Generously sponsored by Switchback Brewing Company - 3rd Thursdays is Vermont’s only long-standing hip-hop showcase. Held down at The Monkey House every month by the venerable DJ Kanganade, featuring a cypher with beats provided by Equal Eyes Records and hosted by members of the Anthill Collective, the event serves to highlight local and touring acts once a month on the… yeah, you get it.

Man. we got another banger. Joint Manipulation will be in the building testing new material and smashing things. Self-described weirdo from NH, Sevenqrtrs makes his 3T debut. In fact, the rest of the line up is also debuting for 3rd Thursday... and damn. Michigan's Tru Klassick is a vet who is making his way around New England this month with some truly "klassick" boom-bap that just pounds. And finally, no stranger to VT, Spoken Nerd from Nashville, TN is on his Hard To Find A Good Barber Tour with the support of Fake Four Inc. If you don't know this indie label, go look it up... now. This homey is smart, funny, lyrically brilliant and just a hell of a lot of fun... plus that beard.

Don't miss this one.