MarchFourth!
MarchFourth! is an internationally-acclaimed, genre-breaking FORCE in the world of entertainment – a sonic explosion delivered by 20 musicians, dancers, and artisans who travel the world year round, taking audience members of all ages, from all walks of life, on a joy-inducing, foot-stomping, booty-shaking, soul-stirring journey that defies categorization. This show features special guests, Sepiatonic.
Production Schedule
7:30 p.m. Doors Open
8:30 p.m. Sepiatonic
9:30 p.m. MarchFourth!
With exceptional musical quality and a visual kaleidoscope of stilt walkers, hoopers, and Vaudeville-style dancers, MarchFourth! whips audiences into a celebratory frenzy with an an over-the-top spectacle of high-energy compositions, colorful costumes, hilarious stage shenanigans, and irresistible charisma!
This is not a band that simply “puts on a show”. MarchFourth! delivers a multi-faceted, indelible experience for those who are lucky enough to be in attendance.
Emerging from the emerald twilight of Portland, OR, Sepiatonic’s work represents it’s hometown’s unique, innovative, and sometimes quirky energy. Having looked back in time to the historic roots of vaudeville and forward to the booty-shaking horizons of electronic dance music, Sepiatonic’s producers have found home in a junction of both worlds. Larger than life characters, belly dance, and variety acts bring to life the soundscape of original electronic and live music on stage.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 for Advance General Admission, $26 for General Admission at the Door, and $32 for Limited Reserve. General Admission patrons are not guaranteed a seat. Limited Reserve includes cabaret seating. Tickets are available online, by phone or in person at the Miners Foundry, and in person at Briar Patch Co-Op. Ticketing fees may apply.
Aside from their one-of-a-kind upcycled vintage marching band uniforms, their 5-piece percussion corps, and the 7-part brass section, MarchFourth is far from a marching band in the traditional sense. Their original music is anchored by funky electric bass and has been evolving into a rocking guitar and vocal driven journey, from the swamps of Louisiana to the gypsy camps of eastern Europe, to the African jungle by way of Brazil, echoing the deepest grooves of American funk, rock, and jazz. MarchFourth’s influences are all over the map, but fans of Sgt Pepper, Duke Ellington, Gogol Bordello, Ozomatli, and Cirque Due Soleil would feel at home in the audience.
MarchFourth inspires dancing… when the audience can tear its eyes from the kaleidoscope of visual energy (and maybe even a crowd-surfing stilter) pouring from the stage. MarchFourth provides the opportunity to come together in joyous union with a band whose mission is to seize the moment, bring communities together, and leave everyone feeling as if the world is a better place. 