Gowanus Ballroom

For seven years the Krewe of Eris has rolled out on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. Musicians, artists, and puppeteers from all over the country travel down there every year to join creative forces with the amazing community of artists and musicians who live there. It is an unpermitted community parade with an open band that has been growing every year.

This past Mardi Gras, the NOPD stopped the parade and proceeded to wreak havoc by using tasers and pepper spray, manhandling attendees, and then arresting 12 people with charges that ranged from disturbing peace to resisting arrest to battery.

This show is a fundraiser for the legal defense of the 12 people arrested at the Eris Parade in New Orleans this past March. It is being thrown by a group of musicians who were participating in the parade when the police shut it down.

If you can’t come yet are just yearning to support, then visit http://www.eris12.org/

The show features:
Tanya Solomon–magic acts
Morgan O’Kane and Friends–shreddin’ banjo and ferocious foot stomping
Veveritse Brass Band–brass tapestry inspired by Romany style
DJ Dusty Walker–booty shaking beats straight from the living room
GltrPnch–Riot Grrl inspired Trans-core Punk!
Billy and Casbur–frolicking malformations
Raya Brass Band–exuberant Balkan music from the village of Brooklyn

Show starts at 9pm, Friday January 20, $10