WHAT FOR? 2025
GEOLOGIST (animal collective)
SLEEPY DOUG SHAW (highlife, gang gang dance)
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ACQUIRED TASTE • ANDREW SWAFFORD • ANTADIE • BASES2003 • CALLA BURKE • CAVE DECO • COUNTERFEIT TWENTIES • CROWMEAT BOB/ALIYAH ULTAN • DAY & AGE • DIRTY KNEES • EvE • GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH • HELL BOP • J.BU$H • KNOX HONKERS & BANGERS • NEW ROMANTICS • NIGHTJAR • NUISCIENTIA • PAPERWORK • SERIAL BABY • SUPER BACHELOR • TELEFRONETIC • TELLIOS • THE GOOD COUNTRY DARK • TYRONE COTTON • UaD5 • VERY VERY HOT EVIL • VIBRATOR • VIP DITCHFORK • WEIRD IAN & THE RESTLESS LEGS • WILL HICKS • WILLIAM COVERT
March 27 / 28 / 29 – All shows $FREE
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Friday Mar 14th – 8pm $10
STUPID FUTURE with BANQUET and WORM
Saturday Mar 15th – 8pm $15
J.BU$H EP Release: TANASI CHAPTER 2: EARTH featuring JORDEN ALBRIGHT, BARABBAS, GRAY JACKSON, and MICHAEL DEON. Hosted by COURAGEOUS with DJ KGH
Sunday March 16th – 8pm $15
BASIC (new project from Chris Forsyth) with BARK CULTURE and FOREST FLOOR
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Monday Mar 17th – 7pm $FREE / 9pm $10 adv – $15 day of show
Early (7pm) : Out Series: Improvised music sets
Late (9pm) : LATHE OF HEAVEN with NEW ROMANTICS and PEACE THROUGH DECAY
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Tuesday Mar 18th – 8pm $10
SHOW POSTPONED Pink Budget presents PSYCHIC BAOS with VIP DITCHFORK
Friday Mar 21st – 8pm $10
early… (8pm) GLASS KEY TRIO with the JAKE SMITH GROUP ..followed by late (10pm) show REV JASPER GUNN’S BIG TENT SURVIVAL and MY WIFE’S AN ANGEL
Satuday Mar 22nd – 8pm $10
DOGWOOD TALES with RUN 40
Monday Mar 24 – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets
Wednesday Mar 26th – 6:30pm/9:00pm
Early (6:30pm / $15) : Essential Tremors Selector Series: an album listening of Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left, and discussion with its producer JOE BOYD.
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Late (9:00pm / $FREE) : Pre-festival gathering and t-shirt screening. Bring a shirt and have it silkscreened with the What For?
Thursday Mar 27th – $FREE
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Friday Mar 28th – $FREE
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Saturday Mar 29th – $FREE
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Tuesday Apr 1st – 8pm $10
“EVERYDAY MONSTER TOUR — ONE NIGHT ONLY.” a book release event with readings from author ALAN MAY, with other readings and performances from VIP DITCHFORK, WEIRD IAN PRESENTS WEIRD IAN, CHRIS BARTON, and emcee DAVID DALTON
Thursday Apr 3rd – 8pm $10
WATER IS THE SUN with VIBRATOR
Friday Apr 4th – 8pm $10
CDSM with SKULL CULT and PAPERWORK
Sunday Apr 6th – 8pm $15
CLOAKROOM with NULL and DAY & AGE
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Monday Apr 7th – 8pm $10
BALLISTER (Chicago trio of Dave Rempis sax, Fred Lonberg-Holm cello, PNL drums)
Wednesday Apr 9th – 8pm $10
SERIAL BABY with PENNY LOAFER and GLAVER
Thursday Apr 10th – 8pm $15
HOTEL FICTION with ANALOG KID and VIN HONEY
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Friday Apr 11th – 8pm $10
IDIOMS
Saturday Apr 12 – 8pm $15
J.BU$H EP Release: TANASI CHAPTER 3: (details coming soon.)
Sunday Apr 13th – 8pm $10
PUBLIC CIRCUIT with SHRUDD and GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH
Monday Apr 14th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets. feat DANNY KAMENS
Wednesday Apr 16th – 8pm $10
SLOW SLOW LORIS with DARK MATTERS and TELEFRONETIC
Thursday Apr 17th – 8pm $10
KEN MUJO with DUCK BUTTER and PEACE PURSUERS
Friday April 18th – 8pm $10/$15
FUST with STYROFOAM WINOS and RUN 40
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Saturday Apr 19th – 8pm $10
SERIAL BABY with CUMSHOTWOUND, GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH, and OMFU & THE SCRAPERS
Sunday Apr 20th – 8pm $10
BLONE NOBLE with NEW ROMANTICS and HORCERER
Monday Apr 21st – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets
Tuesday Apr 22nd – 8pm $10
LYE THE IMPRISONED with STEAMING WOODLANDS, OGNA, and SPIFE
Wednesday Apr 23rd – 8pm $10
T.E.N.T. with COFFINWOMB and PLAGUE SUMMER
Thursday Apr 24th – 8pm $10
STRIPES with EASY DOES IT
Friday Apr 25th – 8pm $10
Banana slug presents BRYAN RAYMOND with CHEKOV, FUCKIN’ NUTHIN’ and TITANS OF SIREN
Saturday Apr 26th – 8pm $20
WITCHPIT with ALL HELL, WYNDRYDER, and PSYCLOPS
Sunday Apr 27th – 8pm $10
FLESH PANTHERS with LOINETTES and VIN HONEY
Monday Apr 28th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets
Friday May 2nd – 8pm $10 advance/$15 day of show
BEN MCLAUGHLIN & THE MYSTIC MAURADERS with SARRENNA and HORCERER
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Saturday May 3rd – 8pm $10
SATAN’S GOD
Sunday May 4th – 8pm $20
ETRAN DE L’AIR
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Sunday May 25 – 8pm $20
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS with THE SERFS
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Wednesday May 28th – 8pm $15
TAKAAT (of Mdou Moctar)
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