Gong in Rochester [FREE EVENT!]

Name: Gong in Rochester [FREE EVENT!]
Start: 2024-10-09T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-10T01:30:00-04:00
Location: 75 Stutson Street

Schedule

Wed Oct 09 2024 at 06:00 pm to Thu Oct 10 2024 at 01:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

75 Stutson Street | Rochester, NY

Gong is one of the most notable psychedelic bands to ever grace this universe.
Come join us during "Avant Garde a Clue" (a free and all ages week long festival) at 75 Stutson to take a trip to Planet Gong on October 9th!
The full lineup will be revealed on the Avant Garde a Clue event page!
Via Wikipedia:
The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Tim Blake, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis.
Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry, Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida.
Gong's music fuses many influences into a distinctive style which has been variously described by critics and journalists as experimental rock, jazz fusion, jazz rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock and space rock. Gong has also been associated with the Canterbury scene of progressive rock bands.
Rolling Stone described Gong's music as combining "psychedelic English whimsy, German kosmische space jams and Gallic libertine fusion.