The Shabang Live Music and Arts Festival returned to Laguna Lake Park in San Luis Obispo after a nearly two year hiatus. The five stages attracted roughly 4,000 guests on Friday and 9,000 on Saturday, as well as 40 artists from all over the country. Audio by Sophie Lincoln The first Shabang was thrown […]
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“The Undie Run is for everyone:” The return of a San Luis Obispo tradition
Have you ever seen hundreds of college students running in nothing but their underwear? Reporter Jillian Butler has. Butler has the details on what happened as students ran from Cuesta Canyon Park to Mother’s Tavern at the San Luis Obispo ‘Undie Run.’
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Shabang Live Music & Arts Festival returns to SLO for 2022: STRFKR, TV Girl to headline
As a once illegal event put on by three music-loving Cal Poly students at the top of Cuesta Ridge, the Shabang Live Music and Arts Festival has grown into a two-day event hosting more than 20 musicians and nearly 7,000 guests. For the first time since 2019, the 2022 Shabang Music and Arts Festival will […]
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Shabang festival postponed until May 2021
After a recent conversation with the City of San Luis Obispo, Shabang co-founder and co-owner Greg Golf said it was time to postpone the festival.
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Shabang returns to Laguna Lake in May with big name bands and higher ticket prices
San Luis Obispo’s annual Shabang music festival is back with their biggest set list to date, with bands including Mt. Joy and SNBRN. But that comes with a ticket price increase, as well. “This Shabang is going to blow last year’s out of the water,” Greg Golf, one of the founders and owners of Shabang, […]
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With more stages and music, this was the biggest Shabang to date
SHABANG REBORN With more stages and music, this was the biggest Shabang to date Grant Anderson May 8, 2019 0 The desire to grow and improve has been a continual impetus for the Shabang team, headed by founders Alexander Schwend, Carson Stone and Greg Golf, and not even distance can weary the passion they have […]
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Shabang Reborn headliners Cherry Glazerr, Bane’s World, Will Clarke announced
Shabang Reborn will return to Laguna Lake Park May 4 with headliners Cherry Glazerr, Bane’s World and Will Clarke. The festival is expected to be the largest to-date. These artists join more than 25 acts on three stages, including Sure Sure and The Palms, Jasper Bones, San Luis Obispo bands Dudeo Perez and Arthur Watership […]
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Shabang Reborn tickets now available, first portion of lineup released
Ticket sales for Shabang Reborn, a San Luis Obispo music and arts festival are now available. The festival will return to Laguna Lake Park May 4 with three amplified stages and more than 25 live acts until the sun goes down.
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Shabang: Shut the funk up!
T’was the afternoon of Shabang XI and all through Laguna Lake, vendors and artists were singing and stirring. But at the Funk Safari, there was hardly a shout as they danced to house. At the silent disco, guests were wired into headphones and danced away to house music in a jungle-themed corner of the festival. […]
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Meet the quirky characters of Shabang XI
Meet the characters of San Luis Obispo’s Shabang XI Music Festival on the premiere of Good News with Rachel Showalter.
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This year’s Shabang expected to be largest to date
Expect more music genres, larger structures, and increased ticket prices at the bi-annual local music and arts festival on Saturday.