GV30 - SoCal Punk Rock Festival Dec. 16-18

Gary Tovar, the LA promoter who started Goldenvoice, which became the huge promoter behind the Coachella music festival every spring in Indio, CA, has announced GV30, a punk rock festival on Dec 16-18 at the Santa Monica (CA) Civic Auditorium to celebrate Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary of existence. Think of it as a pretty rad office party.

From the blurbsters
"Gary Tovar brings you GV30; three shows in honor of Goldenvoice's 30th Anniversary featuring Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Descendents and more. The artists and line-up for these special shows were chosen to reflect the bands that embraced and were instrumental in building Goldenvoice from day 1. Like us, they had just the right screws loose. Because of their support past and present, Goldenvoice was able to flourish and become a part of the Southern California music scene. These bands took a chance on us 30 years ago, and continue to be a big part of what we do today. We are excited for them to help us honor our first 30 years!

Slated to perform are:
Friday, December 16th Social Distortion, X, Adolescents
Saturday, December 17th Bad Religion, Youth Brigade, T.S.O.L.
Sunday, December 18th Descendents, The Vandals, The Dickies
Also appearing: The Grim, Ill Repute, Love Canal, A Pretty Mess

Will T.S.O.L. feature its legendary frontman Jack Grisham? Hope so! I've been following his 'coaching" career a bit as well as his interviews around his book "An American Demon".

Read a lot more about the show at Pop & Hiss, the LA Times music blog.