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FRIDAY JULY 11th

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7:00pm doors
7:15pm opening act
7:30pm MC CHRIS
8:30pm Show Ends

MC CHRIS is most widely known for his reoccurring character MC P Pants on Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force where he was also an animator and writer. He’s been featured in the Aqua Teen movie, the video game and most recently on a series of You Tube videos called Aqua Donk Side Pieces. He’s also starred on several Adult Swim series including The Brak Show and Sealab 2021. When he’s not voicing some of his iconic late-night characters, he’s a full-time touring rapper. A pioneer of the hip hop subgenre Nerdcore, mc chris has worked with Talib Kweli, Andrew WK, and Donald Glover. His fans include the likes of Gerard Way, Post Malone and T-Pain and he was even sampled by Run the Jewels for the latest Aqua Teen movie Plantasm. He’s toured with Reggie and Full Effect, Ninja Sex Party, Warped Tour, appeared on a GWAR album, performed at the gathering of the Juggalos and even had his own Honda commercial. Recently mc chris launched a podcast called None of This Matters with Dana Snyder the voice of Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force. mc chris is the widely accepted soundtrack to nerd culture. Not only does he rhyme about what nerds love most, but he was one of the first performers to encourage nerds to take pride in themselves and what they care about. He’s a full-time single father to his son, Tony, and lives in Los Angeles

!!! STICK AROUND !!!
BIG TROUBLE DANCE PARTY - 9PM

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BIG TROUBLE awaits you at the Bug Jar, where every two months, longtime local/regional DJs and dance music geeks serve up a steaming hot pile of intelligent traxx spanning house, techno, disco, italo, synth-pop and breaks. Expect a cool, casual, and inclusive dancefloor. Feet will be movin'. Faces shall be melted.
 

with Special Guests...
>Will Paturzo (Circle Back) >EBC (Circle Back) and as always the Big Trouble crew >Bobby D Light >Joe B >Rob Morley

$5 cover, 21+ event

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NEW
NON-ALCOHOLIC OPTIONS

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Atlética: is a refreshingly bright take on a Mexican-style copper. Using the finest Munich malts, it boasts a lightly toasted malt character with a whisper of spicy florals before rolling into smooth and lightly sweet waves of bread crust and wheat. A medium-body brew that is big in flavor, it’s the epitome of easy drinking. A smooth and satisfying cooler must-have.

 

REPOSE: a non-alcoholic, low calorie social tonic by Lucky Frog - formulated with a special blend of ashwagandha, magnesium, and organic fruit juices that melts away stress and helps you chill out - without the hangover. And the best part? It’s good luck.

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Katboocha: pride themselves on producing "drinkable kombucha" , Kat often describe their varying brews as: crushable, thirst-quenching, light, dazzling, citrucy, juicy, tart, or slightly sweet! There's no secret ingredient that makes our kombucha unique, rather it's the minimalist technique that keeps us tasty and true. Katboocha is made with tea, sugar, water + kombucha culture. No added sugar, no added probiotics.

 

Joe Bean Cold Brew: is created from coffee sourced through Azahar Coffee Company, our long-time partner, who shares our vision for a fair and prosperous coffee economy. This particular blend comes from small-holding farms in the Northern Huila region of Colombia. This high altitude area is known for its sweet, juicy coffees. Naturally flavorful with notes of caramel, grapefruit, orange, blackberry, and cantaloupe

 

IPNA: What are you getting without the alcohol? A piney, dank bolt of Citra, Mosaic, & Columbus hops, nestled by smooth and caramel notes of English crystal malt and Canadian 2-row barley. Sound familiar? it’s because we use the same ingredients to make our IPA. The only difference is that we pull this one before all the flavors get too mature to create a distinctly clean and satisfyingly flavor-forward Non-Alcoholic IPA.

Hoppy Refresher: is a zippy and zingy highly carbonated dry-hopped sparkling water. We added a pinch of brewer’s yeast to biotransformate the hops and pull out terpenes (AKA aroma compounds) of bubblegum, lime, lemon, tangerine, and a bit of pine.

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Certain Death is a love letter to an era of amp towers, flashy guitars, long hair, and the almighty LP. Born in the darkest depths of the pandemic in mid-2020, Certain Death was, initially, simply an outlet for lead singer and guitar player Henry Black to express individual loss at a time of generational trauma and personal disarray.
Today @certaindeathnyc 's stage show has the earned expectations of gratuitous guitar harmonies, dueling guitar solos, and multiple layers of satire to go along with a front line of matching white guitars and basses. The band has shared bills with The Thing, The Gories, and The Black Lips, to name a few. In October 2024, Certain Death released their debut LP, Strange Garden, to widespread industry acclaim, and have spent the time since writing and recording their upcoming EP, “Here Lies Certain Death”.

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More Events Below

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Where The Hell Are We?
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Phone #: (585) 454-2966

NOTICE:
ONLINE ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH TICKETWEB
SALES END AT 12:30PM DAY OF SHOW

ALL SALES ARE FINAL (NO REFUNDS - UNLESS AN EVENT IS CANCELLED)
INDIVIDUALS WHO FAIL TO PRODUCE PHOTO ID THAT MATCHES THE AGE OF THE TICKET PURCHASED WILL BE DENIED ENTRY WITHOUT REFUND
*All Shows are 21+ unless otherwise noted*

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bug jar - 219 monroe ave rochester, ny 14620 

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