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Missoula’s Total Fest Brings the Rawk

By Colin Hickey, 8-09-07

Missoula’s biggest rawk and roll fest is back for its sixth year.  Total Fest VI is this weekend and it promises to be bigger and better than ever.  With more than 40 bands playing in just three days this festival is gaining momentum every year.  Bands from all over the world send in their demos almost a year in advance to get a chance to play on one of Total Fest’s stages.  This year Total Fest makes it’s way back downtown to The Badlander and The Palace.  TF has always made sure to have an all ages option available to its concert goers.  This year The Palace will be that place.  Besides the rock show TF also has a record swap at the Big Dipper parking lot of Saturday afternoon.  Bring out your old records and trade them to a friend for his old ones.

Here’s a list of bands that will be playing at Total Fest this weekend. 

Two Year Touqe
Birthday Suits
Riddilin Que
Lozen
Mika Miko
Trashies
Flee the Century
The Sherlocks
Four Horsemen
Knockoffs
Cicadas
Squalora
Vile Blue Shade
Jacktop Town
Touchers
Pine Hill Haints
Old Time Relijun
Narrows
Kingdom of Magic
Belt of Vapor
Fitz of Depression
Fleshies
Akimbo
Thrones
Basic Practicalilies
The Bugs
Dandelion Junk Queens
Deny the Dinosaur
The Reddmen
Noise Noise Noise
The Pasties
Wham City
Reptil Dysfunction
The Trucks
Yogoman Burning Band
Arrows to the Sun
Mountain High
KLED
Madraso
Mahamawaldi
Nudity
Le Force!

Tickets for Total Fest are $35 for the whole weekend.  Individual tickets are $15 a day. For more, visit www.myspace.com/totalfest

Colin Hickey is NewWest.Net’s Events Editor. Keep an eye out for his “MVP Events” or check here to find your own: www.MissoulaEvents.net.

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