The hard sell

Kelp is 17 this year, and to celebrate record label supremo three the usual three-day party to celebrate. Unfortunately I didn't hear about it until it was too late to book a day or two off to catch some of the shows, so I only managed to snatch away 45 minutes before work to see Greenfield Main play their last (most recent?) album, 2004's Barnburners & Heartchurners - and probably only the A-side at that. There was also the Kelp 17 Food and Flea-Market, with The Wig presenting the very tasty-looking food section and a grab-bag of other stuff for sale on the inedible side.


The crowd mobs the edibles at Kelp 17's food and flea market, May 7, 2011


Greenfield Main at the Polish Combatants Hall, May 7, 2011


Greenfield Main at the Polish Combatants Hall, May 7, 2011

Then it was back home and off to work in rapid succession.

• Show reminder: Destruction, Heathen, Warbeast and Aggressor pummel Mavericks; if you aren't flea-marketed out, punkottawa.com's own is on at Bronson Centre's Mac Hall. Top Shelf Bottom and Fish & Bird perform at the Rainbow; The Mash Potato Mashers mash it up at the Elmdale starting at 3 p.m. for an all-ages Mother's Day show.