Issue 177 | July 2010 Publishing Director: Nigel Muntz / nigel.muntz@outofhand.co.uk Editor: Laura Williams / laura.williams@outofhand.co.uk Design: Adrian Howe / Lucy Reynolds Production: Kaspar Walker Advertising: Nigel Muntz, Andy Nelson / Nick Tuckfield / sales@outofhand.co.uk Cover: Photo by Lora English Contents: Illustrations By Peter Holden Contributing Writers: Aldo Vanucci, Arash Torabi, Jamie Atkins, John Barker and Backbone Contributing Photographers: Lora English. Beauty Editor: Karen Spendier Special Thanks to: Cult and Urban Outfitters for having such awesome clothes.
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FEATURES 06 Give It Some Welly
Our guide to this month’s best festivals
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CONTENTS IMAGEry “JONAH AND THE WHALE” PETER HOLDEN: About to graduate from the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham with a BA(Hons) degree in Illustration, Peter is looking forward to moving back to South Devon where he grew up. Taking much of his inspiration from nature, Peter hopes to carry on drawing and printmaking over the summer months and beyond. He also plans to publish his own books. This sketch of Jonah and the Whale is just one of a series of etchings Peter did which visualise classic tales and biblical stories. Contact: hellopetri@hotmail.com Portfolio: www.petriilustration.com
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THE EDGE BOOGIE FOR BRIZZLE You’ve gotta love Bristol Zoo – a small yet perfectly formed haven for tropical animals in the very residential back streets of Clifton. While it’s awesome to wander around the enclosures on a warm summer’s day, how great would it be to take a gander under starlit skies when let’s face it, most of the animals are at their busiest. Oh and what if you threw some mellow sounds into the mix? Well, this is exactly what Boogie for Brizzle is. A one-day festival in the zoo, with music from soul group Laid Blak and local favourites Phantom Limb, circus performers, break-dancers and cabaret. Tickets cost £13.50 (or £8.50 for kids) and can be bought online at www. bristolticketshop.co.uk T4 ON THE BEACH This pop-tastic day out at the beach shows there is more to Weston-super-Mare than the charred remains of a once-Grand Pier, buckets and spades and ice-creams. Not only does entertainment come from the hottest chart acts – including Plan B, Dizzee Rascal, JLS, Alexandra Burke and Pixie Lott but the celeb-spotting potential is endless with the T4 presenters and their pals getting involved along with the cast of Skins and design guru Gok Wan putting in an appearance too. Sadly, all tickets have now been allocated but you can catch the whole shebang on the box. GREEN MAN FESTIVAL A SELLOUT This will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever been to the Green Man Festival in the beautiful Brecon Beacons but it has already sold out this year. The intimate festival has attracted an ever-growing following of music fans keen to avoid the corporate sponsorship, crap beer and overrated bands which feature at most of the larger festivals. With bands such as The Flaming Lips, Doves and Beiruit joining the likes of Mumford and Sons, Joanna Newson and Laura Marling its no wonder everyone wants in on the act. CHEMICAL RECORDS CELEBRATES 10TH BIRTHDAY 2010 marks Chemical Records 10th year as a music, fashion and streetwear store. As part of the celebrations they’ve teamed up with skate brand DC Shoes to create the DC X Chemical T Shirt, exclusive to chemicaluk.com. The design of the DC x Chemical T shirt reflects the company’s rich history and features a records sleeve print DC logo. It will be unveiled at a launch party at Start the Bus in Bristol on 17 July, which will feature legendary drum and bass DJ dBridge West London producer Data, lo-fi hip hop producer Blue Daisy and Fantastic Mr Fox who has been championed by Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs.
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Tributes To Welsh Drummer
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was found dead at his home in Aberdare last month. Cable, who was with the Stereophonics from their invention in 1992 to 2003, was known for his mad hair and wicked sense of humour. The 40-year-old reportedly died after a drinking binge. He was laid to rest in a ceremony in his hometown, which was attended by former bandmate Kelly Jones, actor Rhys Ifans and comedian Rob Brydon. His coffin had a rock’n’roll lightening strike on the front and his send off featured the music of AC/DC. After leaving the Phozzas, Cable forged a successful career as a TV and radio presenter and drummer with Welsh rock band Killing For Company.
Tickets To Sanctuary Outdoor
Back in the ‘90s the rave circuit was buzzing, then we stormed into the noughties and it seemed to die out. Now, thanks to those Slammin Vinyl guys we’ve clawed it back with Sanctuary Outdoor on August Bank Holiday weekend. The threeday (and night) festival, which takes place on the Catton Hall Estate in the Midlands, features 17 arenas, hosting 150 artists, including Scratch Perverts, Grooverider, Scott Brown and Lisa Pin-Up. What’s more we’ve bagged a pair of tickets (worth £65 each) to giveaway. For details of how to enter visit www.247magazine.co.uk
Manic Street Preachers Tour
Tickets To Standon Calling What started as a low-key birthday party has turned into one of the staples of the small festival scene – Standon Calling. Organisers have secured the likes of British Sea Power, Jeffrey Lewis, The Magic Numbers and Silver Columns for the festival, which takes place in Hertfordshire on 6-8 August. Being one of the smaller festivals, it comes with a much smaller price tag – just £95 a ticket or £40 for a Sunday day ticket. We’ve managed to secure a pair of tickets for one lucky reader. To enter please visit www.247magazine.co.uk
Those Welsh heroes the Manic Street Preachers have announced a full UK tour to coincide with the release of their 10th studio album, Postcards From A Young Man. The tour will see them play the Newport Centre, near their hometown of Blackwood, on 23 October and Bristol Colston Hall on 25 October. Support comes from the Brighton-group British Sea Power. The Manics aren’t the only old indie band to announce an autumn tour, The Charlatans will play Bristol Academy on 19 October.
NEWS Bristol Harbour Festival
Tickets To Stop Making Sense Festival
If you’ve been weighing up your options this summer – a festival or a beach holiday – we may just have the answer. Stop Making Sense, which takes place on 3 -5 September, brings London, Glasgow and Paris’ hottest club and concert promoters to a paradise location. More than a music festival, SMS is situated on a woody peninsula in the village of Petrçane on the stunning Adriatic coast of Croatia. DJ’S appearing at the festival includes Juan Atkins, Theo Parrish and Friendly Fires alongside some of the biggest club promoters. To be in with a chance of winning tickets (worth £80 each) please visit www.247magazine.co.uk
Dissident Club Says Goodbye
After almost a decade of activity, Bristol’s Dissident club night is literally calling it a night. The last ever Dissident will take place at the infamous Black Swan on 9 July as organisers go their separate ways. “Over the last decade the Dissident name has meant many things, a collective, a club night, a label and, perhaps most importantly, a custom built and highly tuned sound system designed specifically for the bass heavy, breaks driven sound we’re known for,” said organiser Nick Kimber. “We’ve taken our sound to venues, warehouses and fields across the UK and the teknivals in Europe but the one place we’ve always returned and had the most fun is the Black Swan in Bristol.”
Head down to Bristol harbourside in the Summer months and there’s always something going on but not on the scale of the Harbour Festival. For three days (30 July – 1 August) the mile-long harbour’s edge is taken over by music, dance and circus acts. Queen’s Square will host a delicious food market and a music stage programmed by the Colston Hall. Cascade Steps will feature mellow acoustic acts and Millennium Square will become a Dance Village for the weekend hosting performances from the New York Ballet among others. If it’s clowning around and acrobatics you’re after then Castle Park is for you and if skating/Parkour and bikes are your bag then you may want to head down to the Mud Dock. The iconic historic boats which line the harbourside will form the backdrop for the final epic fireworks display.
Tickets To See Tiesto In London The legendary DJ Tiesto is looking forward to playing a one-day festival in London this summer with band of the moment Pendulum. It’s the Ibiza favourite’s only UK date of the year and follows on from last year’s epic event. Tickets cost £39 but we’ve secured a pair of tickets for one lucky reader. Visit www.247magazine.co.uk for more details.
Millennium Stadium 10-Year Celebrations
It was one of the rare Millennium projects which actually opened on time, and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has been making the most of its 10 year celebrations with concerts, exhibitions and events. But the piece de resistance came exactly 11 years to the day the stadium opened with a gig by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. Support came from the Manic Street Preachers who were the first live act to play the stadium at Manic Millennium on December 31, 1999.
THE EDGE BATH SUMMER CIDER FESTIVAL Cider has to be the drink of the moment. As the secret spreads beyond the Westcountry, cider makers are coming up with more exotic flavours to entice new folk to the cider revolution. But once again, this region is leading the way with a Bath Summer Cider Festival featuring more than 80 different ciders and perrys (which, believe it or not, are so versatile they can be made into pear cider, Lambrini or Babycham). Local cider makers Thatchersm Bristol Port and Black Dragon will all be represented. The festival, which takes place in Bath Pavilion on 23 and 24 July, will feature live music form Wurzels tribute the Mangledwurzels and food in the form of hot pork rolls with stuffing and apple sauce. Tickets £7.50. SIGNED ANDY BELL ALBUM He’s one of the mainstays of the electo-pop scene and now former Erasure singer Andy Bell has released a new solo album – Non-Stop. 247 Magazine has teamed up with his record label to give readers a chance to win a signed copy of the album, with three runners up prizes of a bog-standard (as in unsigned) copy. The 10-track album will appeal to connoisseurs of deluxe dancepop, seductive electro anthems and gold-plated disco grooves. Non-Stop was co-produced and co-written by Andy Bell and Pascal Gabriel. This second solo album for Bell provides a liberating platform for his more clubby, nocturnal, disco-glam side. To enter the competition please visit www.247magazine. co.uk 2000 TREES FESTIVAL This sell out festival is a personal favourite of headline act Frank Turner and this year looks to be a much better fare than the sopping wet festival last year. Combining new exciting new acts such as Sparrow and the Workshop, Bombay Bicycle Club and Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit and local favourites, Crazy Arm, Emily Breeze and Men Diamler the Gloucestershire festival could well prove a force to be reckoned with. If you’re the kind of person who feels completely overwhelmed by 80,000 muddy, stinky people trudging for hours between stages in a massive site like Glastonbury then this may be the one for you. MESSY WEEKENDER 2 Clubbers are being enticed from the South West and Wales up to deepest darkest Yorkshire for the Messy Weekender 2. After an amazing first year, the event will round off the festival season taking place in Whitby on 11 – 13 September. Friday night’s entertainment is being held at the Spa Pavilion complex, which overlooks the sea, with multi arenas hosting over 40 DJs and a snow machine, bubble machine, multiple smoke and fog machines, live visualizations and UV lights. Saturday daytime activities include, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, sailing, windsurfing, treasure hunts and beck scrambling. That evening is a massive boat party and expect some mean after parties with open decks. Full weekend tickets cost £99 and are available from www. hardertimez.co.uk magazine | 5
We’re well and truly in the midst of festival season now, the first few got off to a sunny start so let’s hope it continues for the July batch. There’s a good wave of local events and the odd festival worth trekking halfway across the country for…
EDEN SESSIONS
LARMER TREE FESTIVAL
WHERE: The Eden Project, nr St Blazey, Cornwall WHEN: 24 June – 14 July WHO: Mika, Diana Vickers, Calvin Harris, Jack Johnson,
WHERE: Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset/Wiltshire border WHEN: 14 – 18 July WHO: Frank Turner, Martha Wainwright, Toots and the Maytals,
Vampire Weekend, Paolo Nutini, Martha Wainwright, Doves, Mumford and Sons, Mojave 3, Broken Bells, Audio Bullys, Annie Mac, Zero 7 (DJ set) and comedian Al Murray. WONGA: £35 WHY: Since the Eden Project started putting on music back in 2002 it has gone from strength to strength scoring even bigger and better acts each year, previous sessions have seen the Pet Shop Boys, Pulp and Amy Winehouse all play in the shadow of the great biomes and this year they’ve opened up the insides to intimate DJ sets. Unsurprisingly, some of the sessions have already sold out but as we went to print there were still some tickets left. WEB: www.edenproject.com/sessions
RELENTLESS NASS WHERE: Bath and West
Showground, nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset WHEN: 9 – 11 July WHO: Bowling for Soup, Hadouken, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Quemists, Gallows, Wiley, Ghost of a Thousand, Chase and Status, Andy C, Caspa, Nero, Krafty Kuts, Friction, Klimax, Benny MC, Kidda, Jaguar Skills and Charlie G and more. WONGA: Adult weekend £70, child weekend £40, Adult day from £20. WHY: So much more than just a music festival, NASS is for all those skate-mad types, BMX-ers and free runners. The kick-ass rock music and DJs compliment the urban sports displays perfectly. NASS is also hosting the World Skateboard Comp, Euro BMX Series and the Inline 4* World rolling Series. WEB: www.relentlessnass.com
NOZSTOCK WHERE: Rowden Paddocks, Bromyard, Herefordshire WHEN: 9 – 11 July WHO: The Blockheads with Phil Jupitus, The King Blues,
Stanton Warriors, Pete and the Pirates, 3 Daft Monkeys, Gabby Young and Other Animals, Caspa and MC Rod Azlan, Sub Focus, High Contrast, Jack Beats, Tribe of Frog and more. WONGA: Adult weekend £75, student weekend £70, under 12’s free. WHY: As well as some decent festival music there’s an awesome comedy tent featuring the likes of Stephen Frost and the Impro All Stars and the hilarious Ian Cognito. BBC Hereford and Worcester Introducing have a stage at the event so it’s a good place to catch up on the local talent and there’s no shortage of workshops to get involved with. WEB: www.nozstockfestival.co.uk
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Jools Holland, Newton Faulkner, Oysterband, Cornershop, Tuung, Ade Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Babylon Circus, Easy Star All-Stars, Chumbawumba, Dub Pistols, Steve Knightley, DJ Derek, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Pronghorn, Cash Converted, Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs, Kill It Kid, The Unthanks, Russell Howard and more. WONGA: Adult 5-day ticket £184, adult day tickets start at £30 and include camping on that night only. Children’s day tickets start at £22. Under 5s are free. WHY: Another intimate festival which, judging by the lineup, appears to hark back to the 1990s with appearances from Chumbawumba, Cornershop and Babylon Zoo. But there’s also some more credible modern music. Local bands get a pretty good show too with Bristol’s Smerins Anti Social Club and The Unthanks joined by Bath’s Kill It Kid and Dorset’s cowpunk heroes Pronghorn. WEB: www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
