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Under construction, permanently -- we present the official page of V05, the funk/disco/dance band. VO5 plays many cover songs from the 70's along with a few originals. Our only aim is to make you dance. Sure, we'll play music at your party or wedding...if you've got some moolah for us! You may also become our best friend in MySpace or Facebook.
<<Demo Reel>> VIDEO MEDLEY ... AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS ... ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT ... Isthmus article ... Tons of photos
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AND DOWNLOAD "DISCO YOUR ASS OFF" ... your contributions to the VO5 fund will enable us to finish work on a time machine programmed for a short trip to the year 1977. We will share what we discover.
<<Upcoming Shows Open to the Public...ask us about weddings and private party music>>
Fri, Feb 3, Memorial Union Rathskeller with Sunshine for the Blind, VO5@10:30pm (9:30 opener).
Sat, Feb 18, Mardi Gras Disco, Janesville St. John Vianney school. 7:30 to 10:30pm
Sat, Mar 17, Crystal Corner St. Patrick's Day green disco. 9:30pm til 1:30am
Stay tuned for more gig announcements...we have tons of private parties to play at and will be booking more public shows soon.
See Wonder Woman & VO5 dancing with U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin Cheddar Revolution protests
Live MP3's (recorded by Bear Sound at the Forward Music Fest): Fire ... Baku ... Getaway ... Love Hangover ... It's Your Thing ... Shining Star
VO5 @ the Overture Center ... WONDER WOMAN article ... VIDEO CLIPS from the Majestic Theatre 2008 ... I'm Coming Out ... We Are Family ... 20 SONG MEDLEY from Cafe Montmartre ... ME & MY MONKEY video from the Weary Traveler ... LOVE MACHINE Fan Video ... WISCONSIN RAP video for x-mas ...WISCONSIN FILM FEST party at the Orpheum 2006 ... DISCO INFERNO Festivus Video 2007 ... WANNA TAKE U HIGHER AND THEN I SHOT THE SHERIFF at the King Club 2006
<<Past
Shows, not including most private parties>>
2011
Saturday, March 26th: Brink Lounge MAMA fundraiser
Friday, April 1: Viroqua
Friday, April 15: Retirement party at Capital Brewery
Saturday, April 16: The Grand theater, Wausau “Cruising on the Love Boat”
Saturday, April 30: Crystal Corner
Friday, May 28: Awesome Teacher retirement party at
Wil-Mar
Saturday, June 18th: Midwest
Renewable Energy Fair. Custer, WI
Friday, June 24: Adult
Swim at the Children's Museum adults-only night of play. 7:30 to 930.
Sunday, July 3: Reilly’s Pub on Green Lake 4pm - 9pm
Monday, July 4: Westmoreland Park. noon
Saturday, July 16: Sprecher’s Pub, Madison
Saturday, July 30: Atwood Summer Fest
Thursday, August 25th: Kenosha Peanut Butter & Jams
Saturday, Aug 27th: UW-Memorial Union Terrace, 9:30 pm
Friday, September 30th: MMOCA Benefit for Wingra schools 6:30-9:30
Friday, October 7th: Kohler Performing Arts Center in Sheboygan
Satuday, October 22: Club 5 10pm
Sunday, October 23rd: High Noon Saloon benefit for the Canopy Center 3:30-6:30
Tuesday, November 15th: High Noon Saloon Walker Recall kickoff, benefit for the Wisconsin Uprising Archives
2010
Saturday, December 11: CD Release Party for Little Red Wolf. LRW @ 8:30pm, VO5 @ 10:30 The Project Lodge
Friday, December 10: Scatz in Middleton Fundraiser for Joel Winnig running for Supereme Court. 6pm Jazz. 8 - 10pm Disco.
Friday, December 3: Segredo Nightclub 10pm - 1am 624 University Ave (the old Headliner's) $5 cover. Great drinks.
Friday, November 5: Festive Fridays, John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, 6:30-9:30
Saturday, October 30: Cocktails for a Cause Halloween Party. Sprechers. 9pm-midnight. Proceeds go to the "Keep Wisconsin Warm" Fund
Saturday, October 16: WDRT 91.9 Kickapalooza 2010, Viroqua 9-11
Friday, October 22: Club 5 8pm - 1am with DJ JP
Sunday, September 12: Vintage Madison for Wanderlost Vintage Clothing at the East Side Club on Lake Monona
Thursday, September 16: opening for the funky LA band Orgone at the Dry Bean @ 8:30pm
Saturday, September 4: Middleton's Largest Tailgate Party at the Capital Brewery beer garden 4pm - 8pm. A benefit for Cardinal Youth Football.
