NYC Ska Show Reminder: Megalith Ska Splash at Crookland Knitting Factory This Saturday Night!

Next Big NYC Ska Show: Megalith Showcase at Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Spoiled Manhattanite that I am, I always kind of dread having to head for the boroughs via public transportation--when some drinking is going to be involved--for some night-life (trains run infrequently in the wee hours, I sometimes get lost, etc.), but I gotta go where the ska is, right? The first big ska show at the Knitting Factory's new home in Crookland (361 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg; take the L/G train to Lorimer Metropolitan or L train to Bedford Avenue--either way you have to walk a bunch of blocks from the subway) is taking place on Saturday, October 3. Billed as "Skasplash Saturday," this Megalith Records showcase will feature:

Hub City Stompers (ska/reggae/punk from New Brunswick, NJ)
Void Union (vintage ska from Beantown)
Channel One (Texas ska from San Antonio way)
The Stress (vintage ska/rocksteady from Rhode Island)
The Hard Times (NYC skinhead reggae/vintage ska)

Doors are at 7:00 pm; tix are $12 in advance, $15 day of the show.

Gonna try to make this one, as I really like what I hear on The Stress' and The Hard Times' respective MySpace pages--and I think I need to see Channel One live, too. (No disrespect to Void Union and Hub City Stompers, of course, they are both terrific bands on stage and CD...)