MTP Block Fest

skateboards, vinyl, live music, and more live music

Spend the day on the Plaza with DC Wheels, Lost Origins Gallery, Secret Planet, and the library

Let's pack the Plaza with good music & good vibes to usher in this District spring

Lineup as follows:

11 am: Skate demo & photo contest

with DC Wheels and Lost Origins Gallery

1 pm: DJs Leon City Sounds & Vinyl Record Market

with Tiny Vinyl Shop, Art Sound Language, HR Records, Mezzanine Vinyl, Joint Custody, Bump N Grind, and the Mount Pleasant Library Friends

2 pm: FREE SHOW Motherf*#kers JMB & Co

Instrumental psychedelic drone with Geologist (Animal Collective), Jim Thomson (GWAR, Electric Cowbell), and Marc Minsker

2:45 pm: FREE SHOW Los Pirañas

Grupo psicodélico tropical de Bogotá

Los Pirañas is an international instrumental supergroup that has been pushing the boundaries of Latin tropical music for some time now. This band represents thé psychedelic sound of contemporary Colombia and has been spearheading the revival of the Colombian music scene.

For almost 30 year Eblis Alvarez (Meridian Brothers), Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero, Ondatropica) and Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo) have been putting their eccentric stamp on Latinamerican styles like vallenato, Peruvian chicha, and Colombian champeta, just to name a few.

Los Pirañas combine these styles with a rock attitude, noisy improvisations and absurd musical humor. Think of Captain Beefheart in an exotic mood. Completely crazy, but very danceable and enjoyable at the same time.

You might recognize Mario from Frente Cumbiero who hosted Anthony Bordain in a Parts Unknown episode in Colombia.