Tours: Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

(Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - "Swimming Pools")

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Even though the name is Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, the backup band will be doing both the former and the latter when Thao Nguyen, formidable as a performer on her own terms, plays several solo shows in the fall as part of the Hotel Cafe Tour. One of those stops is in MPLS. But before all that occurs, she's got a few one-off festival dates with the Get Down Stay Down. See the rest of the tour dates below:

August 2008
23 - Tallahassee, FL @ Florida State University
30 - Seattle, WA @ Ex Hall Stage - Bumbershoot
September 2008
6 - Portland, OR @ Holocene - Music Fest NW KRS Showcase w/ The Shaky Hands, Panther, Horse Feathers
17 - Ames, IA @ Maintenance Shop
19 - Champaign, IL @ Krannery Art Museum
20 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
22 - Upland, IN @ Taylor University
25 - New Haven, CT @ Yale @ Ezra Stiles Master's House - solo
26 - Bronxille, NY @ Blue Room @ Sarah Lawrence College
27 - Bennington, VT @ Bennington College Student Center
October 2008
27 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle - Hotel Cafe Tour - solo
28 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club - Hotel Cafe Tour - solo
29 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
31 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
November 2008
1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
3 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
5 - Chicago, IL @ Park West - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
6 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
7 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
8 - St Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
9 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
11 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
13 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
14 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
15 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
17 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo
18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater - Hotel Cafe Tour- solo

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Download: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - "Bag of Hammers"

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(Jonathan Graef)

This post was cross-published on Chicago is Mildly Interesting.