Last year, a staggering 1,650 people turned out over three days to see a hefty
cross section of Austin’s radically diverse music community do it unplugged at
the Electric Lounge. And despite slightly shorter hours this year (Friday 17,
7pm-2am; Saturday 18, 3pm-2am; Sunday 3pm-1am), organizers are expecting
another big turn-out for year five of this humble little festival which gets
more popular each fall. Besides the four dozen artists performing, look also in
the lounge area for the photo/art exhibit, featuring some of Austin’s finest
visual artists. Tickets for this non-profit festival (part of this year’s
proceeds will benefit the S.I.M.S. Foundation) are available at Waterloo
Records and through AusTix (499-TIXS), and are $6 advance, $7 at the door, and
$16 for three-day passes. Who says pulling the plug on the Electric Lounge
isn’t a good thing?

Friday, November 17

Persia Espa�a (7pm); Ernie Mae Miller (7:40pm); Happy Valley (8:20pm);
Wammo (9pm); Drake Tungsten (9:20pm); Sazon (9:45pm); Skintalk (10:25pm);
Mariachi Estrella (11pm); Will Taylor Trio (11:40pm); Cotton Mather (12:20am);
Laurie Freelove (1am); Gators del Norte (1:35am).

Saturday, November 18

Diana Jones (3pm); The Barbers (3:40pm); Tom Long (4:20pm); Amberjack Rice
(4:55pm); Tammy Gomez con la Palabra (5:15pm); Centzontle (5:40pm); Capoiera
Ginga USA (6:20pm); Los Inocentes (7pm); Cindy Horstman (7:40pm); M.C. Overlord
(8:20pm); Sambax� (9pm); Jesse Dayton (9:40pm); Little Jack Melody &
His Young Turks (10:20pm); Alejandro Escovedo (11pm); The Horsies (11:40am);
The Mommyheads (12:20am); Kris McKay’s Too Many Guitars (1am).

Sunday, November 19

Marce LaCouture (3pm); Alise Clar (3:40pm); Backyard Mbiras (4pm); Kimmie
Rhodes (4:20pm); Lourdes P�rez (5:15pm); Michael Sweetman Combo
(5:40pm); Crazy Jane & the Bishop (6:20pm); Stephen Doster (7pm); Bayous
Beaujolais (7:40pm); Rachel Rhodes (8:20pm); Greg Trooper (9pm); Blue Jazz Trio
with Martin Banks (9:40pm); David Halley (10:20pm); Loose Diamonds (11pm);
Breedlove (11:40pm); Mike Henry (12:20am); Cling (12:45am); The Gourds
(1:25am).

This article appears in November 17 • 1995 and November 17 • 1995 (Cover).

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