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Houston's venue for experimental electronic music,

underground jazz, outsider art and much much more!

Featuring:

SHFL Art Gallery * Super Happy Theater * Super Fun Patio
Available for fundraisers and private parties!

3801 Polk Street (@ Milby)
Houston TX 77003 - (713)880-2100

<http://www.superhappyfunland.com



Howdy folks, we now return you to our regularly scheduled program! Yep, we finally got our city occupancy permit, so we are "officially open!", like really official and everything! It has been a long, painful ordeal, but we made it, and we couldn't have done it without the help of so so many generous folks who genuinely seemed to not want to live in a world without a Super Happy Fun Land. I'm talking about the folks who donated lots of time, money, and hard hard work to the cause, and there were a lot of them. Right now before we get to our awesome upcoming schedule of events, I'd like to thank a few of them... First of all thanks to Faramarz Eisivand who finally got us through this process, if anyone ever needs that kind of help, look him up, you won't regret it, he is truly the Obi-Wan Kanobi of contractors. Thanks to The Cave Reverend and to Gregor Sampsa for their very generous contributions, thanks to Notsuoh, Numbers, and the GBLT Community center for letting us hold benefits, Thanks to Omar & the Free Press for all their help, thanks to the Houston Aspies, & to Spencer, Timmy, Stephin, Alfred and (the late)Billy Bud and the rest of our volunteers for all the free (or at least super dirt cheap) labor, thanks to Jennifer Decker and TDU for their contributions, as well as Austin Cooley & Carol Kelley & everyone else who donated cash and who donated art in support our art auctions (including auctioneer Dave Roy). Thanks to our parents (Mark and Susan Dvorak and Dan and Barbara Arthur) for their support, and thanks to Louie of course, and everyone else who helped out (and there are a whole lot of others) we couldn't have done it without you,

you guys are all really really really really really great! We are open again...



Yippie!



Ok, so as you can see from the schedule below, we don't have any shortage of folks who want to perform at the new and improved "official" Super Happy Fun Land, we are re-opening just in time for SXSW, so as usual, our bill is filled with touring bands from all over the world checking out the Houston scene. Well folks, you need to come out and show them that Houston is a really really great city for touring performers to visit! How you ask? Come watch them perform! Local bands, since we just re-opened two days ago, we are still trying to muster up some opening acts for these shows, so if you see a band on the calendar that you want to open for, let us know! The rest of you folks, we will see you at the show!



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Sat March 7th:

Re-opening Party with

Giant Battle Monster

<www.myspace.com/giantbattlemonster

Abigail und Hansel

< www.myspace.com/abigailundhansel

Muzak John

<www.myspace.com/muzakjohn

Chin Xaou Ti

< www.myspace.com/igenigenigenvisegradiviz

Dark Surf

<www.myspace.com/darksurf

and more TBA

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Sun March 8th:

So So Death (Atlanta)

<www.myspace.com/ilovesosodeath

Red Faced Laughter (Denton)

< www.myspace.com/theredfacedlaughter

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Fri March 13th:

B-side (and more tba)

<http://www.myspace.com/bsidedbeats

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Sat March 14th:

Treasure Mammal (Phoenix)

Organ Failure

Poopy Lungstuffing

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March 15th:

Beloved Binge (North Carolina)

< http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge

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Tue March 17th:

Brown Shoe (California)

< www.myspace.com/brownshoe

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Wed March 18th:

Afuche (Brooklyn)

< www.myspace.com/afuche

Intercept (Hollywood)

<www.myspace.com/interceptmusic

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Thur March 19th:

Canja Rave (Brazil)

< www.myspace.com/canjaraveoficial

CLP (Germany)

<http://www.myspace.com/chrisdeluca

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Fri March 20th:

Caleb Fraid

<www.myspace.com/calebfraid

Charlie McAllister (South Carolina)

< www.myspace.com/charliemcalister

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Sun March 22nd:

Talk Normal (Brooklyn)

< www.myspace.com/talknormaltalknormal

US Girls (Philadelphia)

< www.myspace.com/usgirlsss

Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned (Albany)

