updated 7.11.19
nerd count: 131 listed shows

all of these shows have been all ages, sliding scale, and no one turned away for lack of funds.

note: presently, i do not back or even like all of the bands i have booked. some bands have members that have since done really fucked up shit! not all show spaces that i did shows at are places i back now either. listing a band or a show space is not an endorsement, it is just a documentation of something that occured.

upcoming shows

7.18.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Wendy Eisenberg // Zack. (NY) // saint joan
7.28.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Demodex (PHL) // OD // TBA

8.2.2019 | ROOT CELLAR | Bluffs (PA) // Mary Jester // Sam Gas Can
8.21.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Didi (OH) // DUMP HIM // TBA
8.24.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Sadurn (PHL) // Two Headed Girl (CT) // TBA
8.28.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Secret Moves (Oly) // DUMP HIM // Feminine Aggression

10.5.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Team Dresch // TBA
10.23.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Titus Andronicus // Mal Blum

past show history

(for info on after the gig fest, go here)

shows that i didn't do much for are denoted with an *

7.1.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Post Pink (Baltimore) // Casual Hex (Seattle, WA) // Landowner // Dremdecay (WA)

6.20.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Collate (PDX) // Strange Fate // Dari Bay // Crimps
6.2.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Merger (DE) // Perennial (CT) // Nemisister
more info via facebook event || more info via flyer

5.30.2019 | FLYWHEEL | LUNCH (PHL) // Glambat (CT) // Bobbie // Big Moon
more info via facebook event
5.29.2019 | BLODGE | LUNCH (PHL) // Angie Padua // Lydia Deetz
more info via facebook event || more info via flyer
5.17.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Yarrow (PHL) // Taking Meds (NY) // Recievers // House Without Body (CT)
more info via facebook event || more info via flyer
5.16.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Teenage Halloween (NJ) // Product KF (CHI) // DUMP HIM // Jake McKelvie & The Countertops // Crash The Owl Party
more info via facebook event || more info via flyer
5.13.2019 | FLYWHEEL | HIRS (PHL) // Coherence (CA) // Nana Grizol (GA/etc) + Loamlands (NC) + Your Heart Breaks (WA) // Escuela //Secret Miracle
more info via facebook event || more info via flyer

to update: march & april

4.13.2019 | THE DC | Pandemix (BOS/PGH) // Crimps // Crisis Actors // Cancer Season // Crawler (first show)

3.17.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Spowder (NJ) // Glazer (NJ) // Nanny // Banana

2.18.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Sidney Gish (BOS) // Squirrel Flower (BOS) // Mica
2.17.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Adult Mom (NY) // Bad Moves (DC) // LOONE // Big Mood
2.2.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Ultra Deluxe (NY) // Space Camp (CT/MA) // Perennial (CT)
1.30.2019 | FLYWHEEL | Dig Nitty (NY) // Bucket // Editrix
1.18.2019 | FLYWHEEL | The Act Of (everywhere) // saint joan! // Soft Mouth // Tarot Readings by Emily Carter

... 2018 ...

nerd count: 32 listed shows

12.2.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Teenage Halloween (NJ) // Algebra II (NJ) // Oroboro // DUMP HIM

11.27.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Saturday Night (DC) // Big Mood // Mica // Crashing Sunset

10.6.2018 | RED X | Alien Boy (PDX) // DUMP HIM // Phenomena 256 // Ex-Temper
10.5.2018 | DEMOCRACY CENTER | Alien Boy (PDX) // DUMP HIM // Reveries // Squitch // Lydia Deetz
10.2.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Pile (BOS) // Spirit of the Beehive (PHL) // Strange Fate*

9.21.2018 | RED X | Great Weights (PHL) // Landowner // Space Camp (MA/CT)

*8.31.2018 | RED X | Deviant (VA) // Itch (VA) // Corrode*
8.26.2018 | RED X | Notches (NH) // Me In Capris (BOS) // DUMP HIM // Scorpion Porch
8.24.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Deer Scout (NY/OH) // Ko Takasugi-Czernowin (OH) // Julie Cira // Johnny DVR // Moira M.
8.12.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Show Me The Body (NY) // Urochromes // WIMP // Chris Wardlaw // BRUJO*
8.3.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Soul Glo (PHL) // Infant Island (VA) // Mineva (CT) // Razorwire Boquet // Hang Him! | w/ Hugh

