If you love music, liquor and vintage clothing, this is your week.
Hotel Congress is hosting its 12th annual Hoco Fest, a five-day party featuring dozens of bands from across the country, liquor tastings, guest lectures, a vinyl and vintage clothing fair, yoga and more.
It's Tucson's way of saying goodbye to summer. (We can dream, right?)
The festivities start at 7 p.m. Wednesday night. You can get single day tickets or ticket packages, with prices starting at $15 for single day admission and topping out at $125 for VIP.
Music lineup
Shows start at 7 p.m. each day and are for those age 21 and over.
Thundercat, PBDY, Zackey Force Funk, Lando Chill, Street Blues Family, DJ Herm
Tommy Wright III, John Maus, H09909, Destruction Unit, Pharmakon, Impalers, Gatecreeper, Miserable, Jock Club, Body of Light, Maniac Cop, grey sweater audio, Kate Mo$$, Hikikomori, Jalph, Optimist Club
Frankie Cosmos, La Luz, Mexican Institute of Sound, Orkesta Mendoza, Karima Walker, Vox Urbana, Foxx Bodies, iji, Nanami Ozone, Big Big Love, Andrew Shuta, El Tambó hosted by DJ Dirtyverbs
Gaika, Cherry Glazerr, KeithCharles Spacebar, XIXA, Elysia Crampton, DJ Orange Julius, Winter, JS Aurelius, Mel G, Mute Swan, Gila Man, DJ Sid the Kid, DJ Bob Really
Lee Fields & the Expressions, Project Pablo, Drab Majesty, Yves Tumor, Rabit, Marshstepper, Container, Willis Earl Beal, BOAN, Ben Olayinka, Plastic Disease, Willis Earl Beal
Liquor tastings
There will be free happy hour tastings starting at 6 p.m. each night for the first 300 ticketed guests through the door.
Wednesday: Whiskey Del Bac
Thursday: Kimo Sabe Mezcal
Friday: Don Julio Tequila
Saturday: Sonoran Sangria
Sunday: Four Peaks Brewing Co.
Hamilton Distillers is bringing its Whiskey Del Bac to Sunday’s event.
Yoga
You can even do yoga at Hoco Fest. Tucson Yoga will host two classes in the club at Hotel Congress at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Keep your Hoco Fest weekend or full festival pass and get a free class at Tucson Yoga within two weeks of the festival. Donations are requested.
Vintage Clothing Fair and Vinyl Record Fair
You'll get to sort through and purchase items from vintage vendors and pickers from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Maynards Market & Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave.
If records are your thing, you can go to the Vinyl Record Fair from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, also at Maynards. There will be a variety of new and used records in a variety of genres from local and regional record shops. New this year is a zine and book section.
KXCI Satellite Studio Grand Opening
KXCI will unveil its new studio in Hotel Congress from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. All ages are welcome to check it out.
Fans hang out in the lobby of Hotel Congress at HOCO Fest 2009.
If you go
What: Hoco Fest
Where: Hotel Congress, 311 Congress Street
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday through 2 a.m. Sunday
Cost: $15-$125
Details: Click here
