Tributes to Dirk Dirksen

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GOOD NIGHT AND GET OUT! DIRK FEST a tribute to the Pope of Punk, Dirk Dirksen (1937-2006) will be held on Thursday, June 7th, at Slim's, and Friday, June 8th at the Great American Music Hall, in San Francisco. The show will feature reunion performances by many of the great bands who once graced the stage of the Mabuhay Gardens back in the heyday of punk rock in the late 70's and early 80's.

Thursday, June 7th, Slim’s: Pearl Harbor and the Explosions ~ Toiling Midgets ~ The Lewd ~ The Sea Hags ~ The Rubber City Rebels ~ The Symptoms ~ Ron Jones spoken word poet (w/ Megan Bierman) ~ DJ Denise Demise ~ Dana Albert (musician/poet) ~ Film shorts by Karl Hinz ~ V. Vale (of RE/Search Publications and The Counter Culture Hour) ~ Spencer (of the DNA Lounge).... ~

Friday, June 8th - Dirk Fest at GAMH: Emcee, Jello Biafra ~ The Avengers ~ SF Mutant Non-Allstars ~ The Contractions ~ The White Trash Debutants (w/ the fabulous Jon Gries “Uncle Rico” of Napoleon Dynamite) ~ No Alternative (w/ Chip Kinman of the Dils and Rank and File) ~ DJ Denise Demise ~ Film shorts by Karl Hinz ~ Special Guest, Ness Aquino, the original owner of the Mabuhay Gardens restaurant which Dirk helped transform into the "Fab Mab" providing a much needed outlet for "outspoken ideas" in Dirk's words.