"A poster in the Bay Area subreddit alerted the community this week about an upcoming show featuring punk musician Michale Graves, who testified on behalf of five Proud Boys involved in the January 6 insurrection. While commenters on the Reddit post pointed out that any mention of the show will only serve to bring more attention to the event (see the Streisand Effect), a local group of activists has planned a weekend-long protest leading up to the show."
"As the Chronicle reports, Buddy's Music Office, which is located at Buddy's Auto Body & Restoration in the North Bay city of Novato, published an Instagram post on January 6 promoting the show, which also happens to be the fifth anniversary of the riot at the Capitol, leading to swarms of angry commenters demanding that the organizer cancel the show. The comments have since been deleted, and further commenting on the post has been disabled, per the Chronicle."
Michale Graves, a vocal Trump supporter and former late-1990s Misfits frontman, is scheduled to perform at Buddy's Auto Body & Restoration in Novato on January 31. The show announcement on Buddy's Music Office Instagram coincided with the January 6 anniversary and drew angry commenters demanding cancellation; comments were later deleted and commenting disabled. A Bay Area Reddit post alerted local activists, who planned a three-day, weekend-long protest modeled on Texas and San Antonio actions. Graves previously testified on behalf of five Proud Boys involved in January 6 and has had past gigs canceled after protest backlash.
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