This year, the event takes place in Hollywood at the American Legion Post 43, 2035 N, Highland Ave, 90068. Performing this year – Surfer Joe, The Nebulas, The Volcanics, The Mach IV, The Scimitars, and a Richard Podolor tribute – lots of surf music and gear at the marketplace including a Dionysus Records booth, and of course there will be food and drink! Check the website www.sg101convention.com for more info.
Surf Guitar 101 Convention 2017 is happening this weekend! It’s the 10th Aniversary of the event which this year is spread over three days. The first 2 nights are at Alpine Village in Torrance. The third night is at Surf Dogs in Huntington Beach. Come visit the Dionysus Records booth in the merch area!
Day 1
Friday, August 4th at Alpine Village $20
Insect Surfers – CA
The Volcanics – CA
Outerwave – CA
The Tequila Worms – CA
Par Avion – CA
The Surf Rockers – CA, tribute to Dick Dale and the Deltones
Day 2
Saturday, August 5th at Alpine Village $40
El Caminos – Japan
The Kilaueas – Germany
The Huntington Cads – CA
The Exotics – WI
The Madeira – IN
Atomic Mosquitos – D.C.
The Dynotones – CA (Tim Fitzpatrick’s final performance)
The Lively Ones – Ca.
The Mystery Men – GA
Venturesmania – CA (Deke, Garrett, Mel, Chris)
Tribute to Jim Fuller of the Surfaris
All-Star Legends of Surf Jam.
Day 3
Sunday, August 6th Surf Dogs in Huntington Beach $20
(alternate set lists!)
El Caminos – Japan
The Kilaueas – Germany
The Exotics – WI
The Madeira – IN
Atomic Mosquitos – D.C.
The Mystery Men- GA
Winter Surf Fest 2015
Saturday, January 31
3:00pm – 10:00pm
No cover charge; however, donations strongly encouraged. Support the bands!!!
Surf Dogs Sports Bar
Huntington Beach,
California 92649
(714) 846-5700
http://www.surfdogshb.com/
For those who can’t wait till August, the organizers of the annual Surf Guitar 101 announce this year’s annual Winter Surf Fest !
Lineup:
Hypnotic IV: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hypnotic-IV/134479131091
Paul Johnson: www.pjmoto.com
John Blair: www.johnblair.us
The Orbitrons: www.facebook.com/theorbitrons
The Counselors: www.facebook.com/counselorsband
There will be vendors selling surf music, T-shirts and more.
Join us for an afternoon and early evening of reverb-drenched, Southern California sounds!
On 4/16/2014, Jason Lee of Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides will be appearing on Over Under Sideways Down, LuxuriaMusic, 3-5 PM PST to talk about surf music, and his band The R.I.P. Tides who have recently released their debut LP on Dionysus Records. Jason will be bringing in his guitar live in-studio to demonstrate what he has in store for his guitar symposium at the upcoming Tiki Oasis 14: “Beat Tiki“. In between banter and guitar lessons, Jason and Lee will spin some of their favorite ’60s guitar instrumentals.
Join Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides official fan page on Facebook page here
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Tune in to Over Under Sideways Down on LuxuriaMusic.com Wednesday, 3-5 PM for an all-first generation surf instro and vocals in honor of the upcoming Winter Surf Fest at The Starting Gate in Los Alamitos!
Surfguitar101.com is very pleased to announce The Sixth Annual Surf Guitar 101 Convention! This year the festival features the best surf bands from the United States, Italy, Australia, and Japan!
The SurfGuitar101 Convention 2013
Saturday, August 10th
The Starting Gate
5052 Katella Ave.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Phone: (562) 598-8957
Doors open at 8am, the festivities run from 9am to 8pm.
Cost: $30 at the door
Dionysus Records will have a vending booth!
For questions & discussion, see the SurfGuitar101.com forum thread.
Facebook event page.
Featuring:
As usual we’ll have vendors selling surf music, clothing, and more!
Sunday, January 27, 2013
The Starting Gate
5052 Katella Ave.,
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
10AM-6PM,
$20 Admission
Summer really is a state of mind, especially during the cold months in Southern California. Nothing can prove it more than the right live musical soundtrack. For many fans the world over, this soundtrack is Surf Music, the instrumental genre created in the early 60.s by legendary bands such as The Belairs and Eddie & The Showmen. Helping to keep this instro torch alive and well are the members of the online forum SurfGuitar101.com, who have put together some of the most significant live Surf Music events in recent years. The 2nd annual Winter Surf Fest will continue along these lines, featuring an entire day of the reverb-drenched goodness, complete with rare tribute and reunion performances, and the US public debut screening of the new Surf Music documentary film Reverb Junkies. This special Sunday event coincides with one of the most important music weekends in Southern California that includes Deke Dickerson’s Guitar Geek Festival and the NAMM trade show in Anaheim, and the So Cal World Guitar Show at the Orange County Fairgrounds.
2nd Annual Winter Surf Fest Highlights:
–A very special US public debut screening of the brand-new Surf Music documentary film Reverb Junkies at 10AM, with the filmmakers present. DVDs of the film will be available for purchase.