WOMAD WHERE: : Charlton Park, nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire WHEN: 23 – 25 July WHO: Afro Celt Soundsystem, Rolf Harris and his Band, Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, Horace Andy, Gil Scott-Heron, Ska Cubano, Stornoway, Nouvelle Vague, Imogen Heap, Chumbawumba, Ty, Imelda May, Dan Sultan, Little Axe and more. WONGA: Adult weekend ticket £125, adult day tickets from £60. Discounts for locals. WHY: This showcase of World music shows there’s a lot more to music than Britrock, all of the continents and all typed of music are represented here at one of the most open minded festivals in the world. Organised by local musician Peter Gabriel, who has his own studios in nearby village of Box, it has become a force to be reckoned with as there are now WOMAD festivals in New Zealand and Australia. WEB: www.womad.org
FARMFEST WHERE: Gilcombe Farm, Bruton, Somerset WHEN: 30 - 31 July WHO: The Electric, Smerins Anti Social Club, Bearsuit,
Egyptian Hip Hop, Standard Fare, Wild Palms, New Islands, Fables and more. WONGA: £35 WHY: Set on an organic farm (which means lush eco-friendly food), this newish festival has won much acclaim from the national press in recent years. The organisers, who dub themselves www.247magazine.co.uk
downright amateurs, say it is totally non-corporate and will always be so, run by a crack team of downright amateurs. It also aims to raise money for the charities Practical Action and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance’. WEB: www.farmfestival.co.uk
GLOBAL GATHERING WHERE: Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon WHEN: 30 - 31 July WHO: Faithless, Dizzee Rascal, 2ManyDJs, Chase and
Status, Carl Cox, Eric Pridz, Steve Angelo, John Digweed, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, Scratch Perverts, Sub Focus, Stanton Warriors, Steve Lawler, Armin Van Burren, Bloody Beetroots, Paul Thomas and more. WONGA: Adult weekend ticket £120, Saturday only £62.50. WHY: Simply the best dance festival in the world. If you’ve seen Dizzee’s duet with Gavin and Stacey ledgend James Corden and fancy seeing it performed live at the end of the World Cup then you might just be in luck. And the mighty Faithless never fail to disappoint and with a line up bursting full of top DJs this is one 48 hours you won’t forget in a rush. WEB: www.globalgathering.com
CARDIFF BIG WEEKEND WHERE: Cardiff City Centre WHEN: 30 July – 1 August WHO: Feeder, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Athlete, The Blackout,
Fenech Soler, Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assemby, The Raghu Dixit Project and The Congo All Stars. WONGA: FREE! WHY: : Er, it’s free. You can see Feeder, one of the best Welsh bands ever (obviously behind Tom Jones and the Manic Street Preachers) for free. There will also be a performance from the ledgendary Chaka Demus and Pliers, famous for their 90s hit Tease Me. If the music isn’t a big enough draw for you then there’s a traditional fairground to keep you entertained. The Cardiff Big Weekend will finish with an epic fireworks display. WEB: www.cardiff-festival.com/bigw_e.htm
CAMP BESTIVAL WHERE: Lulworth Castle,
Dorset
WHEN: 30 July – 1 August WHO: Madness, Friendly
Fires, The Human League, Calvin Harris, Chipmunk, Lee Scratch Perry, The Fall, Billy Bragg, DJ Yoda, The Cuban Brothers, Mr Scruff, James Yorkston, Stornoway, The Wurzels, DJ Derek, Kid Carpet, Field Music, dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip, Jim Moray, Ellie Goulding, Tim Minchin, Rufus Hound and more. WONGA: Adult weekend £155, student weekend £145, under 10s free. WHY: If you want the Bestival vibe but can’t be bothered to trek across the Solent to the Isle of Wight, Camp Bestival is for you. It’s the same organiser, Radio One DJ Rob da Bank so you can expect the same cool mix of bands and DJs including the utterly awesome Cuban Brothers. This festival teeters between being uber familyfriendly and a family festival but it means that there’s plenty of scope to get to the front for the headliners, when all the kids are in bed. WEB: www.campbestival.co.uk
LEOPALLOOZA WHERE: The Wyldes, Bude, Cornwall www.247magazine.co.uk
WHEN: 31 July WHO: The King Blues, Eliza Doolitle, Little Fish, Crazy Arm and Ex Lovers WONGA: £20 WHY: You wouldn’t get much change from £20 for a one-band gig yet alone a one day fesival. This little known shebang in Cornwall has been going for five years yet it manages to retain that intimate vibe and air of mystery about it. Not only that but 247 Magazine’s very own Backbone is playing in the mighty Crazy Arm as part of the 20 bands in 12 hours fare. Not to be mistaken with the US festival Lollapalooza. WEB: www.leopallooza.com
RELENTLESS BOARDMASTERS WHERE: Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall WHEN: 4 – 8 August WHO: Seasick Steve, Newton Faulkner, Leftfield, Chase and
Status, Tinie Tempah, Gallows, The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, The Futureheads, Natty, Rolo Tomassi and more WONGA: Weekend tickets from £65, day tickets £35 WHY: Where better to spend a summer weekend than on a beach in Cornwall and this festival combines the best in music, water sports and skating. With the World Qualifying Series surf competition, Vans Summer Sessions taking over the halfpipe and a BMX Mini ramp comp this is an outdoor sports lovers dream. The music line-up ain’t half bad too with the unmistakeable Seasick Steve providing the soundtrack to the evening. WEB: www.relentlessboardmasters.com
BIG CHILL WHERE: Eastnor Castle Deer Park, nr Ledbury, Herefordshire. WHEN: 5 – 8 August WHO: Massive Attack, Lily Allen, Thom Yorke, Mystery jets,
Bonobo, Liars, Roots Manuva, Morcheeba, Phantom Limb, Mr Scruff, Paloma Faith, Fisherman’s Friends, Gregory Isaac, DJ Derek, Candy Staton, Metromony, Patrick Wolf, The Magic Numbers, Plan B, Kelis, Explosions in the Sky, Newton Faulkner, M.I.A. and more. WONGA: Adult weekend ticket £155, student weekend ticker £120. Sunday day ticket £70 and under 12s £4. WHY: Firstly there’s the decent student discount, where most knock a fiver or a tenner off these guys are offering students £35 off the full ticket price. Then there’s the pull that is Massive Attack and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. And if that wasn’t enough, Cornwall’s favourite Fisherman’s Friends and Bristol soul band Phantom Limb each have sets at the festival. WEB: www.bigchill.net/festival
ENDORSE IT IN DORSET WHERE: Sixpenny Handley, nr Blandford, Dorset WHEN: 6 – 8 August WHO: Eat Static, Subgiant, The Damned, Pronghorn,
Spunge, Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs, The Subatomics, Cash Converted, Guns of Navarone, The Boot Hill Allstars, The Highliners, Henry’s Phonograph and more. WONGA: £70 WHY: Organisers, local cowpunk pioneers and Glasto regulars Pronghorn sure know how to party. You need only go to one of their gigs to realise that any festival organised by them is gonna be pretty mental! A rip-roaring three-day party with punk-e-oke, Scrumpy Sunday and the cross dressing ladies day, this grimy cowpunk fest is certainly not for the faint at heart. Then we have ladies day where bearded punks (and that’s just the women!) swap their leather trousers and tattered old tees for flowery dresses and high heels – a spectacle not to be missed. WEB: www.endorseit.co.uk
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For the past few years Frank Turner has been on the road constantly, we caught up with him last year as he prepared for his fourth gig in Bristol and this month we managed to grab another quick chat as he enjoyed a rare afternoon at his home near Winchester. “I’ve been doing gigs, gigs and more gigs, I never do anything else. But then I choose to do them.” However trying it may be for the man himself, Turner’s relentless touring seems to be paying off as his fan base continues to grow and grow. It’s good to see he’s not letting it go to his head as he prepares to pound the UK festival scene with his unmistakable angsty folk. Fresh out of a set at the World famous Glastonbury Festival, the 28-year-old has a couple of weeks grace before returning to the Larmer Tree festival on the Wiltshire/Dorset border and his personal favourite, 2000 Trees Festival in Gloucestershire, which he had to sack off last year in favour of a last minute arena tour of the States with American rockers the Offspring. “That was an agonising decision to make,” he said. “I’ve been to 2000 Trees every year and I really wanted to play it again last year but my manager said we couldn’t really let an opportunity like that go. In America, it takes a lot of effort to turn it around but things seem to be going in the right direction. “The year before, I played three sets at 2000 trees – two on the stage and one in the campsite late at night. I guess I want to tell people that I’ll definitely make it up to them this year.” Not only that but Turner helped the organisers select the line-up on the day he’s playing so there’s a whole heap of bands he is looking forward to watching. “There’s a lot of bands I like on there, The Taylors, The Dawn Chorus, Beans on Toast etc. I know the organisers from previous years and they were good enough to let me help them pick the line-up. “So yeah, I’ll be wondering about chatting to people. If you see me, come and say hi. It’s such a good festival.” When we caught up with Frank, he had just returned from some gigs in Israel and was off to Bonaroo festival in Tennessee. Earlier this year he played at Coachella near Los Angeles but how do they differ from British festivals? “It was pretty fucking cool,” he said. “It’s clean and tidy, they’ve got fake turf and plants all over the floor and litter pickers running round. “I like festivals to be a bit chaotic www.247magazine.co.uk
and dirty. “Most of the crowd were very Stepford Wives, luckily the ugly ones came to see me. I don’t make music for supermodels, well, not exclusively for supermodels.” He added: “I’m doing about a million festivals this year, Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, Latitude, Larmer Tree, 2000 Trees, which is my first proper headline slot. My band will also be with me for the last two. “Usually at festivals, the actual show is quite short, you get about 45 minutes on stage which is great but in the run up there’s lots of hanging about by a portable cabin and no-one really knows what’s going on. It can be pretty tedious.” On the plus side, all this hanging around and travelling is giving the master singer songwriter time to pen some new tunes, which he hopes to take into the studio the beginning of next year for a Summer 2011 album launch. It will be his third solo album since his former group Million Dead broke up. His debut album Sleep Is For The Week proved that Frank had the talent to succeed on his own and the follow up album, Love Ire and Deed, took this to the next level with anthems such as Photosynthesis blaring out from student halls across the region.Last year he released and of course toured with his most current and arguably his best offering, Poetry of the Deed. This saw him play solo gigs at the 02 Academy in Bristol with Crazy Arm, whose members include some of the 247 writers, and an intimate set at Rise Music in Bristol. It would appear that there really is no rest for the wicked.
Catch Frank Turner at Bath Komedia on 14 July, Larmer Tree Festival on the Wiltshire/Dorset border on 15 July or 2000 Trees Festival in Gloucestershire on 16 July. He’s also playing at Latitude in Suffolk on 17 July, London Roundhouse on 19 July and Leeds and Reading Festivals on 27 and 28 August respectively. magazine | 9
RETAIL THERAPY Oh I do like to be beside the seaside... essential (and some less so) items for life at sea. Uncle Albert T-Shirt
£11.95
www.hogbitch.net We all remember the adorable Uncle Albert from the timeless British sitcom Only Fools and Horses. And his never-ending tales of his wartime exploits in the Navy. Well, the man (Buster Merrifield) may be gone but his memory lives on in this cool T-shirt by a wicked Dorset-based company.
Kuccia “Lucky Stripe” Bikini
£34.99
www.kuccia.com It’s that time of year again when our pasty pins get an airing and we head down to the region’s lush beaches for some sun, sea and… sand. There certainly are no shortage of bikinis out there to choose from but this nautical two piece is sure to turn some heads.
Patongs
£12
www.patongs.com You may remember Patongs from our June edition when we were giving away a couple of pairs to two lucky readers. We had thousands of entries to the competition and at £12 a pop they’re not going to break the bank so get online and order the new-wave of summer footwear. Different colours available. We’ve teamed up with Patongs to give readers free delivery on their online orders, simply enter the code UKPOST247
Pull-in anchor socks
£7.50
www.pull-in.com Granted in the hot weather you are probably more likely to opt for bear feet or flip flops than some footwear which involves wearing socks but when the sun goes down your toes might feel the chill a little; and that’s where these cute little sailor socks come in.
Recylced Boat
£14.99
www.sharedearth.co.uk You may feel too old for kids toys but this recycled model boat has an adult feel to it. The more sensible among us would merely put it on the mantelpiece as a decorative item…or you could race it in the bath? Maybe not. Either way, it’s completely ecofriendly and Fair Trade and pretty darn cool.
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Retro sparrow T-Shirt
£12
www.retrowithoutacause.com If you’ve ever met an seasoned old sailor, chances are they have a faded old sparrow tattoo emblazoned somewhere on their body. This is because when they completed 50,000 nautical miles they were honoured with a sketch of the little bird. Dorset-based designer Retro Without A Cause has come up with this design especially for our maritime themed edition.
Sailor Jerry Rum
Around £15 a bottle
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the globe. A whopping 120 litres It was the urban art event of the year, attracting artists from across awesome end result; scores of the is this and later cans spray 1250 than more and n emulsio of white caught up with one of the organisers, mesmerising works of art adorning previously dull brick walls. We Steve Hayles... How do you feel Upfest went this year? Upfest was crazy, good crazy though, totally exceeded all our expectations and the artwork created looks sweet as. It seems each year the artists just keep on raising the bar. Artists this year were asked to collaborate with mash-up’s so over half the artists were working together in crews or pairs creating proper big and mixed up work. One of the not so obvious successes of the festival has been the start of collaborations between various stencil artists. Freehand guys have been collaborating since day dot, but to get stencilist mashing it up with other stencilists and freehanders was a great success to build on for next year. On top of all the amazing artwork, our supported charity, NACOA (National Association for Children of Alcoholics) spent a lot of time raising the profile of the work they do and will have raised over £3000 towards funding their confidential phone line for kids that are affected by alcoholism within the family. The artwork has been up for a few weeks now, what sort of response is it getting from people? Part of the philosophy of Upfest has been to keep the festival open to artists with varying levels of experience and each year even the newest guys and girls are really stepping up to the challenge and stress of painting in front of thousands of visitors, the comments we have had through emails and our Facebook fan page definitely agree that we have stumbled across the right approach. How many artists were involved and how far did they come for the event? Just over 200 artist were at the festival, about 70 from Bristol and 45 from outside the UK, including six from the US and Canada, one from Tokyo and the rest representing 8 European countries. Distance wise Upfest’11 should beat this as we’ve already had an enquiry from a pair of artists from Australia. The organisers of Upfest actually find it very humbling that all these from far and wide make their way to Bristol under their own steam, respect to them all.
