Skint Festival Special - Issue 5

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BRISTOL’S ESSENTIAL STUDENT MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2011

FESTIVAL SPECIAL

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SKINT - ISSUE 5... MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? It seems like just yesterday Bristol was overrun with spotty freshers necking pints and pinching traffic cones, but as exams loom large for the city’s student massive, Skint’s getting all choked up thinking about the year gone by.

For ten long months, in five glorious issues we’ve hand picked the best of Bristol’s pubs, clubs, food and films, garnishing them with a smile, serving them with a cynical side salad and washing it all down with a crisp, cold glass of inappropriate metaphor.

But before Skint gets a bikini wax and retires to the summerhouse, for a well earned dose of r&r, we’ve put together a comprehensive low-down on all this summer’s top festivals; both Bristol-based and beyond. Vegfest gets proceedings underway next month followed hot on the heels by a plethora of sumptuous outdoor pursuits. So whether you’re looking for something affordable on your doorstep, or you’d prefer some festival frolicking furthera-field, we’ve got it covered. We’ll be checking up on all the big players, from Glasters to Glade, from Boomtown to Bestival, making sure that you’re in-the-know before you go splurging your bucks on ticket shaped treats.

As usual we’ll be jumping and shouting about anything in Bristol worth jumping and shouting about. We’ll be sending Bristol Foodie off to indulge in some alfresco food and booze, Hazel and Becka check out the Bath Fringe Festival and Tribe Of Doris’ Intercultural Summer School and the Viscount embarks on what could be his farewell mission, watch this space! We’ve got a lush shiny cover courtesy of Chibalove and the beautiful people at 1 Love Art store on Stokes Croft and somewhere in the midst of things there’s previews of Jamie Woon, The Kills, SHIT THE BED vs Digital Sound Boy, Attack The Block and a shed load more...

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Simon Lock ● Matthew Hammett ● Tom Elgar Travel:

Alex Dunleavy

Food: Rebecca Sargent Gemma Screen

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Contributors: Michael Bourne Patrick Hammett Hazel Frame Becka Harvey Front Cover:

Chiba Love

Photographers: Colin Rayner Danny North kimikimi photography Pete Faretra

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CONTENTS News : 06

A heady mix of food and art

Bristol Festies : 08

Vegfest, plus all the best festivals on your very doorstep

National Festivals : 12

A round up of the biggies

Gigs Guide : 24

Jamie Woon, The Kills, Two Door Cinema Club and more...

Club Night Guide : 26

Lost, SHIT THE BED vs Digital Sound Boy and more...

Film Guide : 28

The Hangover 2, Attack The Block and more...

Lunacy & Endangerment in Serbia : 30 The Viscount’s Last Stand...

Skint Travel : 34

A couple of corking ideas for summer a adventure

Bristolfoodie’s Top Tips About Grub : 36 Alfresco with BristolFoodie.co.uk

Albums / Skint Reviews : 38

Arctic Monkeys, Fleet Foxes, Miles Kane and more...

That Harvey And Frame Look : 40

Where Science Geeks Are Super Cool

Listings : 42

Festivals : 42 Gigs : 44 Theatre : 50 Comedy : 51 Club Night Events : 52 Regular Club Nights : 54

News

LOVE FOOD FESTIVAL MAY 1ST 10.30AM - 4PM PAINTWORKS, BRISTOL ay sees the return of another Love Food Festival, this time popping up in Bristol Paintworks with rows of local produce in an indoor market packed with great tasting treats. Having gorged ourselves at last months two day event down at Temple Meads, Skint can’t wait to get our teeth into this next event.

Last time out we were treated to cooking demos from top local chefs sharing some tricks of the trade, some amazing free samples from countless friendly suppliers and most importantly a well stocked bar serving a good selection of beers and ciders. This month Love Food has enlisted the help of Mi Casa and there’s talk of a pop-up restaurant on the eve of the show. If you love food, or you’re just feeling a bit peckish, head down to Paintworks and give your taste buds a proper work out.

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AFFORDABLE ART FAIR BRUNEL PASSENGER SHED 13-15 MAY £5/£4 ADV. henever I venture out into the world of art - in a vein attempt to spruce up a couple of rather drab walls with some tasteful artwork - I inevitably run from the store or gallery blubbering having snuck a peak at the ridiculous price tag. That was until I discovered the Affordable Art Fair, a beautiful little concept from Will Ramsay who founded the event in an attempt to make contemporary art accessible to everyone. Although some people’s idea of affordable may not stretch to the £4,000 limit, there are pieces from as little as £40 to keep the more frugal among us happy. Affordable Art has caught on, with fairs popping up all over the world in New York, Paris and Sydney. The concept was deemed so popular that the AAF was nominated as one of the UK’s coolest brands and Will has recently stared in an advert for Blackberry.

