Badges will get you in for free to all shows, but you can also get individual tickets HERE up until a half hour before showtime, or at the venue, but bring dollah billz plz.

FINAL LINEUP BELOW:

Consequence of Sound presents

Elvis Perkins in Dearland 3:30pm
A.A. Bondy 2:30pm
ARMS 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $15/$17 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Les Savy Fav 8:30pm
Polvo 7:30pm
Grails 6:30pm

Doors at 6pm, $15/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

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So bring the kids and the dogs and the bikes! Leave those clunky, ozone-hating cars at home. Check out the Williamsburg Walks website for more comprehensive listings.

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Badges will get you in for free to all shows, but you can also get individual tickets HERE or at the venue, but bring CASHMONEY. cash. money.

FINAL LINEUPS BELOW:

Titus Andronicus 3:30pm
Male Bonding 2:30pm
Cults 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $10/$12 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Liars 8:30pm
Fucked Up 7:30pm
High Places 6:30p

Doors at 6pm, $16/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Elvis Perkins in Dearland 3:30pm
A.A. Bondy 2:30pm
ARMS 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $15/$17 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Les Savy Fav 8:30pm
Polvo 7:30pm
Grails 6:30pm

Doors at 6pm, $15/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

• We love you, Mike.

YOU can come to the party too with your badge, because, you have one! Or you can buy a ticket, wait to get in, cry somewhere. Your choice.

So congratulations, The L Magazine, for having a band throw you an office party. What does that say about your office?

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Badges will get you in for free to all shows, but you can also get individual tickets HERE.

FINAL LINEUPS BELOW:

Titus Andronicus 3:30pm
Male Bonding 2:30pm
Cults 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $10/$12 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Liars 8:30pm
Fucked Up 7:30pm
High Places 6:30p

Doors at 6pm, $16/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Elvis Perkins in Dearland 3:30pm
A.A. Bondy 2:30pm
ARMS 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $15/$17 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Les Savy Fav 8:30pm
Polvo 7:30pm
Grails 6:30pm

Doors at 6pm, $15/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

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• L Mag Senior Account Executive Jesse Smith took this picture. No one heard from him again.

Speaking of beer, the Heineken Lounge at Northside Headquarters will be open from noon to 10 pm today. Come say hi, wipe your sweat on your sleeve, and pick up your badge!

Check out their shows at Europa, Union Pool and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night and Coco 66 on Sunday.

Also, we have way too much beer over here at the Heineken Lounge at Northside Headquarters on 118 Bedford. Come drink it.

Thurs: 12-10
Fri: 12-10
Sat: 12-10
Sun: 12-7

Bring us a watermelon or something, we're a bit dehydrated from all the Heinies.

Animation Block Party and Rooftop Films are two organizations with deep ties to the city's local filmmaking community—Block Party with their annual presentations of funky local animations, and Rooftop with its sociable mixing of American indie features and local up-and-comers. You can see tons of samples of ABP shorts here, and Rooftop has details on their line-up here. I just looked at the list, and the first synopsis I saw began, "There is no place to hide for the Mystery Hair Man of Williamsburg." So I think it's fair to say we're in good hands.

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We're so excited we just built a guitar of empty Heineken bottles from last year. The sound's pretty good, but you'll have to come by our Headquarters at 118 Bedford to check it out yourself. Then put it in the Foursquare!

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You can pick up your festival badges at The Heineken Lounge at Northside Headquarters on 118 Bedford Avenue between N 12th and N 11th Streets. Headquarters will be your spot to get festival info, pick up festival guides, and to come and bother us if you need directions to the Barge Park (its at the end of Franklin, for the last time!).

Here are the hours that James Franco will be there to personally answer questions and hand out badges (kidding! or are we?):

Thursday (6/24) 12pm-10pm
Friday (6/25) 12pm-10pm
Saturday (6/26) 12pm-10pm
Sunday (6/27) 12pm-7pm

UPDATES on NORTHSIDE: If you aren’t totally e-challenged you can get updates from us at the festival all weekend long on Twitter. And remember, the reason Twitter is cool (the only reason) is because it works both ways and we want to hear what you think - if you tweet about the festival, use the hashtag #northsidefestival so we can follow your coverage.