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Bristol seems to have quite a thriving street art scene, why do you think that is? Bristol has for a long time had a thriving music and art scene and since the 80’s the intrinsic link between the two cultures has driven both to succeed. Bristol has become the true home of Street Art in the UK over the last 20 years and has developed to one of the major hot spots around the globe alongside the likes of NYC, Berlin and Melbourne. So why has this happened in Bristol and not elsewhere in the UK? Firstly, Bristol has a great mix of cultures bringing inspirational ideas from across the globe. There is also a massive amount of talent from Bristol artists that have been spraying for many years, which attracted even more artists to move to, or at least visit, the city. Ultimately talent breeds talent which is probably the biggest factor as to why the whole Bristol art scene is so buoyant. The last and maybe the most important thing is that the majority of Bristolians have embraced Street Art and genuinely understand the skill that these artists have. How long will these pieces stay up for? About 50 per cent of the work unfortunately had to come down at the end of the weekend, the remaining work should now be up all year until Upfest’11 What else are the Upfest crew up to this summer? Well, our current activity includes a trip to Nass Festival in Somerset with about ten guys painting over the weekend, followed by a Gallery Show on the Isle of Wight and then on to Boardmasters Festival down in Newquay. In amongst all this we have an Urban View show at the View Art Gallery in Hotwells until the 16 July and at Upfest HQ which is the Wilder Gallery in St Pauls, Bristol we have an ongoing exhibition, if you can’t get down before, please pop in and say hi when we guess most of your readers will be in the area for the St Paul’s Carnival...
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Music Breaks & Beats
Rock/Indie
Jazz / Funk
The Magic Numbers The Runaway:
(Heavenly Recordings) Album number three finds The Magic Numbers in a mainly thoughtful and reflective mood. Maybe their choice of opening the album with the strings-laden and guitar-free The Pulse is an indication of their move away from the powerpop days of their debut. The downtempo theme is kept with Hurt So Good, but then it starts to lift with the chilled-out late night funk of Why Did You Call. The band is clearly not in the business of churning out tried-and-tested material. Their agenda is creating complex songs that use the full potential of the four members, with brilliant harmonies and great productions all the way.
Arash Torabi
The Bluetones A New Athens
(CIA Recordings) Since their album chart-topping days of the mid‘90s, The Bluetones have maintained a similar sound, with a warm vocal style, great guitar work and a strong rhythm section. The Notes Between The Notes is a summery psychedelic number that suggests a band with fresh ideas to bring to the table. Had it not been for the fickle press, The Bluetones may well have retained their position as one of the country’s top-selling artists, but to be carrying on despite that, means that they must be in it for the music alone. A New Athens is an enjoyable listen.
Arash Torabi
The Coral
Butterfly House
(Deltasonic Records) While the Scouse accent may not be the best twang in the world there is something warm and comforting about hearing it shine through in songs. Think John Power from Cast, The Zutons and of course The Coral. And while Butterfly House doesn’t contain another ‘Dreaming of You’, it has a much more quiet and considered approach to timeless indie ballads. There’s a much less rocky and much more folky vibe with songs such as Walking in the Winter and Green is the Colour – think Mumford and Sons meets The Las.
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The Keys Fire Inside
(See Monkey Do Monkey Recordings) Back in the 90s, Wales produced a powerhouse of awesome bands – the Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics. Among these were some lesser known entities including John Peel favourties Murry the Hump. And out of their ashes we have The Keys. You’d be forgiven for thinking these guys come from the North with an air of Spiritualized, Kasabian or New Order. With songs such as ‘Chemistry’ harking back to
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Urban / Hip Hop
Dance / Electronica
Reggae / Dubstep
the melodic Britpop of Teenage Fanclub and Elastica could we be seeing a 90s resurgence in South Wales?
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Feeder
Renegades
(Big Teeth Music) There can be few fates worse for bands than to stage comebacks that are barely noticed, limping along without really having a chance of recapturing their glory days. It must be worse then for bands like Feeder, even in their pomp they were surely nobody’s favourite band; vapid angst-by-numbers married to predictable fm grunge. Well little has changed, although mercifully they have just about dispensed with the stadium balladry in favour of a tame attempt at revisiting their rockier roots. The sixth-form essays mirror the unimaginative riffs and melodies, there is just no sense of there being any need for this record at all.
Jamie Atkins
Kele
The Boxer (Wichita)
Although The Boxer is being talked up as a radical change in direction for Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke, it has been apparent for a while now that he has felt constricted by the indie furrow that his band originally ploughed. The Boxer suffers from a simple lack of good songs. With a few exceptions (All The Things I Can Never Say, New Rules) the overall feeling is of somebody trying far too hard to imitate his influences, without having anything original to bring himself. There’s also the problem of Kele’s vocals, he still sounds like a whiney Grange Hill extra complaining at the tuckshop.
Jamie Atkins
Nina Nastasia Outlaster
(Fat Cat Records)
Drum & Bass
Random
the UK, strikes again with this female-fronted band, who drop a debut that’s bursting with pure pop sensibilities. Theirs is a bright and upbeat sound that takes in the odd bit of country, polished with chiming guitars and rounded off with sweetly sung, heartbreaking vocals. A bit like Camera Obscura, minus the doom & gloom. A delightful album overall, that only suffers from a tendency to go slightly over the top with the sweetness. But guys: please oh PLEASE change that bloody awful name!
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Against Me! White Crosses (Sire)
There was a time when Springsteen was frowned upon by the punk community as an MOR nonentity. Who’da thought that the seal of Bruce would become one of the biggest accolades afforded to any upstanding, modern punk rock band? Which might explain why ‘White Crosses’ is toned down and knee-deep in Bossisms. Like The Gaslight Anthem before them, Against Me! are consciously losing themselves to the Bruce-print. As long as it produces great results like ‘Suffocation’ I’m down with that.
Backbone
Murder By Death Good Morning Magpie (Vagrant)
Rooted in old time country and a haunting strand of Americana, Adam Turla has turned whisky drinking and melancholy into a gothic wet dream. Johnny Cash may still be Turla’s vocal puppet-master but the Man In Black would surely marvel at MBD’s far-reaching rootsiness and structural ingenuity. From ‘Foxglove’’s mellifluous display of cello-led romance and restraint to the simmering cauldron of surf twang and ill intent of ‘White Noise’, this is an album that relishes the opportunity to piss on your parade and make mincemeat of genre fads.
Backbone Nina Nastasia is one serious lady, and the Steve Albini-recorded Outlaster is a far cry from her more accessible work, such as 2006’s pop-orientated folk of On Leaving. She’s leaving no stone unturned here, with full-on orchestral arrangements, deep lyrics and intricate instrumentations. Nastasia creates contrast by balancing soothing pieces (Cry, Cry Baby and You Can Take Your Time) with unsettling and disturbing songs (What’s Out There). As an album, Outlaster is no fluffy folk affair. It is the work of an artist with depth, setting the standards that others are bound to follow.
Arash Torabi
Allo Darlin’ Allo Darlin’
(Fortuna POP!)
Dutch
A Cold Bright Day
(Enemy Soul Records) Now and then an album sneaks up on you and becomes a new favourite, I’ve never heard of these and despite the producer working with Jedi Mind Tricks, I know nothing else about them, so a nice surprise it was that they’ve delivered a beautiful sad and thoughtful album, in part Portishead, in part almost Jewel, but on the whole amazing. Given a massive push this could appeal to the Dido / Jem market, which I’m sure would upset some but for me isn’t a bad thing, quality music should be heard by the masses.
Aldo Vanucci
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DEMOS DEMO OF THE MONTH A lot of (mainly white) people make a parody of the blues by not investing enough of their soul in it and by tarnishing it with crappy pub rock mores. Not our Simon Langsford, aka old-time aficionado and Plymouth resident, THOMAS FORD. With help from his band, The Dirty Harmonys (Vince Lee, Becca Langsford, ‘Junior’ Pearson), and other choice musos, this solo venture revels in the underbelly of the genre, crudely recorded, fast-tracked, full of unchiselled character and all the better for it. ‘Good Men Dead Blues’ is a prime example of Ford’s mastery: tearing at the blues like the low-down, unfaithful lover that it is, with a Tom Waits air of worldly desolation. Elsewhere, delta slide, raging harmonica and elements of American jazz contribute to an album immersed in, and totally in awe of, black music history. Neato. www.myspace.com/ thomasfordsolo London bands. Self-serving fuckers the lot of ‘em. Thank goodness for new wave odd-balls, THE DISSOCIATES, and their intelligent, misfit rock’n’roll revue. Their six song demo, ‘Waiting For The Backlash’, manages to incorporate the jagged sounds of late ‘70s Britain (think Adam & The Ants, Dexys Midnight Runners) with the tune-centric post-punk of Stateside bands such as Tanner and Bluetip to arrive at something truly original. ‘Under Heavy Manners’ is the real clincher here, riding a succulent staccato guitar motif into a Dischord Records-friendly refrain; ‘Welcome To London’ proffers cynically unfashionable punk bluster, while ‘Follow Me Down’ is a romantic ode to some kind of revolution. My new favourite band. Yours too if you’re lucky. www.myspace.com/thedissociates Bristol’s END OF THE LINE dish out live hip/triphop that can’t fail to draw comparisons with Massive Attack, Portishead et al due to the moody, electronic passages, understated rapping and female crooning on display. But with a sultry soul vocalist like Gizella on board they also betray a fondness for Sade’s smooth ‘80s aromatics, especially on the evocative ‘Maybe’. The often-skeletal arrangements could benefit with more layered low-end frequencies but James Farrell and co are certainly on the right track with the brooding likes of ‘Feelin’ The Pressure’. Essentially, however, it begs the question: does anyone still listen to this kind of downbeat, digi-mood music? Isn’t it all about irony and Crystal Castles these days? www.myspace.com/ bukkamusic Post-rock tubthumper and Elliot Whale Boy mainstay, STEVE STRONG, branches out further into the realms of sonic self-discovery with a solo demo EP, ‘Safety In Numbers’. It’s a deceptively dreamy, chiefly instrumental set of post-rock soundscapes that, for the most part, centres around cyclical melancholic guitar motifs with shuffling drum patterns that dodge and dive throughout the musical passages like a kid with ADHD. Sometimes it works perfectly (the awesome ‘One Hand One Knee One Foot At A Time’); other times you feel like you’re being prodded with little sticks (the frenetic title track, which is nothing if not ambitious). As with all Steve Strong’s projects, you feel that the journey is half the fun. www.myspace.com/stavrossewb
Cornishmen of classic pop splendour, GREGOR AND THE MARTIANS, are clearly not down with 21st century confrontation. Their demo album, ‘High Performance Art’, is as dulcet, mellifluous and retrogressive as it gets without making a daisy chain in 1965 and tying it around your cat’s neck. ‘Care For The Weak’ is a twinkly, summery ditty with a laudable sentiment, while the lilting title track goes to town on their evident David Bowie
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fixation. The janglesome quartet hit paydirt on ‘Different Things’ and ‘Keanu Reeves’: two very well crafted songs that sound like they escaped the ‘60s and hitched a ride with Brett Anderson to the Creation Records offices. Refreshingly serene and nostalgically nuanced. www.myspace.com/gregorandthemartians If Kings Of Leon were called DUMBER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR would we have taken them to our hearts so readily? Perhaps, but under protest. Sonically, alas, this budding Exeter quartet don’t fair much better. Angling for that Southern swagger, they simply don’t have the goods or the imagination to cut a convincing figure. Relying on over-simplified, over-stretched musical phrases, the likes of ‘Inspired By Johnny Cash’ take an age to reach their destination, while Carl Eaton’s raspy Nashville drawl falls quite short of authentic. ‘Megatron’ holds more promise with its Led Zep-like build-up but the song falls by the wayside just when they should have truly let it rip. DTTAB are a decent enough pub band but it’s hard to imagine them outgrowing that niche.
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More sensitive men who can’t seem to handle modern society, BLOOMING CELLAR take us on a shoegazing trip down memory lane that manages to evoke Ride, The Lemonheads and Teenage Fanclub, with an array of faintly country-fied, lo-fidelity pop vignettes. Their recently submitted demo album, ‘Narset Bleeds’, is actually years old (13 we believe) but they’re on a revival tip so who are we to stand in the way? Thing is, I’m not sure how well received they were first time round (their Myspace page doesn’t do them any favours) so I’m suspecting that they aren’t going to create many ripples in a cynical, jaded, attention-span challenged 2010. Good luck with all that, anyhow, chaps.
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The problem with polished, preened, perfect multimedia packages aimed squarely for the heart (ie. wallet) of the music industry is that they often veil an inherent lack of talent. Not so, KAT MARSH’s ‘Hunted’. Encased in a snazzy photo-booklet, the audio/visual feast contained within certainly matches first impressions. The mini-album proffers a sensual rush of fragmentary beats and analogue/synth pop flourishes with Plymouth homegirl, Kat’s soul-saturated voice snaking itself suggestively around the spicy, sonic flavours on offer. The title track, in particular, shimmers with sultry attitude, like Skin playfighting with Prince. The visual aspect is served with a handful of songs filmed live in a local photo studio – the all-female assemblage doing their level best not to outshine each other, with a few of them looking a little too camera-conscious as they gently funk out to Kat’s confident oeuvre. Still, a sassy, classy effort. www.myspace.com/katmarsh We want your new music to review. In an effort to make things as easy and straight forward as possible, you can now simply put your tunes/ mixes etc into our DropBox on Soundcloud. You can also check out the latest music we have received and share it with your mates too – gone are the days of passing around the copied CD’s etc. Check out the latest new music we have received, send us your tracks and mixes and generally join us at: www.soundcloud.com/247magazine Remember, we still accept tracks/EP’s/mixes etc via CD in the post, myspace links and if your really keen, why not come and play a live set in our office...
