Effit Fest Pre-Party Ticket Giveaways!

9 pm
$5

If you missed him last time he was here, you can’t miss him again! Minneapolis experimental and a’capella artist Heatbox rolls into Eau Claire with some serious beatboxing skills. His talents on the mic blow audiences away. Heatbox loops various tracks of vocals into an all-out array of pseudo-instrumental goodness.

The Radiators were born during a transitional decade in the history of New Orleans music. The Meters, the premier funk band, had disbanded, the Neville Brothers formed, and in 1980 Professor Longhair, the father of New Orleans R&B and spiritual embodiment of Crescent City Soul had passed on. This decade would prove to be the fertile period of development when a unique blend of rhythms and sounds came together and "Fish Head" music was born.

The Radiators are a true rock n' roll band, loyal to the concept of ensemble playing. They rely solely on the spirit of the music and lyrics (coupled with the band members' natural rapport) to create "the show". It is this musical marriage that has created the Radiators legend and secured the fantastic loyalty of fans known as "fish-heads". Some describe a Rads show as a contest between the band and the audience to see who can have the most fun (and everyone WINS!). Their music is a living & breathing entity, and one never knows what will happen at a Radiators show... not even the Rads!