7.12.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Bleary Eyed (PHL) // Junipur (PHL) // Snowhaus // Conor Ritchie-Dunham
7.8.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Onlyness (NY) // Chronophobia 5000 // Wellspring (FKA Kids Luv Cops, Boston) // Owen Manure
7.7.2018 | DEMOCRACY CENTER | Choked Up (NY) // Notches (NH) // DUMP HIM // Anjimile // Mint Green

6.11.2018 | FLYWHEEL | NO MEN (CHI) // Fred Cracklin // Perennial

5.25.2018 | CANCELLED | Badfellows (NH) // Tuft (NH/BOS) // Anjalirose
5.17.2018 | GARDEN | Stems (OH) // Johnny DVR // OroborO
5.15.2018 | PLANET | Bluffs (PA) // Bunny Boy // Little Musket // Lydia Deetz
5.11.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Horse Jumper of Love (BOS) // Tall Friend (PHL) // DUMP HIM // Wendy Eisenberg

4.22.2018 | FLYWHEEL | After The Gig Fest
4.21.2018 | FLYWHEEL | After The Gig Fest
4.20.2018 | FLYWHEEL | After The Gig Fest

3.30.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Corey Flood (PHL) // GNaRDS // Landowner // Procedure Club (CT)
3.19.2018 | BURROW | Spandrels (IL) // Cosmic Johnny // Honey Cutt (FKA Baby!)
3.15.2018 | FLYWHEEL | New England Beach Snobs (Syracuse) // Chemical Bags // Siren's Image // Bridge of Flowers
3.14.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Field Sleeper (OH) // Alyssa Kai // Soft Mouth
3.9.2018 | MT HOLYOKE | Basketball James // Beautiful Woman (BOS) // Nick Owen (BOS) // DUMP HIM (solo)

2.26.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Coping Skills (PHL) // Who Loves You (PHL) // Honeyfitz // Final Girl (BOS)
2.19.2018 | BURROW | Foxy Dads (NY) // DUMP HIM (solo) // Honey Cutt (FKA Baby!) // Tuft // Beautiful Woman

1.27.2018 | MT. HOLYOKE | AllegrA (PHL) // Julie Cira & The Wake // Spacekase
1.23.2018 | BBV ALLSTON | Bluffs (PHL) // Ozlo (solo) // Lydia Deetz // Prior Panic (solo) // Honeyfitz
1.11.2018 | FLYWHEEL | Squirrel Flower // Mouse Party // Pits // Basketball James
1.8.2018 | MILKHAUS | Dark Tones (MA/NY) // Dodgeball (NY) // Bucket // Pits

ALL SHOWS FROM 1.2016-11.2017 ARE ETERNAL SLUMBER PARTY EVENTS

... 2017 ...

From 1.2017 until 11.2017, ESP was a rotating collective. I helped with all shows to some degree, but did not primarily book all of them.

ESP SHOWS THAT I DID NOT PRIMARILY BOOK ARE MARKED WITH AN *

nerd count: 38 listed shows

12.2.2017 | MT. HOLYOKE | Luke Halloween (NJ) // Noel'le Longhaul // DUMP HIM (solo) // Snowhaus

11.24.2017 | DEMOCRACY CENTER | Blood Club // Wimp (BOS) // MAR (RI) // Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean // Ice Cream Cake
*11.2.2017 | A FARM | Preen (PHL) // Green Dreams (NY) // Wendy Eisenberg // Wydyde // Jeff Beam (ME)*

*10.23.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Strawberry Runners (PHL) // Spacekase // Lady Jane // Relentress*
10.22.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Radiator Hospital (PHL) // Outer Spaces (MD) // Laika's Orbit // DUMP HIM

9.30.2017 | INTERNET | Queen Jesus (PHL) // Vanelectro // Anjalirose // Nick Owen
9.21.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Flesh World (CA) // Longings // Strange Fate // Similar Items (BOS)

8.30.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Young Buffy (PHL) // Brickabrack // Mouse Party
8.29.2017 | ART PARK | Young Buffy (PHL) // Boxed Water // Beautiful Woman // Lydia Deetz
8.22.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Rim Job (NOLA) // O.D. // Chris Wardlaw (not ESP, did this one with Sam H.)