Sunday August 22: Wisconsin Capitol Pride, Library Mall, 2pm-5pm (parade from Capitol at 1pm)
Thursday August 26: Peanut Butter & Jam, Kenosha Veteran's Memorial Park 11:30am & 6pm
Friday August 27: Dane Dances, Monona Terrace. 6pm-7:30pm
Sunday July 4: Reilly’s Pub in Green Lake. Fireworks at dusk.
Monday July 5: High Noon Saloon Celebrate Smoke-Free Wisconsin 6:00pm, with Freedy Johnson. Free & Free Appetizers.
Saturday July 31: Atwood Summerfest 4pm - 5:30pm (followed by Beatallica)
Wednesday June 16: Dodgeville Summer Concerts, sponsored by Land's End. Harris Park. 4:30-5:15pm and 7-8:30pm
Saturday. June 5: Jovian Taphause all day music festival
Saturday May 8: Madison Area Music Awards ceremony (MAMA), Capitol Theater. Overture Center.
Friday May 14: Memorial Union Terrace (or Rathskeller if it rains) 9:30pm - midnight.
Friday May 21: Children's Theater of Madison fundraiser, Promenade Hall, Overture Center. 7pm - 10pm. Disco kareoke with VO5
Saturday May 1: Mifflin Street Block party Maximum Ink Rock Stage (Mifflin & Bedford), 12:30pm (noon, not midnight!)
April 24: Cocktails for a Cause, Casa del Sol in Fitchburg.
April 7: VO5 celebrates 5 years of live performances
Saturday, February 13th, Scatz Club Valentine's Eve Ball with Maximum Ink, WYOU, and free Yahara Bay vodka sampling starting at 9pm.
Saturday, Februaty 6: Studio Z company party
2009
Friday, December 4th, Disco Party Benefit for the Pleasant Ridge Waldorff School at the Greenman Music Hall - Viroqua
Friday, October 30th, High Noon Saloon's Freaking Halloweekend. midnight headliner.
Wednesday, October 28th, Overture Center for the Arts, Opening for Abbamania 5 - 7pm.
Wednesday, September 9th, Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Realtors Association "Staying Alive" convention (registration required)
Saturday, August 29th, Madison's Favorite Block Party , sponsored by The Isthmus. 10pm on King Street.
Saturday, July 25th, Atwood Summerfest 4pm
Saturday, July 4th, Westmoreland Park, Madison 11:30 - 1:30pm
Saturday, July 4th, Reilly’s Pub on Green Lake. Markesan, Wisconsin 5 - 9pm...followed by fireworks.
Thursday, June 25th, Oregon Summer Fest 6:30pm - 10pm Main Stage...kicking off a 4-day festival.
Wednesday, June 17, opening for San Francisco's #1 party band Sex Without Hands at the The Frequency . 8:30pm.
Friday, May 1, End of School May Day Celebration at The Ram Head Rathskeller (303 N. Henry St, formerly Bullfeathers) 10pm.
Saturday, March 21th -- Maximum Ink's 13th b-day party, "Bomblastica," at The Annex
Saturday April 4th Wisconsin Film Fest party at Cafe Montmatre.9pm til 2am. $10
Saturday, February 14th -- V05 Valentine's Day Disco Fever The Ram Head Rathskeller (303 N. Henry St, formerly Bullfeathers) 10pm.
Friday, February 10th -- WSUM 7th Anniversary party. 9pm. Steez plays after V05. Memorial Union Rathskeller.
Saturday, January, 24th -- VO5 Back to School Disco Party ($2 Cover) at The Ram Head Rathskeller (303 N. Henry St, formerly Bullfeathers) 10pm.
2008
New Years Eve, December 31st -- Cafe Montmartre's glorious end of the year party. Don't miss it.
