Click HERE to purchase advance tickets for select Aquarium shows. The Aquarium, located at 226 Broadway in the upstairs of Dempsey's Public House, is a venue located in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. It opened in March 2006 to host primarily touring, independent and original artists in the mold of the now defunct Ralph's Corner. The Aquarium is only open when there is shows or events so watch the calenda.r It is a bar so most shows will be 21+ although occasionally there will be some bigger all-ages shows. DM Cooperative (Chris Hennen) books the majority of the shows. If you want these bands to continue to come to the area, please support the Aquarium. When we don't have a show booked, the Aquarium is available for private parties. Whether it be holiday, birthday, anniversary, wedding, no matter what, check us out. Amenties include full sound system and staff, full liquor service, and food catering all available at reasonable rates. If your event is at least a couple hours and is only for people over 21, its very possible with enough liquor sales, you could get the room for free. Feel free to contact us about dates. Call 235-3179 or messages us on here. Note Fridays and Saturdays are only available in the afternoon or early evening. Bands who have already played the Aquarium include Captured by Robots, Pelican, Soledad Brothers, Heartless Bastards, The Octopus Project, The Reputation, Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dolls, The Briefs, Okkervil River, Supersuckers, Bob Log III, Nashville Pussy, The Joggers, Oxford Collapse, The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Jay Reatard, The Dodos, Caribou, Born Ruffians, Clipd Beaks, Shearwater, Islands, The Black Angels, The Warlocks, Dark Meat, The Coup, Band of Horses, Fog, Lucero, Rocky Votolato, William Elliott Whitmore, Comeback Kid, Mac Lethal, Grieves, Eyedea & Abilities, Blitzen Trapper, Danielson, Two Gallants, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Paybacks, The Detroit Cobras, The Dirtbombs, the Gore Gore Girls, Dan Sartain, Dead Moon, The Gunshy, Langhorne Slim, Bang Camaro, Priestess, Diamond Nights, The King Khan and BBQ Show, River City Tanlines, Charlie Parr, Doomtree, P.O.S., Thunderbirds Are Now!, You Say Party We Say Die!, Awesome Color, Hockey Night, Scott H. Biram, The Plastic Constellations, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Electric Six, Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Heavenly States, Cex, French Kicks, Frog Eyes, Sunset Rubdown, Heiruspecs, Grand Buffet, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, The Fucking Champs, Birds of Avalon, Black Mountain, Bon Iver, Xiu Xiu, Beach House, Dirty Projectors, Talkdemonic, Cloud Cult, Vaz, The Deaths, 2 Live Crew, The Tough and Lovely, The Feelers, The International Playboys, Chooglin', Pleaseeasaur, Orange 17, Fear Before the March of Flames, Dead Meadow, Marc Maron, Eugene Mirman, Andy Kindler, The Big Sleep, Celebration, Holly Golightly, Angie Stevens, Panther, The Trans Ams, Mt. Egypt, Minus the Bear, Chin Up Chin Up, SIMS, Doomtree, Doug Stanhope, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Jucifer, Page France, Headlights, Human Eye, Murphy's Empty Shot, Radio Moscow, Starship Reducer, EOTO, Building Better Bombs, Blueprint, These Arms Are Snakes, Papa Mali, The Selmanaires, Wye Oak, Sera Cahoone, Love as Laughter, Gypsyfoot, Trampled By Turtles, High On Fire, Handsome Furs, Pterodactyl, Parts and Labor, Priestbird, Times New Viking, Hackensaw Boys, The Drones, American Music Club, Why?, The Black Diamond Heavies, The Heroine Sheiks, Bon Savants, Calla, Shoplifting, Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels, Magnolia Electric Co., Ladyhawk, The High Strung, The Kissers, The Court & Spark, Dirty on Purpose, Judah Johnson, Akimbo, The Sword, Saviours, Har Mar Superstar, Scout Niblett, Japanther, The Big Sleep Indian, The Awesome Snakes, Birthday Suits, Oh My God!, Why Make Clocks, Thee Oh Sees, Intelligence, Pierced Arrows, Lover!, Ruby Isle, Phosphorescent, Throw Me The Statue, Yellow Swans, Neptune, Dead Science, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Mark Mallman, Big Business, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Iron Maidens, Canada, Georgie James and Say Hi To Your Mom. The Aquarium features Old Style on tap, Jameson for $3.00, Fat Tire for $3.75 plus PBR Pounders for $3 and Sparks for $3.25 a can. Specials: Monday: $5 Old Style Pitchers and $2.75 Captain Morgan or Bacardi, Tuesday: $1 Domestic Tap Beer (Bud, Old Style or Dempseys House), $2 Talls Wednesday: $5 Old Style Pitchers, $2.75 Sailor Jerrys Thursday: $2.75 Import Bottles, $3.50 Stoli Friday: $3 Pounders, Saturday: $3 Pounders Sunday: Happy Hour All Night Long. Check out the decent selection of CD's (Lucero, Joan Jett, Fugazi, the Ramones, the Deaths and more) in the jukebox and ping pong.
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There is currently a search for two types of bands for record label consideration.
*** Note: PLEASE IDENTIFY IF YOU ARE IN GROUP 1 OR 2 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR RESPONSE. Emails are being reviewed by different representatives.
1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
2. A Modern Rock band with male lead. Must be a complete band but there are no prerequisites as it relates to the make up of the band. Average age of the band cannot exceed 23 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
XXX - If you meet the minimum qualifications as described above. Email a link for your MySpace Page and if applicable, a link for your website to: recordingartistsearch@gmail.com
Only send one email with your links. Due to the volume of responses normally received for these types of opportunities. After review of your material, you will only be contacted if there is an interest in attending one of your shows by a label representative. As such please to not send any follow up emails regarding selections. If you were not contacted back, there was not an interest.
ATTENTION FARGO PUNK AND METAL KIDS! let me convince you that you should go to this show October 6th. First of all NUX VOMICA are really damn good and a pretty rare treat they are touring through this area. Second, it is also rare that me or Justin have booked a show in this city that everyone that attended was not happy with the show and walked away liking a new band they wouldn't have heard otherwise. I don't book touring bands that are not good....
I will also continue that it was extremely hard finding the "right" local/openers for this show because quite frankly, this type of metal is almost obsolete here. Not that the openers don't deserve respect, this show is about the two touring bands more than anything and demand your attention.
Please understand this. There are two touring bands that me and Bohmer are bringing to town that night, Nux Vomica from Portland and Javelina from Philly, that need to be in Missoula, Montana the next night.
Total Travel Estimates: 13 hours 13 minutes / 952.08 miles
The show is $5 (= ~ drink + tip at a bar). Red Raven cost $125 bux (25 people to pay), then we need to get both of these bands substantial gas money to do that 13 hour drive (one van / trailer for 952 miles = $165)(x2, because remember there are two touring bands). We will shoot for at least $100 per touring band, so on top of the first 25 heads to pay for the venue, we will need 40 more heads to get the bands at the very least that.
Go listen to the first four songs of Nux Vomica on their myspace in another tab on your browser while you go about your business and chat on facebook and email. It can be found here: www.myspace.com/nuxvomica2
hey thank u so much for the add! we really aprreciate it! come check out our songs and let us no what u think?!:) and if there is any shows we could get in on we would do it in a heart beat we really want to any and every show possible?