–A tribute performance by John Blair (Jon & The Nightriders), Dick Dodd (The Belairs, Eddie & The Showmen, The Standells), Jim Frias (The Nocturnes) with High Tide, to the great Surf Guitar pioneer Eddie Bertrand (The Belairs, Eddie & The Showmen), who recently passed away
–A Rare Belairs reunion performance featuring original members Paul Johnson, Dick Dodd, and Jimmy Roberts with special guests
–A rare Southern California performance by modern Bay Area Surf masters The TomorrowMen
–A performance by Surf/Garage/Frat band extraordinaire The Volcanics
–A performance by San Pedro traditional surf maestros The Riptides
–A performance by Southern California 60s tribute band Banned From the Beach
Contact: Jeff “Bigtikidude” Hanson
(714) 931-9809
bigtikidude@yahoo.com
The Starting Gate,
5052 Katella Ave.,
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
8AM-8PM,
$30 Admission
SURFGUITAR101.COM/CONVENTION
Machine gun staccato guitars drenched in dripping reverb, twangy plunk, bouncing bass, driving, tribal drums………most are unaware that the musical genre known as “Surf” that was catapulted onto the radar of modern pop-culture by Pulp Fiction has evolved and developed into a full-blown sub-culture with fanatic followers, complete with its own online ground zero, a website called (what else?) surfguitar101.com.
Once a year, the fanatics convene for a marathon 12-hour festival of all things surf–live performances by 8 of the best bands in the genre from all over the world, a “Living Legends of Surf Jam,” which features performance collaborations from the original players that were there back in the genre’s 60s beginnings, a surf music and memorabilia marketplace, and an extremely generous raffle featuring music, clothing, collectibles, and musical instruments and accessories from prominent makers/sponsors such as Fender, Eastwood, Nocturne Pedals and many more!
Now in its 5th year, the Surf Guitar 101 Convention has grown from a small gathering of geeks, to an all-out international festival, drawing attendees and interest from across the globe to Los Alamitos. Starting Gate, an all-age concert venue with full food menu and bar. 2012 promises to be the largest convention yet, with substantially increased advertising, marketing and corporate sponsorship.
5th Annual Convention Highlights:
–A historic reunion performance by the band that re-ignited interest in Surf Music in the 80s andushered in the so-called “Second Wave,” JON & THE NIGHTRIDERS –A Live set by the group that many consider the best modern surf band in the world, direct from Indiana, featuring material from their new album Tribal Fires, THE MADEIRA –A performance by Denmark Surf rockers El Ray, on their first American tour –The second US visit by Euro-Instro/Surf/Ska/Soul troupe Los Venturas from Belgium –From Wisconsin, one of the best traditional surf mainstays since 1994, The Exotics –Direct from Florida, Southeast Surf/Rockabilly/Space masters The Intoxicators! –Local Orange County, California Hot Rod/Surf legends The Dynotones–Celebrating their 6th album, East Coast Surf, Sci-Fi, Spy, Hot-Rod veterans 9th Wave –Incredible live reunion performances by first wave bands The Rumblers, of I Don’t Need You No More and Boss fame, and Southern California’s own The Nocturnes, famous for the classic Third Star from the Left
July 6 – 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, July 6th; 8-11 PM
Closing Party: Sunday, July 29, 4 pm – 7 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667
Tales from the Tiki Lounge is the rarest, hardest to find, and most collectible, Pulp-Adventure publication never made. It existed only in the Mai-Tai light Zone of Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker‘s imagination. These paintings are the cover-art of the most desired and sought after issues. So precious that they are nearly beyond price, and believability.
“Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock.” – Honolulu Magazine, “The Best Of 2012 “
“My art is my personal celebration of a creative reinvention of a foolish misinterpretation of an ancient mythology that sought to solve the mystery of the “breath of life” that eternally and precariously surfs the complete expanse between the bottomless sea and the floating shadow land of preexistence in the inconceivable heights of the sky. Not just to live. But, to ‘live aloha’.” -Brad Parker
Preview Brad’s show here
Miles Thompson’s Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies, a show created with Gouache on illustration board, reflects on what makes life both a beach and a bitch. It is an epitaph for the oceans and forests, once abundant and fecund (look it up, it is the root of the F bomb), now only a ghostly reminder of what an infinite life giving power they once were. There is more than just an environmental message here, Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies is also a joyful reminder for us all to frolic around and about the impermanence we all face day to day while we are blessed with a heart, body and mind. Life happens between the lullaby and the nightmare, having and losing. Everything in-between is either a memory that we don’t want to fade, or which is sadly indelible.
Thompson, whose influences range from the ephemeral world of comics, animation and album cover art to centuries of fine art and sculpture, is a native Californian residing in Hollywood who draws, paints, reads, writes, hikes, runs, surfs and meditates. He is most inspired by his daughter who he calls his butterfly.
Preview Miles’ show here
Martini Kings Martini Kings Palm Springs Serenade vinyl LP release and closing party for Tales from the Tiki Lounge and Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies – Live performance by The Martini Kings
Sunday, July 29, 2012, 4 – 7 pm
Come have one more look at Brad and Miles’ show and celebrate the release of The Martini Kings’ Palm Springs Serenade LP on Dionysus Records, featuring cover art by SHAG, at this combination record release and show closing celebration. Click here for details about the album and event
The promotors of the yearly Surf Guitar 101 Festival have decided to give SOCA surf fans a winter treat with their very first So-Cal Winter Surf Fest featuring live music, vendors and raffles – all happpening Sunday January 21 2012 at The Starting Gate, 5052 Katella Avenue, in Los Alamitos, California, 11 am to 7 pm. $20.00 cover for a full day of music! The band line-up includes High Tide, The Eliminators, Slacktone, Secret Samurai, The Tequila Worms, The Breakaways
The show happens the day after Deke Dickerson’s Guitar Geek Fest in Anaheim (in conjunction with the Namm weekend) as well as the same weekend of the Vintage Guitar and Amp Swap Meet at OC fairgrounds making it a full-on reverb-drenched six (or twelve) string weekend here in Southern California!
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