Birmingham Arts and Music festival hits area venues this weekend
By Wade KwonA new music festival is in town, one modeled on the popular South by Southwest Festival in Austin. Meet the Birmingham Arts and Music Festival, or BAAM.
Starting tonight through Sunday, 13 venues from Southside to Lakeview to downtown will have nearly 150 musical acts onstage. Sharrif Simmons, Birmingham-based musician, poet and actor, started the festival as a way to expose fans to new music, and bands to a new audience.
One-day passes are $15, and three-day passes are $30, available at the door.
On the BAAM site:
Also:
- Features in Birmingham Weekly | Birmingham Magazine | Birmingham News | Birmingham View
- BAAM on Facebook | Twitter @baamfest
Plus, videos of select performers (full schedule after the jump) …
Video: Erin Mitchell
Video: Nick Hill
Video: “Do What I Say,” by Laura Luke
Video: “Sugar,” by Vulture Whale
Video: Cleve Eaton and the Alabama All-Stars
Video: “Skeletons,” by Jesse Payne
Video: “Funky 4 U,” by Sharrif Simmons and the Alien8 All-Stars
Bottletree Cafe
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: The Grey Haven Music Community
- 6:30 p.m.: Kurt Jenkins
- 8:30 p.m.: Duquette Johnson
- 9:45 p.m.: The Green Seed
- 11 p.m.: Shaheed and DJ Supreme
- 12:15 a.m.: DJ Coco
Saturday
- 2:15 p.m.: Neo Jazz Collective
Sunday
- 1 p.m.: Matt Devine
- 3:30 p.m.: Rearview Mirror
- 4:45 p.m.: Science Bird
- 6 p.m.: Kurt Jenkins
- 7:15 p.m.: Lauren Krothe
- 8:30 p.m.: Dubmasters
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The German Club
Saturday
- 4:30 p.m.: Open improv session
- 8:30 p.m.: Jason Channel and Ryan Carlson
- 9 p.m.: Whirly-Gigz Entertainment
- 9:30 p.m.: Erynias Tribe
- 10 p.m.: Europhoria with DJ Krystoph
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Matthew’s Bar and Grill
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Infinite Youth
- 7:15 p.m.: Giants and Toys
- 8:30 p.m.: Miss Information Age
- 9:45 p.m.: Shaudi Fly
- 11 p.m.: A Girl and a Gun
- 12:15 a.m.: DJ Ken Webb of Urban Fabric and DJ Ulises
Saturday
- 2 p.m.: We Are Artists
- 6 p.m.: Juice
- 8:30 p.m.: Roly-Bots
Sunday
- 3:30 p.m.: Stathakula
- 4:45 p.m.: Jason Bailey and Marcus Buckner
- 6 p.m.: John Paul
- 7:15 p.m.: Portal Dementia
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Metro Bistro
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Magic Math
- 7:15 p.m.: Red Halo
- 8:30 p.m.: Lauren Krothe
- 9:45 p.m.: Back Row Baptists
- 11 p.m.: Teen Getaway
- 12:15 a.m.: B LAW
Saturday
- 3:30 p.m.: Nick T
- 4:45 p.m.: Tonal Vision
- 6 p.m.: Bob Martson
- 7:15 p.m.: Pyrite Parachute
- 8:30 p.m.: Buffalo Black
- 9:45 p.m.: Joel Blount
- 11 p.m.: Spoonful James
Sunday
- 4:45 p.m.: Omari/Sharrif
- 6 p.m.: The J. Curly Band
- 7:15 p.m.: Drizzy Dro and J Grubbs
- 8:30 p.m.: Caddle
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The Nick
Tonight
- 8:30 p.m.: Twin Heart Trap
- 9:45 p.m.: The Dirty Lungs
- 11 p.m.: Dead String Brothers
- 12:15 a.m.: The Deep End
- 1:30 a.m.: POOIS
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Old Car Heaven
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Yogi the Poet
- 7:15 p.m.: Brian Porter
- 8:30 p.m.: Nick Hill
- 9:45 p.m.: Jafaar Travel Light
- 11 p.m.: Laura Luke
- 12:15 a.m.: Butta B-Rocka
- 1 a.m.: DJ RAHDU
Saturday
- 7:15 p.m.: Poet Freevoice
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Parkside Cafe
Tonight
