BONFIRE - West Coast ACTION!!!

[keither]

Hey everyone!

Wow... I just spent 3 hours entering all the new e-mails we collected at this Summer's Bonfire Music Festival, so I'm going to welcome all the newbies and get right to the music!!

Here we go!

Bonfire Music & Events Presents...

The 11-piece afro-funk assault from San Francisco

APHRODESIA

(www.aphrodesia.org)

With a very special guest spinning afro-funk beats - DJ ROB RIZK

Friday November 10th

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

Doors at 8:30 - show starts at 9:30

$10 admission @ the door

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From our merry band of local yokels...

The serious phat funk grooves of

BAKED POTATO & FRIENDS

(www.myspace.com/bakedpotatofunk)

With special guests, the psychedelic surf tunes of ORANGE WHIP

Saturday December 9

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

Doors at 9:00 - show starts at 10:00

$7 admission @ the door

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and last, but most certainly not least...

Bonfire Music & Events are extremely pleased to present the headliners of the 2005 Bonfire Music Festival and one of the funkiest bands on Earth for their first visit to Vancouver in 2 years.

GARAJ MAHAL

(www.garajmahal.net)

Following in the footsteps of electro-funk pioneers from the 70's like Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and The Meters, San Francisco's Garaj Mahal burst to life with a unique fusion of melodic, well-crafted songs and bold, explosive jams. A MUST SEE for fans of booty shaking good times!!

Saturday December 30

(with special guests BRICKHOUSE)

and

Sunday December 31 - NEW YEARS EVE

(with special guests TODD TAYLOR BAND)

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

Doors at 8:00 pm - music starts at 9:00 pm (both nights... hours & hours of amazing live music!!!)

Advance tickets $30/$55 available now at the following locations:

Zulu Records - 1972 W. 4th Ave.

Highlife Records - 1317 Commercial Dr.

Beat Street Records - 439 W. Hastings St.

Neptoon Records - 3561 Main St.

Park Plaza Hotel - 898 W. Broadway

Or you can conveniently buy your tix online at www.bonfirepresents.com

Bonfire Music & Events... FEEL THE HEAT!!! ;D

[mark tonin]

I'm very excited that I will be heading to Vancouver for a few days at the end of December to visit my brother, and as a HUGE added bonus, we'll get to spend some quality time together at a couple of Garaj Mahal shows! I've never seen this band live before but am very impressed with the live recordings I have heard ... these guys can play!

Peace, Mark

[keither]

Hey Mark.

Give me a call when you get into Vancity. It's looking more & more like we may also have a free GM performance on the day of the 31st. We're in the process of arranging an in-store with a workshop at Pacific Drum Centre & the Granville Island Music School so folks can meet the band and some of the musicians can have a chance to pick their brains.

778-881-FIRE

Peace

Keither

[djmelbatoast]

Nice. I'm looking forward to this.

[mark tonin]

Thanks for the heads up Keither ... I'll be sure to give you a call when I arrive, on the 28th or 29th. Looking forward to a great time with my brother, who I love dearly and don't see nearly enough of, and to seeing this band.

Peace, Mark