Northside Festival

People at The L Magazine have teamed up with local music businesses to put together the first annual Northside Festival taking place in Greenpoint and Williamsburg Brooklyn from Thursday June 11th to Sunday June 14th. It will showcase bands and artists of the independent music and art scene in the NYC area.

Some of the bands playing include The Hold Steady, Bishop Allen, O'Death and Aa. The Williamsburg Gallery Association will be helping out featuring artists throughout the art spaces in the area. Tickets are $45 passes for all 4 days and they are not doing single day tickets apparently. It is cheap considering but it is only available for all of us 21 and older. I think you can get tickets for the individual shows through the venues though. My friends O'Death are playing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and I'm pretty sure you can get tickets for that specific show online.

It's pretty much an uber hipster festival I'm assuming, but I can totally be wrong and on the flipside it's a music and art festival what can go wrong? Check out their website for complete line-ups and schedules. www.northsidefestival.com

+ The Northside Festival - Snooze [Lucid Culture]
+ The Northside Festival is coming to Brooklyn [Brooklyn Vegan]

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Restaurant Feature: Blue Ribbon Brasserie, Brooklyn

photo by Dennis Mueller on Flickr

It's rare, but it happens; a perfect dining experience. I honestly can't think of a single bad thing to say about the Blue Ribbon Brasserie in Brooklyn. I enjoy going to those pricey, "nice" restaurants for a good meal once in a while but most of the time I don't feel like dressing up just to have dinner. Although Blue Ribbon is one of those nice restaurants, it has a very casual vibe about it. I was wearing a zip-up hoodie, jeans and sneakers but didn't feel a bit under dressed or uncomfortable. Even some of the staff had jeans on.

So the food... expensive? Yes, but when you measure the portions and quality against the price it's reasonable. The oysters and clams I had from the raw bar was really fresh, and my lobster entree was amazing. The best thing about Blue Ribbon aside from the awesome food is their service. As the side plate was getting full of lobster shells they would replace it with a new plate without us asking. The waiters were very knowledgeable and on point. You can't really ask for much more. I'll be heading back there again soon, definitely my new favorite restaurant.

+ Blue Ribbon is located at 280 5th Avenue between 1st St. and Garfield Place in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

[official website]
Blue Ribbon Brasserie [Yelp Reviews]

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Model Djs!?

The Stadj Model DJs

You wish you thought of it first, but it exists.... model DJs! Williamsburg based talent agency Stadj will deliver a hot chick to your party not only for eye candy but to take the musical reins and keep everybody dancing. All of the DJs at Stadj are professionally trained by 20 year veteran DJ and the agency's co-founder DJ EM. Honestly, I'm not sure how skilled they actually are but it almost doesn't matter now does it?

[official website]
Stadj Model DJs [Thrillist]
Evolution of the SheJay [psychoPEDIA]

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The Mugs, Robbers On High Street at The Bell House

Robbers On High Street photo by Jason Lee Parry

THE BELL HOUSE - Brooklyn, NY
SAT 01.17

8pm - $10

The Mugs / Robbers On High Street / Mussels / Chocopine

also with DJ French Toast and DJ Humdrum Boy

The Robbers will also be playing at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg for the Guilt By Association Vol. 2 release party on January 31st.

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