We do what we can to provide free entertainment and quality art for our community.  Read on and see what is going on with the hoodlums at Hoodlums.

The Hoodstock Arts and Music Festival is back! 

That’s right, Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th Hoodlums will be throwing a little party to benefit the local school, Broadmor Elementary, and we’d like you to join us.  We call it our Hoodstock Arts and Music Festival.

Hoodstock 2012 promises to be better than ever, which is a big statement since last year New Times awarded Hoodstock a “Best of Phoenix” award for “Best Music Festival for Kids“.

About Hoodstock: Hoodstock is a music and arts festival that Hoodlums puts on every year to help the Academic Intervention Program at Broadmor Elementary, our neighborhood school.

Here’s how we raise money for the kids:

1. Awesome Live Music: We gather the Valley’s best bands and musicians, who generously donate their time, to play the Hoodstage.  Music fans like you come and enjoy the show and throw what would have been a cover charge into a Broadmor donation jar.

Check out this year’s lineup (below) and you’ll be ready to throw money in that jar as well:

Friday May 4th 

4:00-4:30  Dustin Jake
4:45-5:30  Robby Roberson
6:00-6:45  Future Loves Past
7:00-7:45  Source Victoria
8:00-8:30 Yellow Minute
8:45-9:45  What Laura Says

Saturday, May 5th:

3:30-4:15 Bears of Manitou
4:45-5:30 Mojo Farmers
6:00-6:45 Factories
7:15-8:00 Ladylike
8:30-9:30 Mergence

Note 1: Click the artist’s name to hear their music, or check ‘em out in the listening posts at Hoodlums (don’t forget to grab a CD if you dig it).

Note 2: Watch the Hoodlums website, Twitter feed, or Facebook wall for set times.

2. Colorful Kid’s Album Art: The hoodlums at Hoodlums go into the classrooms at Broadmor and help the kids creatively paint, marker, and decorate used vinyl albums to sell during the event.  We make an art show out of it, and we sell hundreds of albums at $10 each.  Event patrons get one-of-a-kind kid’s art, and Broadmor gets the money.  Cool.

3. Supportive Neighbors: We rally our Tempe Square neighbors Changing Hands Bookstore and Mac’s Broiler and Tap to join us in donating a percentage of the weekend’s sales to Broadmor.

 

Mac’s will donate 10% of your weekend purchase to Broadmor.  Simply mention Hoodstock to your server.

Changing Hands will donate 10% of your purchase to Broadmor.  Simply mention Hoodstock at the register.

Tell me that isn’t sweet: You eat, drink, buy new and used book, music, and movies… and Broadmor benefits.

4. Cool T-shirts. We are going to be selling some sweet black t-shirts with the Hoodstock Guitar Logo (designed by our other co-sponsor, Moses Anshell Advertising) on ‘em… and all the profits are going to benefit Broadmor. Limited edition clothing for a good cause.

We’d love it if you can join us.  We realize it’s Cinco de Mayo, and there’s tons to do, but even you can stop by and check out just one of these great bands, or buy one unique piece of album art, or visit one of the event sponsors for a little bit, it would help Broadmor a bunch.

For more information, contact Steve or Kristian at 480-775-2722 or click here to email us.

Mix and Match Used Sale – Buy 2, Get 1 Free

For one week only, when you buy any two used LPs, CDs, or DVDs, in any combination, you get a third one FREE (that’s right, I just yelled “FREE”, ’cause kids dig free). Two LPs = One free CD…. or one of each… or whatever. It’s mix and match.

So visit your friendly hoodlums at Hoodlums sometime over the next week, and bring home a sweet and economical used haul. Mucho bang-for-your-buck, whichever configuration your prefer.

Now Showing: The Art of Bill Foss

So the guy walks in… and he says he’s got some art that would work perfect for our store.  Kristian takes a look and asks him the details, and it turns out the guy’s a pro.  He’s got tons of paintings of rock and roll legends that he sells all over the country.  He’s got mounted copies for us to throw on the wall, and prints we can sell to customers for only $14.99.

That’s how you get an art show at Hoodlums. Make it easy. Make it affordable. Make it about entertainment.

And that’s how the art of Bill Foss came to be on the walls at Hoodlums. It’ll be showing at Hoodlums from now until Hoodstock 2012. You can see the image of Freddie over there, and if you click here you can see the other seven paintings we’ve got on display. You can read more about Bill Foss by checking out his website.

Once you’re done doing that, come on down to Hoodlums and grab one of these cool, unique prints for your party room, and go party (or not party, if you want to be a bummer).

Cool Stuff That is Free With Purchase

Our involvement with the Coalition of Indie Music Stores (CIMS) and Record Store Day help us secure cool “value-adds” to give our customers when they buy an artist’s new CD or LP.  We give these things out while supplies last, and supplies are extremely limited, so don’t wait.

Note: We’ve been doing so many value adds that I don’t have time to post pictures of all of them online.  Please sign up for our weekly email, or join us on Facebook and Twitter to updates.  I’m not joking… there’s a lot.

Thank you for attending (and spreading the word about) our events!