On January 8th and 9th, the third annual Big Ass Boombox festival will take over the Crocodile Cafe and the Upstairs downtown and host it’s massively well attended free, all-ages music and literary festival.

Featured bands this year include Ever So Android, Julia Massey, The Great Um, Gibraltar, Furniture Girls, Bigfoot Wallace, Electric NoNo, Abraham, Chris King & The Gutterballs and about two dozen more.

Featured readers include dating guru Maggie MK Hess, City Arts music editor Jonathan Zwickel, poets Michelle Penaloza and Rebecca Hoogs, Seattle Weekly music editor and VICE contributor Kelton Sears, prose writers Shaun Scott and Adrian Ryan and a handful more.

Readings at the fabulous cocktail bar across the street from the Crocodile begin at 7pm and go each night until 9pm. Music begins at the Crocodile back bar at 7:30pm and on the Croc MainStage at 7:55pm both nights.

To excite you, here are some videos of bands playing the festival: