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What a great time!

The musicians sounded great, the audience was fun and supportive. What else could you ask for? Happenstance 2011 was a huge success and we have the Atlanta music scene to thank. So, thank you!

We want to be sure and mention this year’s sponsor again: Bell Street Burritos. Bell Street fed our musicians half off food to keep their energy up for the long day. Thanks to Matt Hinton and the entire staff of Bell Street Burritos for helping out this year.

Below is the list of bands made up for Happenstance 2011. Thanks to all of the musicians for a great evening and helping Atlanta Community Food Bank. You rock!

Infected Cream
Trish Thompson (Tipsy in Chelsea)
Blake Helton (Hidden Noise Ensemble, Recompas, Street Panther)
Corey McBurnett (El Scorcho, Hi Fidelity)
Chris VanBrackle (Dare Dukes, Beautiful Little Fools, Oryx and Crake, Luna Versus You)
Aaron Hendrickson (Nigredo)

Clink
Thom Heckel (Brodie Stove)
Gareth O’Bryan (Lexi Street, Lustre King)
Matt Harr (Yum Yum Tree, Square Zero, Largo)
Danny Arana (The Serenaders, I Want Whisky)
Joel Roedebush (The Urban Quintet, Tricycle Side Project)

Bacon
Eric Stefan (Beautiful Little Fools)
Jim Combs (Sensitive Chaos, The Good Graces)
Chris Wylie (Niagara Mohawk)
Damon Breeland (Nigredo, Scaffolds)
Dom Totino (The Tone Deaf Pig-Dogs)

The Shot Glass Menagerie
Al Shelton (Solo Artist)
Pete Knapp (Atomsplit, Painting Churches, Nillah)
Kevin Watford (Bigfoot)
Eric Wildes (Oryx and Crake)
Lee Kennedy (Herman Put Down the Gun)

The Alpha Beta
Pete Thompson (Mark It Zero )
Zach Hollback (AkuYou )
Terry Nagurney (Niagara Mohawk)
James Staubes (Whispers & Megaphones, Morning Lights)
Mims (Stovall)

Pluckin’ Beautiful
Abby Wren (Nerd Parade, Sol Junky, Abby Wren & What It Is )
Karyn Lu (Oryx and Crake, Beautiful Little Fools)
Robbie Horlick (Book Club, Cassavetes)
Chris Michener (El Scorcho, The Inward Stare)
Thad Thompson (The Shut-Ups, Mark It Zero)

(bands listed in order of appearance)

We are all set to go for Happenstance 2011, taking place this Saturday Dec. 10 at the EARL. For advance tickets, please head over to Ticket Alternative.

Happenstance is proud to be supporting Atlanta Community Food Bank again this year. So, if you bring in a food donation, at the door you can get in to the show for $5. Here is a list of most needed items.

We are also happy to have Bell Street Burritos on board this year as a sponsor. Welcome, Bell Street Burritos!

See you all on Saturday!

We’re gearing up for Happenstance 2011 and are now accepting sign ups from musicians interested in playing. Just head on over to thehappenstance.com/contact to sign up! The event will be Saturday, Dec. 10th at the EARL.

Happenstance 2010 lived up to all expectations. All of the bands sounded great and we hope everyone had a blast. Below are the lineups that were created for Happenstance 2010. See you all next year!

Shatner Face

• John McNicholas – The Good Graces, Supervisor of the Loveless Average, The Low Days… and solo.
• Scott Lofranco -  Escape Vehicle.
• Jenn Downs – The Cogburns, The Pinx, Superpill.
• Chris Jansen – Jupiter Watts
• Elizabeth Landau – The Southern Transplants, Fact vs. Fiction

Helicopter Tricks

• Jimmy Ether – The Ether Family Presents..
• Patrick Rusert - The Dirty Souls
• Jonathan Rhum - John Wayne.
• Chris Reeves - Mr. Lucky, Myssouri, Spain
• E. Robert Frank - Poodleface.

Nico

• Joel Burkhart – Mulberry Street, Bully, The Downer Brothers, AM Gold.
• Michael Goldman - Stovall
• Brian Delgross – HANOMAN
• Billy Mitchell – The Backpockets.
• Tom Byars - Bruce Joyner and the Reconstruction

What Would Lynyrd Skynrd Do

• Jeff Evans – Chickens and Pigs
• Mike Boutte – Supervisor of the Loveless Average
• Levi White – Mog Rocket.
• Scott Lambert - Hot Wives.
• David Kennedy – Camp Creek Committee.

