Louisville’s Jim James will be playing a show at the Louisville Palace on Halloween this year, but it wont be with MMJ or solo. He will be joined by M.Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis who are collectively known as the Monsters of Folk (ala Kings of Comedy?). Tickets go on sale July 31st, but there is no price up yet. We’ll let you know when we find out. $1 dollar from every ticket sold will go to a local charity! Production Simple is putting this one on. MoF has a S/T album coming out September 22nd, so we all will have ample opportunity to check it out before the show.
UPDATE: Tickets will be $43 / $33. Tickets can be purchased at The Louisville Palace Box Office, Monday – Friday Noon – 5pm, or at
http://www.livenation.com or by phone 877-598-8698.
Monsters of Folk – Say Please
AN EVENING WITH
MONSTERS OF FOLK
MONSTERS OF FOLK ANNOUNCE A 16-DATE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS FALL, BEGINNING OCTOBER 13TH. AT EACH SHOW, THE GROUP WILL DONATE $1 FROM EVERY TICKET SOLD TO A LOCAL CHARITY. AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE FOR MONSTERS OF FOLK FANS BEGINS ON TUESDAY, JULY 28TH, WITH TICKETS GOING ON-SALE TO THE PUBLIC BEGINNING FRIDAY, JULY 31ST. THE GROUP WILL THEN PLAY 8 DATES IN EUROPE, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 12TH.
2009 North America
10-13 Vancouver, BC Orpheum CA
10-14 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall US
10-15 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre US
10-17 Oakland, CA Fox Theater US
10-18 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theater US
10-20 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre US
10-21 Phoenix, AZ Orpheum Theater US
10-22 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl US
10-28 Omaha, NE Holland Center US
10-29 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre US
10-30 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre US
10-31 Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace Theatre US
11-02 Toronto, ON Massey Hall CA
11-03 Boston, MA The Orpheum US
11-06 New York, NY United Palace US
11-08 New York, NY Beacon Theater US
11-09 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music US
2009 Europe
11-12 Stockholm Philadelphia Church SE
11-14 Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt DE
11-15 Copenhagen Vega DK
11-17 London Troxy UK
11-18 Paris Elysee Montmartre FR
11-19 Koln E-Werk DE
11-21 The Hague Crossing Border NL
11-22 Antwerp Crossing Border BE
More details below the break…
Tickets On Sale 7/31 @ noon
MONSTERS OF FOLK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR, EXTEND A
CHARITABLE HAND
Self-Titled Album in Stores September 22nd on Shangri-La Music
Monsters of Folk was born on the road five years ago when My Morning Jacket’s Jim
James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward
toured together and regularly sat in on each other’s sets. Now armed with the eclectic
and consistently striking songs that make up their debut album, the illustrious quartet will
reconvene for a Fall tour. The four members will be switching instruments and trading
roles throughout each show, maintaining the freewheeling and highly collaborative spirit
of their work together thus far.
On this inaugural tour, Monsters of Folk is partnering with Air Traffic Control, a
resource for musicians’ philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised
from ticket sales. The band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on the tour to local
non-profits.
“On a daily basis, we see how hard organizations like these work to make our
communities, country and world a better place.” said Erin Potts, the organization’s
executive director. “In a time when economic resources are harder to come by and
organizations are overwhelmed by urgency and need, the Monsters of Folk tour’s
charitable activities are a significant way to energize and support the tireless and often
overlooked work that these organizers are doing.”
Pre-sale tickets for the US and Canada shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July
28, followed by the public on-sale beginning Friday, July 31. Tickets for the UK / EU
shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 27.
For more info please visit http://www.monstersoffolk.com. For a complete list of charities and
for more information on Air Traffic Control, please visit http://www.atctower.net.
http://monstersoffolk.com/
For more information please visit http://www.productionsimple.com
Backseat Sandbar 
$43? Yikes. They charge a $5 service charge at the Palace Box office now too, that used to be a way to get around service fees.
By: drew on July 23, 2009
at 5:27 pm
does anyone know how to access pre-sale tickets?
By: Dustin on July 27, 2009
at 10:12 am