- 4 p.m.: Extemporaneous Theatre Company (comedy)
- 6 p.m.: Trevor Litsey
- 7 p.m.: Laura Secord
- 8 p.m.: September Reed
- 9 p.m.: Kendra Sutton
- 10 p.m.: Matt Boyer
- 11 p.m.: Sam Pointer
Saturday
- 2 p.m.: Poetry: open-mike
- 7 p.m.: To Light A Fire
- 8 p.m.: Lee Anna Culp
- 9 p.m.: Soul Enigma
Sunday
- 2 p.m.: Chris Porter
- 3 p.m.: Laura Hardy
- 4 p.m.: David Seale
- 5 p.m.: Huggie The Bear
- 6 p.m.: Simone Durand
- 7 p.m.: Stuart McNair
- 8 p.m.: The Black Magnolias
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Rogue Tavern
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Alexa Rankin Band
- 7:15 p.m.: Jon Poor
- 8:30 p.m.: Allen Tolbert Unit
- 9:45 p.m.: Mile Marker 7
- 11 p.m.: Jesse Payne
- 12:15 a.m.: The Rescue Dogs Band
Saturday
- 2:15 p.m.: The Hypsys
- 3:30 p.m.: Neo Jazz Collective
- 4:45 p.m.: Uri
- 6 p.m.: Thed Weller
- 7 p.m.: Oteil Burbridge
- 8 p.m.: Delicate Cutters
- 9 p.m.: 13ghosts
- 10 p.m.: Through the Sparks
- 11 p.m.: Vulture Whale
Sunday
- 4:45 p.m.: Alice In Thunderland
- 6 p.m.: Six Gallery
- 8:30 p.m.: Shaheed and DJ Supreme
- 9:45 p.m.: Sebastian Kole
- 11 p.m.: Yonrico Scott Band with Kofi Burbridge
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Rojo
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Ryan McGinty
- 7 p.m.: Heath Green and The Martyrs
- 8 p.m.: Ricky Castrillo
- 9 p.m.: Mingusphere
- 10 p.m.: Chuck Butterworth
Saturday
- 2 p.m.: Acoustic open-mike w/ Jessica Lockett
- 4 p.m.: Van Hollingsworth
- 5 p.m.: Eric McGinty
- 6 p.m.: Sarah Green
- 7 p.m.: Improv Festival
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Stillwater Pub
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Garret Tucker
- 7:15 p.m.: Alo’s Meds
- 8:30 p.m.: The Hypsys
- 9:45 p.m.: The Big Nekkid
- 11 p.m.: Earthbound
- 12:15 a.m.: Sharrif Simmons
- 1:30 a.m.: Uri
Saturday
- 4:45 p.m.: Jesse Payne
- 6 p.m.: Kendra Sutton
- 7:15 p.m.: Chad Fisher Group
- 8:30 p.m.: The Big Tasties
- 9:45 p.m.: Stuart McNair and The Contraband
- 11 p.m.: The Exhibit(s)
- 12:15 a.m.: Fisher Green
Sunday
- 6 p.m.: Fighting Meeces
- 7:15 p.m.: The Rescue Dogs Band
- 8 p.m.: Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band
- 8:30 p.m.: Jasper Coal
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The Wine Loft
Tonight
- 6 p.m.: Raw Jazz
- 7:15 p.m.: Ultra Hip Review
- 8:30 p.m.: Matt Devine
- 9:45 p.m.: Cleve Eaton
- 11 p.m.: Erin Mitchell
- 12:15 a.m.: DJ Jr. Star
Saturday
- 3:30 p.m.: Raw Jazz
- 4:45 p.m.: Simone Durand
- 6 p.m.: Andy Spain
- 7:15 p.m.: Camille Spratling
- 8:30 p.m.: Leigh Tingle and Molly McGarrigle
- 9:45 p.m.: Nettie Jane Slumpf
- 11 p.m.: Dirt Scab Band
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WorkPlay
Saturday
- 3:30 p.m.: Jon Vogel
- 4:45 p.m.: The Greenleaves
- 6 p.m.: Ocha La Rocha
- 7:15 p.m.: The Stop
- 8:30 p.m.: Vasa
- 9:45 p.m.: Erin Mitchell
- 11 p.m.: The Arrangement
- 12:15 a.m.: ILL
Sunday
- 3:30 p.m.: Taylor Hollingsworth/KT Taylor
- 4:45 p.m.: Hugh Mitchell
- 6 p.m.: Gabriel Tajeu
- 7 p.m.: Duquette Johnson
- 8:30 p.m.: Sunny So Bright
- 9:45 p.m.: Armand Margjeka
- 10 p.m.: Matthew Mayfield
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Zydeco
Saturday
- 4:45 p.m.: Dubmasters
- 6 p.m.: The Tips
- 7:15 p.m.: The Benders
- 8:30 p.m.: The Motions
- 9:45 p.m.: Kurt Jenkins
- 11 p.m.: Black Denim
- 12:15 a.m.: White Noise
Sunday
- 4:30 p.m.: Alexa Rankin Band
- 6 p.m.: The Deep End
- 7:15 p.m.: Rubys
- 8:30 p.m.: Newmatic
