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Hey there, long time no see...

Though not really booking many tours these days, over the years the touring roster included some of the best bands and artists in the world. I'm truly honored to have worked with:

Angry Angles
Audacity
Baseball Furies
Bass Drum of Death
Beat The Devil
Birthday Suits
Bitter Pills
Black Sunday
Black Time
Bleed
Bob City
Box Elders
Boxcar Satan
Brian Glaze
Brimstone Howl
Buffalo Killers
Crack Pipes
Daily Void
Dan Melchior
Deadly Snakes
Demolition Doll Rods
Digital Leather
Dropdead Sons
El Jesus De Magico
Faceless Werewolves
Feast of Snakes
Fireballs of Freedom
Gardens
Geraldine
Girls at Dawn
Goodnight Loving
Grafton
Greg Ashley
Gris Gris
Hex Net
Horrors
Hospitals
Human Eye
Intelligence
Jay Reatard
Jeffery Evans
Johnny Ill Band
Last Year's Men
Liquor Store
LiveFastDie
Lost Sounds
Lover! Medicine F**k Dream
Midnight Thunder Express
Miss Alex White
Mistreaters
Mouse Rocket
Mr. Airplane Man
Obnox
Outer Minds
Quest For Fire
Rayon Beach
Reatards
Reigning Sound
Rich Crook
River City Tanlines
Shilpa Ray
Spider Bags
Terrible Twos
Timmy's Organism
The Black'n'Whites
The Blind Shake
The Chargers Street Gang
The Cuts
The Fuse
The Hunches
The Means
The Mystery Girls
The Nice Boys
The Patsys
The Ponys
The Porch Ghouls
The Preacher's Kids
The Real Kids
The Spiveys
The Willowz
Thee Makeout Party
Thee Shams
Them Wranch
Thomas Function
Time Flys
Timmy's Organism
Tokyo Electron
Tough and Lovely
Turbogeist
TV Ghost
Tyler Jon Tyler
Viva L'American Death Ray Music
We March
Wheels on Fire
White Mystery
Wizzard Sleeve
Zoobombs

I'm pretty sure I've left some out, but I'll keep updating. Still, when I look at this list it blows my mind to think of all the great acts (truly some of my favorite bands) I've had the privilege to represent and/or book tours for over the years, even if just for a little while. These days I'm (still) hosting shows in Athens OH....and coordinating the Music & Recording Industry program at Hocking College. Interested bands/artists/agents get in touch if you're headed towards Ohio and need a show.

02/05/2026

Tonorrow night (Feb. 6th) we’ve got a super-fun, double-venue show at Casa and Side Bar with tons of great local and regional bands! It’s the State Street Winter Margarina! We’re starting things off at Side Bar at 8pm with the Casa stage starting at 9:30.

Side Bar
8- Twerp
8:50pm- Space Kid
9:40- Cranberry Casket
10:30- PAL
11:30- The Fibonacci Fellas

Casa Cantina
9:30pm- Jone & The Hissyfits
10:20- Floodhead
11:10- Futz
12am- False Teeth

Buy discounted passes online (link in bio) or simply pay at the at the door. Congratulations to all our prize winners this week! Today’s prize: two weekend passes to the The Biggest Cover-Up on Feb. 20th and 21st! The second person to buy a weekend pass to the Margarina wins! Check back tomorrow for more giveaways! Hope to see you this weekend!

Go to and order a PAL dog today!

02/04/2026

CHECK IT OUT- The State Street Winter Margarina is all set for this Friday, Feb. 6th at Casa Cantina and Side Bar! We’ve got two stages packed with some truly great local and regional music. The Side Bar Stage starts at 8pm, the Casa starts at 9:30.

Similar to the ACAMF pre-parties, you can buy one wristband and check out both stages, or simply pay for your venue of choice (ticket link in bio). We highly recommend paying the few extra dollars to grab a 2-venue pass!

Speaking of tickets - we’ve got another prize to give away! The third person to buy 2-venue pass to the State Street Margarina today (Feb. 4th) will win tickets to our next event, The Biggest Cover-Up (at The Union) later this month! Check back for more giveaways! Hope to see you this Friday!

02/02/2026

This Friday (Feb. 6th) we’re teaming up with O’Betty’s Red Hot to present The State Street Winter Margarina at Casa Cantina and Side Bar! We’ve got some of our favorite local and regional bands playing and hope you and your sibs can make it out to the show! Buy a double-venue pass and you can move freely from venue to venue to see all the bands, or simply pay at the door for your venue of choice. Big thanks to the venues and bands for working with us on this - it’s a new project, and we’re super-excited about the way things have shaped up so far! Hope to see ya there!

Side Bar (8PM)
Twerp- 8pm
Space Kid- 8:50pm
Cranberry Casket- 9:40pm
PAL- 10:30pm
The Fibonacci Fellas- 11:30pm

Casa Cantina (9:30PM)
Jone & TheHissyfits 9:30pm
Floodhead- 10:20pm
Futz- 11:10pm
False Teeth- 12am

Check it out! We’ll be giving away prizes all week (check back every day)!

