[FEST] Bad Brains and Daniel Johnston to play Houston festival in Oct.

GhoulsFest? Pearland? Hey, I'll take it. There's going to be some serious mental illness on display at this thing!

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/08/inside_ghoulsfest_houstons_new.php

This weekend the first annual GhoulsFest was announced for October 30 out at Tom Bass Park in Pearland. Things like this usually get telegraphed in a big way from bands leaking things out on Facebook and the like, but not this time.

The event is thankfully set for one of the cooler parts of the year, so at worst the weather may be muggy but not hot enough to engage in partial nudity. Its location, Tom Bass Park off Cullen right on the outskirts of Pearland offers plenty of free parking.

As for the lineup, it's completely diverse and full of groundbreaking, pivotal national acts but still has its feet firmly planted in Houston. Locals will be playing on the same stages as the bigger bands.

Heading up the inaugural Ghoulsfest are Bad Brains, Daniel Johnston, Fischerspooner, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, We Are Scientists, and a DJ set from members of Hot Chip, while locals and Texas-centric bands on the bill include Fat Tony, Black Congress, Scale The Summit, Girl In A Coma, Spain Colored Orange, The Live Lights, and Roky Moon & Bolt.