Can O’ Worms Rock ’n’ Roll Weekend kicks off Friday

The Can O’ Worms Rock ’n’ Roll Weekend kicks off Friday, featuring 16 different bands at three venues. 

Billed as “a no budget scuzz rock party,” the event will span two nights, and the shows will feature local and regional punk-garage bands.

All-inclusive tickets can be purchased for $10 at Landlocked Music or the Buskirk-Chumley Theater box office.

“We mainly booked bands we like, not ones that are well-known or cool,” said event organizer and co-owner of Landlocked Music Jason Nickey. “We want to bring in bands that we are excited about.”

Nickey said there is a lot of diversity, but the bands are mostly garage-punk.

The first show will be at 6 p.m. Friday at The Lodge on 6th and Walnut streets above Subway. Landlord, 3 Man Band, Burning Itch, Brothers Gross, Walking Ruins, Vulgar Boatmen, Vacatoin Club and The Constants will all be playing. Nervous Shakedown DJs will fill in the space in-between sets. Tickets are $8 at the door.

“We know some of the bands personally. Some are on our favorite labels. Some of the bands knew the other bands we booked,” organizer Chris Mosson said.

The following night will feature an early show for free at Landlocked Music and a later show at The Bishop. The show at Landlocked Music will begin at 6 p.m.

At 10 p.m., the Bishop will begin the night screening of early Indiana punk bands’ shows, including Zero Boys, the Gizmos, Dancing Cigarettes, John Wilkes Booze and Cadmium Orange.

The final show of the weekend will begin at midnight with Apache Dropout, Proto Idiot, Flight, and Eric and the Happy Thoughts. Tickets are $5 at the door.

This is the first year for the event and it features many of Indiana’s lesser known bands.

“[The event] has a multi-generational element that you don’t get to see in Bloomington very often,” said organizer and Apache Dropout member Seth Mahern. “We have teenagers, and we have people who have been playing for over thirty years.”