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The Accidential Ambassadors
Mike De La Vega could wake up Sunday morning with a little extra money. Or in debt. At this point, all he can say for sure is that he will have partied all Saturday afternoon and well past midnight to the music of a dozen bands playing both beneath the East Village and above it—that is, in the Basement Lounge of the Broadlind building and on the adjacent parking lot. De La Vega and his friend and business associate, Albert Samreth, have been planning this bash—the Party Weirdo festival—for months. This sort of celebration isn’t unheard of in the area: just last August the Summer and Music Series packed the streets of the East Village for Buskerfest, headlined by the Cold War Kids. The Party Weirdo festival is different, however—and not only because it will be held on private property and without financial backing from the city or the Downtown Long Beach Associates . . . although mostly because of that. Continue reading The District Weekly.