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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
BOULEVARDIA
Kansas City brewing company hosts weekend festival
I DYLAN GUTHRIE
news@kansan.com
Boulevardia, an inaugural music, food and beer festival sponsored by Boulevard Brewing Co., will be held in the historic and vibrant West Bottoms district of Kansas City, Mo., this weekend.
The festival promises that there will be no shortage of beer and special tappings all weekend long.
That being said, for those under 21, there are enough food trucks to feed a few villages and a one-day pass gets you 13 hours of music, said Chris Haghirian, advertising account executive at Ink Magazine and Boulevardia Board of Directors member.
Already, the festival is garnering a hype—the Taps & Tastes Experience sold out in less than 30 minutes. All the three-day passes are gone, but
general admission tickets will be available on-site the day of the event
It kicks off Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. continues Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and keeps on kicking through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
Music
Haghirian worked with radio personalities Lazlo and Afrentra of 96.5 The Buzz to book some big acts, such as headline Capital Cities, an alternative indie pop duo from Los Angeles. They play on Saturday at 10 p.m. on the Boulevard Main Stage, but Haghirian mentioned a few other acts to look out for.
He was quick to mention the local Kansas City, Mo., afrobeat group Hearts of Darkness, featuring a few Lawrencians: 22-year-old local guitarist Lucas Parker and pianist Sam Goodell.
"My hope is that people will come to see a band like Capital Cities that is nationally recognized and stick around to check out a really cool local band like [Hearts of Darkness]," Haghirian said.
Hearts of Darkness will play on Friday at 8 p.m. on the Chipotle Homegrown Stage.
"We are honored to be a part of one of Kansas City's greatest celebrations of all things music, art, and craft brewing," Parker said. "We're excited to share our music with all of our fans in a unique setting, and we hope to make an impression on some new listeners as well."
An exclusively Lawrence-based act to check out is the alternative rock group Josh Berwanger Band on Saturday at 6:15 p.m. on the Chipotle Homegrown Stage.
Perhaps the most mesmerizing
Boulevardia, a food, beer and music festival, will be in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend. The event kicks off Friday and lasts until Sunday evening.
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spectacle will be the electronic music and performing arts ensemble Quixotic at 10:15 p.m. Friday on the main stage.
In Quixotic's Facebook biography
they are described as "a melting pot of dance, aerial acrobatics, projection
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