AFTER THE GIG is a weekend-long DIY/punk fest full of bands, workshops, and skill shares to benefit the Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center. In organizing this fest, we strive to create a space for creativity, care, support, and discussion for those involved in both diy/punk/art and activism here in Western Massachusetts and elsewhere!

This weekend is about creating space and time to imagine, and hopefully also realize, tangible ways of bringing creativity, community, activism, and radicalism to life beyond just the shows we go to and things we say we believe in and want to do. We wanted to use the phrase “After The Gig” in order to express that these values aren’t just about one weekend, or any kind of performative display. We want to encourage participants, as well as ourselves, to take these shared resources, and these ethics of community engagement and social change, and utilize them in caring and productive ways throughout our daily lives.

All events will be all-ages, sliding scale, wheelchair accessible, and volunteer run. All funds that are required to run the fest are being raised in advance, and all proceeds from the weekend the fest itself will be going straight to the PVWC (with some room fee funds Saturday & Sunday going to Flywheel Arts Collective, another incredible community organization/resource). Below is a list of bands, a schedule of events, and more information on the organizations involved!

https://afterthegig.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-gig-compilation

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SCHEDULE (all events at flywheel arts collective):

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7:00 DEBBIE
[NY – debbie4ever666.bandcamp.com]
7:40 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
[BOS –
https://beautifulwoman.bandcamp.com/]
8:20 DUMP HIM
[MA – https://dumphim.bandcamp.com/]
9:00 STRANGE FATE
[WMA – https://strangefate.bandcamp.com/]
9:40 QUEER KEVIN
[OH – https://queerkevin.bandcamp.com/]
10:20 PALEHOUND
[MA – https://palehound.bandcamp.com/]

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1:00 PM WORKSHOP BLOCK 1:
-breaking the silence: organizing in an international capacity
-pedal and amp basics
2:00 ALYSSA KAI
[WMA – https://lyskoi.bandcamp.com/]
2:35 LADY QUEEN PARADISE
[CT/RI -https://ladyqueenparadise.bandcamp.com/]
3:10 ERIK PHILLIPS
[RVA – https://erikphillips.bandcamp.com/]
3:45 JULIE CIRA & THE WAKE
[WMA – https://juliecira.bandcamp.com/]
4:20 MALLRAT
[NY – https://mallrat.bandcamp.com/]
4:55 FOXTAILS
[CT – https://fffoxtails.bandcamp.com/]
5:30 DINNER BREAK

6:00 WORKSHOP BLOCK 2
-a brief history of rock music (panel discussion with bibbe
hansen and ginger bianco, moderated by tanya pearson of
the women of rock oral history project)
-an introduction to synthesizers & subtractive synthesis
7:00 NANNY
[WMA – https://nannyband.bandcamp.com/]
7:40 SUSIE DERKINS
[PHL – https://susiephl.bandcamp.com/]
8:20 MAXI’S WORLD
[WMA – https://worldofmaxi.bandcamp.com/]
9:00 SPECIAL MOVES
[OLY – https://reflectivetapes.bandcamp.com/album/special-moves-january]
9:40 EX TEMPER
[WMA – https://extemperband.bandcamp.com/]
10:20 SAP
[MA – https://sapma.bandcamp.com/releases]

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1:00 PM WORKSHOP BLOCK 3
-consensus decision making
-music theory for musicians
2:00 DOGWOODS
[NY/MD – https://dogwoods.bandcamp.com/]
2:35 FALTER
[MKE – https://falterhc.bandcamp.com/]
3:05 HEAVY POCKETS
[NH – https://heavypockets.bandcamp.com/]
3:45 WIMP
[MA – https://wimpforwimp.bandcamp.com/releases]
4:15 SPACE CAMP
[CT/WMA – https://spacecampct.bandcamp.com/]
4:50 GAZM
[MTL – https://gazmmtl.bandcamp.com/]
5:30 DINNER BREAK

6:00 WORKSHOP BLOCK 4
-digital security
-documenting the gig (videography & photography)
7:00 PM CORRODE
[WMA – https://corrodehc.bandcamp.com/]
7:40 PM LIBRARY
[NY – https://newyorkcitylibrarycard.bandcamp.com/]
8:20 DECISIONS
[NY – https://decisionsnyc.bandcamp.com/]
9:00 CLOUDGAYZER
[NC – https://cloudgayzer.bandcamp.com/]
9:40 HET WARD
[PGH – https://hetwardpgh.bandcamp.com/]
10:20 URSULA
[PHL – https://ripursula.bandcamp.com/]

+volunteer and community feedback opportunities soon!

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MORE INFORMATION:

PIONEER VALLEY WORKER’S CENTER:
“The Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center builds power with low-wage and immigrant workers throughout Western Massachusetts. Together, we organize to build community and win real change in the lives of working people.”

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FLYWHEEL ARTS COLLECTIVE:
“Flywheel, a collectively run, not-for-profit space, aims to build community and give artists of all types the opportunity to craft, practice, and perform their work in an environment where creativity is valued over profit. Volunteer-run and governed by consensus, Flywheel believes that art and information should be equally accessible and affordable to all people.”

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AFTER THE GIG COLLECTIVE:
after the gig collective is a group of pals who are striving to create a space for discussion, community, and creativity — to pool our resources in order to bring people together through music and activism, and to build lasting bonds through this work. for the sake of transparency, we are avery, cassie, jac, mary, and razi! we have been operating as a small collective thus far, due to logistics and ease, but we would love your help and feedback, and opportunities to get involved will be popping up soon! feel free to message our facebook page with any questions, concerns, or ideas you may have.