Friday, December 5th -- Disco Party Benefit for the Pleasant Ridge Waldorff School at the Greenman Music Hall - Viroqua
Saturday, Novermber 15th -- WORT Benefit at The Frequency. Opening band: The Low Czars (9pm til close)
Friday, Oct 31th -- HALLOWEEN! at The Frequency 9:30pm til 2am. Costume contest at midnight.
Saturday, Oct 4th -- Memorial Union Rathskeller (or Terrace if nice!) World Rabies Day Awareness Party! FREE!
Prize for most rabid 70's outfit. Free t-shirts to first 25 people.
Wednesday, September 17 -- High Noon Saloon $7 Willy Street Fair Pre-Party, a disco & samba fundraiser for the organizers of Madison's best street fair. All proceeds go to the Marquette Neighborhood Association. Pagee GoGo starts at 8:30pm, VO5 at 9:30pm.
Friday, September 19 -- Forward Music Festival Wisco Disco Party, Orpheum Theater Stage Door after Neko Case (around 10pm)...Steez plays after VO5.
Saturday, September 6 -- The Frequency $7 The Gomers will rock you at 9pm then VO5 will discofunkefy you at 11pm at Madison's newest cool-spot-to-be-seen-at.
Friday, July 25 -- Cafe
Montmartre $8 Midsummer's Night Disco Party!
Friday, June 27 -- Majestic
Theatre Brew & View featuring the classic disco movie Car
Wash (watch trailer) (Chicago
Tribune Review) (NYT
Review), the movie that will empty your ashtray, fill your tank, and hot wax
you from butt bumper to rear end. Movie starts at 8pm...VO5 dance party follows,
including a dance/outfit competition for prizes and a grand trophy (around
11:30pm). $7 admission (plus $3 no-costume-or-wig service charge if
you don't even try).
05/31/08 -- TerraceFest! ... Memorial
Union lakefront
05/10/08 -- Crave Restaurant & Lounge
04/11/08 -- Cafe Montmartre
02/11/08 -- Boogie for Obama!, Majestic Theater Article
01/26/08 -- Saturday Night Fever, Majestic Theater.
2007
12/07/07 -- Festivus Celebration, Weary Traveler
11/31/07 -- Hoofers Buccaneer's Ball, Memorial Union
11/27/07 -- Wonder's Pub w/Motor Primitives and Sigourney Weavers
2006
12/31/06 -- Cafe Montmartre w/ Big Mouth Cooperative Band
12/16/06 -- King Club with the Vilas Park Sniper
11/17/06 -- Weary Traveler
10/31/06 -- Wonders Pub w/Getaway Drivers &
Motor Primitives
10/31/06 -- Jim & Tom's Big Halloween Bash
09/04/06 -- Mazomanie, Wisconsin River Cycropia party
07/19/06 -- Union Terrace, Hoofers
06/17/06 -- Corral Room, private wedding
04/08/06 -- EVP Coffee moving party
04/01/06 -- Slipper Club, UTA, Big Brother/Big Sister fundraiser
03/31/06 -- Orpheum Lobby, Wisconsin Film Festival
01/26/06 -- Slipper Club w/ Swim Team, Sunshine for the Blind
01/25/06 -- High Noon w/ The Entertainment
2005
07/27/05 -- Rathskeller w/8889 & Bipolar Orange
06/29/05 -- Portal, w/ The Entertainment
06/26/05 -- Private birthday party w/ firetruck
04/07/05 -- Slipper Club, w/ Mad Cabaret
<<Bootleg recording from the Wisconsin Film Fest Party at the Orpheum>>
(this MP3 has about 20 short song clips recorded by an audience member....tons of reverberation and best listened to with headphones)
<<Studio MP3's>> You Should Be Dancing ... Wonder Woman ... Wisconsin Rap ... I Want to Be a Woman
<<Old versions of original songs. Rough drafts...for historical entertainment>>
Snipe Hunt.mp3 ... (SNIPE VIDEO)
Bailout Boogie.mp3 ... (VIDEO)
<< For more info, adoring fan mail and bookings contact: vo5@caculo.com >>
We will do weddings and private parties but just don't make us play YMCA-- or you will have to pay dearly. We are from Wisconsin and the Midwest, but willing to fly to Vegas, baby, and guarantee a good dance party.
This website was lovingly constructed and is still maintained using Microsoft FrontPage 1979. If you want to update our website to the year 2010 we will declare you our #1 fan.
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