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ARTS Arts
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Theatre
Comedy
1 July – 4 Sept
3 July Bristol
ST PAUL’S CARNIVAL St Pauls, Bristol, www. stpaulscarnival.co.uk, £FREE One of the most lively and colourful carnivals returns to the creative streets of St Pauls for a Heroes and Sheroes themed event. Up to 60,000 people are expected to turn out to see the mass procession, hear some quality music and taste some of the finest world food. There is a real African/Caribbean vibe, none of this bearded old country folk on half-arsed floats with wilting flowers and shrinking balloons or posing carnival queens caked in make up and tacky tiaras – just hours of fun. Occasionally there’s a bit of trouble (the odd stabbing every now and again) but don’t let that put you off, it is one of the most vibrant and truly eclectic events in the Bristol calendar.
Dance
12 July – 14 Aug
Cardiff
CARDIFF FESTIVAL, Various, Cardiff, www.cardiff-festival.com Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, the all Summer-long Cardiff Festival (which is kind of an amalgamation of a whole heap of cool festivals) is bursting with art, music and performance. As well as the Cardiff Big Weekend, which attracts all the music fans, there is the Cardiff International Food festival to keep the foodies happy, the Cardiff Harbour Festival for families and laid back folk and as with all good festivals it has a carnival, a Mardi Gras and a fringe festival too. This is bound to attract tens of thousands of visitors so make sure you book your tickets sooner rather than later.
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Glastonbury
8 – 13 July Furnish Exhibition
Paintworks, Bristol £FREE In an age of flat packs and low quality furniture, Furnish aims to offer an alternative – furniture which is handmade, unique and high quality. The collective consists of seven designers and furniture makers from the Bristol and Bath area - Charlie CrowtherSmith, Simon White, Rohan Scadding, Toby Howes, Richard Bannister, Jeremy Armstrong and Emma Hubble. Many of the pieces exhibited will be for sale and the designers will be on hand to discuss bespoke services. One of the country’s best loved food festivals returns to the glorious surroundings of Victoria Park in Bath. Sample some indulgently expensive food and drink in exchange for relatively cheap tokens. Many of the exhibitors are local and include Gaymer Cider, Abbey Ales, Mendip Moments, Snowdonia Cheese and the Bath Priory Hotel. There is also live music from local bands and talks from the producers. Jimmy’s Farm of BBC fame will entice with rare breed Essex free range produce and Sea Spring Seeds bring the world’s hottest chilli’s as well as their not so hot chillies direct to you.
GLASTONBURY 40 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Street, www.atkinsongallery.co.uk Mon – Sat 9.30am – 5pm £FREE This year’s festival may be a not too distant memory now but you can engrosse yourself in the vibe by visiting this awesome exhibition. Glastonbury 40 features iconic images from the Glastonbury Festivals of years gone by from it’s modest beginnings as a party on a farm to the multi-million pound event it is today. The photographs were hand-picked from the archives of seven Somerset photographers, by the awesome Glasto organiser Michael Eavis.
13 – 15 July Nr Swansea
PONTARDAWE SUMMER FESTIVAL Pontardawe Arts Centre, Port Talbot, www.pontardawefestival.com . Part playground, part bandstand, nofitstate takes the tent off its circus and invites you to join in a joyful exploration and celebration of the secret life of public parks, bringing a spectacular aerial
3 – 4 July BATH FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL Victoria Park, Bath www.gardenevents.com/bath Saturday 10am - 7pm and Sunday 10am – 5pm Tickets £4 in advance, £6 on the gate.
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22 July
Bluestocking Lounge presents Viva La France
Monkey Café, Swansea, www.bluestockinglounge.com, £9 in advance, £12 on the door. With our French cousins celebrating Bastille Day this month and with burlesque’s French origins, this popular troupe thought they’d get in on the act and off a very special Bas Bleu (that’s French for Bluestocking) tribute to all things French. Featuring Snappy O’Shea, Banbury Cross and The Bay Bells pulses are sure to be a racing (over 18s only please). The Marquis De Rita will host the evening again with music from The Gas Station Bop.
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Bath
of taster sessions, rehearsals, performances and happenings. From impromptu whistling workshops and live music jams to bicycle ballets and displays of extreme sports, there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved.
Bristol
3 – 4 July ARTHUR AT CAERLEON Roman Amphitheatre, Caerleon, www.newport.gov.uk 01633 423134 Adults £5, concessions £2.50 Caerleon comes alive to tales of Arthur in this spectacular show. Watch the group ‘Britannia’ battle in the Amphitheatre. Listen to Dr Juliette Wood talk on ‘Telling the Truth about King Arthur’. Marvel at the dragon puppets. Shop at the craft stalls. During the day, there’s late Roman and Arthurian re-enactment, with Living History, crafts, food, talks and childrens’ activities. Suitable for all ages.
Events
16 – 24 July 10 July
Big Art Day
Lydiard Park, Swindon www.swindondoesart.co.uk noon until 11pm £FREE Big Art Day is, as the name suggests, a one-day festival celebrating all things artistic and creative in Swindon. Five stages, 50 workshops, 100 stalls, 500 performers, 5,000 plus people. There will be fantastic performances, wonderful exhibitions, and taster sessions in arts activities, as well as an amazing Finale show. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Lydiard Park, the Swindon Does Arts team is busy planning the day and wants to make sure everyone can get involved. They’re currently looking for people to take part in the world record attempt to create the most bunting.
Bristol BrouHaHa! Comedy Festival
Various, Bristol, www.bristolbrouhaha.com, Tickets from £8 After a great first year, the BrouHaHa! Comedy festival is back in Bristol. The usual suspect venues, including the Tobacco Factory, Hen and Chicken and the Redgrave Theatre open their doors to some of the funniest folk from the UK comedy circuit, including the muchloved local comedian Mark Olver, one of the best female comedians of the day, Sarah Millican and the veteran comedian (by virtue of the fact he’s been going for more than 15 years) Richard Herring. The festival is a bit of an Edinburgh warm-up for a lot of hotly tipped stars of the future including Brendon Burns, John Robins, Alun Cohcrane, Tom Wrigglesworth andand Rob Deering. circus playground a programme
KAYFABE JUNCTURE Arnolfini, Bristol, 0117 917 2300 www.arnolfini.org.uk 8pm £8 Rhiannon Chaloner presents Kayfabe Juncture. Working with a team of local wrestlers, the local artist has choreographed a one hour performance with live music, grand entrances and very unexpected pairings. The show aims to question the role of aestheticised violence and masculinity in contemporary British Culture.
24 July – 6 Aug Cheltenham
CHELTENHAM GUITAR FESTIVAL Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire, www.igf.org.uk Celebrate Europe’s number one summer school for guitar, drums and voice at the stunning Park campus in Cheltenham. The workshops cover rock, blues, classical, funk, jazz, acoustic and fingerstyle. As usual there is a fantastic line-up of workshops, masterclasses and concerts presenting some of the best-established and emerging guitarists in the world.
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Black Narcissus (U)
6 July: The Cube Mircoplex
– Bristol, 0117 907 4190, www. cubecinema.com Dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Starring: Deborah Kerr and Flora Robson. 1947/ UK/ 100min Faith versus desire is the theme of Powell and Pressburger’s iconic drama. A group of British nuns establish a convent in a remote Himalayan palace, steeped in the remnants of its decadent past. Deborah Kerr is brilliant as the tortured Sister Clodagh questioning her own faith as one of her emotionally fragile sisters is driven insane with lust for a local government agent. For Black Narcissus, the most famous of British directors conjured a Himalayan fantasy from studio sets and brilliant acting. Cemetery Junction (15)
5 – 7 July: The Riverfront –
Newport, 01633 656 757, www.newport.gov.uk Dir: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Starring: Felicity Jones and Ricky Gervais 2010/ UK/94 min A warm, funny coming-of-age comedy set in 1970s Reading, in which the friendship of cool, goodlooking Freddie, swaggering, troubled Bruce and group idiot Snork is put to the test when Freddie starts a new job selling door-to-door insurance. The situation is further complicated when Freddie rediscovers his long-lost childhood sweetheart Julie, who just happens to be his new boss’s daughter. A perfect blend of sweet and sharp, this is a refreshing, engaging drama. This is the first film from directors Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and is separate enough from the cringe-comedy of The Office and Extras to make sure that it is the first in a long line of collaborations between the pair. The Hurt Locker (15)
14 July: Exeter Phoenix,
01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk Dir. Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty 2009/US /131 min Following BAFTA and Directors’ Guild awards, Bigelow became the first woman ever to take the ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Film’ Oscars this year with this powerful account of bomb-disposal experts in Iraq. The film succeeds in avoiding glorification of US militarism, focusing on the camaraderie and rivalry within one small group of bomb specialists, taking constant risks amongst a
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civilian population who may or may not be hostile. Extraordinary tension is built in the key scenes with the minimum of resources, but maximum suspense. Double Take (12A)
29 July: Arnolfini – Bristol,
0117 9172300, www.arnolfini.org.uk Dir: Johan Grimonprez Starring: Alfred Hitchcock. 2009/Belgium/80 min Director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. Subverting a meticulous array of TV footage and using ‘The Birds’ as an essential metaphor, DOUBLE TAKE explores his preoccupation with doubles - a recurring theme in his films - to great effect and in doing so illuminates the paranoia of 1950’s America. In The Land Of The Free (15) 1 July: The Cube Mircoplex – www.cubecinema.com
films films Dir: Vadim Jean Starring: Robert King and Malik Rahim 2010/US/84 min In The Land of the Free is the story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King. They are known as the Angola 3 and have spent almost a century between them in solitary confinement in Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Herman and Albert are still held in solitary confinement after thirty seven years. The film is narrated by Samuel L Jackson and examines the story of these extraordinary men who appear to have been targeted by the prison authorities for being members of the Black Panthers and because they fought against the terrible conditions and systematic sexual slavery that was rife in the prison. Powerful and moving docu-drama that unveils the darker side of the American penal system.
Dir: Sylvain Chomet Starring: Michèle Caucheteux and Jean-Claude Donda. 2003/ France/80 min In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains. This provocative, surprising film about the role of miracles in the modern world, shows there is a delicious streak of subversive black humour that stops this from becoming too self-righteous.
LIVE A Prophet (18)
2 July: Bridgwater Arts
Centre, 01278 422700, www. bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk Dir: Jacques Audiard Starring: Malik El Djebena and César Luciani. 2009/France/155 mins A classic French thriller with racial overtones from Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) that heralds a tremendous new acting talent in Tahar Rahim. Set largely within prison walls, the film details the prison career of Malik el Djebena (Rahim), a fragile 19-year-old Arab sentenced to six years. Cornered by the leader of the gang running the prison, he is given a number of missions, toughening him up and gaining the gang leaders confidence in the process. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while devising his own plans to lead his own gang.
CLUB
Lourdes (U)
5 – 7 July: The Riverfront – Newport, 01633 656 757, www.newport.gov.uk
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Whatever Works (12A)
LIVE 1 July, The Watershed -
Released: 16 July INCEPTION (TBC)
Director(s) Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 2010/US/142 min Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during people’s dreams. Cobb’s rare ability has made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. Along with his team of specialists he has to pull off the impossible. Their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. This has all the ingredients to be one of the sleeper hits of the summer and I can’t wait.
Bristol, 0117 927 5100 www.watershed.co.uk Dir: Woody Allen Starring: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson. 2009/USA/ 92 mins Woody Allen makes a welcome return to his beloved Manhattan with this sparky romantic comedy starring Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David. David plays Boris, a grouchy, bitter and neurotic retired nuclear physicist who spends his days moaning about the so-called morons and inchworms he has to share breathing space with. Cheerful but naive Southern runaway Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) is, at first, an unlikely young companion, but the pair are soon married. When Melody’s repressed parents arrive on the scene, however, they are transformed by the free spirits of New York and their transformation affects them all. A funny film with a fine cast (Patricia Clarkson is wonderful as Melody’s mother) about how happiness can be found in the most unlikely of scenarios.
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THE GOODNESS, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. + A Day At The Races + On Off Switch + Bird & The Magicians. JAMSTAND FUNDRAISER, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3. Jamstand of Ross-on-Wye, is returning on the 13th/14th August for another free festival for 5000 music lovers! On the first Thursday of the month, Mr. Wolfs holds a fantastic fundraiser night featuring acts performing at Jamstand 2010! Come for the Rock - Stay for the pots of home made Jam! LATER- Dj Sho’Nuff
Sat. 03 Bristol
FUNKENSTEINS, The Louisiana, Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace, BS1 6UA, £4adv. www.funkinsteins.co.uk + Zoot SOUL DESTROYERS, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £8adv. The Soul Destroyers Huge Soul Band: Fourteen people, lots of action, lots of fun to a soundtrack of those great classic Soul tunes. MANFREDI FUNK INITIATIVE, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Manfredi Funk Initiative- This funk quartet have made a beeline from 60s funk groove thru 70s brown-esque arrangements to Hip Hop’s hard breaks. Support from Sam Lindo and Michael StantonAcoustic, jazzified Soul/Dub Reggae. LATER-Dj Ewan Hoozami.
Mon. 05 Bristol
GEHENNA, The Croft, 117 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. + WrongKidDied + Merciless Precision + Hostile Theory. SONGSMITH, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. A selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. WithAvius/Martin Vogwell/Acoustic Satch. LATER-DJ Sho’Nuff.
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FIGMENT, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. + The Goodness + Against The Grain + BabyTwin. PROJECT 13, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3. Monthly Hip Hop night with a lick of Dubstep and DnB, Party Tunes & Turntablism. Live local Mc’s & guest Dj’s till late. With- Plus regular P13 team shenanigans. Hosted by Chalk MC.
Cardiff
JESSIE MALIN & THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7.30pm, £10/£12.
8th ANVIL, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA, 7pm doors, £11.50. Formerly known as Lips, Anvil were a Canadian group from Toronto who made an impression on the speedmetal rock scene during the early 80s. The group comprised front man Lips, Dave Allison, Ian Dickson and Robb Reiner. With support from Girlschool.
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sound to Colston Hall, gorgeous blue eyed soul and garage blues from Ohio’s finest. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. A free bottle of beer to anyone who will step up to perform! LATER-Dj Alfie .
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LOST SOULS, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. + Coldoldyou + Burials & Dancers: Lilly Belle + Alley Katte. GAVIN OSBORN, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Gavin Osborn writes minutely detailed, bittersweet story-songs on an acoustic guitar and sings them with a comic timing usually absent from the works of his anti-folk contemporaries. - Stewart Lee, Sunday Times. myspace.com/ gavinosborn. DUB AND FUZZ, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. Russian Records present their monthly update from the frontline of future dub and fuzz.
