The Lot

4 p.m. Saturday, August 26. Parking lot of the Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust Street).

Aug 23, 2006 at 4:00 am

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Last year's model of the annual Lot music festival shone the spotlight on some of the areas best bands (and best beer). This year's edition of the outdoor event is bigger — and arguably stronger, judging from the musicians scheduled to appear: Tight Pants Syndrome (buzzy power-pop), the Marquise Knox Blues Band (uh, blues), Gentleman Auction House (orchestral indie sweetness), Magnolia Summer (down-home rustic twang), Shame Club (kickass hard rock), Fertilizer Bomb (south-side grit), Murder City Players (classic reggae) and Nyquill from the Royal Illete (smooth hip-hop flow). More details are available at www.mstl.org/lot; just pray it doesn't rain.