Free Janelle Monae show in Hartford? Yes, please!

You heard right. Janelle Monae is headlining Hartford's Still Wavy 375 show at Bushnell Park on July 23.

Here are the details:

"Still Wavy 375 is a free concert in Bushnell Park presented by the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Hartford Party Starters Union in honor of Hartford's 375th anniversary," according to the Still Wavy 375 website.

The concert goes down at 5 p.m. on July 23 at Bushnell Park in Hartford and features Janelle Monae, Holy Ghost, Tobacco, Maluca, Cubic Zirconia and DJ Rizzla.

According to the Facebook event, the concert is from 5 to 11 p.m., and there will be vendors along Trinity Street with Black Bear Saloon vending beers in the beer garden.

Sounds like a pretty sweet time!

For more information on the show or the artists playing, go to the Still Wavy 375 website: http://stillwavy375.com/
While you're there, listen to some of the songs listed on the right. I especially enjoyed the Cubic Zirconia song at the end. Played it during work yesterday.

I logged onto Twitter on Tuesday and saw CTIndie tweeted a blog post on a 375th anniversary concert, and when I looked into it, it was better than I could even imagine, and I'm really glad I found out about it. Janelle Monae is really fun live. Saw her open for Of Montreal at Toad's two years ago, and it was awesome. She's so full of energy, and she's definitely blowing up now that the ArchAndroid's out and she's performing everywhere. So this free show is an extra good deal.