Gypsy Sausage

• CJ Bargamian – A Fight to the Death
• Brian Keele – Sedalia
• Mark Perkins –  Brodie Stove, Bouldercrest Singing Group
• Preston Corn – Shathouse Rats, Chickens and Pigs
• Mason Brown - Solo artist.

I’m Amazed At How Long It Is

• Clint Bussey – Before the Solstice
• Matt Chenoweth – The Goldest.
• Keith Huff – Oryx and Crake, All The Rage.
• Kenneth Uzquiano – Safe Word.
• David Nayyar - Jynx’s Fault.

We have gone through all of our 2010 applicants and created this year’s lineup. If you signed up, please check your email to see if you made the final lineup.

We’re less than 2 weeks away. Can’t wait to see what great music gets created this year.  See everyone on Saturday, Dec. 11!

We are officially accepting sign ups for Happenstance 2010. If you are interested in playing, head on over to the contact form and let us know. If you want to know how this all works, head on over to the FAQ.

Happenstance 2010 will be Saturday, Dec. 11 at the EARL.  See you then!

Here are the lineups for each band that played Happenstance this year. Bands are listed in order of appearance.

Skinny Jean Motherfuckers

• Chris Wylie (Niagara Mohawk)
• Scott Lambert (threefiveseven)
• Erik Kaszynski (Hills Rolling, Aquatic)
• Thad Thompson (The Shut-Ups, Disguise the Sky)

That Last Band Sucked

• Pete Thompson (Mark It Zero)
• Joey Arbuckle (Futureshock)
• Bruce Butkovich (James Hall and Futura Bold, Brain Box)
• Robbie Horlick (Cassavetes)
• Damon Breedlove (Nigredo, Duke Fame)

Golden Rods

• Ryan Peoples (Oryx and Crake, The Wiitles)
• Dom Totino (Tone Deaf Pig Dogs)
• Jake Reeves (Meatwave)
• Pete Knapp (Painting Churches, Nillah)
• Malcolm McDuffie (Birds and Buildings)

B+

• Lindsay Appel (Lindsay Appel)
• Robert Heublein (Authors Apology)
• Karyn Lu (Independent)
• Vanessa Gallagher (Stereotype)
• Will Brown (Romeo Spike, The F’in Heartbreaks, Robopop)

The Edgewood Globetrotters

• Hannibal Heredia (Stovall)
• Justin Sias (Los Buenos)
• Jeremy Spafard (Independent)
• Casey Yarbrough (Authors Apology)
• Mike Barnes (Scarab, Sex in Cars)

The Arkadelphian Thieves

• Johnny McGowan (Grinder Nova & His Pitstop Mariachi Band, The Marques, STAMPEDE!)
• Sky ([golden], happy?)
• Matt Jarrard (Cousins, Oryx and Crake)
• Ben Price (Disguise the Sky, John Wayne, The Water Liars)
• Dwayne Jones (Thee Crucials, The Electric Cycles)

We all had such a great time at Happenstance 2009. Every year we are amazed and reminded of the talent that exists in Atlanta. To the musicians who played this year: thank you, thank you, thank you.

A special thanks this year goes to Firehouse Guitars, who provided us with equipment and even handed out gift bags to all of the musicians who played.

Thanks so much to Atlanta Community Food Bank who assisted us with promotion for the event.  We can’t wait to give you the money that was raised!

Thunderbox Rehearsal Studios helped out once again this year by providing a practice space for the day. Thanks, Thunderbox!

And, finally, thanks to everyone who came out to support this event. You made it so much fun and we can’t wait to see you again next year!

We’re all set to pop for Happenstance 2009.  The musicians will be meeting us tomorrow morning, Dec. 12th at the EARL and will meet their bandmates for the day.

The doors will open at 9pm tomorrow night at the EARL.  See ya there!

We’re just a few days away from Happenstance 2009!  All the final pieces are coming together and it’s looking to be a great night at the EARL.

See ya this Saturday at The EARL!  Don’t forget, doors open at 9pm. And if you bring food items, you can get in for $5.