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BRISTOL

MAY 27TH 28TH 29TH 2011

WELCOME TO EUROPE’S BIGGEST VEGGIE EVENT…..

Friday May 27th

Saturday May 28th

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Sunday May 29th

ASWAD BLACK ROOTS LAID BLAK

DJ SWITCH • THE EMPERIALS VIBRATRONIC

100 stalls • Caterers • Licensed Bar Performance Stage

All food drink and products at VegfestUK 100% vegan.

Cinema • 4 Talks Rooms including • Health and Nutrition

Admission £10 in advance, £12 on the gate for each of the evening events 6pm -11pm Fri, Sat, Sun (includes headline acts) Admission is FREE during the day 11am – 5.30pm Sat and Sun (does not include headline acts)

Detox Clinic • Campaigns • Cookery Demos • Kids Area Daytime acts including The Phoenix Rose • Luminous Frenzy • Tensheds Karma Free • Rubber Ritchie • Rawhead • Lonely Tourist Khantaras • Shane Jordan • Bhangra Class

Bristol Fringe Week starts May 21st and runs up until the weekend featuring free talks and demos during the day in Bristol with themed fundraising events during the evenings.

For more info including ticket availability see the website www.bristol.vegfest.co.uk.

VegfestUK Bristol is at The Amphitheatre Bristol BS1 5DB

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ristol culture and street art have been synonymous since the eighties, and graffiti was once the subject of huge police operations both in Bristol and nationwide. Now the subject of much more positive attention, street art is big business with pieces changing hands for colossal amounts of cash.

As well as all the work on the walls of the city, Galleries and art stores have been popping up as well, stocking urban artwork on a more portable medium. Pick of the bunch is undoubtedly Stokes Croft’s 1LOVEART who opened their doors last November. Nestled in what is now Bristol’s cultural epicenter, surrounded by some of the more iconic graffiti this city has to offer, 1LOVEART feature

works by local talent such as Inkie, Milk, Dora and CopyRight as well as artists from further a field such as London’s MYNE and Brooklyn-based Swoon.

This issue we’re super chuffed to be able to feature Newcastle-based artist Chibalove and the gorgeous Lucinda. Chiba’s seductive, dream-like feminine figures have become icons of the music and fashion industry. Chiba’s exhibitions and group shows have caught the eye in the South-West with 1LOVEART stocking three canvases, including Lucinda. You might also recognize this style having appeared on flyers for local drum and bass night Intrigue.

Big thanks to 1LOVEART and Chibalove for hooking us up with another gurt lush front cover.

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Vegfest and the Veggie Fringe Week, Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th May

nly in our fair city would a week’s worth of fantastic live music go hand in hand with animal welfare issues and a dietary guidance. As well as kicking off an awesome summer of live outdoor events, Vegfest and the Veggie Fringe week are also out to teach us Bristolians a thing or two about the food we eat and where it comes from. Simon Lock takes a closer look.

At first glance, Vegfest appears as though it ought to be a haven for meditation, bean burgers and people with dreadlocks doing yoga or swapping recipes for polenta. But in true Skint fashion, we were WAY off the mark. Formerly the Eco Veggie Fayre, Vegfest is Europe’s biggest vegetarian event, where herbivores of the South-West and beyond have gathered for 5 years, enjoying good healthy cooking, often glorious weather and consistently some of the best live music the harbour side has on show.

The Fayre takes up its usual slot spanning the second bank holiday weekend at the end of May. This year however, Vegfest has expanded; incorporating the UK’s first ever Veggie Fringe Week into proceedings, with a week long series of demos, talks, films, entertainment and – if you’re lucky – some free tasters, all 100% vegan of course.

Neatly coinciding with National Vegetarian Week, the Veggie Fringe aims to use local health stores and campaigners to raise the profile of the veggie lifestyle across Bristol. The events will cover a variety of topics from environmental and animal welfare issues to health and well being, all of which will no doubt make us carnivores squirm in our seats.

The week gets started on Saturday 21st with an opening party hosted by original Bristol house clubnight; Club Yeyo at Canvas (St Nicholas Street) with Ray Mighty on the decks. Things get a little more sophisticated on Sunday with an evening of classical Indian music courtesy of Chandra Chakraborty at Colston Hall. This will be followed by a slap up dinner at fantastic, near-by Nepalese restaurant Kathmandu.

From Monday onwards there’ll be free talks and demos at the Polish Club (just off St Pauls Road, Clifton) hosted by Mike from the Wild Oats health food store on Lower Redland Road. Mike’s store, along with a number of other participating health food shops, will be dishing out free vegan samples all through the Fringe Week as well as giving info and advice on why going vegan is not just good for the animals. The fringe week will also see Café Kino (Stokes Croft) hosting daily, live vegan cookery

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demos and films with special guests on hand to give advice and answer questions.

