Hear live music at Sou’Wester Pink Floyd tribute band to rock out Astoria Event Center
Conformity Contortion, Ray Prestegard play Portland-based Pigs on the Wing perform a two-night concert July 17 and 18
SEAVIEW, Wash. — The
Sou’Wester Lodge welcomes
musicians Sara Lund and
Thollem as they roll through
on tour as the band Conformi-
ty Contortion. The band will
perform at 8 p.m. Thursday,
July 16
Lund has been providing
beats and exploring rhythm
since age 11. She is best known
for her work as the drummer
for Unwound (1992-2002).
Thollem is known inter-
nationally as a wildly diverse
keyboardist and has been on
tour for years, releasing more
than 40 albums of his own and
in collaboration with others on
19 different vanguard labels.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18,
the Sou’Wester will host Amer-
icana multi-instrumentalist and
vocalist Ray Prestegard.
Prestegard loves playing
music, singing and entertain-
ing. He has all his life, from
Texas to the Northwest. Bring-
ing to the stage vintage amps
and instruments made in the
1930s to the 1970s, Prest-
egard plays blues, rock, folk
and country, covering clas-
Submitted photo
Ray Prestegard will perform Americana
music at the Sou’Wester Lodge on July 18.
sics like “Wagon Wheel” and
Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison
Blues” as well as playing orig-
inal tunes. He plays several
instruments during his shows,
including guitars, banjos, do-
bros, ukuleles, harmonicas and
more.
The shows are free and
open to the public. The
Sou’Wester Lodge is located
at 3728 J Place.
ASTORIA — KCRX 102.3 FM
welcomes Portland-based Pink
Floyd tribute band Pigs on the
Wing back to the Astoria Event
Center for a special two-night
run of classic Pink Floyd tunes
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
July 17 and 18.
Following last year’s sold-
out Astoria concert, Pigs on
the Wing returns with an even
bigger production, performing
two full sets and a different,
full, cover-to-cover Pink Floyd
album each night. Each night
will feature a set list spanning
the range of Pink Floyd’s career
that Floyd fans and classic rock
fans alike will not want to miss.
Tickets are available at
http://astoriapigwing.brownpa-
pertickets.com. A limited num-
ber of specially priced two-
night-pass tickets are available
for $30. Single night advance
tickets are $17 each and are
recommended as the demand
for last year’s show exceed-
ed the capacity of the Astoria
Event Center.
The show is open to all ages
both nights, and is general ad-
mission only. Seating is limited;
early arrival is recommended if
After Party
Friday, July 17
KALA
1017 Marine Drive, Astoria
Pink Floyd cover band Pigs on
the Wing invites the public to an
after-show party at KALA on July 17.
After the Astoria Event Center concert,
meet and hangout with the band,
view vintage Pink Floyd videos and
listen to old Floyd vinyl. Cocktails and
light fare will be available. There is no
cover charge or show tickets needed;
the event is open to all. KALA will be
open at 9 p.m.; the Astoria Event Cen-
ter concert is slated to end at 11 p.m.
you require a seat for this show.
Imagine the energy and
electric intensity of “Dark Side
of the Moon”-era Pink Floyd
— in an intimate theater or
rock club environment. Pigs on
the Wing has been delivering
just that spellbinding experi-
ence to wide-ranging audiences
since 2006.
Pigs on the Wing brings
an intense, high-energy ex-
perience to the table that is
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Portland-based Pink Floyd tribute band Pigs on the Wing will perform a two-night concert
Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18 at the Astoria Event Center.
both true to the original and
unapologetic in its interpre-
tation, something which the
band members believe has set
the group apart from the other
tributes from the beginning.
Since its inception as a one-off
performance of “Dark Side of
the Moon” to the band’s current
touring production, which has
included live renditions of the
infamous “Wizard of Oz” sync,
full performances of multiple
Floyd albums, and music from
every era of Pink Floyd’s ca-
reer, Pigs on the Wing heavily
emphasizes the rock dynamics
and psychedelic intensity of
1970s-era Floyd.
None are bigger Floyd fans
than the members of Pigs on
the Wing themselves. As vo-
calist Keeley St. Clair put it in
Concert
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
July 17 and 18
Astoria Event Center
255 Ninth St., Astoria
http://astoriapigwing.
brownpapertickets.com
$17 in advance
$30 two-night pass
All ages
a recent interview in Oregon
Music News, “I think I can
speak for everyone in the band
in saying that we take good
care to be stewards of the mu-
sic that we admire so much as a
band ... It’s a big responsibility
to play such well-loved music.”
SHOW RUNS THRU SEPT. 12, 2015
Thursdays to Saturdays 7pm (July 9th-Sept. 12th)
and Sundays 2pm (7/19, 8/16, 9/6)
Tickets on sale ONE HOUR before all shows!
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