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Single Day Tickets Now Available!

Celebrate a weekend of ska with the 4th annual Midwest Ska Fest and the return of Skappleton for its 20th anniversary!

Skappleton will be taking place on August 13, 2016 at Tanner’s Grill & Bar in Kimberly, WI and will cater to an all-ages crowd. The Hub City Stompers and Dan Potthast (of MU330) will be headlining alongside Keep Flying (formerly Survay Says!), Max and the Invaders, Run and Punch, The Bishops, 4 Aspirin Morning, Beat the Smart Kids, Be Like Max, The Holophonics, and Fairhaven.

Midwest Ska Fest is being held at the Double Door in Chicago on August 14, 2016, and will be 18+ only. The Hub City Stompers and Dan Potthast (of MU330) will be co-headlining, with The Crombies, Keep Flying (formerly Survay Says!), Something To Do, Run and Punch, Beat the Smart Kids, The 9 Spot, The Bishops, 4 Aspirin Morning, Evil Empire, and Bumsy and the Moochers rounding out the bill.

Single day tickets for Midwest Ska Fest are now available at http://midwestskafest.org/tickets/. Single day tickets for Skappleton are now available at http://skappleton.brownpapertickets.com/.

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All the way from Nashville, Tennessee, the Soul Radics will be headlining this years Midwest Ska Fest! Headed by powerful female vocals, this septet of musicians has been making traditional ska and reggae with a more contemporary spin, since 2011.

With the release of their second album Big Shot just earlier this year on Jump Up Records, the Soul Radics makes for the perfect Midwest Ska Fest headliner!

Charley Organaire will also be joining the Soul Radics for a few songs! Mr. Organaire is of reggae/ska royalty, having performed on sessions with the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, and others, as well as working with some of Jamaica’s biggest labels.

It’s an honor to have Charley Organaire grace the Midwest Ska Fest stage alongside the Soul Radics! We’ll see you on the dance floor this weekend!

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Since their formation in 2010, the Circle City Deacons have brought a heavy dose of ska to the Indianapolis area! With the releases of two full length albums, they've been quoted saying it best, as the band has been "carving a niche in an often disjointed and ska-less local music scene."

Having shared the stage with The Toasters and the Green Room Rockers, among many others, the band members are no newcomers to performing. These guys are one band that you shouldn't pass up!

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With the desire to redefine what ska music really is, Something to Do have been doing just that since their formation in 2002. Their latest full-length album, 2012′s Music for Fine Dining, features 12 tracks that showcase all of their talent.

Rumor has it that this band has been known to dress up in their Sunday best to perform. Fingers are crossed!

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Going into their 5th year together as a band, Fairhaven is driving all the way from Davenport, Iowa, to join us at the Double Door this year. With two full length albums under their belt, We Gotta Ask Our Moms First (2013) and… Goes to Ska-llege (2014), Fairhaven will be sure to have a great setlist.

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Have you ever had ska music punch you with its horn lines, then run away down a smooth rhythm section buoyed by strong female vocals? That’s exactly the best way to describe Run and Punch (hence the name), veterans of the Midwest Ska Fest, as well as the Chicago ska scene since 2011. Made up of some musicians that can trace their ska roots back to 2003, Run and Punch’s infectious style of ska/punk harkens back to the early-to-mid 2000s era of third-wave ska that proves, even to this day, that ska isn’t dead.

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Get your three-piece suits ready - ska's coming back to Chicago, and in a very big way. Midwest Ska Fest is returning to the Double Door on August 8th for its third annual flagship show. The day-long event will feature eleven amazing ska bands from the Midwest alongside a special headliner coming in from Tennessee to prove that ska isn't dead, but very much alive and skanking in Chicago.

Midwest Ska Fest has previously revealed Bumsy and the Moochers, Evil Empire, Beat the Smart Kids, Ska's the Limit, The Circle City Deacons, Run and Punch, Fairhaven, Bootsmoke Rhythm, On Your Marx, Tone Zone Skam, and Something to Do for the lineup, but we are glad to announce that the Soul Radics will be making their way up from Tennessee to grace the stage. The festival will also be presented in conjunction with Jump Up Records and Dark Matter Coffee to commemorate their specially-made new brew, the Pressure Drip!

There will also be 21+ only after party immediately following the end of Midwest Ska Fest 2015 held in Double Door's Door No. 3 in conjunction with Simmer Down Sound featuring Akasha.

As an official sponsor of Midwest Ska Fest 2015, Ruby Hornet will be your source for all things Midwest Ska Fest. Trust me, we have a ton of surprises to reveal over the upcoming weeks. Whether your leanings are towards reggae, 2-Tone, trad, or ska/punk, Midwest Ska Fest 2015 will have you covered. Tickets are now on sale for $12!