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POPPED! is a week long music festival in Philadelphia. The festival will return in June of 2008. Shows will be held in diverse venues throughout the city with extraordinary lineups and all ages shows. Stay tuned for more information!

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08/21/07
Join us on Friday for *Tut After Dark in the Fels Planetarium* from 6-9pm! Enjoy special programming presented by Popped! Festival, a cash bar and music to celebrate King Tut and the Summer of Egypt. Featuring: Chad Brown (Small Town Talk) and the Popped Festival DJs (Laris Kreslins, Alexis Rosenzweig, Dave Hartley)

See Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
*PLUS!*
King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs with the Summer Golden Ticket Price for $25.

Enter on Winter Street through the Golden Entrance.
07/17/07
Dates for POPPED! Festival 2008 will be announced shortly!
04/18/07
Sorry for the delay in posting photos from the final days of the festival; the photographer had to sleep for about 3 days to recover from a whole week of shows!


Illinois


Bardo Pond's stuff


The Spinto Band


Dr. Dog


One of our volunteers found some underpants while cleaning up after the Dr. Dog show...


block party


Public Record




Phil Moore Browne




Nouveau Riche


Volunteers


Drums Like Machine Guns


Pissed Jeans

Check out photos from the whole week here!

Big thanks to all of the folks that came out to the shows, to all of the bands for playing, and to everyone that helped out!
04/17/07
Watch the video of The War on Drugs from Thursday night here.
04/14/07
Philebrity Presents...
04/13/07

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Fan of Friends


Kurt Vile


awesome projections by Klip Collective!


The War On Drugs


Golden Ball

More photos from last night's show are up on flickr.
04/13/07
Tonight is all ages at The Starlight Ballroom.  Doors at 8pm.  come early!
04/13/07
Illinois are live on WXPN (88.5FM) RIGHT NOW (noon)!
04/12/07
Come to The Parlor tonight for an awesome psych-folk-rock show with Fursaxa, Fan of Friends, The War on Drugs, King Kong Ding Dong, and Golden Ball, along with DJ Mental Feelings (Chris Smith from Espers) spinnin' tunes all night.  This is an ALL AGES show.

The Parlor, 1170 S. Broad Street, doors at 8pm.
04/12/07

Northern Liberties




MNT High




The Low Budgets



Head on over to flickr for the rest.
04/11/07
Pick up a PW and check out the cover of A&E - "POPPED! Class of 2007"  use the number key to find your favorite POPPED! band members. 
04/11/07



Bear Is Driving








Stinking Lizaveta

Check out more photos here.
04/11/07
Tonight at the Millcreek tavern is all ages.  Those of you that normally cannnot get into The Millcreek must come and see another great POPPED! show with The Notekillers, The Low Budgets, Mtn. High, Northern Liberties, and Bad News Bats. 

PLUS! Starting today-  week long passes will be on sale for a DISCOUNTED rate of $30 for the remainder of the week.  The week long pass now includes access to the POPPED! VIP Party on Saturday, April 14th at The Studio.  For details, go to the schedule.
04/10/07



The Cobbs




Asteroid #4




Pattern Is Movement




Make A Rising

Check out more photos from the kick-off night here.
04/09/07
POPPED! has announced a Saturday night show for week long festival pass holders on April 14th from 9pm - 12am at The Studio with performances by Nouveau Riche, Kenneth Masters, and Unlikely Cowboy.  This is an all ages event.  For more info on week long passes go to TICKETS.
04/07/07

Week long passes are available NOW at select locations and will be available at the POPPED! Kick-off Show at Johnny Brenda's for purchase.

Week long passes are $50
CASH ONLY
NO REFUNDS / NO EXCHANGES

 

04/06/07
The Red Warehouse has ceased operations, please note these important venue changes:
Wednesday, April 11 is now at the Millcreek Tavern at 4200 Chester Ave (special one time ALL AGES show)
Sunday, April 15 is now at the Firefighter's Lounge, 415 N. 5th Street at Willow St.

Due to circumstances out of the organizers' control, the Saturday, April 14th show with Kenneth Masters, Pony Pants, Gang, and Nouveau Riche is cancelled.

However, Saturday the 14th from 2-7pm Hail Social, Phil Moore Brown, Feather Mills, Public Record, and Movable Type will be playing the POPPED! block party presented by Philebrity. This FREE outdoor event takes place on the 1000 N. block of Hancock Street between Front and 2nd Streets & Girard and Laurel Streets in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. The block party is ALL AGES and includes a record fair.
04/05/07
Our pals at Space 1026 have made some killer silk-screened posters for the POPPED! shows, and limited quantities are for sale.
Please visit InLiquid.com's online store to check them out.
04/05/07
Week long passes are now available for $50.  Get'em while you can!!!

for info on where to get passes go to TICKETS


04/04/07
Come check out this awesome free event and record fair!

