The Ditty Bops
Mad Art Gallery
Thursday, August 23
2 special performances
7:00pm (all ages)
10:00pm (21+)

Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome back The Ditty Bops. With voices
as sweet as honey and harmonies to match, the Ditty Bops call their
shows "pagan-vaudeville." Accompanied by guitar, mandolin, piano,
fiddle, stand-up bass, and lots of wild costume changes, their music
blends ragtime, western swing, bluegrass, and folk.
Their 2007 Summer Farm Tour supports Farm Aid (www.farmaid.org) and
local farm organizations and brings attention to sustainable
agriculture. Last summer the pair rode 4,502 miles from Los Angeles
to New York on their Moon Over the Freeway Bicycle Tour. The eco-
friendly Ditty Bops started a Plastic Reduction Petition targeted to
Stephen Johnson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The ladies want 5,000 signatures and plan to wear nothing but
plastic until they reach their goal. If they reach their goal by the
time they roll into St. Louis, maybe they'll be wearing their
vegetable bikinis instead of plastic.
The Ditty Bops return to Mad Art Gallery, this time in their bio
diesel van, for two great shows in one great night. The first show is
an all ages event, doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the show begins at
7:00 p.m. Tickets for the first show are $15 in advance, $17 day of
show and are available through Metrotix. The second show, with a
totally different set, is 21 and over, doors open at 9:30 p.m. and
the show begins at 10:00 p.m. Tickets for the second show are $15 in
advance, $17 day of show and are available through Metrotix.

Mad Art Gallery is an exciting alternative gallery and performance
space dedicated to creating exhibitions and cultural programs that
help cultivate artists as well as art audiences. The gallery is a
former art-deco police station located in historic Soulard. Please
call 314.771.8230 or visit www.madart.com for more information.