On Monday (6-10pm) there’s a kids and adults party down at the Polish Club hosted by Bristol Vegans, with cake, chocolate, games and magic for all ages.

Tuesday at the Polish Club sees Wild Oats team up with Friends of the Earth for a food centred event with live music and entertainment (7-11pm).

Wednesday sees proceedings shift to Café Kino for a Film Night with Bristol Animal Rights Coalition from 7-11pm. Thursday night moves back to the Polish Club for a Performance Night with Europe’s biggest veggie pressure group Viva! and the Touch and Go theatre company. These guys will be putting on a performance of vegan playwright and actor Jonathan Brown’s ‘Beef’. These evening events are fund-raisers so be prepared to part with a couple of quid on entry.

Having lost the leather hand bag and ditched burgers for beetroot it’s time for the highlight of the veggie calendar and the climax of the Veggie Fringe Week; Vegfest.

This year’s event kicks off on Friday 27th of May with Ms Dynamite, Goldie Lookin Chain and 3 time DMC DJ World Champ DJ Swift. As usual Sunday’s line

up has a reggae flavour to it with 80’s chart toppers Aswad and Bristol favourites Black Roots, but its Saturday’s line-up that’s got the Fayre’s organiser Tim all excited.

Coventry 2-Tone outfit The Selecter were part of the same record label that bore The Specials. “2Tone paved the way for so much good music but it was more than that,” says Tim. “It was a political statement that was part of the revolution at the time.

I’m absolutely thrilled to have such a purist band play our festival. The world owes a lot to 2-Tone and its music.” The Selecter will be supported by The Destroyers who one Q magazine reporter described as “a 15-piece polka orchestra led by a short granddad in a fez who talks like a pirate”, sounds good to me.

As well as the headliners there’ll be plenty of local support acts announced closer to the date. As well as the music there’s entertainment for all tastes and ages as well as more talks, cookery demos, a cinema, fashion and merchandise.

Tickets for the evening events are £10, while you can head down between 11am and 5pm on Saturday and Sunday for nothing.

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PARK LIFE Bristol’s Best Festivals

Vegfest kicks off a summer of goodvalue, live music and entertainment in and around the city, but there’s plenty more where that came from. Here are Skint’s pick of the rest…

Stokes Croft Streetfest - 21st May

Last years Streetfest was blessed with glorious sunshine, driving people out into Stokes Croft by their thousands. The Canteen and Full Moon were fit to burst as thirsty Bristolians grabbed their first proper taste of summer, soon sauntering down with the Special Brew crew to the sun drenched Bear Pit and King Square.

This event doesn’t boast the big name headliners that Brisfest or the Vegan Fayre have to offer but that didn’t stop this one-day event being a massive success. With an emphasis on community and using public space, you’re more likely to find buskers than tour busses, but we think that only adds to the charm. There are no tickets for the day’s events but you’ll need a wristband to get you into any of the after parties, £5adv.

Dot To Dot Festival - 28th May

Nestled neatly in the middle of Vegfest’s weekend of music and festivities is the Dot To Dot Festival, which sets up shop in various Bristol venues using that tried and tested; one wristband – multiple gigs scenario. Not treading on too many vegan, sandal-clad toes, Dot Fest is more of an indie affair, showcasing new talent rather than re-living past glories. Last year saw Friendly Fires, Mystery Jets and Ellie Goulding take the stage where as heading this year’s musical mêlée will be We Are Scientists, Guillemots, Hurts, The Naked And Famous, The Joy Formidable, You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead, and many many more. The Bristol leg of this tri-city super tour is on Saturday 28th May and tickets are £25.

We, The People Festival - 4/5th June

A new addition to the Bristol summer calendar is We, The People Festival and it’s a relatively unknown quantity. With the promise of over 30 live acts and DJs spread over two days and three stages, it looks set to be another reason to stay in town for the summer. Saturday sees London duo Chase and Status top the bill, with Mike Skinner’s gang of dodgy geezas; The Streets closing the show on the Sunday.

Both acts are back in Bris following big sell out shows at the O2 back in March, but as yet the rest of the line up is being kept well and truly under raps. Early bird tickets are on sale now priced £25.

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St Pauls Carnival - 2nd July

The highlight of Bristol summertime occurs every first Saturday of July in a sleepy little borough nestled next to the M32. That’s right, there’s certainly no better way to beat the Glastonbury come-down than a day at St Pauls Carnival. Since 1967, the carnival has grown and grown becoming one of the biggest Afro-Caribbean celebrations in the country, rivalled only by Notting Hill. Last year saw a record 80,000 people make their way down City Road, enjoying live artists from around the world, local sound systems, tonnes of beautiful Caribbean cooking and of course the Carnival parade itself. It’s amazing to witness St Pauls transform into such a vibrant, jovial neighbourhood, with every other house setting up shop on there back steps to sell cold drinks or cook up jerk chicken. Forget what you’ve heard about St Pauls. Chuck a four-pack of Red Stripe in your bag, get your hands on a vuvuzela and go enjoy some of the best world music, sound systems and cuisine the UK has to offer.

