It is not often Fresno gets a Saturday show from a genre-defining band. Legendary punk band, X, is playing Fulton 55 Saturday night.
There are (at the time of this posting) still tickets left, you can buy them on this website.
On the secondary market, there are tickets to other X shows in California, but I didn’t find much for Fresno.
There is a great write-up about it by Josh Tehee at the Fresno Bee, check it out.
I love this old Letterman appearance from X:
What you should expect:
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I noticed today that Chico’s own post-hardcore band, Hail The Sun, is coming to Strummer’s on Thursday, October 17th and the show is sold out. But not on the secondary market. Browse some tickets for the show here.
The Fresno algorithm has been pushing this Molly Tuggle show at the Tower Theatre at me for like, two or three months now. It better be good.
Call me stupid and out of it but I had not heard of Molly Tuttle before this Fresno show.
If you’re into the Folk or Bluegrass genre, you might want to go, jamming may ensue:
Alright. Maybe we should go.
Tickets are still available at Ticket Network.
There are a lot of recent rock-related tours happening that are NOT coming to Fresno.
Hey, I know this is nothing new. We seem to get about 25% of the bigger tours to come through.
Lately, it feels like more, at least in the rock genre.
Right now, coming to California (or just went through), there is:
None of them stopped/or will be stopping by Save Mart Center or Selland Arena.
Dude. These are all bands that have played here too. All are passing us up now. Two of them are from the Central Valley for fucks sake.
I don’t know if the no-big-rock-shows is a national trend or if it’s just Fresno, but it’s been pretty weak this year. What, like, Blink 182 and … well that has been it recently.
Are we showing up less to rock shows? Is Save Mart Center/Selland Arena not seeking these shows? What gives?
I guess rock is dead, at least in Fresno arenas.
It’s been mixed feelings about Ragin’ Records opening up a place in River Park.
First you’re like “Wait. WHAT!? River Park? But Ragin is, like, TOWER, dude. Metal. Punk. All subculture and stuff!”
River Park is not that.
When River Park went in it was mostly chains and a movie theater. North Fresno. The death of Fashion Fair. Sprawl. A traffic circle we didn’t get.
It was exciting and new, but no heart. Felt like it shouldn’t be.
Over the years it has evolved. Either by design or by necessity it is maybe a little more local – at least the core is.
Teazers. Barrelhouse. Coney Island Me&Ed’s. That place that used to be the sports bar. You know, stuff like that.
It feels more Fresno and I don’t know how to describe it to you more than that. Maybe it has just been there long enough.
So I guess after you work it out, it is okay that River Park has a Ragin’ Records now. Especially since it is in the parking garage (which makes it totally punk).
I’m getting soft in my old age.
Joshua Tehee and I have a good discussion about this on this month’s Flowing With Famous.
Thursday night is the big Foo Fighters return to Save Mart Center. If it comes close to their last/first ever Fresno show, it should be epic.
Opening for them is an L.A. band called Kills Birds. Maybe you have not heard of them yet so here are…
The current single is “Cough Up Cherries” and can be enjoyed below:
also this:
and this:
Check Kills Birds on their site.
I know the typical Fresno concert move is to drink outside the venue as late as you can while still making the main act. But maybe get in the Save Mart a little early and see Kills Birds this time?…
