Chopdog Promotions, The Brag and DyingScene.com presents

You know that old bird, she’s been around forever, she get’s loads of flowers wherever she goes and has a birthday when it’s not even her birthday? She’s the Queen and to celebrate her birthday Chopdog is going to be rocking out the Ska Weekender Festival 2012. That’s right, folks this has absolutely nothing to do with the Queen but everything to do brass, checkered belts and dancing like a maniac.

The Ska Weekender Festival is back for another round of rootin’, tootin’ good times on the 8th, 9th and 10th of June 2012 (Queens Birthday weekend). The Weekender Festival is again hitting the road with some of the best entertainers that Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world have to offer hitting Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney over three glorious nights and extremely hung over days.

In tow this year is a man who is no stranger to the Ska Weekender Festival and no stranger to Ska. Better known for his vocal contribution to MU330 but these days focussing on his solo material, Dan Potthast never leaves a crowd unsatisfied.

For the second year running crowd pleasers, The Bennies will be packing up instruments for all three stops on the Ska Weekender Festival. In 2011 they proved that there ain’t no party like a Bennies “Party! Party! Party!” making the decision to get them back in 2012 a no brainer.

Then we’ve got the rest of the line-up which includes a raucous pool of talent from Australia and NZ. The festival includes God God Dammit Dammit, Son of Dad, Phat Meegz, Roofdog (NZ), Give or Take, Area-7, The Operators, Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge, Chris Duke & The Royals, Backy Skank, Kujo Kings, Sublime With Billy, The My Tys, Steel City Allstars, Jobstopper and Handball Deathmatch. Get your head around these line-ups and then get ready for the good times.

ADELAIDE
ENIGMA BAR
JUNE 08 – 730PM

GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT
DAN POTTHAST (USA)
SON OF DAD
THE BENNIES
PHAT MEEGZ
ROOFDOG (NZ)
GIVE OR TAKE

MELBOURNE
THE EVELYN
JUNE 09 – 600PM

AREA 7
DAN POTTHAST (USA)
GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT
THE BENNIES
PHAT MEEGZ
ROOFDOG (NZ)
THE OPERATORS
ADMIRAL ACKBAR’S DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE

SYDNEY
ANNANDALE HOTEL
JUNE 10 – DOORS 3PM

CHRIS DUKE & THE ROYALS
DAN POTTHAST (USA)
GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT
THE BENNIES
BACKY SKANK
KUJO KINGS
SUBLIME WITH BILLY
ROOFDOG (NZ)
PHAT MEEGZ
THE MY TYS
STEEL CITY ALLSTARS
JOBSTOPPER
HANDBALL DEATHMATCH

The Bennies are releasing a Japan only EP “Jah-Pan” through the awesome Bridge Sounds. Its a bunch of tracks from the Party Party Party LP. It’ll be out in Japan in May. News of another Bennies Japan tour soon as well!!

The Smith Street Band – South East Facing Wall 7″ is nearly out of print, last bunch of copies are up on the jackknife store now. Their ‘No One Gets Lost Anymore’ LP Has just been repressed by Poison City (Now on Blue Vinyl) – Get your Copy Here

The Bennies Party Party Party LP & Chaos Kids 7″ are both on sale in the jackknife store for a couple of weeks to help cover some new releases! First of which…the Being Amazing 7″ Will hit the pressing plant this week! Followed later in the year by new records from The Bennies & Chaos Kids.

Chaos Kids, Foxtrot & The Shadow League (Dave from Being Amazings other band) all recently also did write ups about their records on duderocket.com (With free downloads) Check them out - Chaos Kids, Foxtrot, The Shadow League

The Shadow League LP is available on the Jackknife Store now as well!

With a swag of new material ready to road test ahead of album #2, THE SMITH STREET BAND have announced a series of intimate shows at Melbourne’s THE OLD BAR.
They’ll be playing every Wednesday during April, joined by a host of great local and interstate supports. Oh yeah, and it’s FREE!!

WED 4th APRIL
w/ FOXTROT & JAPAN FOR

WED 11th APRIL
w/ LET ME DOWN JUNGLEMAN (NSW) & WHITE WALLS

WED 18th APRIL
w/ HOODLUM SHOUTS & PALISADES

WED 25th APRIL
w/ GRIM FANDANGO (WA) & MARICOPA WELLS

The Bennies have a new website! Check it out Here
They are also recording for a new 7″ at the moment, heres 47 seconds of it
New Tshirt in the store as well, check it out below, and order it at the store above!
New Tour being Announced Monday so check that out as well!