RMO at Clearwater Festival
Croton-on-Hudson, NY – Sat Jun 19, 2010
RMO carries on very much in the tradition of Pete and Woody, and this June, we get to connect with those roots at our first appearance at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival. It’s the first tour stop on our way to Detroit for the 2010 US Social Forum.
The annual festival, inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the Hudson over forty years ago, brings people together to honor the river through songs, education and action. It’s a fundraiser for Clearwater’s work toward environmental and social justice – as well as keeping the Sloop Clearwater afloat!
RMO has a concert/workshop at 2:30pm at the Sloop Stage, and at 5:20pm will start a roving set by the World Dance Stage.
More: http://www.clearwater.org/festival
April 24th! Another World is Possible: A Social Forum Social
On Saturday, April 24th the RMO is throwing another one of our notoriously, ridiculously fun parties to raise funds to bring the band (and our allies) to the US Social Forum in Detroit, MI. This party is a little different, though: in addition to bringing you great bands, brass, and booze, we’re also bringing a taste of the Social Forum to Brooklyn.
At our party you’ll have the chance to connect with a lot of our favorite activist groups in the city: learn more about their work, what they’ve accomplished, and what you can do to help create a better world.
So come to the Brooklyn Lyceum on April 24th to cavort and connect; to dance and drink; to learn and to get a little lovin’.
Featuring:
Spanglish Fly: NYC’s only band recreating the sounds of El Barrio circa 1968: Latin soul and bugalu
http://www.spanglishfly.com
Rude Mechanical Orchestra: NYC’s finest radical marching band
http://www.rudemechanicalorchestra.org
Apocalypse Five and Dime: a whirlwind of brass, fiddle and banjo playing punk ragtime with big beats and big melodies
http://www.last.fm/music/apocalypse+five+and+dime
My Gay Banjo: Homespun gay-themed duets and occasional queered-up mash-ups
http://www.myspace.com/mygaybanjo
Swamp Cat: all-dancing, all-shouting, all-weeping, the blues your mama would have sung you if she spoke a little indonesian and played the accordion
http://www.myspace.com/thisisswampcat
A special guest marching band from Montreal!
Rebecca Heinegg performing on the aerial silks
PLUS: wild wines and beers ~ liberated eats ~ dancing dissidents ~ agitating aerialists ~ militant merch ~ seditious silent auction ~ marching band fantasy photobooth
Saturday April 24th, 2010
Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY map
$7-20 sliding scale donation
