Explore the world of the PRF BBQ. Started in 2009, in a basement in the city of Chicago, The PRF BBQ’s have spread to New York, and Austin, soon to be followed by Copenhagen and Oakland.
PRFBBQ 2021 will be virtual this year, and submissions are open!
Through the power and savvy of of Fuzzbox DJs, the BBQ will be streaming across the weekend of July 8th-11th, 2021.
Submit your fresh video content to: Chicago@PRFBBQ.com.
Could be one song, could be a whole set. 20 minutes max.
Submission deadline: June 14th.
Don’t quit!
POSTPONED until 2021 due to COVID-19. Don’t quit (try again later). Take care of each other!
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PRF BBQ 2020 is July 9-12 in Chicago. Tell your buds.
July 9 (Thursday): Location TBA
July 10 (Friday): Workshop 4200 – Wholesome Radio stage
July 11 (Saturday): Workshop 4200
July 12 (Sunday): Workshop 4200
BAND SUBMISSIONS
Band submissions are closed.
PRE-SALE TICKETS
Donate via paypal to tickets@prfbbq.org, select “sending to a friend,” and list your name in the notes of the transaction. That’s it! Since this whole thing is for charity, you are welcome to donate more than the asking price – rest assured, it will go toward our two amazing charity partners.
$40 – weekend
$45 – weekend w/ commemorative PRFBBQ cup
≥ $45 – weekend w/ cup (and kudos forever)
VOTING
Pre-sale ticket holders will receive the voting survey + list of band submissions. Anybody who picks up a pre-sale ticket before April 4th will be able to see the band submissions and vote on 27 slots by choosing the 27 bands (of the 75 band submissions) they most want to see. We are keeping the band submission list private out of respect to bands who may not want the World Wide Web to know they submitted.
CHARITY
Our charity partners in 2020 are Test Prevention Awareness Network (TPAN) and Chicago HOPES for Kids. After modest expenses are covered, all proceeds will be split 50/50 between those charities.
QUESTIONS?
Email chicago@prfbbq.com.
September 27th–29th
Elbo Room Jack London
311 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
$15 day of, $12 adv or $30 all 3 days adv
Doors 8:00 PM each day
Buy Tickets Online
Rip Room
Cartographer (LA/Oak)
Cinder Cone (LA)
Arteries (PDX)
The Tunnel
Frightwig
Sapphic Musk
Prissy Whip (LA)
Wolf City Radio
Chords are Dead
This Friday will mark a deadline. The point past which you will not be able to vote on the band ballot for what is (in my humble opinion) the best DIY music event on earth. For a mere $40 donation you can support and/or attend what some have called “the gathering of the huggalos” (hugs optional).
It’s a party and benefit (this year for TPAN and The Long Walk Home) that features food, DJs, beer, fizzy water, friends, music, and hugs (hugs optional). There may even be a literary component.
It’s my favorite weekend of every year.
If you would like to throw in, paypal me a $40-per-pass donation at jhastie@penguinrandomhouse.com
If you do it in the next couple of days you will be able to have a say in which bands play (ballot to come!)
If you are part of a musical endeavor that would like to play for a crowd thirsty and enthusiastic music fans, email a submission (link to music or video) to prfbbq2019@gmail.com.
Again: if you are unfamiliar, YOU ARE WELCOME.
Let me know if you have ANY questions.