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6th BOWLING FOR SOUP, Sin City Nightclub, Dillwyn Street, Swindon. SA1 4AQ, 7.30pm, £18.50. These US punks, famous for ‘Girl All The Bad Guys Want’, combine sidesplitting humour with kick ass rock songs. Plus The Guns and Detached.
Wed. 07 Bristol
THE BLACK KEYS, Colston Hall, Hall 1, Colston Street, BS1 5AR, 7pm, £16. With the release of their sixth full-length album, Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney bring their lo-fi
THE DOUBTFUL GUEST, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3. After a blistering performance at The Stokes Croft Street Fest last month Bath’s own winners of the infamous Moles Club battle of The Bands 2004 wind their way back to our neck of the woods to unleash their own unstoppable alternative country music to the good folk of Bristol yeeeehaaaa cousins!! Plus Poppy And Friends deliver the perfect mix of folk and country sounds to get your feet moving, your folk-face smiling, and your heart melting. Plus support from Juey, fine country-folk from Cheltenham. LATER-Dj Lunchbox. RANDOM HAND. The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £7. + Opting Out + Splutter.
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HOTEL AMBUSH, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £5/£6. The band has composed an array of songs with killer riffs, hardcore beats, and aggressive vocals that have a melodic edge to please the toughest of crowds. The band have been in the studio working with Producer/Engineer Martyn
‘Ginge’ Ford (As I Lay Dying, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine). Plus Dancing With the Enemy, Evilive and The Last Broadcast.
Fri. 09 Bristol
DAN BAIRD AND HOMEMADE SIN, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 6.30pm doors, £15. Ex The Georgia Satellites and Def American guitarist Dan Baird brings some no-frills guitar rock to Bristol with Homemade Sin. RANDOM HAND, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £7. THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, 8pm–11pm, £9. The world’s first and finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi featuring Jon Bon Jovi clone frontman Tony (Jon By Jovi). BROTHER ALI, The Cooler Music Venue, 48 Park Street, BS1 5SG JOE MEAN, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £3. Folk/ Blues + The Nurdlers. MOBILITY INDIA FUNDRAISER, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX. Charity fundraiser for “Mobility India” rehabilitation centre for individuals with disabilities based in Bangalore, India. With Bristol Samba/Muff Said/Syte and The Sound/Dj’s Suzuki (Wabisabi). LATER-Dj Alfie/Dj 16.33. THE HAGGIS HORNS, Metropolis, 135-137 Cheltenham Road, 8pm-1am, £8. The Haggis Horns are one of the funkiest live bands you will ever see. A brass heavy funk powerhouse that has been rocking clubs up and down the country for years. Combining breakbeat funk, soul, hip-hop and afrobeat with the virtuosity of trained jazz musicians, they are most well known for their work with Mark Ronson (lending their lungs to perform live the DapKings studio role).
Sat. 10 Bristol
MANGO FACTORY, Bocabar, Unit 3.1, Paintworks, BS4 3EH, 9.30pm, £free. Nine piece live act who take the finest ingredients from various genres (Funk, Latin, Jazz, Ska and Reggae to name a few) and smash them together to create a dancefloor-filling extravaganza of epic proportions. TEENAGE RAMPAGE, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, 1pm-5pm, £3. The
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Teenage Rampage tour comes to Bristol to showcase the best under 19 bands and musicians from the region. Then Fat Salad; their live show is second to none and will leave you feeling like you’ve overindulged at a debaucherous house party. Grungy, raw, fun and furious, if you can keep up with this band join them on their road to nowhere. Plus support. LATER-Dj Vallee.
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4TH STREET TRAFFIC, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £6/£7. 4th Street Traffic come from the heart of the South Wales valleys. Gaining much critical acclaim over the short time they’ve been together this band has made their mark on the Welsh unsigned music scene. With an ever growing fan base and back catalogue of gigs to make any artist jealous, they’re set in motion for the top as a definite “MUST SEE” band. With support from The Last Republic.
POPPY PEREZZ, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Eccentric and beautiful electrolatin pop from these youthful and talented duo. Fun songs by fun musician for a fun audience. myspace.com/poppyperezz. SUNDAY SESSIONS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. With LittleBoSelecta. Spinning retro dance beats to keep the dancefloor moving & shaking till late.
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GIN DRINKER, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 4pm, £5/£6. An indie all dayer with South Wales’s best bands in attendance, all for raising money for Headway Cardiff. With Kutosis / John Mouse / Pagan Wanderer Lu / Houdini Dax / Lucky Delucci / Last Partisan / Ivan Moult plus special guests tbc.
Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, £7adv. THE BITCH’S BOLLOCKS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £4 with £5 without NUS. It’s time for the ladies to dominate! New to Mr Wolf’s- lesbian night featuring Burn the Bra DJ from Brum/Lucy Ironmonger, amazing visual entertainment from Beatrix Beagles, exotic Burlesque performance plus a female drag mc’ing with dub and old school hiphop! He-hags and supporters are all welcome at this special event. DR NUT, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, 8pm12pm, £5. With Retroscope + Only On A Friday + From Square One
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Street, BS1 1JX. 3 of the city’s best and most innovative live acts interspersed with DJs and accompanied by live visuals. There will also be a free label sampler CD for the first 50 people and a live drawing wall to get involved with. LATER-Dj Hame One
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MIKE FANTASTIC, Mike Fantastic Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7pm, £5/£6. Mike Fantastic are a 5 piece electro-pop outfit hailing from the surrounding areas of Cardiff, Wales. Influences derive through decades of funk and disco fuelled pop music, from the likes of Earth Wind & Fire and Prince to modern day chart success stories such as La Roux and Alphabeat. Recently hailed as ‘ones to watch’ by Simon Cowell, while appearing on Britain’s Got Talent.This is an intimate gig, advance tickets recommended.
Fri. 16 Bristol
10th TURBOWOLF, The
Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RW, £5.
12th KELE, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, Bristol BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £10adv. The Bloc Party frontman, Kele Okereke, heads out on tour on his own, showcasing material from his brand new solo album ‘The Boxer’. myspace. com/iamkele.
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10th TOOTS AND THE
MAYTALS, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 8pm doors, £20. Undeniably one of reggae’s biggest legends delight UK fans with a tour to promote their new album ‘Flip & Twist’.
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Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. A selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. With- Ed Hope & Friends/Sloe/Jam Miles/Bavin. LATER-Dj Alfie.
Tue. 13 Bristol
HERE WE GO MAGIC, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £7.50adv. myspace.com/ herewegomagic. YOUNG GUNS, 02 Academy,
14th FRANK TURNER, Komedia, 22-23 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EP, 8pm, £12. Cult English folk/punk singersongwriter, former vocalist of posthardcore band Million Dead band, takes time out of the festival circuit for a one-off summer appearance, playing music from his acousticbased solo albums. + Fighting Fiction & Ben Marwood
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EASY STAR ALL-STARS, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £15adv. myspace.com/ easystarallstars. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. A free bottle of beer to anyone who will step up to perform! LATER-DJ Chazzie Jay.
Thu. 15 Bristol
GECKO, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. + Scrumptious Biscuit + Archimedes. DRAWN RECORDINGS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens
DOREEN DOREEN Fiddlers, Willway Street, Bristol, BS3 4BG, £8 MISS SKARLET, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £4. FABRIC, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, £4adv. Described as sounding like a merger between Pink Floyd and Portishead with Stevie Nicks on vocals, Fabric is a four piece band based around the song writing partnership of lead singer Anna Parry and guitarist/producer Simon Matthews. myspace. com/fabricsounds. Support from Stanton Delaplane, Daisy Chapman and Simon Allen. STEPHEN DALE PETIT, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm doors, £10adv. Stephen Dale Petit paid homage to the Blues with the album ‘Guitararama’ and the one time London Underground busker is attracting increasing critical acclaim. THE MODERN GYPSY JAZZ QUARTET, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £3. High energy gypsy Jazz. KATZENJAMMER, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. A special blend of folk/country/balkan/ gypsy/ rickety-rock pop (which strangely enough is not as confusing as it sounds) along with the impressive array of 29 (and counting) instruments on which these Norwegian ladies are self-taught will blow you away! Support from Lady Nade-unique fusion of soulful magazine | 21
LIVE blues funk and melancholic jazz, & Siddy Bennett-Folk with a modern twist. LATER-DJ Dad full colour mixing.
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BLACK RUSSIAN, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £4/£5. Plus support from Echo Lounge. myspace.com/blackrussianband.
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in the Cameroonian rainforest, their intoxicating Afro-Celtic sounds and rhythms will have you feeling uplifted and energised. Stars of Womad, Glastonbury and countless major festivals, Baka Beyond are undoubtedly one of the most popular World Music acts on the circuit. This concert will benefit the Baka people through Global Music Exchange.
Sun. 18 Bristol
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £9.50adv. myspace.com/ schoolofsevenbells. SUNDAY SESSIONS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. With LittleBoSelecta. Spinning retro dance beats to keep the dancefloor moving & shaking till late. ARABELLA SPROT QUARTET (ASQ), Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Super-tight funky jazz featuring some incendiary sax.
17th TERRORVISION, The
Fleece, Bristol, BS1 6JJ, 8pm. £15. Chart bothering, radio friendly Brit Rock legends Terrorvision return this year with plans for gigs, festival appearances and their first new material in almost 10 years.
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FABRIC, Moles Club, 14 George Street, BA1 2EN. £6adv. Described as sounding like a merger between Pink Floyd and Portishead with Stevie Nicks on vocals, Fabric is a four piece band based around the song writing partnership of lead singer Anna Parry and guitarist/producer Simon Matthews. myspace.com/ fabricsounds. Support from Ulysses, Nancy Black and Jesus Kenevil.
Bristol
ELLIOT MINOR, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 6.30pm, £10adv. TYRANNOSAURUS ALAN, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Tyrannosaurus Alan- an 8 piece ska/punk/ hip hop band - “Like Bad Manners playing Rage Against The Machine” With support from The Sneak Eazies. LATER-Rat-a Tat-DJs.
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with live music, Tapas & Sangria. LATER - Dj Yosahn Selecta – mixing up flamenco, rock, salsa, hip hop and good vibes party music till the early hours!
Wed. 21 Bristol
Ramona, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, £5adv. OPEN MIC NIGHT, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. A free bottle of beer to anyone who will step
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BRANT BJORK, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £8. + Magna Saga. SONGSMITH, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. A selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. With- The Child/Fourana Soundsmith/Insomniac Jack. LATER-Dj Sho’Nuff.
Tue. 20 20th PUBLIC IMAGE LTD, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA , 7pm, £25. By 1967, The Pretty Things had become immersed in the underground psychedelic scene, developing a more harmony-led, experimental sound. Continuing to play live and record throughout the 80s and 90s, The Pretty Things continue their evolution as an enduring musical force.
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MOON DUO, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm | £6/£8. Ripley Johnson of Wooden Ships myspace.com/moonduo.
Fri. 23 Bath
BATH SUMMER CIDER FESTIVAL 2010, The Bath Pavilion, North Parade road, BA2 4EU, 7pm-11pm, £6.50adv/£7.50otd. Live music from the Manledwurzels and over 80 different ciders and perrys. THE ATTIKA STATE, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £5. + The Don Ramos Players + Stagecoach. FUNK MUSIC, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Night of funk music with Mezmee and the Sweetners and others TBA. LATER-Dj Chazzie Jay/Dj Pappa Moomin
TERRORVISION, Millennium Music Hall, Millennium Plaza, Cardiff, CF10 1LA, 7.30pm, £14. + The Virginmarys. www. myspace.com/officialterrorvision
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Festival, making it a new festival for 2010. LATER-DJ Lunchbox-An 8bit mash up of Jazz, Dancehall, Breaks, Hip Hop, Ska, Dubstep and more!
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BAKA BEYOND, The Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, BA11 1BE, 8pm, £14adv/£16otd. Musicians from six countries in Bristol West Africa and Northern Europe combine their cultures and traditions OLE VYBZ! Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, to create a unique fusion of World £3. A regular Spanish party night Music. Inspired by the Baka tribe
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Sat. 24 21st PET SHOP BOYS +
SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTER, Cardiff International Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, CF10 2EQ, £30. Following an epic Glastonbury Festival performance, the legendary and wonderfully camp Pet Shop Boys are heading to Cardiff as part of a short UK tour. Expect mad dancing, eccentric outfits and great elector-pop songs. up to perform! Please arrive 8pm to book a slot. LATER-Dj LittleBoSelector.
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BATH SUMMER CIDER FESTIVAL 2010, The Bath Pavilion, North Parade road, BA2 4EU, 7pm-11pm, £6.50adv/£7.50otd. Live music from the Manledwurzels and over 80 different ciders and perrys.
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PARRINGTON JACKSON, The Junction, 51 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QP, 8pm, £tbc. Parrington Jackson kick off this unmissable night of great bands at 9:00pm! We join Bristol based Call The Doctor, fresh from supporting Japanese trio Shonen Thu. 22 Knife - http://www.myspace.com/ ctdoctor. Plus female pop/punk Bristol VOXBOX ROCKS, Colston Hall, duo Violet Violet (branded as one of Steve Lamacq’s ’New Favourite Foyer, Colston Street, BS1 5AR, 8.30pm, £free. FREE music Bands’ - http://www.myspace. in Colston Hall’s foyer from VoxBox com/violetviolet1). UK GUNS ‘N’ ROSES, 02 Rocks Community Singers and Academy, Frogmore Street, Band. Take a hatful of rock, soul BS1 5NA, 7pm doors, £12.50. and disco classics, add 70 (yes, Tribute act to Guns ‘N’ Roses. seventy) singers, mix in Bristol’s PURPLE SPIRAL PROJECT, funkiest cover band – Bring Down The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas The House - and you get VoxBox Street, BS1 6JJ, £4adv. Rocks! Singing with attitude. The band create and perform INCREDIBLE BRISTOL, Mr predominantly hard-rocking songs Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, which are all strangely unique in BS1 1JX, £3. This night brings their own way and their musical together some of the best of Bristol’s acts. A percentage of the tastes have grown from a variety money raised will go to the Bristol of different influences such as www.247magazine.co.uk
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Rush, Tool Pearl Jam, Extreme, Journey, Soundgarden and the like. myspace.com/purplespiralproject. Support from Karma Deva. THE MODERN GYPSY JAZZ QUARTET, Bocabar, Unit 3.1, Paintworks, BS4 3EH, 9.30pm, £free.The Modern Gypsy Jazz Quartet is the meeting of Gypsy Jazz rhythms and the improvisations of Modern Jazz fused together to create a performance that is thoughtful and energetic, soulful and dynamic, passionate and exciting; all mixed with a foot tapping swing. Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Live music TBA. LATER-Pick up the Pieces DJs
Tue. 27 Bristol
THE HANDSOME FAMILY, The Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB, 7.30pm, £12adv. myspace/ thehandsomefamily.
