All 42 newly drafted bands of the 2013 Lottery League will perform for the first time ever on three stages within the Agora. 2013 Lottery League Big Show Schedule (outside of starting promptly at 2pm, given the nature of this event the set times listed are approximate.) Click the links and follow their adventures on Facebook!

Big Show 2013 Schedule

2:00pm – 38% Special  (Melt Stage)
2:15 – La Rascasse (Jakprints Stage)
2:30 – Payback from Wayback (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
2:45 – Amplified Gentlemen (Melt Stage)
3:00 – Shark Martian (Jakprints Stage)
3:15 – Midwestern Electric (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
3:30 – The Predicament (Melt Stage)
3:45 – The Egons (Jakprints Stage)
4:00 – Soy La Barba (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
4:15 – Hot Dignity (Melt Stage)

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4:45 – Dinosaur Coffin (Jakprints Stage)
5:00 – Sex Cake (Council of Chiefs Stage)
5:15 – Robosexual (Melt Stage)
5:30 – Dark Magic Ponyride (Jakprints Stage)
5:45 – Favorite Russian Spectaculars (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
6:00 – How to Stay Alive in the Woods (Melt Stage)
6:15 – VALISystem A (Jakprints Stage)
6:30 – Sudden Onset (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
6:45 – Jaques Jamz (Melt Stage)

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7:15 – Disaster Transport (Jakprints Stage)
7:30 – Dinosaur Throat (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
7:45 - Feed Me a Stray Cat (Melt Stage)
8:00 – Canadian Pharmacy (Jakprints Stage)
8:15 – Queen of Hell (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
8:30 – Charlton Heston’s Cold Dead Hands (Melt Stage)
8:45 – SCMODS (Jakprints Stage)
9:00 – Wyld Bal5 (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
9:15 – Louise & ECT 3 (Melt Stage)

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9:45 -    Psychic Thrills (Jakprints Stage)
10:00 – Surface of the Earth (Council of Chiefs Stage)
10:15 – Dirty Connotations (Melt Stage)
10:30 -BAANTUU (Jakprints Stage)
10:45 – Evil Astroid (Council of Chiefs Stage)
11:00 – Comet 77 (Melt Stage)

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11:30 – Fancy Bastards (Jakprints Stage)
11:45 – and you will gnome us by the trail of bread (Chiefs Stage)
12:00 – E=MC Funk (Melt Stage)
12:15 – Jean-Claude Goddamn (Jakprints Stage)
12:30 – Rustbelt Revival (Council Of Chiefs Stage)
12:45 – The Vanman (Melt Stage)
1:00am – KILL IT WITH FIRE! (Jakprints Stage)
1:15 – Douglas Adam’s Family (Council of Chiefs Stage)

It’s a good thing the 169 musicians who are participating in Lottery League 2013 are so good at singing and playing; almost to a person, they stink as bowlers.

That was evident Thursday night at Madison Square Lanes in Lakewood as the league held its “Slot Selection” night for April 13’s free “Big Show” at the Agora Theatre and Ballroom, 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

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More than the Council of Chiefs could have ever imagined, both the 2008 and 2010 shows were hugely successful. Approximately 150 artists formed 33 distinct groups that performed at each show. “No one else has accomplished what we have in Cleveland,” says Sotelo. While there have been similar attempts in other cities including Los Angeles, no other city has presented an event of this magnitude in terms of both the number of bands performing and the tickets sales for The Big Show.

There are other positive effects that spring from the League’s hard work. In 2010 they recognized six bands that were still together after performing in 2008. Also, Sotelo notes that some friendships, business relationships and even romances developed thanks to the League’s musical experiment. Is the League popular? Yes! Will it continue to grow? You betcha! This is one of a growing trend of “cool” things to do in Cleveland.

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…one Saturday morning my friend Nate was over and I glanced on Myspace which everyone was using then. Ed Sotelo had posted a long rant on there about the lousy music he had seen the night before and about how he thought all city’s bands should break up and be part of sports-like draft. I was like, “Holy shit.” Then, Nate and I started talking about it. Eventually I ended up calling Ed and said, “Remember that thing you posted earlier? We can totally do that.”

Four strangers walk into a room, plug in and start a band. A noisy concept no doubt. But as Snuggle Prophet discovered, four people from radically different musical backgrounds — pop, metal, punk and avant-garde noise — could craft a seamless sound.

Well, for 10 minutes or so. Snuggle Prophet is one of 33 just-formed bands in the Cleveland Lottery League. The sports-draft-meets-art-performance features 144 musicians playing with people they’ve never played with before.