Bristol Harbour Festival - 29-31st July

The Harbour Festival is the city’s biggest free outdoor event and this year celebrates its 40th Birthday. To mark the occasion the event will be even bigger than usual, sprawling over just about every public space the waterfront has to offer.

From the main stage at the Amphitheatre, to the Circus Stage at Castle Park and on down to Queen Square there’s too much to keep track of, and all of it totally free of charge. This year there will be events in the week leading up to the festival itself to mark the Birthday, these look set to include dragon boat races, walk about entertainment and music on boats. Last years event kicked off in true Bristol fashion, with hundreds of people packing Queen Square to enjoy a bit of evening sunshine, a healthy dose of cider and of course, a set from DJ Derek.

Brisfest / Rave On Avon – September, exact dates TBC.

Before autumn gets its dutty little paws on our fair city, there’s time for one last party which takes the shape of Brisfest, and occurs - as if you hadn’t guessed - on the bloody harbour side. This one is all about the music, with last year’s event seeing Mr Wolfs, Lab, The Lanes and The Croft all programming their own stages or tents. Add to this the Fenchurch dome with 360 degree visuals, stages popping up in Millennium Square and one in Anchor Square programmed by Jelli Records. As well as performances there’ll be industry talks and numerous workshops in all things music and dance.

And if that’s not enough, what better way to fill the gap between Saturday and Sundays festival line ups than Rave On Avon, where one wristband will get you into your pick of the 12 or so clubs involved in the after dark activities.

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o which do you pack first? Wellies or suncream? Factor 40 takes up less room sure, but at least your size nines can’t leak out all over your pants and rizla. Either way, all you’ll need in terms of choosing which particular field you and your chums want to roll around this summer, is coming up in the next ten pages. So hold tight and embrace, Skint’s 2011 festival foray…

Festival: Wychwood Dates: 3-5 June Where: Cheltenham Headliners: The Charlatans, The

Waterboys, Ian Anderson plays Jethro Tull

Tickets: Weekend £115, Friday £37, Saturday £53, Sunday £43

Wychwood has been around long enough to establish itself as a pretty good all round event, catering for more seasoned festival goers as well as first timers and families. Set in early June it’s just round the corner, which is great for us impatient campers who are chomping at the guy rope to get out in the elements, but make sure you take an extra blanket for those chilly evenings.

Why?

Reasonably priced and pretty local, Wychwood isn’t a bad choice. As well as the Charlatans there’s fellow Britpop has-beens The Bluetones, one-hit-wonders Cornershop, that guy from Idlewild and The Wurzels. On this evidence, tickets will be moving pretty quickly.

Why Not?

Understandably chuffed to be nominated for Best Family Festival at the UK Festival Awards six years running, Whychwood is also set on a racecourse, which are by and large pretty flat and lacking in shade, shelter and aesthetics.

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Festival: Isle of Wight Dates: 10 - 12 June Where: Isle of Wight Headliners: Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Kasabian

Tickets: SOLD OUT The Isle of Wight Festival has come along way since the hazy days of the late sixties and early seventies when you’d have found Bob Dylan, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and, most significantly of all, Jimi Hendrix taking the stage.

Hendrix’s now legendary 1970 performance in front of an estimated 600,000 people was his last major live performance before his death just 18 days after the festival.

Why?

The headliners at this one speak for themselves. If you like big, stadium pop-rock then you’re in your bloody element. Add to the big boys, support from the likes of Kaiser Chiefs, Plan B, Pulp, The Script and We Are Scientists and you’re starting to get what looks like a return on you ticket cost.

Why Not?

In the same vein as Reading and Leeds, Isle of Wight spunk most - if not all - of their budget on bands. Little time or thought goes into anything outside of the main stages and the camp site and arenas are separate which leads to extra trudging and queuing. As you’ve probably gathered, the modern day IOW festy shares nothing but a name and an island with the blissed out gatherings of the sixties. Ridiculous security, can’t take booze in, cavity search, added expenses getting there, and the massive que for the ferry.

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Festival: Glade Dates: 10-12 June Where: Warwickshire, exact location TBC

Headliners: Trentmoller (LIVE),

Drumcode feat. Adam Beyer, Global Communication

Tickets: £135 plus booking fee

This year’s Glade has undergone something of a revolution. Having been cancelled the previous year due to the local constabulary massively inflating their policing costs, this year’s Glade has been ‘stripped back to it’s shinny grassroots’, reverting back to earlier events while simultaneously evolving, making for quite a party we are lead to believe. Spawned from the glorious Glade area at Glastonbury, this underground, electronic music festival had grown and grown, until last year the powers that be adjudged

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the event to have grown a little too big for its boots.

