If you give a rat’s patootie about local music, then you should be at the Rialto Theatre this Wednesday night (June 28) for the 13th annual TAMMIES awards.
Here’s the thing: This is a free event with one sole purpose: To celebrate all the good that’s in the Tucson music scene. We’ll be giving out almost 50 readers’ choice and critics’ choice awards—in an entertaining, fast-paced fashion, of course—in between performances by The Deludes, The Drakes, the Bad News Blues Band, Se Salen, Nick Luca and George Howard.
Let me say it again: The whole point of this FREE event is to celebrate local music. Nobody—the Weekly included—makes much, if any, money off of the TAMMIES. Really. We do it because we believe in what our local musicians do.
And seeing as I am the poor schlub who had to count all the freakin’ readers’ choice ballots, I REALLY WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP, DAMMIT.
So, be there. Wednesday night. Rialto Theatre. 7:30 p.m. FREE!
This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2006.
i heard the tammies was a wash out – only a few actually showed?
Actually, turnout was good, as far as the TAMMIES go. The TAMMIES are free, so people tend to come and go, and at its peak, the Rialto main floor was about 2/3 filled (which ain’t bad for a show on a Tucson summer Wednesday). The bands seemed to enjoy themselves, as did the crowd. I’d consider it a success.