The Dream Oven is back in the foreground of your conscious mind. Though not a stationery physical space, it has manifested itself again as a philosophy, a rêvelution, and a way of life with a revolving door of locations for all events booked in the past, present, and future.

You can send emails to marshall.kavanaugh[at]gmail[dot]com, if you would like to book a show. Currently I will be working with Little Berlin and El Bar, as well as other spaces for shows and performances.

Due to work, my own creative endeavors, and pleasure, I can only book so many shows a month. Here are some other places of interest in Philadelphia to check out for booking a show:

Big Rock Candy Mountain, sporadic noise varied shows, contact Noah Anthony from Nightburger, ncanthony[at]gmail[dot]com

Bodega Gallery, huge warehouse/contemporary art gallery in Old City that sometimes has musical events that are cool with a great aesthetic, contact info[at]bodegaphiladelphia[dot]org, http://bodegaphiladelphia.org

Cha-Cha’Razzi Gallery, alternative comic centered gallery in South Philly that hosts a few shows each month. Very colorful space, contact WeAreChaChaRazzi[at]gmail[dot]com, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cha-ChaRazzi/111131038927848

Cloud City, street punk house venue in West Philly owned by Lando Calrissian, contact Will McAndrew

Cloud Events, a promoter that does a large amount of shows at a few spaces including Bookspace, Pterodactyl Art Gallery, and various festivals, contact Josh, cloudentertainmentphilly[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.cloudentertainmentphilly.com/

The Cracker Factory, house shows, lots of mania, contact broodleyouth[at]gmail[dot]com, https://www.facebook.com/crackerfactory

Danger Danger Gallery, contact booking[at]dangerdangergallery[dot]com, http://www.dangerdangergallery.com

The Double Deuce, all the fights from Road House with Patrick Swayze manning the door, house shows, mostly punk, lots of Temple University students, contact markwalshpa[at]live[dot]com, https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Double-Deuce/251547758281140

The Dream Castle, A pretty rad place that is the South Philly mirror image of the original Dream Oven, contact, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dreamcastle/154068264624481

El Bar, for a Friday or Saturday night gig, contact bookingEL[at]yahoo[dot]com

Emoda Gallery, warehouse space/diy gallery run by Patrick Lamothe, contact patrickj.lamothe[at]gmail[dot]com

Eris Temple Arts, the home of local hippy weird noise rock legends Radio Eris. Features an art gallery, recording studio, a fashion boutique and just some crazy good times out in West Philly, contact Lora Bloom

Fire Musuem Events, books shows at both the Highwire Gallery in the Frankford Ave Art Bubble. He has a knack for the avant-weird, and his showcases have plenty of variety, contact Steve Toobin, media[at]museumfire[dot]com, http://www.museumfire.com/events.htm

Flash Mob Productions, they book mostly punk shows around town at notable bars like El Bar, The Fire, and The Station, contact flashmobpro[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.facebook.com/FlashMobProductions

Girard Hall Collective, set up above Borderline Records on 5th and Girard this is a collective of creative thinkers booking shows for mostly local friends, contact girardhallcollective[at]gmail[dot]com, http://girardhall.com

Goldilocks Gallery, based in Center City on Chestnut street in a renovated warehouse loft they mostly have dance parties, but sometimes attract the odd show here or there, contact ck.lamoza[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Goldilocks-Gallery/200792896633292

Guild Shows, booking at The Fire and other locations, collective guild of show throwers, contact, booking[at]guildshows[dot]com, http://www.guildshows.com

Golden Tea House, weirdo punker junk house shows in west philly, contact, goldenteahouse[at]facebook[dot]com, https://www.facebook.com/goldenteahouse 

Hong Kong Gardens, warehouse venue that used to be called the Woodstove, now house shows a couple times a month, Jackie Paper jackie.paper[at]ymail[dot]com

JR’s Bar, located seemingly in the middle of nowhere in south west Philly, but somehow people show up and hang out here. They usually host punk and noise shows, and the mood is set by blackened windows and cheap beer. Contact Steve sickchattel[at]gmail[dot]com, http://jrssouthphilly.com/

Kung Fu Necktie Bar, contact booking[at]kungfunecktie[dot]com, http://kungfunecktie.com

Little Berlin, an excellent contemporary gallery situated in a warehouse with a courtyard for bonfires hosting all sorts of music and avante performances, contact berlin[dot]little[at]gmail[dot]com, http://littleberlin.org

Magic Pictures, a house gallery in south Philly which is the best type of gallery. They have a small basement where they host small intimate events and sometimes shows. The floor is hand painted checker print, so it’s very alluring and mesmorizing, contact INFO[at]MAGIC-PICTURES[dot]ORG, http://www.magic-pictures.org/

Marvelous Music, a record store in West Philly that has a show or two a month. Usually of the punk or noise variety, contact marvelousinfo[at]gmail[dot]com

The Model Home // Marshall Center for Higher Learning, this is the smallest 2BR punk house/apartment that has ever existed. In the old days when it was called the Model Home, lots of punk bands played here, at least 3 times a week. The room filled up quick and people crowd surfed. Then the house got black mold and the kids moved out. Now they moved back in and there’s a lot of higher learning going on again, contact Matt Wirick matthew.wirick[at]gmail[dot]com

Mt. Thrashmore, west philly house shows with lots of dancing, contact https://www.facebook.com/MtThrashmore

MyXspace, house shows in Kensington keeping hardcore and high school punk alive, contact mutunusmutinus[at]gmail[dot]com, https://www.facebook.com/myspacediy

No Space, the home of No Face Performance group and a place where weird stuff happens as well as cool basement shows, contact nofaceperformance[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.nofaceperformance.org

No Wavelength, hosts various showcases around town, contact nowavelength[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.facebook.com/nowavelength

The OX, the OX is dead but Greg Johnson is alive. Don’t overwhelm this dream laborer with emails because he has no venue, but he is pretty good at the impromptu and especially strange organized show, contact Greg Johnson gregorywilliamjohnson[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/OX/252601086993

Perry Shows, Perry Shall plays in Dry Feet. He books house shows around the city for awesome bands, mostly of the punk, surf and posi variety, contact Perryage[at]gmail[dot]com, http://perryshows.tumblr.com/

PhilaMOCA, MAD Decent affiliated and monthly art shows as well as weekly musical events, contact Andy Moholt andy[dot]moholt[at]gmail[dot]com, http://www.philamoca.org

Phonographic Arts, Pat from Creepoid and Clifton Schumaker are booking shows all over the city, contact partsbooking[at]gmail[dot]com, http://phonographic-arts-shows.tumblr.com/

Random Tea Room and Curiosity Ship, loosely affiliated with the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, VA. It’s a very small space great for traveling noiseheads and kids who don’t mind a small intimate crowd while being influenced by the most intense tinctures and teas in the whole Philly area, contact Jesse De randomteabooking[at]gmail[dot]com, http://therandomtea.tumblr.com/

Sprinkle Kingdom, west philly house shows, just started up again, contact Michael Rodino, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sprinkle-Kingdom/162895220500839

Sriracha House, north philly temple parties and house shows, contact marquisclones[at]gmail[dot]com

The Treehouse, west philly house shows are the best, contact Justin[at]GuildShows[dot]com

Underground Arts, new warehouse venue with huge set up and stage. They host plays, theater, video performances, and sometimes bands, contact info[at]undergroundarts[dot]org, http://undergroundarts.org

YVYNYL, Mark hosts some fun showcases, sometimes, contact yvynyl[at]gmail[dot]com, http://yvynyl.tumblr.com