Last year Hampshire’s Matterley Bowl was due to see Tricky, Simian Mobile Disco and Orbital do their thing before the local plod effectively pulled the plug.

Why?

There was always a buzz about Glade which was never quite replicated at any of the other summer events. Whether it was the bass, or the drugs or more likely the collective gathering of like minded hedonists, Glade rarely gets diluted by politics and harnesses a lot of that free party energy. Add to the headliners Krafty Kuts, Dreadzone and Andrew Weatherall and £135 is looking like money well spent.

Why Not?

Glade version 2.0 isn’t the tried and tested festival of old. With another new location this might not be everyone’s cup of chai. However, those willing to take the chance may be on to a winner.

all comers, causing inevitable human traffic jams Festival: Glastonbury on the main drag. The green and circus fields offer up relaxation and titillation in equal measure and Dates: 23-26 June sunrise from the stone circle is unforgettable.

Where: Pilton, Sommerset Headliners: U2, Coldplay, Beyonce Why? Next year’s a fallow year in the life of the festival Tickets: SOLD OUT which handily coincides with the London Olympics

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n all honesty, one pair of pants sees me through the majority of weekend festivals and a handfull of baby wipes more than suffices in the way of personal hygiene. But in casting my mind back to last year’s 40th Glastonbury festival, I’ve changed my under-garments three times and gone through half a dozen man sized packets of Kleenex. It was fantastic, breathtaking; even England’s diabolical World Cup performance couldn’t undermine what was a perfect weekend in the country.

If you’ve never been, go! If you’ve been before, no doubt this year will have a host of new treats in store as every event desperately seeks to out-do the last. Beyond the music the peripheries - which evade the spotlight cast by Radio 1 et al, such as Shangri-La and Trash City - never cease to amaze

no doubt stealing all available security personnel and the majority of burger vans. Rumours of Michael Eavis entering the men’s decathlon remain unsubstantiated however; rest assured that this year’s 41st gathering will be a cracker. As well as the headline grabbers on Pyramid, the Chemical Brothers will occupy the coveted closing slot on the other stage, while BB King, Crystal Castles, Everything Everything, Mumford and Sons and Primal Scream have also already been confirmed.

Why Not?

If the who’s who of self righteous do-gooders a-top of the Pyramid stage line up is making your stomach turn then maybe it’s time to jump ship and climb aboard one of the smaller, more intimate events.

Also, last year’s 40th anniversary show, bathed in glorious sunshine will take some beating.

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Festival: Larmer Tree Dates: 13-17 July Where: near Salisbury, Wiltshire Headliners: Seasick Steve, Jools Holland, Ozomatli, Asian Dub Foundation

Tickets: (5 day £197, 4 day £162, 3 day £130, day tickets from £32 £59)

Larmer Tree boasts one of the most picturesque sites on the circuit. Tucked away in Wiltshire’s Lamer Tree gardens, this 4,000 capacity event celebrates traditional folk music combined with some great international artists. This year Larmer Tree celebrates it’s 21st birthday and as well as the above, Ozomatli, Imelda May, Bellowhead and Seth Lakeman will be on hand to help blow out the candles. As well as the six stages hosting 80 live acts there are 150 different free workshops, live comedy, street theatre and an on site night club.

Why?

Whether you consider this a ‘why’ or a ‘why not’ depends on what you want from a weekend away, but Larmer Tree has won UK Festival Awards accolade for Best Family Festival. It also won Best Toilets, which I don’t think anyone can argue; is a good thing. Larmer Tree is one of the few events to offer 5 days of programmed live music, offering a 5 day ticket or reasonably priced day tickets.

Why Not?

One of the more middle class affairs, Larmer Tree might seem a little stuffy if you’re used to the carnage of Glade or Boomtown. Tickets for the weekend are the highest on the market, which we can only assume is designed to price out any undesirable party-animals.

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Festival: Secret Garden Party Dates: 21–24 July Where: Huntingdon, near Cambridge

Headliners: Leftfield, Martha

Reeves and the Vandals, Mystery Jets, Blondie

Tickets: £155 plus booking fee

Secret Garden Party is in fact now one of Cambridgeshire’s worst kept secrets, having fast become one of the UK’s top Boutique Festival. In a lush, intimate site which surrounds a lake - complete with pagoda and central dance floor, accessed only by boat – The Garden Party’s emphasis on décor, intrigue and punter participation has long since made it a firm Skint favourite. Saturday night’s fire work display is unrivalled and provides a climax to the proceedings, which mellow out somewhat on Sunday.

Why?

Usually blessed with good weather, SGP sits nicely in the middle of a busy summer of Festivals. A beautiful site is engulfed by beautiful people looking for a good time and up for a laugh. This is not a hippy, tie-dye, yogurt weaving experience; this captures the hedonism of Glade with the quirky dress up of Bestival.

