More than 300 musical acts from around the world will be descending upon Rochester from October 20 to October 26 for the Avant Gard A Clue II festival.
75 Stutson St will be the setting for a variety of performers over the seven day festival which is free for all ages with no corporate sponsors involved. Avant Gard A Clue II will also be used as a site for the filming of Pond Scum, an upcoming movie by Anthony Clark Pierce.
Headliners include Acid Mothers Temple, one of Japan’s most prominent psychedelic acts, who will play the only two and a half hour set of their entire US tour. Also scheduled to perform are world-renowned guitar virtuoso Gabriel Marin and Apollo C. Vermouth (a moniker associated with Sir Paul McCartney) in addition to the plethora of other performers ranging from seemingly amateurish outsiders to some of the most refined masters of their craft. The festival gets its name from a George Harrison quote about the Beatles’ yet-to-be-released track “Carnival of Light.”
Held at the same location last year, the festival featured over 200 international and local music acts who performed non-stop, back-to-back, and on schedule, executed with minimal hiccups with organizer Adam Arritola running the stage and helping acts set up the entire time. Avant Gard A Clue II now returns with over 300 acts scheduled to perform in the same fashion.
Performances at 75 Stutson, an independent venue in a former church, run continuously from afternoon until after late starting on October 20, and even earlier on the weekend. This will be the last major event there before ownership changes hands. Check the festival schedule at www.eclecticoverdrive.com for when doors open each day. Admission is first-come, first-in, and free of charge. When capacity is reached, the policy is one-in, one-out.
Check out the festival’s Facebook page for more information on acts scheduled to perform.
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