This weekend in downtown St. Petersburg: Pelican Pop Fest 2 with Automatic Loveletter, Sleepy Vikings, Mogul Street Reserve, The Equines, Davy & the Gods, and many more!

The second edition of the downtown St. Pete Pelican Pop Fest has expanded to two days (Friday and Saturday), now encompasses two neighboring venues (Fubar and The Local 662), and promises to be a weekend jam-packed with eclectic, high-quality local(ish) talent. Among the highlights are Mogul St Reserve, another Best of the Bay-winning band that’s re-locating to Atlanta and will be delivering a final set of their energetic prog pop on Friday; Sarasota quirk-pop outfit The Equines; Faux Furs, the new rock project headed up by The Semis' frontman Billy Summer; ambient melody-making rock ensemble Davy & The Gods, which features Tommy Simms (Win Win Winter/Automatic Loveletter), Shane Schuch (ex-Mouse Fire) and Ryan Metcalf (Tres Bien); and shoegaze roots makers Sleepy Vikings.

Pelican Pop Fest 2011

Fri.-Sat., Feb. 4-5, 7 p.m. doors, The Local 662, 662 Central Ave., and Fubar, 658 Central Ave., downtown St. Petersburg, $7 two-day passes ($3 additional at the door ages 18-20). Check out the complete schedule after the jump…

This article appears in Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2011.