04/03/07
We are pleased to announce upcoming radio spotlights on the festival and our artists!

Tune into Jim McGuinn's show on Y-Rock on WXPN (88.5 FM) Wed-Fri this week from 8-11 for a general spotlight with festival organizers (WED), highlights from a recent live Dr.Dog taping (THURS), and special live guests The Cobbs (FRI).

Tomorrow (Wed.April 4) check out Bad News Bats live at 8pm on Jon Solomon's show on WPRB (103.3 FM)

And see what people are saying about our bands: Recent local music issue features on Kenneth Masters, Bad News Bats, Gang, Bardo Pond, and Normal Love. Check out this huge Notekillers feature!
04/01/07
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the date is changing for our show at the Starlight Ballroom.
The lineup, price, venue, and times are all remaining the same. All that has changed is the date.
The new date for Dr.Dog, The Spinto Band, Bardo Pond, and Illinois is FRIDAY, APRIL 13.

All tickets purchased for the Saturday date will be honored on Friday. !!!BUY TICKETS HERE!!!
Stay tuned for details on changes to Saturday, April 14
03/30/07
Our friends at WXPN/YROCK on WXPN are featuring our artists in a beautiful spread on XPoNential Music, featuring mp3s, photos, and live clips!
Look for an announcement about appearances by POPPED! artists on YROCK on WXPN next week.
03/28/07

Pattern Is Movement live at SxSW
Finally tracked it down, a post of that sweet Dr.Dog live on Conan segment.
Spin.com, thanks for listing all the bands playing, including one that technically isn't.....

03/27/07
Holy cow! Not only did we get lovely coverage in Pitchfork, but we are now blessed/cursed with the megahype-seal-of-approval from UK tastemakers NME, (though we feel obliged to mention that our friends at Making Time booked Klaxons, not us...discounted entry details coming soon).
03/25/07
Here are some pics from yesterday afternoon @ Urban Outfitters

The Capitol Years were total crowd pleasers.



     

   
03/23/07
Due to the recent closing of Moka's, Saturday March 24th's benefit show has been moved to a house. See left sidebar for new details.

And don't forget, The Capitol Years tomorrow at 3pm at Urban Outfitters @ 1627 Walnut St.
03/23/07
Illinois turned a lot of heads at SxSW this year, and blogs are taking note. Interviews, blurry live photos, fawning EP reviews, its all out there, even a video on spin.com and a mention on NME.com. Go Illinois!

Also, Dr.Dog continue to show up in odd places, this time its People Magazine! Look for them on page 45 of the March 19 issue.
03/21/07
Tune in to WPRB 103.3 FM (or stream at www.wprb.com) tonight at 8pm for a live performance by Gang, hosted by Jon Solomon
03/18/07
Seven artists from Space 1026 are designing and silkscreening posters for each night of the POPPED! Festival.  These prints will be available for sale during POPPED! at each of the events and on Inliquid's online store.  Here is a preview...
03/18/07
Dr. Dog is getting a lot of buzz this week!  Read about them in Rolling Stone (Page 32) and FILTER (Page 18).  Tickets are now on sale for Dr. Dog at The Starlight Ballroom on April 14th with The Spinto Band, Bardo Pond, and Illinois.
03/17/07

That's right!  This afternoon in Austin, TX - Illinois, The War on Drugs, Pattern is Movement, The Asteroid #4, DaveP, and The Capitol Years will perform in the parking lot of Cream Vintage as part of SXSW.  The party is being presented by our friends at Uwishunu and Philebrity.

03/16/07
POPPED! Benefit show at Danger! Danger! with Demiourgos, Unholy Wolves, humanasaur, and Team Robespierre(ny).
03/07/07
The Capitol Years will perform live at Urban Outfitters (1627 Walnut Street) on Saturday, March 24th at 3pm.   POPPED! hosts this free in-store event to promote the festival in April.



03/05/07
Lineups & Venues Are All Confirmed!  Birds of Maya, Total Fucking Destruction, and The Low Budgets have been added.

We have finally finished confirming all lineups and venues for POPPED!  Go to the schedule for complete listings on this site.  At this time, advanced tickets are only available for Monday, April 9th and Saturday, April 14th. 

Please note venues, times, and prices for each night.
03/05/07
Tickets ON SALE NOW for Saturday, April 14th 2007
@ The Starlight Ballroom
Dr. Dog
The Spinto Band
Bardo Pond
Illinois

$12 in Advance / $15 at the door
ALL AGES SHOW!

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE HERE!

 and
at the following locations:

A.K.A. Music
27 N Second St  Philadelphia, PA 19106-2214
Telephone: (215) 922-3855

Marvelous Records, Comics & Books

208 S 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: (215) 386-6110

The Satellite Cafe
701 S 50th St, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Telephone: (215) 729-1211

No Refunds/No Exchanges
Cash ONLY at all Locations