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Every week we've got something sweet to stoke you, the gentle LAist readers with.
Last week we sent a lovely lady a pair of tickets for the Vegoose concert; today we're gonna bro someone with ducats to the First Annual LA Weekly Detour Fest.
Saturday, October 7th on Main and 1st in Downtown LA, locals will rock out to Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, and Basement Jaxx, with additional performances by Peeping Tom, Redd Kross, Blackalicious, Blonde Redhead, !!!, The Like, The Elected, OH NO! OH MY!, The Blood Arm, Everybody Else, The Howling Bells, Wired All Wrong. They'll also dance to DJ sets by VHS or Beta, Steve Aoki, Shepard Fairey, and Travis Keller.
To be play this little game all you've gotta do is leave a comment below with a few sentences of what you love about LAist -- and make sure to leave a valid email address in the email field so we know how to get back to you. (Have no fear, the public cannot see your email address, just us.)
A winner will be chosen and announced tomorrow, but the deadline is midnight tonight. LAist reserves the right to post some of our favorite entries so keep it clean. OK, sorta clean.
