Mark your calendar: Dreamfest 2 is on the way!

Local band Strangelight is busy planning the benefit festival of the year. Many of the best bands of Houston and from around Texas will be playing on three Washington Ave. stages for the low price of $8!

Date: Saturday, May 28th, 2005
Time: 4:00pm – 2:00am
Where: The Rhythm Room (1815 Washington) / Mary Jane’s Fat Cat (4216 Washington) / Walter’s on Washington (4215 Washington)

Why: To Benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation – Houston Affiliate as well as to promote Early Breast Cancer Detection (in the memory of Betsy Smith).

Here’s the lineup as of today (subject to change):

Mary Jane’s Fat Cat (all ages)

4:00 DJ Jeffrey Thames
4:30 Two Star Symphony
5:45 Danielle Cook
7:15 Flowers to Hide
8:00 Arthur Yoria
9:00 Strangelight
10:00 The Chemistry Set (Dallas)
11:00 61 Cygni
12:00 My Education (Austin)
1:00 Luxurata

Walter’s on Washington (all ages)

4:00 The Air Alone
5:45 Bernal’s Friend
6:30 Goodnight Marla
7:15 Super Soul Sexy
8:00 The Mechanical Boy
8:45 Sitka Sound
9:30 The Methods
10:30 Alan, The Universal Answer is Both (Dallas)
11:30 The Magdalene
12:30 Pirate Bones

Rhythm Room (18+ only)

6:30 The Watermarks
7:15 Rome in May
8:00 The Lord Henry (Austin)
8:45 14er
9:30 Casino
10:30 Millicent Friendly (Dallas)
11:30 Deep Ella

Contact email@strangelight.cc about
advance tickets, or about volunteering to promote the show, put up posters, etc.

The bands need your help promoting this show, so please spread the word about this great show for a great cause.

The latest update with links to band websites has been uploaded to the
Strangelight website.

Make plans to attend. This is one of the only chances to see this many great Houston acts together.

Last year’s show was great. It’s a great (and cheap) way to see bands you’ve been hearing about but haven’t yet bothered to go out and see. No excuse for laziness this time…

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