Thu. 29 Bristol
THE QUIREBOYS, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm doors, £15. Everyone’s favourite loveable rogues deliver their much anticipated acoustic album ‘Halfpenny Dancer’. CATTLE DECAPITATION, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £8.
Sun. 25 Bristol
EZIO, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, BS1 6JJ, 8pm, £12adv. Deep, honest, emotional songs that hit a raw nerve. DJ 16.33, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. Bringing you Reggae, Funk and the dopest in Old Skool Hip Hop... with a lick o’ Jungle...! JODY HAS A HITLIST, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 7pm, £5. Irish poppunk five piece. MOSCOW DRUG CLUB, Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF, 8pm. Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leornard Cohen, Tom Waits, Mario Lanza, Edith Piaf & Duke Ellington Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating & intimate musical experience. You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club…..this way please & mind the stairs! myspace. com/moscowdrugclub.
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THE XCERTS, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £6/£7.Plus Tiger Please / The Undivided. myspace.com/ thexcerts/ myspace.com/tigerplease/ myspace.com/aheartundivided.
Mon. 26 Bristol
RUINER, The Croft, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW, £8. + Carpathian + Lost Souls + Shaped By Fate. SONGSMITH, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free. A selection of bands playing a variety of folk and acoustic. With-Choice of Kings/ Laura Dugmore Band/Dave Golding. LATER-Dj Alfie www.247magazine.co.uk
unorthodox, experimental record will receive a limited release in July. Tony Da Gatorra is a Brazilian TV and VCR repairman, musical freedom fighter and the inventor of his own unique ‘Gatorra’ instrument. Part drum machine, part guitar, the Gatorra provides the unique sonic style of Tony’s peace-loving protest songs and features heavily throughout The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness.
Street, Bristol, BS3 4BG, £15 GO-X, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 6.30pm doors, £4. With guests Long Story Short, If Not Today and Beyond Recall. FUZIA, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, BS8 4RU, 8pm, £3. Wild and stomping klezmer action. SMOKESTACK SHAKERS, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. Skanking the Blues, Bristol Fashion. With support from Erin Bardwell Collective- LATER-Dj Vallee/Dj Lunchbox.
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27th OK GO, The Fleece, 12 St. Thomas Street, Bristol, BS1 6JJ, www.fleecegigs. co.uk, £10adv. The Chicago band OK Go combine off-kilter guitars, Pixies/Cars fetishism, and straightforward power pop sensibilities to produce eccentric, catchy songs.
TONY DA GATORRA VS GRUFF RHYS, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, www.clwb.net, 7.3011.00pm, £12adv exclusively from www.wegottickets.com
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WILLIAM CONTROL, 02 Academy, Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA, 6.30pm doors, £10. Seattle new wave artist William Control, alter ego of Aiden’s Wil Francis, comes to the UK after the release of his new album. With support from Mavrickz (Sean and Tom from Saving Aimee). OPEN MIC NIGHT, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £free entry with 2-4-1 Noodles! Weekly night of mellow music from anyone of any level on any instrument. A free bottle of beer to anyone who will step up to perform! Please arrive 8pm to book a slot. LATER-A thousand Dances DJs.
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TONY DA GATORRA VS GRUFF RHYS, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, CF10 1BR, 7:30pm, £12adv exclusively from www. wegottickets.com. Tony Da Gatorra and Gruff Rhys are proud to announce their forthcoming collaborative album, The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness. This musically
31st HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells Road, Bristol, BS8 4RU, 12noon-11.30pm, £free. Annette Berlin, Bert Miller & The Animal Folk, Lady Nade, Hawthorn and The Willow Tree. Plus DJ Blindbat, DJ Zoon van snooK and Canola Tenderfoot, Olo Worms
30th THE KING BLUES,
Barfly, Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3FD, 7.30pm, £10. These rudeboy punks head West to play another gig at the Barfly, with their genre-defyling ska/punk and no shortage of political messages now is the ideal time to check them out.
THE PRETTY THINGS, Thunderbolt, 124 Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3ED. Originally an offshoot of the primordial Rolling Stones, lead guitarist Dick Taylor broke away to form the Pretty Things in 1962. The underground psychadelic band continue their evolution as an enduring musical force several decades later. INCREDIBLE BRISTOL, Mr Wolfs. 33 St. Stephens Street, BS1 1JX, £3-£3.50. This night brings together some of the best of Bristol’s acts. A percentage of the money raised will go to the Bristol Festival, making it a new festival for 2010. LATER-Dj Sho’nuff.
Swindon
STRANGLERS TRIBUTE: STRAIGHTEN OUT, 12 Bar, 179 Westcott Place, Swindon, SN1 5HT, 8pm.
Bristol
BRIAN AUGER’S OBLIVION EXPRESS, Fiddlers, Willway
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Mondays
hip-hop, funky house. RETRO. Mbargo. The Triangle. 8pm – 2am. Retro sounds from the 70’s, 80’s and Classics. JUST CLICK, 31 Corn St. 9.30pm. £free before 10.30pm/£3 after. We will be bringing you the best in all aspects of dance and house music. Electro, Funky, Fidget House and More! THE MASH UP. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. £4/£3 guestlist b4 11.30pm/£3 with VIP Bristol card. The Mash Up with music across the board.
and metal. UP THE RACKET. Elbow Room. 64 Park St. £Free till 2am. Indie, Alternative and 80’s. KITSCH. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. Bristol’s best DJ’s playing Chart, House and Kitsch classics! Home of DJ Croz in room 2, playing the latest electro and house. PROPAGANDA. Syndicate. 15 Nelson St. 9.30pm-3.30am. £3 with flyer/students/£4. The UK’s biggest indie night. Main room: DJ Dan mixing the best new and classic indie music. Room 2: Alternative Rock, Metal, Ska and Punk.
BLOW - BATHS INDIE CLUB NIGHT. Moles. George St. £5/£4 Cons.. 11pm - 2am. Playing a huge SLAM ON THE BREAKS. sweaty mix of new & classic Indie mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton. Rock & Pop! 8pm -2am. Electro, Breaks and FLASHBACK: 80’S & 90’S. House. Qube. 1 South Parade. 10pm – GORILLA. The Thekla, The 2am. £4/£3Nus. Dj Colino playing Grove. 10pm – 3am. Playing hip party tunes. pop, filthy electro, party & dubstep, LE CRUNCH PARTY. Club XL. Cardiff 90B Walcot St. 10pm – 2am. BUFFALO LIVE... Buffalo Bar, 11 £2 b4 11 / £3 b4 12am/ £4 after. Windsor Place. 9pm-3am, £3. £2 all night with Nus. R’n’B. The Bands, live music, drinks offers, Second Bridge. 10 Manvers Street. DJ’s and more! Followed By Le Dj’s playing the best in R’n’B, Freak Club - The best in fashion, Cardiff hip-hop, soul, funk, dancehall & music & art. BUFFALO PRESENTS... Buffalo funky house. MONDAYS BONKERS. Glam. Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 8pmTHIRSTY THURSDAYS. Po Na Cardiff 2 Greyfriars Road. 9pm - 3am. Na. North Parade. 10pm-2am. 3am. A showcase for the best POPTART! Buffalo Bar, 11 £free with flyer. DJ Richie Hart Girls go free b4 11pm / £3 b4 upcoming promoters / bands / acts Windsor Place. CF10 3BY. 11pm / £4after / £1 off with TT and more 10.30-3am. £free. The Pop Tart LATE NIGHT LIVE A wild, anything-goes party flyer. 10 FEET IN SESSION Djs playing wonky pop, electro and PRESENTS...10 Feet Tall. 11A night based on American College PRESENTS... 10 Feet Tall. 11A – alt bangers. – 12 Church St. CF10. 9-4am. Fraternity / Sorority parties. Bangin’ LISTEN UP! Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 £tbc. Cinema Sam plays post punk, 12 Church St. 9pm-4am // £tbc. party tunes all night from THE Residents Rowdy Club Dj’s will be Womanby Street. CF10 1BR. 50s/60’s garage rock and delightful dancing in the bar till 3am, bringing 9.30pm – 3am. £3. Top Floor: Indie, DEVIANTS playing Hip Hop, House, oddities, and Steve Frecnh plays you the best in new music mixed in electro, pop. Middle: Special Guests. RnB, Indie, Rock & Rave! contemporary indie, electro and THE BOOTIES. Celsius Ice Bar & with some 60’s, 70’s garage rock, Bottom: Soul, disco, funk garage rock, mixed in with some old skool hip-hop and bar floor THE BOOM BOOM BOUTIQUE. Club. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-2am. old skool hip-hop and floor-splitting £3 with flyer/£4. Bootlegs, mashsplitters! 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church classics! JUST DANCE. Clwb Ifor Bach. ups and remixes with DJs Tom St. 10-4am. £free. The biggest, FUNKY MONKEYS. The Old Womanby Street. 10.30 – 2am. baddest bass blowing, booty shakin’ Maddicott and Graham S. Selected Library, 18-19 Trinity St. 9pmCommercial £3. £free before 11. drinks offers. party beats! 2am. £3. Funky/Electro/Fidget/ tunes, rock and R’n’B. Bristol CRATE DIGGERS. The Old House. Newport Library, 18-19 Trinity Street, CF10 FRESH AS A DAISY. mbargo. 26th THE SUMMER BLOW The Triangle, Clifton. 9pm – 2am. 1AH. 8pm-2.30am. £free. Let OUT PART 1. Glam. 2 Greyfriars TORN Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. NP201FU. £2/£1 nus. 9-3am. Funk, hip hop and funky house. us take you on a musical journey Road. £9/ £10otd. Featuring Residents play Metal, Hardcore and RACK EM UP. Elbow Room. through 90’s Indie, Golden Age Hip Special Guest Giggs performing all old school 80’s rock anthems in the Hop, Electro, Jamaican Ska, 60’s 64 Park St. £free till 2am. DJ’s his massive hits from the album main room while the F’n’K crew take upstairs plays chart, dance and Soul, 70’s Funk and Brand New ‘Walk in Da Park’ plus live freestyles. over the Attic playing industrial, punk alternative. Beats! Swansea PRESSURE. Thekla, The Grove, and goth in the Attic. Cheltenham HAIR OF THE DOG. Monkey East Mud Dock. 10pm. £3/£4. LOLLIPOP. Dakota, 12-14 Bath Cafe. 13 Castle St. £2/3. 9pmBristol’s best 2-4-1 Indie night. Road, GL53 7HA. 9pm-3am. 1am. Student night. SAWDUST. The Bunker, 78 Wednesdays £free before 10pm/£4 after. Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. Expect loads of fun as our Candy Bath £3. DJ Kelly presents to you the best CLUB MOJITO. Second Bridge. girls and boys will be out in full Tuesdays in indie and electro, alongside the force with loads of free giveaways. 10 Manvers St. £4 / £3 NUS Bath cheapest drinks prices Thursday is Selected drinks £1 all night. or before 11. 10pm - 2am. !CRASH! - THE POP! INDIE! definitely the night to be out! Swansea International music, uplifting Latin DISCO! SMASH-UP! Po Na Na. GLOBALISTA. The Big Chill ALLSORTS. Monkey. Castle house music and live percussion. North Parade. £3/£2.50 NUS. Street. Free b4 11. 10pm till late. Bar, 15 Small St. £free. DJ Vivo with Jake Gabai & friends. 10pm - 2am. A huge smash up of Filthy, sexy, funky music – soul, rare (Brazilian Beatz/World Beatz) and DISCORD - ROCK/METAL/ the best Pop, indie & electro party guests take you on a musical grooves, hip hop, breaks & grime PUNK/BEATS. Po Na Na. North anthems. journey around the globe. Parade. £4/£3 B4 11pm. 9.30pm with Vinylism DJ’s. THE BIG CHEESE. Moles, Cardiff SHINFO. Bar Sigma. 2-4 George St. 10pm. £4/£3.50 NUS. - 2am. A full tilt mix of the best rock, Kingsway, £2 after 10:30pm. UPTIGHT THURSDAYS. Glam. 2 metal, punk, industrial & classic Bath’s original and best cheese Greyfriars Road. 10pm-3am. The Alternative DJ’s bring the 9pm-3am. night. Expect all the cheesiest tunes, alternative anthems!! busiest midweek urban party with WEDNESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 best in alt rock, punk, metal, indie, the best drinks offers and most DJs Urban Fusion, Veejay, Jigga and Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. ska, hip hop and drum and bass. unpretentious fun times in club land! DJ Paz playing Hip Hop, R&B, UK PLAY WEDNESDAY, Salubrious £free. DJs on rotation playing TUESDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Funky, House, Old Skool and Garage. Place, Little Wind Street , SA1 Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare Groove, Bladud Buildings. The Paragon. BETHAN ELFYN & FRIENDS. 1DZ. 10pm-2.30am. £3. Join us Funk, Ska, Modern Break, Funk, £free. DJs on rotation playing Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. for a night of RnB, Party Anthems Reggae, Dub, Eclectic, Rare Groove, Downtempo with DJ Stoney Monster, 8pm-3am // £2-6 Free After & Dance classics together with DJ Read Jones and Oli Embleton. Funk, Ska, Modern Break, Funk, 11pm.. amazing drinks deals. Downtempo with DJ Stoney Monster, Bristol HI TOP . Undertone Basement. A BRONX TALE. mbargo. The DJ Read Jones and Oli Embleton. 11a - 12 Church St. £free. 10pm Triangle, Clifton, £free, 8pm – Bristol 3am. D’n’B & hip hop with residents Thursdays 2am. R’n’B, hip hop, soul with DJ’s PLEASE DONT FEED THE Jaffa, Killer Tomato, Veto, Focus Benny Cane & The Urban Knights. Bath BEARS. Elbow Room. 64 Park Lyons & Ruffstylz. MONKEY LIKE BANANA, Back St. £Free. Indie, Dance and Electro. PROPAGANDA. Syndicate. ON THE ROCKS. 10 feet Tall. Nelson St. £5 entry, £4 nus. To Mine, 7 Bladud Buildings, The 11A – 12 Church St. 10-4am. KANDI TUESDAYS. Joe Publics. £4 entry, £3 with a flyer. Indie, Paragon. £free before 11pm. DJs £free. Classic Anthems Old and 3 Queens Avenue. Clifton. £5/£4. rock, alternative in the main room, mixing Breaks, Funk, DnB, Eclectic. 10pm – Late. Commercial, R’n’B, New, Party Riffs, Alternative Sabotage in room 2 with emo, goth
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CLUB Mashups, New Music and Ultimate Air Guitar Bangers! SOL 2 SOL. Revolution Bar. 9-11 Castle St. 0.00. 9:30pm - 2am. Sexy uplifting house grooves with DJ Jake Gabai. C-Y-N-T. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Womanby St. £4 unless stated. 10.30pm – 4am. The biggest midweek rave this side of the Bridge. Electro / DubStep / Techno / DnB / Rave REVERB. Liquid. St Mary St. £2/£3 £motd. Room 1: Electro & Drum n Base with resident Reverb DJ’s.
