Featuring Florida's rabble-rousing folk troubadour, Lars Din, Chelsea Carnes, and SOFUQT (South Florida United Queers & Trannies) political performance group
Sat., April 28, 2007–Gainesville: at Common Grounds, 210 S.W. 2nd Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601–CD release party for Lars Din SongRiot & kick-off for both May Day Roadshow and Gainesville's Week of Events! Also playing: The Deep and Holy Sea, The Ones to Blame, and more!
Sun., April 29–Tallahassee: at The Tallahassee Infoshop, 229 Westridge Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32304, (in the back) 6 p.m.
Mon., April 30–St. Augustine: at LooseScrews, 125-B King St.
Tues., May 1–Gainesville May Day Rally & Festival, downtown plaza, 6-10 p.m.
Wed., May 2–Orlando: at Uncle Lou's, 1016 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 8 p.m., special local guest act: Jenny K. Surrounded by Wolves
Thurs., May 3–Tampa: Tampa Springs Theater, 8029 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa, FL 33604
Fri., May 4–Miami: The tour will be participating in the Grand Opening of the Firefly House's Lending Library, 219 N.E. 20th St., 6 p.m.
For booking, contact: MayDay-at-songriot.com
WHAT'S MAY DAY? May Day refers to any of several holidays celebrated on this day. May 1 was a traditional springtime holiday, also known as Beltane, in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. Beltane marks that the winter's journey has passed and summer has begun, it is a festival that heralds the arrival of summer in her full garb. May Day also refers to various anarchist, socialist and labor movement celebrations conducted on May 1 or International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day), where the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement are celebrated. Its origin is in the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois.