Nick Cave has a Record Store Day exclusive release coming out on Black Friday. (2013/File Photo)
Black Friday doesn’t have to mean slugging it out and fighting for parking at the mega mall. Instead, there are some local outfits offering up Black Friday deals that have some more fun attached to them.
Merry Meltdown tickets
If you love live music, San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM has a heck of a Black Friday deal from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you purchase a ticket for the Merry Meltdown concert at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14 (featuring Korn, Stone Temple Pilots, Sick Puppies, Big B and Assuming We Survive, you get two free tickets to another exclusive show.
The radio station is bringing in three well-known artists to do acoustic sets at M15 in Corona next month–the Airborne Toxic Event on Thursday, Dec. 5, Switchfoot on Friday, Dec. 6 and A Day to Remember on Sunday, Dec. 15. Buy one ticket to Merry Meltdown and you get a pair to one of the three M15 shows (your choice).
Here’s the catch–you have to buy it in person at the arena’s box office, which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also, the buy one, get two deal is only good while supplies last.
Tickets for Merry Meltdown are $29.50-$59.50. Visit www.x1039.com for more information. Citizens Business Bank Arena is located at 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway.
Riverside’s own Vicky and the Vengents will be appearing at Groovers on Black Friday. (Contributed Image)
In-store fun
Black Friday is the second big celebration on the calendar for Record Store Day and two local shops are doing some fun things.
If you want to sleep in after your football hangover, Vicky and the Vengents will be taking over Groovers Records in Riverside from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. -10 p.m. They’re going to be giving out their new single, “Sha Na” to folks in line and celebrating Record Store Day with some of the exclusive goodies.
Groovers is at 215 West Big Springs Road in Riverside (behind UC Riverside).
Also in Riverside, Mad Platter will have Record Store Day special items in stock. If you Visit sister store Rhino Records in Claremont, there will be a vinyl sale in the parking lot, too. The stores are open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday.
On Saturday, Nov. 30, both stores will be taking 10 percent off purchases from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in celebration of Small Business Saturday. Rhino will also have a very limited number of free tickets to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 2014 if you pick up his new “Live from KCRW”
Mad Platter is located at 1223 University Ave. in Riverside and Rhino is at 235 Yale Ave. in Claremont.