Why Not?

If your festival mornings involve scouring the programme, planning a militant operation, traversing the site, encompassing every stage and seeing as many acts as possible, I’d seriously consider sitting this one out. SGP is more of an organic affair, yes there’s a main stage and some sizeable acts, but this is not the be all and end all.

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Festival: Kendal Calling Dates: 29-31 July Where: Lake District Headliners: The Cribs, Blondie,

Chase and Status, The Levellers, Mr Scruff

Tickets: £95 plus booking fee

Set in the beautiful Lowther Park Estate, a ticket for Kendal is one of the few that scrape under the hundred quid mark and considering the location and the line up, if you can make the 250 mile trip up north, it’s more than worth your while. KC is one of many small festivals still in it’s infancy at just six years old.

Kendal has given those up north something worth shouting about with a good mix of genres, a dress up themed Saturday and a strong focus on site art.

Why?

Kendal won the UK Festival Award for Best Small Festival last year and this accolade has turned a few heads in terms of artists and attendees. As well as those mentioned above, Tim Burgess, Echo and The Bunnymen, Beardyman, Young Knives and Nero are shaking up this leafy little ensemble.

Why Not?

We in the west are spoilt for choice where festivals are concerned and a five hundred mile round trip might seem like a bridge to far, especially the homeward leg.

Festival: WOMAD Dates: 29-31 July Where: Malmesbury, Wiltshire Headliners: Rodrigo & Gabriela, Baaba Maal, I Am Kloot

Tickets: £135 plus booking fee Cofounded by Peter Gabriel, WOMAD is surely the home of live world music, both in Britain and often oversees. Since ’82, WOMAD have hosted festivals in countries from Abu Dhabi to Austria, Singapore to South Africa. Artists performing at the event span as many countries as the festival itself, with the festival introducing international artists such as Neneh Cherry, Afro-Celt Sound System, and Asian Dub Foundation. Through music, the festival also encourages an embracing of different cultures and peoples as Gabriel himself explains; “Music is a universal language, it draws people together and proves, as well as anything, the stupidity of racism.”

Why?

If you’re musically open minded and enjoy arts, crafts, dance and foods from beyond the borders then WOMAD is where it’s at. A real hands on festival, there’s plenty to get involved in from Roots Architecture, where you design and build your own stage, to The Human Library where you can become or borrow a living book.

Why Not?

If making sure your wellies match your sunnies ranks highly in your list of festival priorities, steer well clear.

Festival: Big Chill

Why?

Where: near Ledbury, Herefordshire Headliners: TBC Tickets: TBC

Mum’s the word on this year’s line up but sources from BC say it’s going to be a banger. Well, they would wouldn’t they? Line up aside; the Chill is now a brilliant all rounder with more emphasis on site art than before and one of the best sites around. There is something for everyone at this festival. You could bring your parents without too much fear of them being emotionally traumatised, however don’t let the ‘Chill’ factor put you off, this is still a great place to party.

Dates: 4-7 August

After a dodgy couple of years, The Big Chill looks to be on the up. Since outdoor bigwigs Festival Republic took over the running of this one two years ago it’s seen a swift turn around in terms of atmosphere and ticket sales. Last year’s event saw new area Up Town inject a new energy into The Chill, with a more urban, certainly less-chilled element to goings on. Headliners from last year included Thom Yorke, Massive Attack and M.I.A, who had to cut her set short when fans invaded the stage. Although none of these big names set the world alight, the event as a whole was well-programmed and lesser acts such as Kelis and Bonobo received glowing reports.

Why Not? The Big Chill began as a nice little gathering of hippies and ravers in the Welsh Black Mountains. Now with Festival Republic calling the shots expect to find a more corporate affair and a considerably younger crowd.

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Festival: Boomtown Fair Dates: 11-14 August Where: one hour from London, exact location TBC

Headliners: Gogol Bordello,

Caravan Palace, The Selecter

Tickets: £93 plus booking fee Not one for the feint hearted, Boomtown Fair is a real festivalgoer’s festival. With a penchant for ska, gypsy and jump up swing, Boomtown have a knack of putting on great live festival bands for an absolute steal. The festival has moved location again so once more will be a complete surprise. On past experience it’s sure to be a good old knees-up with local favourites Smerins Anti Social Club, Babyhead and Zen Hussies keeping the skanking going till the early hours.

Why?

Everything in this town is within spitting distance of your tent so there’s no packing up your day bag with extra layers and 12 hours worth of cider.

If you loose your mates its usually not for long, and if it is you’ll no doubt forget your mates soon enough. This years festival has got the best line up so far (which has bumped up the price a bit), with the Lions Den hosting Capleton and Cutty Ranks, while the Baseline Circus has got Ms Dynamite, Foreign Beggars and Toddla T.

Why Not?