Swansea
FUNKED UP. Monkey. Castle St. 9mp-late, £2/free B4 11pm. Legendary funk night with residents Funky Ben and The Count playing funk, soul, old skool hip hop & dance floor classics. TNT: THURSDAY NIGHT TAKEOVER. Escape Nightclub. The Kingsway. £4/£3 b4 10.30pm. DJ Scott Kirby playing party anthems.
Fridays
with flyer. Disco, Party, Retro. FRIDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 11. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation playing a mix of Funk, Soul, Classics, Eclectic, RnB and more. With DJ Paul Freedom, DJ Corin CrazyLegz, DJ Rodders, DJ Asian Hawk and DJ JangoPhatt. KABOOM!!! Celsius. 1-3 South Parade. 10pm-3am. £5/£4 with flyer. House, Electro, Breaks and more with DJs Tom Maddicott and Graham S. Dropping dancefloor bombs every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. 2nd ANT NICHOLS. The Second Bridge. 10 Manvers St. 10.30pm-2.30am. £6adv/£8otd. Kiss 101’s Ant Nichols. 16th REGGAE RAIN-MENT PART 2. The Weir Lounge. Grand Parade. 10pm-4am. £5 B4 midnight/£7 after. Mr Ranx, Lady V and Deejay JC in the main vault and Calski, Rainment Steve and Izzy ‘Fyah’ Bella in the back vault.
Bristol
COMFI FRIDAYS. CLUB COMFI. 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8pm-4am. £7-£8. Party classics, R’n’B, dance and more. EGO. Platform 1. Clifton Down Station, Whiteladies Road. The ultimate Urban night with Resident DJ TOUCH. FUNKY FRIDAYS! Chicago Rock Cafe. The Waterfront, Canon’s Rd. Free B4 9pm / £1 till 10pm / More after. From 8pm until 2.30am. RAMSHACKLE. Carling Academy. Frogmore St, 10pm3am. £3/5. Bristol’s biggest alternative night with resident DJ
2nd RELENTLESS NASS
OFFICIAL WARM-UP. Motion Ramp Park. 74 Avon St, St. Philips. Bristol 8pm-late. £5adv. Funeral For A Friend (DJ Set), The Jinx, Muff Said and Langur. Plus Heist, Diesel, La Luka & Krausey, Stanza & Carasel and many more. Plus BMX demos and giveaways.
Barry Island
2nd TIME FLIES BESIDE THE SEA, Club 2Eze. Paget Road. 10pm – 4am. £4/£5. With Big Al, Dave Eaves, Che and Tony Blitz.
Bath
SQUEEZE THE CHEESE. Po Na Na. North Parade. BA2 4AL. 10.30pm-2.30am. £5-£4 NUS. Bath’s Biggest Night Of Guilty Pleasures! Room 1: The Cheesy Disco: All your favourite Cheesy Pop Anthems from the 60’s-00’s.... Room 2: The Singalong Suite: Belt out all your classic hairbrush hits in our Karaoke Lounge - hosted by the legendary Karaoke John. DISCO MASH. Revolution. 10 Manvers St. 10pm-2.30am. £4
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2nd BIG PINK DJ SET.
Suju Nightclub. 28 High St. Swindon. 11pm-4am. £3 B4 11.30pm/ £5 after. The Big Pink have been described as accessible as a pop group, with almost folkishly warm melodies, the spiritual quality of soul and gospel and wirh the rhythmic propulsion of rave. With djing you will find both indie and electro. Plus Rob T Mod and Phill Dirt as well as DJ Chief in the Lounge.
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Dan, Steve Gerrard plus Carlton and Dave Remix playing alternative, indie, hip hop, beats and funky shit in the main room whilst Generation X play punk-rock and metal anthems with DJ’s Link and Matt Setback. STREETLIFE. Elbow Room. 64 Park St. £Free – open till 4am. DJ Nick Evans. Chart & Floorfillers. THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY. mbargo. The Triangle, Clifton, 8pm – 2am. Funk, disco and R’n’B with DJ’s Suisse Tony & Alex. WEEKEND PARTY PART 1. Lizard Lounge. 66 Queens Road. 9pm – late. Current and classic party tunes with residents Big Daddy & Milky. THE BOMB. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle. 9pm-3am. £3 b4 11pm/£5after. DJ Amo smashes it week in week out with help from residents, the Urban Knights, Lucas Lafone, Joe Bananas and Jambo! We play the best in new and underground music. ASSEMBLY. Timbuk2. 22 Small St. 11pm. £6. Bristol’s Finest New Underground Night. This instalment brings you Kry Wolf, Run Seven(AV Set)Johnny3Snares,Space Panic(AV Set)Hush House DJ’s, Paddy Jinnah, Zhou and resident DJ’s, plus visuals from Mashie. TV, Rhombus Arts, VJ EDA and Fata. Bi Monthly event. 2nd SHOOT THE FREEK. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore St. £7/£8. Room 1: D&B with Taxman, Harry Shotta, Mr Sneakz, Illusive, GTS, Icon Roller and more. Room 2: Dubstep / Jungle / D&B with Stylatron, Endo, Sat Nav, Jo Virus and more. 2nd BOOM MONK BEN. The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small St. £free. From hip hop, dancehall, funk and break beats to house, funky, electro, dubstep and drum and bass. v9th BUMBERBEAT. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore St. £3 before 11, £4/£5 after. Grime, Dubstep, Garage, UK Funky 16th THIS IS WHY WE HOT. Malcolm X Centre. 141 City Road. 12pm. £17.50. Featuring Junior Reid, live and direct from Jamaica, Wada and Andrew Blood with the One Blood Band. Support from Roger Robin, Iqulah, Nicole Jackson, Blakout Ja and Johnny Thermos. 16th M!K!F! VS FOO MAGAZINE. Thekla. East Mud Dock. 10pm-4am. £6 super early bird/£8 early bird. Plastician and P Money (History of garage and dubstep set), RackNRuin, Vista, Firas and Residents. 23rd TOMMY ROCK-ASHACKA. The Big Chill Bar, 15 Small St. 9pm-3am. £free. This is Japan’s biggest vintage reggae collector and legendary DJ, playing alongside Bristol’s Steve Rice and
9th DISSIDENT - THE FINAL
CHAPTER. The Black Swan, Stapleton Road, Easton. 10pm5am. £8 adv/£10otd. Last ever party from the Dissident camp after nearly a decade in the scene. Drum and Bass in the main room from Calyx and Teebee (6 decks), Klute and Jubei. Ruffnek Diskotek host upstairs with Grievous Angel and residents. John Stapleton, on Steve Rice’s ‘Downbeat Melody’ vintage reggae soundsystem. 30th MASTER RAVERS. Lakota, 6 Upper York St. 10pm5am. £6 all night otd. Hardcore with Last Of The Mohicans, N-Zime B2B Defy, DJ Blend, DJ Emission, Starspirit, Mastervodkaman and more. Hard Style with Taz, Angel, Patman, Tyronnster, Upright and Magpie. 30th PROPERTY OF BRISTOL. Basement 45. 8 Frogmore St. £5/£7. Room 1 - Dubstep / 140 / Bass Music with DJ I.D (90 min set), Dub Boy, B-Lam, Neek, Akema and Zhou. Room 2 - Deep D&B.
Cardiff
FLAWLESS. Sodabar, Mill Lane. 10pm-4am. £free with flyer B4 11pm, £3 B4 12pm, £5after. Join us for a night of Sexy & Smooth R&B, from old skool classics to big floor fillers. F.A.K.E. Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £4/£3/free B4 11pm. The Towel & Colin play electro and party toons. HUSTLE. 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 6-4am. £5/£4/£free entry before 10pm. Classic funk, soul, jazz, roots, motown & dsico. FUNKY FRIDAYS. Glam Nightclub (level2). 2 Greyfriars Rd, CF10 3AD, 10pm-3am, £5/£2 b4 12pm. Urban DJ’s Jigga, Veejay and Troopa take over. GET YER ROCKS OFF. Barfly. Kingsway. 10.45pm. £5/£4nus. FUNKALICIOUS. Zync Bar, 63 St Mary St. till 5am. Soul Jams,
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Motown, Old School Funk, 90’s RnB. DEAL OR NO DEAL, Code, Millennium Plaza, Wood St. 10pm-3am. Deal £10 plus 7 free vouchers. No Deal £3. Sexy RnB, Smooth Groves, Funky, Electro & Club Classics. APERTURE, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby St. 1:37pm, £5/£7. Off the hook drum and bass night, held up by a community of Cardiff’s finest DJ’s - with residents such as High Contrast and guest DJs such as Grooverider, Fabio, Hospitalty, Zinc, Makoto & Deeizm, Break, Ramadanaman, Kasra, Vicious Circle, Black Sun Empire, Commix, Alix Perez, Klute. THE DUDES ABIDE. Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby St. 10:30pm. £3.50/£4.50. The weekend’s finest way to let your rock hair down, shake your indie fringe wildly or bounce your beehive madly to the best sounds around. FREQUENCY. Kirkhouse. Merthyr Tydfil. Till 2am. Tune into the best Funky House, mainstream and club classics. FRIDAYS. Cardiff Arts Institute. 29 Park Place. 10pm-4am. £2 before 11pm, regs £free/£4 after/£3 regs. Dubstep, Future Garage, Bassline, Tropical, Electro, Nu-Disko, D&B, Nu-Rave, Wonky Pop, Crunk Rock. 2nd SURFS UP, END OF EXAMS. Glam. 2 Greyfriars Road. 8pm-late. £3 early birds. Exams are over, it’s time to party! Find your best pair of bathers and
9th CHASE & STATUS DJ SET. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road, Cheltenham. 6.30pm-10am. £8 early bird/£12adv/£15otd/£20 VIP tickets. Under 18s Club night. With support from MC Rage, Access and Dread MC. Drum & Bass/Dubstep/Breaks. www.247magazine.co.uk
flip flops and get ready to show them off with flare at Cardiff’s biggest student night! Be prepared for ‘radical’ summer drinks deals, student anthems, sexy RnB and Hip Hop, we hope you’re ready to give 2010 the perfect Summer Send Off! 30th R&B VS. UK FUNKY. Glam. 2 Greyfriars Road. £8adv/£5 NUS. 10 DJs - 2 Genres – 1 Winner. You decide! In recent times the capital has been split over which is top…time to find out! Team R&B will be headlined by MTV Base and BBC Radio 1Xtra troublemakers Ace & Vis. Team UK Funky will be headlined by the don of the UK Funky scene, Kiss FM’s DJ Pioneer.
