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Check out Minneapolis DJ duo Fembot at Electrovember.

The Pourhouse will be home to what is essentially a small-scale electronic festival this Wednesday, as Electrovember brings an all-local EDM showcase with over 20 acts to three distinct stages. Igloo Studios and NiteOwl have joined forces with a number of artists, collaborators and designers to put together an ambitious event that serves as a crash course for the growing EDM scene in Minneapolis.

"There's so much talent around town, and that's what we're trying to do here: To expose that talent and to bring some light to those DJs who are so passionate about this kind of music," says organizer Lidia Chesnokova. "I don't think there's anything anyone has done around town that has included so many acts in one place at one time, all local, all here to support each other." In addition to some impressive-sounding light and laser displays, video DJing, and specially constructed backdrop pieces, the DJs will be displaying their talent and their community at the same time.

This Friday local promoter Mike Gervais hosts a Vote No! House Invasion party featuring some of the city's finest house DJs at the Bolt Underground. (Full disclosure: One of them is my fiancé.) The event attempts to bridge the gap between the long disconnected EDM scene and the gay club circuit on their own turf, and offers a great place to align in solidarity for the cause of freedom to marry regardless of sexual identity.