7.13.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Fraternal Twin (PHL) // Stolen Jars (NY) // Phenomena 256 (FKA E.A.D.) // Two Headed Girl (CT) // Stampeter (CT)
7.10.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Vagabon (NY) // LOONE // Paper Bee
*7.5.2017 | THE FLIP | Bella (VT) // Lady Queen Paradise (RI) // Alyssa Kai // Walmart Romeo (solo)

6.30.2017 | 13 QUEEN | Strawberry Runners (PHL, solo) // Hammydown (solo) // Julie Cira
*6.29.2017 | INTERNET | Francie Cool (PHL) // Deer Scout (NY/OH) // Flyeater (NH) // RUUNE*
6.21.2017 | NOHO HOUSE | Tim Woulfe (PHL) // Bella (VT) // Walmart Romeo (solo) // Most Selfless Cheerleader (PHL)
*6.9.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Honeyfitz // Mica // Kissing Is A Crime (NY) // Phenomena 256 (FKA E.A.D.) // Gabe Gill (co-booked w/ Elihu)*
6.2.2017 | 121 CLUB | Forth Wanderers (NJ) // Shannen Moser (PHL) // Lost Film // Paper Bee (solo)

5.24.2017 | ZONE 3 | Aye Nako (NY) // DUMP HIM // Heavy Pockets (NH) // Brittle Brian
5.23.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Aye Nako (NY) // Ex-Temper // Nanny // Maxi's World
*5.14.2017 | INTERNET | Tica Douglas (NY) // Hammydown // Walmart Romeo (solo)*
*5.10.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Izzy True (NY) // Halfsour // That Body // Spacekase*
5.7.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Thin Lips (PHL) // Stampeter (CT) // Night Nurses (RI) // DUMP HIM
5.5.2017 | THE ER | AllegrA (PHL) // Gravel // Dazey & The Scouts // DUMP HIM

4.28.2017 | P FACT | The Goodbye Party (PHL) // Strawberry Runners (PHL) // Nanny // Dogs Breath
4.18.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Sheer Mag (PHL) // Longings // Laika's Orbit

3.27.2017 | GREENO SUB SHOP | Beverly Tender (RI) // Pits // Anjalirose // Story Time
3.21.2017 | BBV ALLSTON | It's Cool (NY) // Wilt (NY) // Bedbug // Puppy Problems
*3.25.2017 | 13 QUEEN | Mint Field (MX) // Judas El Desgraciado (MX) // Izy Coffey / Lady Jane*
*3.24.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Tuxis Giant (BOS) // Cove Sauce (BOS) // Ghost Guest // Adam Reid & The In-Betweens*
*3.17.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Great Plains (NY) // Spirit of the Beehive (PHL) // Dogs Breath // Thee Arcadians*

2.24.2017 | INTERNET | Spacekase // Some Girl // Negatives
2.8.2017 | TREEHOUSE | Hamlet Cooper // Noelle Micarelli // Julie Cira // poetry by G.D. Harkavy + Shel Raphen

1.27.2017 | DEEP ROSEWOOD | Cam Girls Film Screening
1.17.2017 | FLYWHEEL | Fern Mayo (NY) // Human People (NY) // Thee Arcadians // DUMP HIM
1.11.2017 | SURF SOLAR | Dark Tones (NY) // Wocky // Squirrel Flower (BOS) // Hammydown (FKA Abbie Morin)
1.9.2017 | THE ER | Palehound // DUMP HIM // Gravel // Fucko
*1.6.2017 | INTERNET | Big Yawn (NY) // The Glaciers (NY) // Pits // Lisa/Liza (ME) // Lady Jane*

... 2016 ...

ALL ESP SHOWS BEFORE 10.2016 WERE CO-BOOKED BY ME & SAM CHAPLIN. MOD BERHENS STARTED HELPING 8.2016. SAM LEFT ESP IN 2017.
nerd count: 40 listed shows

12.2.16 | FLYWHEEL | Very Fresh (NY) // Muddler (BOS) // Bucket // DUMP HIM

11.16.16 | 13 QUEEN | Sad13 (PHL) // Vagabon (NY) // Maxi's World
11.15.16 | FLYWHEEL | Hello Shark (PHL) // Paper Bee // The Flies? | w/ Robin
11.3.16 | LAUGHING DOG BIKES | Halfsour (BOS) // Hellrazor (CT) // Blessed State // DUMP HIM

10.30.16 | UMASS | Halloween Cover Show *10.12.16 | 13 QUEEN | Moonheart (NY) // Abbie Morin // Anjali Kumar // Ramona (WMass)*
*10.7.16 | P FACT | Cheap Wig (MTL) // Wreckage With Stick (MTL) // Boy Harsher // Owen Manure & The Seething Jockstraps*

