Brave New World Media Group and Black Ice Booking & Entertainment have teamed up to present The Road to South By 2011, a series of battle of the bands performances, mostly in Seattle, with the winners performing during SXSW in Austin this spring. Thursday night at 8 p.m., the competition hits the road with a special show inside Hell's Kitchen in Tacoma.  Scheduled to perform are Blackstax, Mem3nto, Shyan Selah & The Republic of Sound and Tacoma's burlesque troupe, the Gritty City Sirens. The competitions end Feb. 18. Click here for more details.

The Road to South By 2011

includes Blackstax, Mem3nto, Shyan Selah & The Republic of Sound, Gritty City Sirens
Thursday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.,
Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma
253.759.6003