Mohawk

Austin's chief live music venue and bar. ALL ARE WELCOME. Tweet @mohawkaustin Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Biography The Mohawk is a fabled Live Music Venue and Bar in the heart of downtown Austin Texas. Renovated with recycled materials, the Mohawk boasts 2 stages, rooftop rocking capabilities, multiple drinking holes, turbo charged service, happy hours, and good times. The Mohawk has hosted the likes of The Black Keys, Thurston Moore, The Sword, Spoon, J. Mascis, Big Boi, Ice Cube, Sleep, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, TV on the Radio, Moby, Murder City Devils, Common, MSTRKRFT, Kool Keith, Dan Deacon, Monotonix, The Whigs, The Black Angels, Peter Buck, Big Freedia, Vampire Weekend, Green Day, King Kahn, White Denim, Fleet Foxes, Yelle, Bill Callahan, Destroyer, Cut Copy, Deerhoof, Shearwater, Okkervil River, Tokyo Police Club, Islands, Torche, Boris, Ghostland Observatory, The Long Winters, Helio Sequence, No Age, Black Mountain, Islands, XX, Friendly Fires and more. Current schedule can be found here: http://www.mohawkaustin.com/events/ You can post shows you wanna go see to your facebook page by clicking 'add this' below each show. Blog of awesomeness can be found here: http://www.mohawkaustin.com/blogs/ MOHAWK HISTORY (iriquois confederacy) ..The people of the Six Nations, also known by the French term, Iroquois Confederacy, call themselves the Haudenosaunee (ho dee noe sho nee) meaning People Building a Long House. Located in the northeastern region of North America, originally the Six Nations was five and included the Mohawk Nation (keepers of the eastern door), Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. The sixth nation, the Tuscaroras, migrated into Iroquois country in the early eighteenth century. Together these peoples comprise the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. Their story, and governance truly based on the consent of the governed, contains a great deal of life-promoting intelligence for those of us not familiar with this area of American history. The original United States representative democracy, fashioned by such central authors as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, drew much inspiration from this confederacy of nations. In our present day, we can benefit immensely, in our quest to establish a new music venue truly dedicated to all life's liberty and happiness much as has been practiced by the Six Nations for over 800 hundred years. As one of the six nations, the Mohawk in particular were known for their skills in the art of war, loyalty, strength, love for the earth, and most notebaly, their resourcefulness. The vision of The Mohawk Austin @ 912 Red River is to use what we have learned to effectively recreate some elements of this culture through the booking, design and personality of this new adventure. Members of the Mohawk tribe now live in settlements spread throughout New York State and Southeastern Canada. Among these are Ganienkeh and Kanatsiohareke in northeast New York Akwesasne St.Regis along the Ontario-New York State border, Kanesatake/Oka and Kahnawake in southern Quebec, and Tyendinaga and Wahta/Gibson in southern Ontario Mohawks also form the majority on the mixed Iroquois reserve, Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario. These areas also happen to be fruitful ground for some of our best new music today. To creatively blend this with elements of our local Austin music scene and culture is our quest and journey. We @ the Mohawk would like to tip our hat in thanks to the past and present members of the Mohawk Nation across North America. It is this powerful culture that inspires us to this day. OUR COMMITMENTS To support the local music scene To support the creative class To bring new and different music to Austin We look forward to seeing you @ the Mohawk. Ask for a 'beertunie' and you will see the future. Ask for a 'mama bird' and you might yarf. Description All Are Welcome. Band Interests http://www.native-american-market.com/image-files/indian_symbols.jpg Artists We Also Like Fugazi & Black Sabbath & Run DMC