9.23.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Daphne (NY) // Manic Pixie Dream Girl // Space Camp (CT/MA) // Caroline Rayner (poetry)
9.15.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Dyke Drama (OLY) // Pines (OLY) // Laika's Orbit // LOONE // Beautiful Woman
9.1.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Dirty Dishes (NYC) // Chain Of Flowers (UK) // Digital Prisoners of War // Grist // Maxi's World

8.23.2016 | SMITHSONIAN CHOWDER HOUSE | Courtney (CHI) // tv ugly (VANCOUVER) // Pits // Julie Cira
8.11.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Foster Carrots (VA) // Dog Tears (PHL) // Calico Blue // Other Mother // Horse Girl (BOS)
7.19.2016 | 13 QUEEN | Snail Mail (BALTIMORE) // Mal Devisa // Alexis Hott // anDROOL 7.14.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Heathers (MTL) // Green Dreams (NY) // RUUNE // readings by Em Peake + G.D. Harkavy
7.12.2016 | FLYWHEEL | French Vanilla (LA) // Blood Club (BOS) // Nancy Drool // Coeval
7.10.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Animal Flag (BOS) // Really From (BOS, FKA People Like You) // Modern Lives // Thee Arcadians

6.27.2016 | FLYWHEEL | DUMP HIM (solo) // Boyscout Thriller // Daephne (BOS) + Open Mic
6.26.2016 | MODESTHAUS | DUMP HIM (solo) // Boyscout Thriller // GAY SIN // Shytalk // Wet Blanket
5.27.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Long Gone (BOS) // Julie Cira // Thee Arcadians
5.24.2016 | 13 QUEEN | Free Cake For Every Creature (PHL) // New Mom // Izy Coffey // DUMP HIM (solo)
5.17.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Pinkwash (PHL) // GNaRDS // Olivia Wilkins-Becker (OJ) // Nancy Drool
5.8.2016 | 13 QUEEN | BIG DED // SoBrite // Boy Harsher // Mark Cone // readings by Em Peake + Sam Chaplin
5.6.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Ought (MTL) // Priests (DC) // Curse Purse // Longings
5.5.2016 | 13 QUEEN | Radiator Hospital (PHL) // Boyscout Thriller // readings by Michael Alves + open mic

4.26.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Try The Pie (SAN JOSE) // Great Hart (SAN JOSE) // Laika's Orbit // Maxi's World
4.14.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Worriers (NY/PHL) // Remnants (NY) // Paper Bee // DUMP HIM (solo)
4.11.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Crusher (NY) // Black Sky // Maxi's World // RUUNE
4.2.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Potty Mouth // Fk Mt. (SC) // Vivian K. (CHI) // Bella (VT)

3.17.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Big Hush (DC) // Digital Prisoners of War // Halfsour // Temple Cats | w/ Gen

2.27.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Burglary Years // Lady Pills // Kindling // Maxi's World // Gia Greene
2.16.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Abi Reimold (PHL) // Daephne (BOS) // New Mom // Boyscout Thriller

1.27.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Ursula (MTL) // Other Mother // DUMP HIM (solo) // DJ sets by AFROPANTHER
1.16.2016 | FLYWHEEL | Lady Queen Paradise (RI) // Most Selfless Cheerleader (PHL) // Paper Bee // Puppy Problems (BOS) // Alexis Hott // GAY SIN (first show) + likeworriedfire -- first on purpose ESP show
1.9.2016 | SMITH DORM | Blood Club (BOS) // Space Fiend (NY) // DUMP HIM // Carpe Noctem Social Club // Nina D // Sapphic Prince

... 2015 ...

nerd count: 3 listed shows

12.15.2015 | FLYWHEEL | Perfect Pussy (NY) // Big Ups (NY) // Honeysuck // Demonbrother unnoficial ESP show, mostly Sam
9.9.2015 | FLYWHEEL | Ragana (OAKLAND) // Correspondences(NE) // Black Skyunnoficial ESP show, mostly Sam
7.13.2015 | GRANDMAS | Adult Mom (NY) // Lady Queen Paradise (CT/RI) // Palehound // Pasture Dog // Judy Chong

... 2014 ...

nerd count: 1 listed show

12.08.2014 | FLYWHEEL | Told Slant (NY) // Elvis Depressedly (NC) // Music Was My First Gay Loone


i know i'm missing a lot, more coming soon