There’s loads going on for such a small event but be warned, Boomtown can be a bit rough and ready for some. If you like festivals, you’ll love it, but if you’re a first timer maybe pick something a little more fluffy.

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Festival: Beautiful Days Dates: 19-21 August Where: near Exeter, Devon Headliners: Levellers, Big Audio

Dynamite, Gogol Bordello and Carter USM

Tickets: £110 weekend

Rain or shine, Beautiful Days is always one of Skint’s favourite weekenders. Expectations are often kept in check by a low-key line up but this is perhaps what keeps the event so special. In true Devonshire fashion the festival doesn’t cash in on corporate sponsorship with local Otter Breweries running the bars ensuring some lush real ales and plenty of good scrumpy. Festival organisers The Levellers close the show on the main stage every year and whether you think that a good thing or not, the fireworks afterwards put the icing on the cake.

Why?

Beautiful Days is kind of like Boomtown for families.

There’s definitely some dancing to be done if you venture up to the Little Big Top, where last year saw the like of Subfocus, Adam F and Krafty Kuts smashing the living day lights out of everyone in ear shot. There’s also enough messy, rolling around, licking your elbow stuff to be done if you head on to Come And Play and The Bimble Inn. But there’s also family friendly main stage stuff and kiddie friendly circus stuff too. Luckily the family stuff and the fucked up stuff are at opposite ends of the site. Good times.

Why Not?

There’s not quite as much going on as the other small festivals like Shambala or SGP and the music on the two main stages is mostly pitched at a slightly older audience. Sometimes this can feels a bit like a Devonshire village fete.

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Festival: Shambala Dates: 25-28 August Headliners: TBC Tickets: £119 plus booking fee From it’s modest beginnings back in ’99, with 150 people in a field listening to a hijacked sound system on the back of a trailer, Shambala has grown a bit since then. This growth however, has not been due to advertising or sponsorship, its purely down to word of mouth. Shambala has blossomed into a fantastic festival, fuelled only by the rave reviews from previous punters. The line up, as ever, is a secret till the event itself but the Facebook page might let you in to a few cheeky hints.

Why?

The Shambala of Tibetan legend speaks of a mythical kingdom, inhabited by enlightened beings. If you look hard enough you might find enlightenment at the UK version too, with the secret line up ensuring people come here for the right reasons, seeking both relaxation and revelry. Like a lot of the boutique weekenders, Shambala insists on a fancy dress parade on Saturday night, participation in which is not compulsory, but strongly recommended.

Why Not?

Answers on a post card please.

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Festival: Reading / Leeds Dates: 26 – 28 August Where: Reading or… er, Leeds Headliners: My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse

Tickets: £192.50 weekend / £82.50 day, both plus booking fee

If you’re looking for hour upon hour of sweaty, emotional guitar bands playing to row upon row of sweaty, emotional teenagers… then look no further. Reading has everything from bars selling warm, over priced lager to burger vans selling cold over priced burgers. The campsite is something to behold, think Apocalypse Now meets Skins set in the most nauseating Scout camp you could ever imagine. I can’t comment on Leeds Festival having never been, but I can’t imagine taking this ugly excuse for a festival 200 miles up the M1 does it any favours what-so-ever.

Why?

Good bands.

Why Not?

I think we covered this earlier. Oh and a ticket costs about as much as Boomtown and Shambala put together.

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Festival: Bestival Dates: 8 – 10 September Where: Isle of Wight Headliners: The Cure, Pendulum, PJ Harvey

Tickets: £170 (£160 Student) plus Festival: Electric Picnic Dates: 2 – 4 September Where: Stradbally Village in County Laois, Ireland

Headliners: Arcade Fire, Pulp, The Chemical Brothers

Tickets: 240 EURO plus booking fee (£211 at time of print)

If you’re feeling a little frivolous this summer why not treat yourself to a little Irish sojourn and pitch up in Stradbally, County Laois for what is, despite the cost, a bloody good crack. Ok so you still need to account for a flight to Dublin or a 4 hour (each way) ferry crossing from Pembroke to Rosslare, and have enough spending money for pints which are now 5 euros and over.

Why?

Electric Picnic is such a lovely festival. It’s not too big, not too small, has a lovely crowd and, as there’s only really two big Irish festivals (the other one being Oxygen and horrid by all accounts), they seem to get the pick of the top festival performers. They also attract all the best bits of the UK festivals like Arcadia, and the Pussy Parlure.

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Winner of Last years Best Major Festival at the UK Festival Awards, Bestival is the perfect way to finish off the summer. One of the best boutiques, Rob da Bank’s secluded little hide away has had people packing out Wightlink Ferries since 2004.

As well as the headliners there’s Primal Scream, DJ Shadow, The Macabees, Robyn, Public Enermy, Magnetic Man, Kelis, Mogwai, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Annie Mac, Diplo… the list goes on.

Why?

