Kevin Bronson on September 17th, 2010

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Few community festivals outside of Silver Lake can boast a better music lineup that this weekend’s edition of Lobsterfest at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. Oh, the waterfront affair still has a family-friendly vibe – it’s just that thanks to music curator Mark Sovel, the former music director of the sorely missed FM outlet Indie 103.1 (Dec. 21, 2003-Jan. 15, 2009, for you newbies), you can see some of SoCal’s top bands onstage rather than the random tribute act.

This year’s lineup mixes great up-and-comers (Saint Motel, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Growlers, Leslie Stevens & the Badgers and Walking Sleep, to name a few) with longer-running favorites such as Gram Rabbit (pictured performing last year), Dengue Fever, the Section Quartet and Miss Derringer. And Sunday’s set by John Doe & Exene Cervenka caps it off.

One-day passes are $7 (if you print this coupon). And if you have the appetite and the patience to wait in what can be a pretty long line, you can … er, shell out for one of their lobster dinners.

After the jump, the set times:
Today, Sept. 17
9 p.m.: Saint Motel
8: Venus Infers
7: Spider Problem

Sat. Sept. 18
9 p.m.: Dengue Fever
8: Fitz & The Tantrums
7: Gram Rabbit
6: The Growlers
5: AWOLNation
4: We Barbarians
3: The Country (Gram Rabbit side project)
2: Leslie Stevens & the Badgers
1: Judson & Mary

Sun. Sept. 19
5:15 p.m.: See How We Are: John Doe & Exene Cervenka of X
4:15: The Section Quartet
3:15: Miss Derringer
2:15 Walking Sleep
1:15 Tijuana Panthers
12:30: Devon Eisenbarger

Photo by Jeff Koga