously, this pair comprises two of the most unfailingly positive movers and shakers in the local scene. And if they put on so many multi-stage, million-band festivals, it’s because they really care. The Colossal Music Fest lacks a genre theme — as many of their events do — and instead focuses just on being very, very big and very, very local in scope. The main departure is this edition doesn’t actually take place solely at Tobacco Road — its second day, Saturday, September 26, moves uptown to Churchill’s.
Friday at Tobacco Road features three stages, in the club’s parking lot, outdoor patio, and upstairs “cabaret.” That second-floor space is home to most of the heavier acts of the evening, featuring, among others, a set by Madsic, a quintet that deserves a metal for being possibly the only industrial metal band from Boca. On the patio, highlights include the Coffee House Gypsies, a feel-good, folk-rock kind of act with a particularly rabid Internet fan base.
The following day, Saturday, manages to squeeze some three stages out of Churchill’s, too. Inside, we endorse a scheduled set by local blues rocker Uncle Scotchy, who usually plays at Bougainvillea’s in South Miami (click here to get a free MP3 from him). Outside, it’s worth checking out the hip-hop/Latin/rock fusion of Miami act the Cornerstoners, or, at another end of the musical spectrum, the high-energy hardcore/punk Fort Lauderdale quartet We Fight Back.
All of the local independent acts are worth supporting, though, so check out the full line-up for each day, after the jump.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – TOBACCO ROAD
Parking Lot Stage
7 to 10 p.m. – the Five Ninez10:30 – 11 p.m. – Coffee House Gypsies11:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. – Fate Suspended12:30 – 1 a.m. – the Cornerstoners1:30 – 2 a.m. – Don Sha
Patio Stage
10 – 10:30 p.m. – Ashley Gata11 – 11:30 p.m. – Eric Vick Band12 – 12:30 a.m. – The Human Condition1 – 1:30 a.m. – Our Never Ending Life
Cabaret Stage
9 – 9:30 p.m. – The Lu White Combo10 – 10:30 p.m. – Sun Raven11 – 11:30 p.m. – Daysleeper12 – 12:30 a.m. – Madsic1 – 1:30 a.m. – 1000 Pounds of Thrust2 – 2:30 a.m. – Mixedbreed
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – CHURCHILL’s PUB
Main Bar Stage
9 – 9:30 p.m. – Becca Neun10 – 10:30 p.m. – Miami G Squad11 – 11:30 p.m. – City of God12 – 12:30 a.m. – the Cornerstoners1 – 1:30 a.m. – Aria Kamikaze2 – 2:30 a.m. – Anger the Gods
Patio Stage
9:30 – 10 p.m. – Live Suicide10:30 – 11 p.m. – The Nothing Left11:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. – Revolution12:30 – 1 a.m. – The Green Sky1:30 – 2 a.m. – We Fight Back
Inside Bar Stage
9:30 – 10 p.m. – Mr. Extreme10:30 – 11 p.m. – Uncle Scotchy11:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. – Montgomery Drive12:30 – 1 a.m. – Rocker Alix1:30 – 2 a.m. – Gabkas