<http://myspace.com/thehobobanned

Golden Animals (California)

<www.myspace.com/goldenanimals

Boo & Boo Too (Kansas)

< http://www.myspace.com/booandbootoo

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Mon March 23rd:

Drew Danburry (Utah)
< myspace.com/drewdanburry
Viking Moses (Missouri)

< myspace.com/vikingmoses
Wild Moccasins
< myspace.com/thewildmoccasins

The Pictish Trail (Scotland)

<www.myspace.com/pictishtrail

Golden Ghost (New York)

< www.myspace.com/heygoldenghost

Rozi Plain (England)

< www.myspace.com/roziplain

The Deep Sea Goes (California)

< http://www.myspace.com/thedeepseagoes

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Thur March 26th

To-Night Golden Curls (Ohio)

< http://www.myspace.com/tonightgoldencurls

Lonely Procession (St. Louis)

< http://www.myspace.com/thelonelyprocession

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March 27th:

B-side (and more tba)

<http://www.myspace.com/bsidedbeats

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Sat March 28th 2009:

Westheimer Block Party

at Mango's Cantina @ 403 Westheimer

with

Organ Failure

Muzak John

The Handshake

Searching For Signal

Rainbows In Your Wildest Dreams

The Delta Block

Suspenderman

Plump

Poopy Lungstuffing

Super Happy Art Auction Featuring Auctioneer Dave Roy

DIY Art Station!

Costumes!

Fun!

Lots of Stuffs!

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Mon March 30th:

Little High Little Low (Florida)

< www.myspace.com/LHLL

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April 4th:

TBA

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Wed April 8th:

IMARi ToNES (Japan)

<www.myspace.com/imaritones

10th Grade Cutie

< http://www.myspace.com/10thgradecutie

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Sun April 12th:

Stretch Dawrson and the Mending Hearts

(Scotland)

< www.myspace.com/stretchdawrsonandthemen ... sswingband

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Mon April 20th:

The Mole

< http://myspace.com/themole

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Wed April 29th:

One Eyed Doll

< http://www.myspace.com/oneeyeddoll

Poopy Lungstuffing

< http://www.myspace.com/poopysongs

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May 1st:

Great Unwashed Luminaries

< http://myspace.com/greatunwashedluminaries

Atarimatt

< http://myspace.com/atarimatt

The Dee Use

< http://myspace.com/thedeeuse

Tran Tran

< http://myspace.com/trantranmusic

Female Demand

< http://myspace.com/femaledemand

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May 2nd and 3rd

The Woodzie SHFL Camping Trip!

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Fri May 8th:

The Umoja Orchestra

<www.myspace.com/umojaorchestra

Free Radicals

<www.myspace.com/freerads

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Sun May 24th

Apple Miner Colony
< http://www.myspace.com/appleminercolony

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June 12th:

My Empty Phantom

< http://www.myspace.com/emptyphantommusic

Desmond Zavala

< http://www.myspace.com/desmondzavala

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July 7th:

Roman Candles

< http://www.myspace.com/romancandlesmusic

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July 13th:

Bolt (Arizona)

< myspace.com/boltofficial

Abstract Artimus (NYC)

<www.myspace.com/abstractartimus

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Mondays 7pm-9pm - Indie Movie Night

Painted Tuesdays Life Drawing Class with Thuy

Saturday afternoon - local band showcase - sign up now!

Sunday afternoon - Art workshops - sign up now



Afternoon Art Workshops Sundays!

You are welcome to participate in our workshops, work on your own art projects,

or just hang out and have fun! Workshops are RSVP, call 713.880.2100 or email < [email protected]

Screen Printing, Tie Dye, Craft Sewing

(Quilts, Crochet, Knitting, Sock Monkeys!),

Polymer Clay (Clay Animation!),

Painting, and/or Mosaic Workshops.

Go with the flow with our hands on DIY art workshops

or contact us to host your own art workshop!

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For a list of past performers visit:

< http://www.superhappyfunland.com/super_ ... mances.htm

Hey Fogman, you are from S. Carolina...do you know Charlie McAllister?