POP! Et Cetera Festival

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Winnipeg has a new music festival to celebrate this month.... the inaugural POP! Et Cetera kicked off on October 7. Coordinated by local DJ and promotor Mike B. of Better Swimmers, POP! is offering up a dozen nightly concerts at The Lo Pub and Pyramid Cabaret, including hometown favourites and out-of-towners.

This year's line-up features local acts LeBeato, The Lytics, Get Famous!, Oldfolks Home, We Eat Meat, Jicah, Not Animals, and the Goodform crew (Mikey MMMuscles/Mike B., Rob Vilar, Jamall Knight), as well as expat Vitaminsforyou.

Other bands making their way in for POP! include Shout Out Out Out Out, Library Voices, Young Galaxy, Bend Sinister, In-Flight Safety, Peter Project, Gravity Wave, Minto, Oromocto Diamond, and more.

To launch the festival, Better Swimmers compiled a seven-song sampler EP, which can be downloaded for free from the festival's website.

Mike B. intended for the festival to start small with just a weekend of events but this year's festival, well, exploded. The intention for next year it to expand to more venues, include more bands, all-ages shows, workshops, and more. 

Check out the complete line-up for this year's event here.

Meanwhile, there are a few other shows on the stage this weekend...

Some of Winnipeg's best DJs come together on October 9 at at the 3rd floor of Ragpickers to help raise money to replace DJ Co-op's stolen gear. Dude! Where's My Gear? will include the likes of Mama Cutsworth, DJ Hunnicutt, Mike B., RPG, DLO, Dow Jones, and more.

Quinzy, The Paps, and Sons of York will be at The Park Theatre for the Winnipeg Rocks for Harvest benefit concert for Winnipeg Harvest on October 10.

Also on October 10, Stylus Magazine will celebrate its 20th birthday at The Lo Pub with a bash with Haunter, Vav Jungle, Mama Custworth, DJ Rob Vilar, and other special guests.

Check out the Live Music Calendar for all the concerts going on this week, next week, and beyond.

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