NEWSLETTER | FEBRUARY 2010 PARTICIPATE + 2010 People's Choice Award: Click here to vote for your favorite OC artist! + See 2010 OC Music Awards Nominees + Showcase Series Schedule: Come out and support your local artists NEWSLETTER Sign Up Today! DATES 2.9 OCMA Showcase @ OC Tavern, San Clemente, Live Acoustic, Free, 21+ 2.16 OCMA Showcase @ Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest, Live Band, Free, 21+ 2.26 Live Acoustic Finals @ Yost Theater, 8pm, Santa Ana, Free, All Ages More Dates » FEATURED PARTNERS Sign up for MC's Weekly Bulletin 2010 OC MUSIC AWARDS SHOWCASE #5 BRINGS THE DANCE PARTY TO CHAIN REACTION By Ashley Eckenweiler Director OC Music Awards Just over 450 music lovers of all ages danced their way into Chain Reaction last night for the fifth installation of the OC Music Awards Showcases and third in the Best Live Band category. Moostache opened the night with Elizabeth Messick of Best Live Acoustic hopeful, Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob joining the Wardell brothers on the last song. Halos delivered a heartfelt performance to an enthusiastic group of devoted fans. Next The Colourist took to the stage with shout outs to female drummer, Maya Tuttle booming from the crowd consistently throughout the set. The Bolts rocked the house and the fourth slot of the show. The event culminated with the second family affair of the night as sibling trio Blok ignited a ghetto tech dance craze that brought the hype and the house down. The fifth showcase proved another power-packed example of the some of the best live bands in Orange County. The sixth Showcase heads down south to San Clemente's OC Tavern next Tuesday, February 9 with Best Live Acoustic performances by Skee, Carly Layne, Parker Macy Blues, Christina Dietz, and Allensworth. Doors open at 7:30pm. The first performance kicks off at 8pm with the event wrapping up at 11:30pm. OC Tavern is a 21 and over venue. Only two Showcases left until the Final nominees in both Best Live Band and Best Live Acoustic categories are determined! The complete Showcase schedule follows. See you at the show! 2010 SHOWCASE & AWARDS SCHEDULE Tues. 1/05, 7:30pm - Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa (Live Band, FREE, 21+) Kiev (Orange) Melanoid (Fullerton) Yellow Red Sparks (Tustin) The Union Line (San Juan Capistrano) Make Moon (Newport Beach) Tues. 1/12, 7:30pm - District Tustin Legacy, Tustin (Live Acoustic, FREE, All Ages) Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob (Huntington Beach) Barrett Johnson (Santa Ana) Billy Kernkamp (Costa Mesa) Stacy Clark (Costa Mesa) Canvas (Santa Ana) Tues. 1/19, 7:30pm - Continental Room, Fullerton (Live Band, FREE, 21+) Handsome G (Costa Mesa) We Are the Pilots (Anaheim) Pawn Shop Kings (Santa Ana) The Steelwells (Fullerton) Argyle Smile (Anaheim) Tues. 1/26, 7pm - Gypsy Den, Santa Ana (Live Acoustic, FREE, All Ages) The Vacuum Bell (Laguna Beach) Kurt Hunter (Fullerton) Marc B (Huntington Beach) Mike Vitale (Fullerton) I Hate You Just Kidding (Costa Mesa) Tues. 2/02, 7pm - Chain Reaction, Anaheim (Live Band, FREE, All Ages) Moostache (Huntington Beach) Halos (Brea) The Colourist (Costa Mesa) The Bolts (Irvine) Blok (Irvine) Tues. 2/09, 7:30pm - OC Tavern, San Clemente (Live Acoustic, FREE, 21+) Skee (Sunset Beach) Carly Layne (Laguna Niguel) Parker Macy Blues (Orange) Christina Dietz (San Clemente) Allensworth (Huntington Beach) Tues. 2/16, 7:30pm - Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest (Live Band, FREE, 21+) Duress (Huntington Beach) The New Limb (Costa Mesa) Dusty Rhodes and the River Band (Fullerton) Stereofix (Costa Mesa) The Color Turning (Santa Ana) Fri. 2/26, 8pm - Yost Theater, Santa Ana - (Live Acoustic Finals, FREE, All Ages) Sat. 2/27, 8pm - Samueli Theater, OCPAC - (Live Band Finals, FREE, All Ages) Sat. 3/6, 8pm - Grove of Anaheim - (OC Music Awards, $25, All Ages) Back to Top Return to front page »

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