New York City farm band will lead the festivities at Cinco de Mayo / Kentucky Derby party at Pine Box Rock Shop
Pine Box Rock Shop
12 Grattan St., Bushwick
Saturday, May 5, free, 2:00
718-366-6311
www.pineboxrockshop.com
Mint juleps and margaritas converge this weekend as the 138th Kentucky Derby takes place on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, which celebrates the outmanned Mexican army’s heroic stand against the French in the 1862 Battle of Puebla. Twenty horses will be running for the Roses, including the aptly named I’ll Have Another, with Mario Gutierrez aboard, and you can catch all the action at the Pine Box Rock Shop in Brooklyn, which is hosting Cinco de Derby beginning at 2:00. The festivities will feature such specialty drinks as the Pine Box Derby, Thriller Jesus, Kentucky Cough Syrup, and Louisville Lemonade in addition to flights of tequila and bourbon and vegan snacks from Champs Family Bakery. While Kentucky natives will be spinning such tunes as “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Eight More Miles to Louisville,” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky” as well as “Tequila,” “Banditos,” and “La Bamba” in the front, there will be live music in the back room, highlighted by New York City’s own metrobilly farm band, 2/3 Goat. Consisting of Kentucky native Annalyse McCoy on lead vocals and mandolin, Ryan Dunn on vocals and guitar, Ryan Guerra on fiddle, Jon Cavendish on bass, and Andy Wilmoth on drums, 2/3 Goat has several songs that would fit in nicely during Cinco de Derby: “Band of Gold,” “Ride On,” and “Lay It on the Line” from their 2011 EP, Stream of Conscience. There will also be a Derby hat contest, and a portion of the day’s proceeds will go to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Post time is 6:24. Good luck!