Wednesday, May 19th 2010

Capitol Hill Block Party 3-Day Passes On Sale This Friday

By LB

You might’ve noticed in recent days that the organizers of the Capitol Hill Block Party have added a third day. The urban event takes place in the Pike/Pine corridor July 23rd – 25th, 2010. Apparently (rumor), an additional day was petitioned for so as to accommodate the touring schedule of the Jack White/Alison Mosshart clusterfuck the Dead Weather. Enough signatures and emails were garnered in support of the festival’s expansion and the city approved. Can’t say I was totally on board with the additional day, but now that it’s a reality, I’ll go with it. Haven’t missed one CHBP yet, and I don’t think I’ll start now.

Plenty of folks seem to have slapped on their bitchin’ shoes, but I say if the price and un-block-partiness bother you, then skip it. There’s no dearth of music festivals these days. I will say that opening up ticket sales before any sort of lineup has been announced is quite lame. This Friday, May 21st, you can purchase a limited quantity $60 3-day pass at this URL. But the lineup won’t be announced until June 1st. Single-day $23 tickets will be available June 4th. You’ll have to pay $30 at the gate day-of-show.