BONUS!!: We're also offering a Foursquare badge that “users” can “earn” by checking into 3 or more official Northside venues, including concert spaces, art galleries and bars and restaurants that have specials for festival badge-holders. So what does that mean exactly? I have no idea, but they tell me the people who know, will know, and will just leave it at that, deal?

Good luck out there and happy concert hunting!

Check out the schedule below:

Tuesday 6/22, 9-11 am - Real Estate
Wednesday 6/23, 9-11 am - Woods
Thursday 6/24, 9-11 am - Au Revoir Simone
Friday 6/25, 9-11 am - Wavves

If you don't have satellite radio, don't worry -- you can sign up for a free 30-day trial here.

See ya Thursday!

Badges will get you in for free to all shows, but you can also get individual tickets HERE.

FINAL LINEUPS BELOW:

Titus Andronicus 3:30pm
Male Bonding 2:30pm
Cults 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $10/$12 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Liars 8:30pm
Fucked Up 7:30pm
High Places 6:30p

Doors at 6pm, $16/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Elvis Perkins in Dearland 3:30pm
A.A. Bondy 2:30pm
ARMS 1:30pm

Doors at 1pm, $15/$17 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

Consequence of Sound presents

Les Savy Fav 8:30pm
Polvo 7:30pm
Grails 6:30pm

Doors at 6pm, $15/$18 day of, click HERE for tickets, all ages

A BADGE entitles you to:

- Entry to ALL Northside shows, be they film, art or music, on a first-come, first-served basis. This includes all four outdoor concerts at the metroPCS stage in Barge Park. So if you plan on going to 3 or more shows, it makes sense to get a badge. They're only $50!

- $1 off beer, well and Southern Comfort drinks at Barcade.

- $1 off beer, well and Southern Comfort drinks and $3 off all pitchers at The Gutter.

- $1 of all drinks at Iona.

- $1 off all drafts AND buy one tapas get second tapas at half price at Nita Nita.

- Free lemonade, ice tea, coffee or iced coffee with sandwich purchase at Papa Lima.

- $1 off sangria, frozen margaritas and jar drinks at San Loco.

- $5 organic beers and $2 off cocktails at Rockin' Raw. Musicians get free magnesium shots, so bring a ukelele or something.

- Two for one well pours; half-off Heinekens, $5 for frozen margaritas, Sangria and Whiskey-by-the-Inch at Teddy’s.

- $4 Southern Comfort cocktails all festival long and $3 pints of Heineken for Sunday only at Brooklyn Bowl.

- 2 for 1 admission at the New Museum during the festival.

So there you have it. A Northside Badge is the key to happiness from June 24-27.

If you have any other questions, read up on our FAQ. See you at Northside!

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• We'll fly one day.

On Friday, June 25, The L Magazine presents NY Export: Opus Jazz, starring dancers from the New York City Ballet reviving the classic midcentury choreography of Jerome Robbins, in locations across the city. The dance has been described as the “abstraction” of West Side Story, and it feels that way, snappy, saunter-y, slangy and communicative. The movements of the dance are staged in striking New York locations—the High Line, an under-construction apartment building, a school gym, and, first and most marvelously, the McCarren Park Pool. Directors Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost aren’t shy about moving the camera or cutting during the dances, but—and this will come as something of a surprise to the many of you who regularly watch movie musicals—they do so with an authentic understanding of how to emphasis and heighten the movement of the bodies observed.

The film opens with the dancers moving through backdrops of city life, and closing with shots of the local color in motion. The Robbins dance, inspired by the physical life of the city, is returned to its origins in a marvelously organic-feeling feat of symbiosis.

From the Greenpoint Avenue Station, walk west on Greenpoint Ave toward the water. Hang a right on Franklin and walk up (north) till you hit the water, right after crossing Dupont. Park will be on your left. We even made you a map so you don't get lost.

We'll also be having shuttle buses at the Bedford Ave stop on the L and the Greenpoint Avenue Station to take you right to where the bands are playing, so if you have little arm strength to carry your guitar/amp/piano/backpack of beer, we got you covered.

Don't forget to buy your tickets to all outdoor shows at the MetroPCS stage at Barge Park! Or if you want to go to EVERYTHING, become a member of Les Savy Fav. But you're probably better off just buying a badge.