disco and dubstep
KARL MARX. The Living Room. Harbourside. 10:30pm - 2am. Soul, Disco, Funk. WE MULTIPLY. Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock. 10pm4am. £5 before 12am. £7 after. Dubstep & Electro, Indie, Rave. UNI SEX. The Bunker, 78 Queens Road, Clifton Triangle, BS8 1QU. 9.30pm. Uni Sex is the only STUDENT ONLY club on Westbury a Saturday!! So come and live the 16th BRING THE NOISE. Club dream of the weekend @ Bristol Ice. Quartermaster Road, West hottest new night club! Wilts Trading Estate. 9pm-4am. I LOVE RADIO TWO! Thekla Top £8 B4 12pm/£10. Anne Savage in Deck. East Mud Dock. Every 1st the Main Room with Tab Delimited, DJ CLK, Jason Kinetic and Gio. Dirty and 3rd Saturday, classic Roc, Pop, Motown. Easy & cheesy! Bass presents Nicky Blackmarket 3rd GO GO CHILDREN. The in Room Two with Legoman, Cheltenham Spring Garden, 188 Hotwell 2nd THE OTHERS/SUB ZERO. Bassbeater and Devient. Road. 9pm-2am. £3. Bristol’s Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 10pmonly night of original 60’s rhythm Saturdays 3am. £7 students/ £8 B4 11pm/ and blues, northern soul and boss £10. That Thing brings you two of Bath reggae is back the hottest new stars of the Dubstep MOTORCITY. Komedia. 3rd RENEGADE HARDWARE. and Drum & Bass world; The Others Westgate St. BA1 1EP. £4/£3 Basement 45. 8 Frogmore St. vs Sub Zero, with filthy bass flying NUS. 11pm - 3am. A classic mix With Ink, Loxy, Raiden, Cold £8adv. left, right and centre! Plus Ruckus, across all the Motown, funk, soul Fusion, Dom & Roland. Room 2: Jam 1, Lukie B, Mc Dread, Mc Brink and rock’n’roll greats, with a touch Dubstep, House, Garage, Hip Hop and MC QV. of disco to boot! with Shinobi, Dru, Feminine and 23rd BASSIX. Dakota. 12-14 SCANDAL. Po Na Na. North Presure. Bath Road. 10pm-3.30am. Parade.10.30pm-2.30am. £5 3rd EPIPHANY. Lab. 27 Broad £7adv/£7 students/£8 B4 b4 12pm/£6after. The place to be St. 10pm-4am. £free B4 11pm £3 11pm/£10 after. Drum and Bass seen on the weekend, with superstar after. Nicky Blackmarket, A-T-9 UK with Hazard, Sigma, Access, DJ Ross Deviant blowing up the Rocka Spree Kalista Baz b2b Monk. Kontagious, MC IC3 and Phate. spot with an eclectic mix of quality Hosts Carasel, Texas and Kaydan. Chippenham anthems from a variety of musical 3rd WESTERN SOUL ST. 16th INSTINCT. Club E11even. genres. PAULS CARNIVAL AFTER SATURDAYS. Back To Mine. 7 11 The Bridge. £7. Drum & Bass/ Bladud Buildings. £free entry b4 PARTY. The Big Chill Bar, 15 Dubstep. Room 1: Hazard, N Type, Small St. £free. Keep the Carnival 11. £5/£3 mem. DJs on rotation Firefarm, L While, Deviant. Room vibe going as Western Soul bring playing a mash-up of the best Old 2: Hip Hop, Dubstep, Jungle and their tried and tested formula of Garage. Selected drinks offer before Skool Beats & Nu Skool flavours as party action to the Big Chill Bar for well as Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, DnB, 11pm. RnB, Hypnotic Breaks & Progressive this special after-party. Newport 3rd CHAMPION SOUND - THE Beats and much more! With DJ THANK FUNK ITS FRIDAY £8 ST PAULS CARNIVAL AFTER Asian Hawk, DJ Jonson, DJ Read ALL YOU DRINK . Mojo. Market PARTY. Lakota, 6 Upper York Jones and DJ Oli Embleton. St. NP201FU. £8. 9pm-2am. St. 10pm-6am. £5adv/ £8otd B4 Bristol Residents spinning fresh party 12pm/£10 after. Ragga/ Jungle/ BIJOU. Whiteladies Road. tunes. DnB/ Reggae & Irie Vibes/ Dub Step/ 10pm – 3am. £free. Resident DJ’s FRIDAY MASH UP. Meze Future Beats/ Old Skool/ Hip Hop/ Shawn Fleming, Elliot Guise and Lounge. Market St. Resident and Breaks. Mark Davis playing everything from very special guest DJ’s playing 3rd RELENTLESS funk and soul to old skool hip hop Alternative, mash-ups, bootlegs, HARDCORE. Motion. 74 Avon and house indie disco, hip hop and rock. St. 9pm - 6am. £20. 60 DJs/MCs/ BY THE POOL. Elbow Room. Port Talbot Live Acts- 6 Promoters- 4 Arenas64 Park St. £Free – open till FRIDAYS. The Bank Club Bar. 1 Amazing Venue. Breakcore/ 4am. Chart and Old Skool classics Station Road. 9pm-late. £free Darkcore/ Frenchcore/ Hardcore/ all night long. and 241 drinks. Gareth Brenan Hardcore Techno/ Industrial/ Terror/ COMFI Saturdays. Club Comfi. welcomes you to the New Bank, UK Hardcore. Port Talbot’s newest venue! Top DJ’s 10-12 Triangle South, Clifton. 8-4. £7-£8. DJ’s playing everything from 3rd AUDIOCLONE-ST PAUL’S playing party anthems, sexy RnB CARNIVAL AFTERPARTY. party classics, R’n’B, dance and and Dance Classics. Malcolm X Centre. Outdoor Car much more! Swansea THE LIVING ROOM Building 11, park Psycho Stage. 11pm-6am. FRIDAY FIX. Lava Lounge. Little £5 for first 200/ more after. Harbourside. 10pm-2am, £free. Wind St. Till 10pm. Re-live prices Karl Marx playing soul, disco & funk. Powered by Dirt, Unknown, Kaotik, from the 80’s. Punishment & 4Bidden. With Ray RHYTHM & SOUL. mbargo. The FREE FRIDAYS PRESENTS Keith, Rhythm Logisitics, Blackout Triangle, Clifton, 8pm – 2am. MONKEY ALLSTARS. Monkey Ja and many more. Cafe. 13 Castle St. 10pm till late. Soulful Funky House. DJ’s Paul 10th BOUNCE. Basement 45. Morrisey & Clare James. £Free The Best Monkey residents. 8 Frogmore St. £free B4 11pm, WEEKEND PARTY PART 2. SLAM ON THE BREAKS. Sigma. Lizard lounge. 66 Queens Road, £3/£5 after. Bounce Bass music St Helens Rd, £3. 10am-3pm. summer special Room 1: House, 9pm – late. Current and classic Swansea’s Daddio Beat Party. party tunes from Big Daddy & Milky. Electro, Techno and Bass music playing the best in hip hop, electro,
Swindon
CASSETTE PLAYER. Suju Nightclub. 28 High St. 11pm4am, £3 b4 11.30pm/£5. DJ’s Downstairs: Enjoy a mix of indie/ rocknroll/choice pop cuts/electro/ funk/soul with Rob The Mod and Phil Dirt.The Lounge: Smooth RnB, Hip Hop and classic hits with The Chief.
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and Eats Everything. Room 2 Hosted by Sonic Response (logo) with Malnutrition & Digga DJs. 31st SUBSTANCE. Lakota, 6 Upper York St. 10pm-6am. £5 all night otd. Dark/ Dirty/ Rolling DnB, Dub Step and Old Skool with Sarge, 2G, Lenzo, Tekstyle, Default and Johnny Stallion.
LOVE. Dakota. 12-14 Bath Road. 10pm-3am. £5. Experience the glittering LOVE sonic soundtrack mixed by a selection of the UK’s finest DJs, the beautiful performing dancers and all situated within the lavishly decorated LOVE surroundings! 10th THE BEACH HOUSE Cardiff PARTY. Dakota. 12-14 Bath THE BEATBOX BALLROOM. Road. 10pm-4am. £5 all night. Buffalo Bar. 11 Windsor Place. As part of the ‘Love Ibiza Festival’ 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm £3/4 at Dakota, Hed Kandi returns to after. Bringing together the best the urban beach for a luxurious booty-busting breaks, pimped out night of deliciously stylish, funky, soul and clock-stopping rhymes in sundrenched house music with DJs a celebration of everything new and Sam Cannon, Russ Hopkins and old school. Resident Djs: Killer Saul Bliss. R’n’B, Chart and Party in DIRTY POP/ VINYL VENDETTAS/ D-Bar with Darren Thorne. MR POTTER. Clwb Ifor Bach. 11 Chepstow Womanby St. £5. 10pm – 3am. MUSIQUE 10. The Kings Head, Three floors of the best tracks from Welsh St. 8pm-1am. £free. Every a variety of genres. 3rd Saturday of the month Musique 10th JAMES HANNAN. FLY SWATTER. Barfly. Kingsway. brings you House, Breaks, Electro, Suju. 28 High St. 11pm-6am. 10.30PM. £5 / £4nus. All the best Classics and Urban. £6 B4 1am/£7. £1 off for Suju alternative music from yesteryear Merthyr Tydfil / Mixmag Members before lined up with current dance floor OBSESSION. Kirkhouse. 2am. James Hannan is one of fillers to make your weekend throb Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm-2am. £2 off the most talented and respected with brilliance. with flyer. Playing the best dance DJs to come out of Swindon’s ME AND YOU CLUB. 10 Feet music in town hosted by DJ’s Sean Dance music scene. Playing his Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 6-4am. Jay and DJ Sye. preferred style of House, Electro £free before10pm, £4/5 after. “An Port Talbot and Progressive with some guests Unruly Rock ‘n’ Roll Party” Cardiff’s SATURDAYS. The Bank Club throughout the night. one and only Saturday night heroes Bar. Station Road. 9pm-late. bringing Good Time weekend Indie £free and 241 drinks. Gareth with Eats Everything and Mark Davis Brenan welcomes you to the New with Dubstep in Room 2: Hosted by Rock ‘n’ Pop, New Music & Classic Alternative Tunes DJ Mike TV all Bank, Port Talbot’s newest venue! Fireman Sam (SHIT THE BED) night. Mansfield Green 6 – 10pm in Top DJ’s playing party anthems, 17th JOOF. Basement 45. 8 the bar. (Entrance includes access sexy RnB and Dance Classics. Frogmore St. £3 NUS/ £4 B4 to: Live Space, Mezzanine, Ground Rhonnda Valley 11/ £6 after. The nicest man in floor cocktail Bar) dance music JOHN ‘00’ FLEMMING 3rd TIME FLIES TOUR OF VANITY. Glam Nightclub. 2 Presents the Bristol Launch of WALES. Fagins, Thomastown. Greyfriars Road. Free before his Brighton based night JOOF. 9pm-2am. £7adv/£10otd. With 10pm / £5 before 11pm / £6 In association with Pioneer DJ. John Kelly, Big Al, Dave Eaves, after. 9pm - 3am. Cardiff’s coolest Showcasing the new CDJ 2000’s Footlong DJs, Martin Dibble, Gegsy weekly club night in Wales’ sexiest and Djm 2000 Davies and Deon Rewbury. club. Level 1 Chart/Dance/House Swansea 24th NEW GENERATION and Level 2 RnB/HipHop/Funky/ TAKE OVER. Colston Hall. 13 MARVEL. Monkey Cafe. 13 Urban Fusion. Castle St. 9pm – late. £ free B4 Colston St. 7pm-2am. £8 Hall LOVE LIFE. Life. St Mary St. 1/£4 Hall 2. Hall 1: Foreign Beggars, (Nextdoor to Liquid). 10pm-3am. ten. DJ Noah and Father Jared present a stormin’ night funk, soul Sukh Knight & P Money, Marvell, £3 b4 Midnight/ £5 after. R&B, hiphop and jazz. Benny Page, Gemmy and Central Bashment, Funky, Hip Hop & Old MI CASA. Mambo. 46 The Spillz. Hall 2: The Hit Ups, Gecko, Skool. Kingsway, 8pm, £free. Deep house The Goodness, A Day At The Races, AFTER LIFE, Oceana, Greyfriars night - strictly for the headz. Archimedes and Napoleon In Rags. Road, CF10. 2.30am-6am. SATURDAYS. Lava Lounge. 24th THE DROP. Basement £4/£2members. After Hours/After Salubrious place. Open till 3am. 45. 8 Frogmore St. £6 B4 12 Party/ After Life. R&B, UK Funky, Playing commercial chart & the best / £8 after. Main room : Breaks / Bashment, Hip Hop and Old Skool, of the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s. Electro with WoNKed Crew, Frown featuring resident Monique B. Plus 31st TIME FLIES TOUR OF Syndrome. Room Two: House / food served throughout the night. WALES. The Club. Northampton Techno with Greg Shaw, LXIX and SATURDAYS. Cardiff Arts Lane. 10pm-4am. £8. With Big Institute, 29 Park Place. 9pmLuke 7. 24th SICKZ SENSE. Lakota, 6 4am. £2 before 11pm (free with Al, Dave Eaves, Martin Dibble and Calvin Reid. Upper York St. 10pm-4am. £8 B4 regulars card)/£4 after Full of Swindon festival fun, expect to see the best 12pm/£10after. Drum and Bass/ LOVE LOVE. Suju. 28 High St. Dub Step/ Old Skool/ House/ Jungle/ Funk, Ska, Swing, Gypsy, Balkan, 11pm-6am, £6 before 1am, £7 Reggae, Hip-hop and Rockabilly Hardcore/ Freeform and more! After. £1 off for Suju / Mixmag bands. Members before 2am. DJ’s LOVE LIFE. Code. Millenium 31st. HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL Downstairs: playing nothing but Plaza. 10pm-3am. £3 before AFTER PARTY. Basement 45. 8 house music The Chief, Martyn midnight/£5 after. R&B, UK Funky, Frogmore St. £free B4 11pm/ Bashment, Hip Hop & Old Skool. £2 Davies, Daniel Boast, Stacey Lea. £3/£4/£5. House, Electro, Techno, The Lounge: Smooth RnB, Hip Hop Breaks, Jungle, Drum & Bass across drinks all night. and Classic Hits with Vinz M. Cheltenham 2 rooms with Renny C, Mark Davis
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3rd DESIGN. Suju. 28 High St.
11pm-6am. £6/£7 after midnight. With guests Geddes and Havive & Marcus Connoly. Residents: Andre Dolsign & Paul Jefferies. In the Garden: Para, Danny Hope & Willard. Lounge: DJ Chief’s Smooth Grooves and RnB. 24th MEET:? Suju. 28 High St. 11pm-6am. £6 b4 1am/£7 after. £1 off for Suju / Mixmag Members before 2am. Room 1: Tech, Minimal, Jackin, Electro with Jester James, Danny Unkut, Hannah Wild and more. Room 2: Smooth RnB and Classic Hits with The Chief.
Sundays Bath
STOOPID FRESH! Back To Mine, 7 Bladud Buildings, The Paragon. £3 (cheaper if you dress up) Get your 80’s bling on & head down to one of Bath’s most popular nights! Break dancing, Hip Hop, Scratching & Graff!! DJ’s Asian Hawk, slick wizard slim & special agent chuck Rock.
Cardiff
DRIVE THRU CINEMA. 10 Feet Tall. 11A – 12 Church St. 6pm – 3am. £free. The Rev Samuel Jones presents a selection of cult classics and twisted cinema, expects the weird and wonderful, strange trailers and independent shorts. THE FULL FAT ANTI SOCIAL. Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place. 8pm-4am. £free B4 11pm. Featuring the best up and coming bands, a selection of Cardiff’s cream of the crop promoters hosting something different every week. MOCKA SUNDAYS. Mocka Lounge. 1 Mill Lane. £3 after 11pm. Sexy RnB. Funky & Soulful House. Classics & Old Skool.
Newport
ALTERNATIVE TWIST. Meze Lounge. 6 Market St. £free. Acoustica / cocktails / films / board games/ Verns Quiz / Art live guests and the perfect end to your week. FRESH JAMZ. Mojo. Market St. £free, 9pm-2am. DJ slider mixes the floor fillers / R’n’B / hip hop / dance and old school funk. SSSHHH! Revolution. 8-11 Griffin St. 9pm-2am. £free. Expect to hear Shai, Hightower, Ash, Vito, Quadey, Matt Kirk, Tension, DJ Lee and Open Deck DJ’s playing everything from Commercial House, Classics, R&B, Soulful, Hip Hop and Breaks right through to Electro.
Swansea
ERUPTION. Lava Lounge. Little Wind St. Open till 3. £free. Playing the biggest dance anthems & rare cuts.
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Since it started up in Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival has really taken off and Bristol is fortunate enough to host its very own multi-venue festival every year. Inspired by the US urban festivals, Dot to Dot has gained a deserved reputation for showcasing the next big thing. This year music fans were treated to sets from Los Campesinos, Wild Beasts, Mystery Jets, Idles, Silver Columns and Dan Sartain and more in venues across the city, including the Thekla, the Academy and The Louisiana.
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