PRIZE #1- Wanna win tickets to The Biggest Cover-Up (scheduled for Feb. 20/21)? The first person to go to our eventbrite page (link in bio) and buy a double venue pass to the State Street Margarina today, wins a pair of tickets to the Cover-Up! (must purchase today - Feb. 2nd, 2026) GoGoGo!

01/27/2026

We’re back at The Union on Friday January 30th with a pretty amazing lineup of local greats- Kid Primitive, The Zeitgeist, Ananke, and Twerp!
Grab your tickets at the profile link - doors open at 8pm music starts at 8:30- hope to see ya there!

01/20/2026

Blackout Booking presents The Biggest Cover-Up, our annual fundraiser for the Athens County Humane Society, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20th-21st at The Union! We’ve got a great line-up of local bands celebrating some of their favorites, including covers of Blur, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Geese, DEVO, Blondie, Black Country New Road, HUM, Elliott Smith, and more! Full schedule coming soon - tickets on sale this Friday! Please support ACHS! We hope to see ya there!

01/13/2026

We’re super-excited to announce that we’re partnering with O’Betty’s Red Hot, Casa Cantina and The SideBar on Friday, February 6th (OU Sibs Weekend) to bring you The State Street Winter Margarina! It’s a double-venue blowout, stacked with tons of great bands….PAL, False Teeth, Space Kid, The Fibonacci Fellas, Cranberry Casket, Jone & The Hissyfits, Twerp, Futz, and more! We’ve got double-venue passes on sale now (link in bio), or simply pay for the venue of your choice. You don’t wanna miss it! Stay tuned for more great show announcements coming up over the next couple of weeks!
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01/07/2026

Hey Hey 2026! We’re back -and excited to start announcing some shows! Up first, on Friday, January 30th we’ve got a good one coming up at The Union featuring four of our favorites- Kid Primitive, Twerp, Ananke, and The Zeitgeist! Don’t miss out - grab your tickets today (link in bio) and we’ll see ya there! We’ve got lots a fun stuff coming up this year including The State Street Margarina, The Biggest Cover-Up, The Athens Commmunity Arts & Music Festival, and more that we’ll be announcing over the next few weeks- stay tuned!

12/10/2025

It’s that time of year! Blackout presents LEMONFEST 2025, this Saturday (Dec. 13th) at The Union! Lemonfest is Athens, OH’s annual celebration of the music of The Beatles, performed by some great local and regional artists. Proceeds benefit the Athens Artist Memorial Project (AAMP), which helps support regional music and arts education initiatives while memorializing beloved local artists who have passed. Advance tickets are on sale now; grab yours today (ticket link in bio ) to support AAMP and this super-fun event!

This year’s show features sets by members of Any Colour, Stella, Geraldine, The Zeitgeist, Sportfishing USA, Bob City, East of Hedon, along with sets by The Come On Come Ons, Caitlin Kraus, Julian Runyon and more!

This show has been going in some form or another since the 90s at various venues in Athens, with The Union being our main spot over the years! Check out some old posters from past Lemnonfests, and grab your tickets today from the link at - hope to see ya there!

12/02/2025

We’ve got a great show coming up at Casa Cantina on Friday, Dec. 5th (at 9:30pm) with Heather Redman & The Reputation, Laughing Chimes, and Space Kid! Advance tickets are on sale now (link- profile) - grab yours today! Hope to see ya there!

11/25/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to support this year’s Benefest! We raised nearly 3k for Stuart’s Opera House Afterschool Music Program and The Gathering Place! Thanks to all the bands, sound engineers, student volunteers and interns, all the great folks from Stuart’s Opera House and The Gathering Place, all the great folks at The Union and Casa Cantina, everyone who made this year’s Benefest such a successful and fun event! Let’s do that again next year!

Slide 1: Sub Zero (Stuart’s AMP band) Friday at The Union
Slide 2: Pretty Incident (Stuart’s AMP band) Friday at The Union
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Slide 3: Crowd shot during Space Kid’s set, Saturday at Casa

11/20/2025

Throwing back to Benefest’s Past today! Check out this cool little collection of photos and posters from the event over the years! It;s been a
blast working with so many amazing bands, venues, student volunteers, community organizations, local businesses, and friends on this project. Thanks to all who have performed, helped coordinate, run sound, designed posters, stage-managed, and helped promote the shows. Thanks to the venues for giving us a home for the event, and the organizations for all they do for our community. Be sure to check out Benefest 2025, this weekend at The Union on Friday (7pm), and Casa Cantina on Saturday(9pm)! We’ve got tickets on sale now (ticket link at ig), and would love it if you grabbed yours today!
Proceeds benefit Stuart’s Opera House After School Music Program and The Gathering Place! We truly appreciate your support! Hope to see ya there!

11/19/2025

Blackout presents LEMONFEST 2025, Saturday, Dec. 13th at The Union! Lemonfest is Athens, OH’s annual celebration of the music of The Beatles, performed by some great local and regional artists. Proceeds benefit the Athens Artist Memorial Project (AAMP), which helps support regional music and arts education initiatives while memorializing beloved local artists who have passed. Advance tickets are on sale now; grab yours today (ticket link in bio ) to support AAMP and this super-fun event! Stay tuned for more information regarding this year’s line-up and schedule. We hope you will enjoy the show!

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