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Get your Umbrellas

Posted by Loren on March 27, 2024

Get your Umbrellas
photo by Jorge Aguilar

Sorry, but I can't resist a play on words in my headlines, folks. I write a million of these.

Anyway, The Umbrellas, an indie-pop band from San Francisco, CA who released Fairweather Friend at the start of the year on Slumberland Records, has announced a mostly US tour (4 dates in Canada) in support of the new record.

The group also released a self-titled album in 2021.

Dates are listed below.

TOUR DATES:

Fri 5/31    Los Angeles, CA    Permanent Records *
Sat 6/01    Orange County, CA    TBA
Sun 6/02    San Diego, CA    Soda Bar
Mon 6/03    Phoenix, AZ    Trunk Space
Wed 6/05    Dallas, TX    Rubber Gloves
Thu 6/06    Austin, TX    Mohwawk (Inside) #
Fri 6/07    New Orleans, LA    BJs
Sun 6/09    Nashville, TN   Soft Junk $    
Mon 6/10    Atlanta, GA    529
Tue 6/11    Durham, NC    The Pinhook
Wed 6/12    Washington, DC    Quarry House Tavern &
Thu 6/13    Philadelphia, PA    PhilaMOCA +
Fri 6/14    New York, NY    The Broadway @
Sat 6/15    Boston, MA    4th Wall %
Sun 6/16    Montreal, QB    Quai des Brumes
Mon 6/17    Toronto, ON    Monarch Tavern
Tue 6/18    Cleveland, OH    Happy Dog
Wed 6/19    Detroit, MI    Outer Limits Lounge
Thu 6/20    Chicago, IL    Cole's
Fri 6/21    Minneapolis, MN    Cloudland ^
Mon 6/24    Vancouver, BC    TBA
Tue 6/25    Victoria, BC    Lucky Bar
Wed 6/26    Seattle, WA    Sunset Tavern
Thu 6/27    Portland, OR    Swan Dive
Sat 6/29    San Francisco, CA    Kilowatt !

* = w/ Le Pain, Ted
# = w/ On Being An Angel, Touch Girl Apple Blossom
$ = w/ Ornament
& = w/ Linda Smith
+ = w/ 2nd Grade, The Smashing Times
@ = w/ The Smashing Times, Lightheaded
% = w/ Mall Cops
^ = w/ Jim Ruiz, Real Numbers
! = w/ Latitude

Get your Umbrellas
photo by Jorge Aguilar

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