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Saturday, July 29 through Saturday, August 5, 2023

Music at the Festival

Great music is one of the Festival’s hallmarks. Post-screening parties featuring live music by an array
of artists, take place during the Festival at local restaurants and other venues starting at 10:30 PM.
Post-screening parties are a great way to meet the filmmakers and discuss movies with fellow
cinephiles, while supporting local live music.

Saturday, July 29, 10:30 pm
Captain Kidd Restaurant, Woods Hole

ARLO
Formed in late 2021, ARLO quickly hit the ground running. Since playing their first show in March of
2022, they’ve logged over 50 shows in the area already. They’ll turn up wherever a good time and
tunes are desired. As for the music, you can expect to hear everything from the Grateful Dead, the
Beatles and U2 to Harry Styles, Amy Winehouse and everything in between.
Currently working on a handful of originals in the studio, there is plenty to look forward to from this
trio. Mike Weir handles the guitar and vocals, Leo Ludwig lays down the low end and backing
vocals, while Matt Walsh holds it together on the drums. Mike and Matt both have ties to
Woods Hole; Mike is a researcher at WHOI and Matt is the mailman.

Wednesday, August 2, 10:30pm
Captain Kidd Restaurant, Woods Hole
Julian Loida

Called “one of the Boston music scene’s most valuable players” by The Art Fuse,
Julian Loida is a percussionist, composer, and producer. Loida’s musical curiosity
and open-mindedness has propelled him towards a wide-range of sounds,
genres, and artistic endeavors. He’s performed jazz, folk, and classical,
collaborating with dancers, visual artists, songwriters/composers, and
musicians of all stripes. The thirst to participate in and experience this range
of sounds is partly a product of Loida’s synesthesia. Music is a full-
body experience for him, with sounds often invoking involuntary
sensations of color, texture, or even taste.

Thursday, August 3, 9:30 pm
Grumpy’s Pub, Falmouth
Willie J. Laws Band

The Willie J Laws Band is one of the most notable Blues acts with a modern funky style
that’s uniquely its own. The band’s sound includes deep Texas roots music, add some
funk, and jazz influenced bass patterns, and the influence of various Afro-Caribbean
drum beats, a genre-bending sound tempered with a groove
from Motown, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, the Gulf Coast
of Texas, and New Orleans. This isn’t strictly Blues, much
of it is original music with it’s own sound and tempo.
You will enter the Willie J Laws Band musical train,
cover a varied terrain with its assorted musical sounds.
It’s an exciting, fast moving train, and you will most
definitely enjoy the ride!
Come hear the “The Last Prophet of the Funky Texas Blues.”
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