Pickathon!

August 2 - 4   Pickathon Festival, Pendarvis Farm, Happy Valley, Oregon
                       Showtimes TBA
                       http://www.pickathon.com/tickets/

Lightning Dust / Hard Drugs 7" Release Very Short Tour

October 9    Calgary, Alberta  Republik  w/ Hard Drugs
October 20  Vancouver, BC   Waldorf    w/ Hard Drugs

September European Tour

New dates for September! See you soon, Europe...

09/01/11 Groningen, NL - Vera

09/02/11 Vlieland, NL - Into The Great Wide Open Festival

09/04/11 Dorset, UK - End of the Road Festival

09/06/11 Paris, FR - Cafe De La Danse

09/07/11 Zurich, CH - Hafenkneipe

09/08/11 Dudingen, CH - Bad Bonn

09/09/11 Ravenna, IT - Hana Bi

09/10/11 Rome, IT - Init

09/13/11 Tilburg, NL - Incubate Festival

09/14/11 Gent, BE - Vooruit These shows will also see Lightning Dust joined by Colin Mckill on violin and guitar and Cris Derksen on cello.

Calgary Folk Fest and Pickathon

Here are the details of our upcoming performances this summer:

Calgary Folk Fest, Prince's Island Park

Saturday, July 23 6:00 PM Twilight Stage

(We'll also be participating in two workshops on Saturday, check the schedule if you want to catch them)

Pickathon, Happy Valley, Oregon (near Portland)

Sunday, August 7 11:30 PM Starlight Stage

These shows will feature co-conspirators Colin Mckill on violin and guitar, Cris Derkson on cello, and Ashley Webber on backing vocals.

Summer and Fall 2011

We've got some shows coming up this summer and fall, more to be announced for Europe in September...

July 22 - 24 Calgary Folk Festival Prince's Island Park, Calgary

August 5 - 7 Pickathon Happy Valley, Oregon

September 2 -4 End Of The Road Festival Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset, UK

One Show in Vancouver before we leave

April 25  8:00PM  Vancouver East Cultural Centre 

A very special show which teams Lightning Dust with a string quartet, performing a selection of our songs, new and old, arranged for strings by Cris Derkson and Lucas Schuller.

Spring European Tour

02-MAY -  CARACOL, PISA , ITALY                                               

03-MAY -  CLANDESTINO, FAENZA , ITALY                                         

04-MAY -  LE CAVES DU MANOIR, MARTIGNY, SWITZERLAND           

05-MAY -  LE SCOPITONE, PARIS, FRANCE                                    

06-MAY -  LEXINGTON, LONDON, UK                                  

09-MAY -  ALL TOMORROW's PARTIES @ BUTLINS, MINEHEAD, UK                             

10-MAY -  TRIX, ANTWERP, BELGIUM                                                 

11-MAY -  4AD, DIKSMUIDE, BELGIUM                                             

12-MAY -  PARADISO, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS                                    

May 7 - 9  All Tomorrow's Parties  Butlin's, Minehead, UK

European Tour

We are absolutely PSYCHED to be doing our first European tour!

Come out and say hi...

26-NOV - VERA, Groningen (NL)
27-NOV - LE GUESS WHO? FESTIVAL, Utrecht (NL)
28-NOV - PATRONAAT, Haarlem (NL)
29-NOV - BOTANIQUE, Brussels (B)
30-NOV - BUSH HALL, London (UK)
01-DEC - CLWB iFOR BACH, Cardiff (UK)
02-DEC - BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL, Birmingham (UK)
03-DEC - CAPTAIN'S REST, Glasgow (UK)
04-DEC - ROADHOUSE, Manchester (UK)
06-DEC - ROEPAEN, Ottersum (NL)
08-DEC - LOPPEN, Copenhagen (DK)
09_DEC - CONNE ISLAND, Leipzig (D)
10-DEC - BANG BANG CLUB, Berlin (D)
11-DEC - 59:1, Munich (D)
12-DEC - LA MAROQUINERIE, Paris (FR)
13-DEC - L'EMIL VACHE, Metz (FR)
14-DEC - LA MARQUISE, Lyon (FR)
15-DEC - LE BOURG, Lausanne (CH) 

Lightning Dust "Infinite Light" North American Tour!

Come out and see us! Dates below!

• Sept 4 Calgary, AB Broken City w/ Immaculate Machine
• Sept 5 Edmonton, AB The Hydeaway
• Sept 6 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
• Sept 8 Winnipeg, MB The Lo Pub
• Sept 10 Madison, WI The Corral Room
• Sept 11 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 12 Chicago, IL Schubas w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 13 Detroit, MI Magic Stick w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 14 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 15 Montreal, QC Il Motore w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 16 Northampton, MA Ironhorse Music Hall w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 17 Cambridge, MA TT The Bear's Place w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 19 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 20 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 21 Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 23 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 24 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 26 Austin, TX The Mohawk w/ The Cave Singers
• Sept 29 Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room w/ !!! and The Cave Singers
• Sept 30 Las Vegas, NV The Beauty Bar w/ The Cave Singers
• Oct 1 Los Angeles, CA The Echo w/ The Cave Singers
• Oct 2 San Diego, CA The Casbah w/ Elvis Perkins and The Cave Singers
• Oct 3 Merced, CA The Partisan w/ The Cave Singers and El Olio Wolof
• Oct 5 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place w/ The Cave Singers
• Oct 6 San Francisco, CA The Independent w/ The Cave Singers
• Oct 7 Sacramento, CA Luigi's Fun Garden
• Oct 10 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios w/ Elliott Brood
• Oct 11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern