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Echo Park Rising: Festival Set Times

This weekend kicks off the second annual Echo Park Rising, which is a locally-oriented music festival that arose out of the need to a void left by the Sunset Junction Festival.
Buzzbands LA has a full line-up and map to the festival on its website:
TAIX OUTDOOR STAGE, 1911 W. Sunset Blvd.
12:45 p.m. — HOTT MT
1:35 — Gothic Tropic
2:25 — Foxygen
3:20 — Buyepongo
4:20 — Lavender Diamond
5:10 — Dante Vs. Zombies
6 — Robert DeLong
6:50 — NO
7:40 — Youngblood Hawke
8:40 — Fool’s Gold BUZZBANDS.LA in the CHAMPAGNE ROOM AT TAIX
2 p.m. — The Far West
3 — Michael Davis With Lions
4 — Pageants
5 — The Lonely Wild
6 — The Record Company
7 — Future Ghost
8 — A House for Lions
9 — Warships
10 — Soft Swells
11 — A nightcap set from Youngblood Hawke
Plus DJ sets from Marko Bacilio (Downtown Lobby), Oscar Rangel (The Scenestar), Mo Herms (Moheak Radio) and Buzz Bands LA.
ECHO, 1822 Sunset Blvd.
1 p.m. — Wake Up Lucid
1:50 — The Blank Tapes
2:40 — The Abigails
3:30 — Seasons
4:20 — Manhattan Murder Mystery
5:20 — Strangers Family Band
6:10 — Feeding People
7 — Black Apples
7:50 — Voxhaul Broadcast
ECHOPLEX, entrance at 1154 Glendale Blvd.
11 a.m. — Stones Throw DJs
Noon — Anticon DJs
1:30 p.m. — Thee Commons
2:40 — The Dead Ships
3:30 — Oh Boy Les Mecs
4:20 — Calvin Love
5:10 — Hands
** Vendors in the Echoplex include Stones Throw, Sargent House, PPM, Penny Ante, Echo Park Books, LA ZINE FEST, Take Off, Pop Hop and Real Hands Made.
ORIGAMI VINYL, 1816 W. Sunset Blvd.
1 p.m. — TS & the Past Haunts
1:45 — Kissing Cousins
2:30 — LA Font
3:15 — Line & Circle
4 — Spirit Vine
4:45 — Cosmonauts
5:30 — Holloys
6:15 — Death Hymn #9
BACKSIDE, 1818 W. Sunset Blvd.
Noon — What Are Hands For
6:30 p.m — Parallax Scroll
7:15 — Lantvrn
8 — Stab City
8:45 — Mothers Of Gut
9:30 — Moses Campell
10:15 — Vin Scully
11:00 — Sceneries
11:30 — L.A. Witch
Midnight — Jules and Verne
STORIES BOOKS & CAFÉ, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd.
Noon — Readings from Natasha Deon, James Greer, DR Haney, Gabriel Hart, Jospeph Lapin, Martin Pousson, Oriana Small and Jum Ruhland
2 p.m. — Joe Marble
3:15 — Driftwood Singers
4 — Greg Felden
4:45 — Son Ark
5:30 — OS Beaches
6:15 — The Far West
7 — RT ’n the 44s
8BIT GALLERY, 2147 W. Sunset Blvd.
4 p.m. — Dublab DJs (and also between sets)
6 — Vex Ruffin
7 — Batwings Catwings
8 — Dreamers
9 — Raw Geronimo
SANCHO GALLERY, 1549 W. Sunset Blvd.
4 p.m. — Ruth Ann Friedman
5 — Fort King
6 — Amanda Jo Williams
7 — Tommy Santee Klaws
8 — Noah & the MegaFauna
9 — Walter Spencer
FEVER and LEVELED MAGAZINE
FORM ACADEMY, 1316 Glendale Blvd.
3 p.m. — Fire in the Hamptons
4 — Clipping
5 — NOW
6 — Moomaw
7 — Conquistador
8 — Thee Rain Cats
9 — Bart Davenport
10 — High Places
11 — Eras
FRETTED FROG, 1200 N. Alvarado
8 p.m. — Ryan Ayer
LOT 1 CAFE, 1533 W. Sunset Blvd.
1 p.m. — Children’s show with the Ukulady, April Hava Shenkman, Mista Cookie jar & the Chocolate Chips, Jackie Jones, Don Black, Astrid & Spud Strudelman.
Midafternoon — The art of of Erin Garey & Rita Blaik
5 p.m. — Sadie and the Blue Eyed Devils
Followed by: Captions
Virginia Reed
Chiefs
Betty White
Act As If
The Withers
Sunfighter
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET, 1310 Glendale Blvd.
7:30 p.m. — Grandbury
8:30 — Kera & the Lesbians
FIX COFFEE, 2100 Echo Park Ave.
Noon — Flamenco duo
1 p.m. — The Coals
2 — D Lee (Jemez Mountain Hawks)
3 — Walter Spencer
4 — Geronimo Getty
5 — African Cowboy
6 — Jasper Dickson
ECHO LAKE COFFEE (formerly Downbeat Café), 1202 N. Alvarado
4 p.m. — Salt Petal
5:30 — Andy & Claire
6:30 — Kind Hearts & Coronets
BLUE COLLAR WORKING DOG, 1533 Echo Park Ave.
DJs spinning deep house
3 p.m. — Ed Vertov, Stan Min
SHORT STOP, 1455 W. Sunset Blvd.
2 p.m. — DJ Marko Bacilio (Downtown Lobby)
4 — Blundertown DJs
6 — DJ Tom Chasteen (Dub Club)
EL PRADO, 1805 W. Sunset Blvd.
2 p.m. — DJ Emily (origami Vinyl)
5 — DJ Reyes
6 — DJ Arshia Haaq
7 — Millionyoung
8:30 — LA Record DJs
ECHO COUNTRY OUTPOST
11 p.m. — Ocha La Rocha
Midnight — Herbert Bail Orchestra
1 a.m. — Restavrant
Where to Eat at This Weekend's Echo Park Rising Festival
Echo Park Rising Spotify Playlist
Echo Park Rising Fills Void Left By Sunset Junction Festival
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