About one week ago we announced the first ever South Town Record Fair happening on Saturday, November 15th. The record fair will feature tables and booths being set up by record stores, labels, and distros from all around the area. Since the fair was originally announced, it looks like a good number of labels and distros have been added to the event. Some of those that were recently added include Guard Records (based out of Springfield, Milwaukee, and Kansas City), Rat King Records (based out of Champaign), and Acid Kat Record (based out of St. Louis). Let’s take a look at the updated list of everyone participating:
Acid Kat Zine (St. Louis based label and zine)
Error Records (Champaign/Urbana label and record store)
The Garbage Shop (Taylorville label)
Guard (Springfield/Milwaukee/Kansas City based label)
Kuloolu Records (Champaign/Urbana label)
Ooey Gooey Tapes (Springfield based label)
Patch Records (Springfield based label)
Rat King Records (Champaign/Urbana based label)
Reality is a Cult (Galesburg IL based label)
Skeletal Lightning (Champaign/Urbana based label)
Swollen Lungs (Bloomington/Normal based label)
Waiting Room Records (Bloomington/Normal record store)
The South Town Record Fair will be happening from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, November 15th. The event is free admission and will be happening at Dumb Records and Black Sheep. Dumb Records will also be having a 10% off sale for everything in the store that whole day. There are also rumors of a free show happening on the ramp of Skank Skates during the event. Find a facebook event for the whole South Town Record Fair right here.
