Rat Lyfe
Rat City Arts Festival haunts your garbage at the Speedway on Saturday, 16 August 2025.
The annual event boasts two stages, food carts, crafts, rat-themed local trivia, and some kind of ratcatcher induction ceremony.
The music lineup featured Oldsoul, Beeef, Tiberius, Shallow Pools, Zion Rodman, Nurse Joy, Big Brute, and more.
Digital Awareness in the house.

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A monthly Z-movie night at Capitol Theatre.
Ska punk matinee & Jerry’s return from the dead at Midway Cafe.
Triplestack in Rat City, USA.
Another trash-themed band in Rat City, USA.
Maya Ongaku, straight outta Japan!
30th anniversary of Hackers explodes with screening, celebs, and A/V bonanza.
Ask to see Bambara’s birthmarks.
The 4th Wall celebrates its 22-month anniversary at Capitol Theater.
Matinees are folk punk rock!
A quadruple stack of pre-post punk.
Slow Quit | Tarbox | Husbands | Dogs Run Free | Tunneling at Midway Cafe.
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Rat City Arts Festival
The annual Rat City Arts Festival promised to put a fun spin on our furry pestilential friends. Two stages hosted an afternoon and evening’s worth of music.

Nurse Joy
In the biergarten by Notch Brewery, performers rotated through the main stage, from 3:30 to 10:30, while “Scabby” the giant, inflatable, union-busting rat lorded over the proceedings with its usual villainous glare.

Craft Fair
In back of the brewery, a slew of food carts and craft tables were kept busy by the circulating crowd, and a smaller stage of folk musicians filled the air with lighter fare.

Donation Drive
Donations were accepted throughout the event to support local arts & culture.

Ratcatcher Ceremony
A ceremony marked the induction (or graduation?) of a small platoon of ratcatchers, armed with butterfly nets and a tuba. In other words, not dressed for success in the ratcatching game.
Find out more at the festival’s website.
Photo Gallery
Talking with Tyler Zucco-Bernard about Moon Over Salem, Moon Base One, and Pintail.
Rat City Arts Festival haunts your garbage at the Speedway.