If the whopping 6% student discount isn’t enough to persuade you to up sticks and head to Bestival then perhaps the fact that the bloody VILLAGE PEOPLE are gonna be there might twist your arm! Seriously though, if we had to pick one festival to head of to this summer, Bestival would win on points with SGP coming a jolly close second. The line up just about gives Bestival the crown here.

Why Not?

Mad ferry queues for the disorganised on the way home with no doubt a chronic hangover and a potentially choppy journey to look forward to. This is starting to look like a right palaver. Roll on suicidal Tuesday.

Why Not?

The Irish like a drink. To combat this supposed problem a lot, if not all, of the bars stop serving at 10 o’clock… PM! This means heading back to the tent and bringing in your own stash or hitting the class As – which are apparently a little hard to come by.

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Music THE KILLS

O2 - 11.06.11 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB These lads from Northern Ireland are just about the happiest people out there right now. At least that’s what can only be deduced from their catalogue of unapologetically chirpy and infectiously dancy, uplifting electropop. What the hell is going on! Don’t these smug shits know there’s economic doom and gloom, natural disasters and nuclear apocalypse everywhere you look? Thankfully not. And on that note, a gig like this should be the perfect accompaniment to a summer of ridiculous sunglasses, blissful ignorance and hedonistic oblivion.

Stuck somewhere between Hot Chip and Bombay Bicycle Club, if tracks like “What you know” and “I can talk” don’t get you moving your feet then your either listening to the wrong band or, to be honest, you’re never going to like Two Door... Now if I could only get Jonathan from Spotify to shut up.

Drive By Truckers

Rakim

Anson Rooms - 02.06.11 Three long years on from Midnight Boom and The Kill’s new album, Blood Pressure, is finally out. And thank the lord it has all of their trademark lo-fi, foot stomping, whisky swilling, gutter crawling punky energy that makes them so fricking great. Admittedly as a live act they’re a duo better suited to the confines of somewhere dingy and cramped like Thekla, but Anson Rooms shouldn’t prove too big an obstacle for this raw and gritty duo.

That’s assuming Jamie Hince has some spunk left in him after his recent engagement to Kate Moss... the old romantic.

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Das Racist

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Expect a big, rhythmic and swinging sounds from this six piece country and southern rock band from Georgia. I don’t think Anson Rooms is quite ready for some line dancing, but don’t be shocked if you find yourself swaying gently, a silly grin plastered across your face.

Rakim celebrates the 25th anniversary of his seminal hip-hop album Paid In Full with the help of legendary beat-boxer Rahzel and UK’s DJ Format. Paid In Full only reached 58 in the billboard chart on release but has since been named MTV’s greatest hip-hop album of all time.

Brooklyn based rap group Das Racist found a little bit of fame state-side with “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” back in 2008. Since then they have released Shut Up, Dude, a free download mixtape, and Kool A.D. (aka Victor Vasquez) has come to prominence with the indie band Boy Crisis. Thekla, brace yourself.

Smerins released new single Doctor Who last month on Tru Thoughts Records and follow it up with shows in Bristol and London. As usual this jazzy little outfit will be playing countless festivals throughout the summer so keep an eye out.

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JAMIE WOON As Jamie Woon releases his highly acclaimed Mirrorwriting album, the Brit School list of alumni shows no sign of abating. The prolific London performing arts school, partly funded by the Brit Awards, has brought us Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, Kate Nash and Leona Lewis. So thanks for that, it’s only taken you 20 years to produce someone who doesn’t induce nausea and panic attacks upon first listen, oh no wait, did I mention Dane Bowers? So here it is, 20 years since the School opened, Jamie Woon’s debut album looks like something actually worthy of an Award.

Following in the footsteps of the XX, Woon’s moody, minimal, dub-pop make him akin to a more vocal, commercially viable Burial, while the Observer called him ‘a male version of Adele, or even the thinking person’s Taio Cruz’. Woon’s live shows are more engaging than those of the XX, with the 28 year old’s soulful rhythms providing a more charming performance with beautiful a cappella moments while also fusing effortlessly with the live drums and keyboards.

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Dub Pistols

Gomez

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Expect a solid self confident performance of high quality, wellcrafted indie from this Leicestershire outfit.

Despite looking like centre-folds from farmers weekly, Young Knives are astute, well rounded live performers.

Dub Pistols ballsy mix of hip-hop, dub and ska punk make them a force to be reckoned with on stage.

Collaborations with Rodney P are especially noteworthy and, just like Smerins, the Dub Pistols’ strong Bristol following will be out in force.

Gomez’s new album Whatever’s On Your Mind drops next month and mark the release with dates in the UK and USA. Recent albums haven’t had nearly as much attention as Mercury Music Prize winning Bring It On or the follow up Liquid Skin so the dury’s out on this one.

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Supergrasses Gaz and Danny formed this little covers band a couple of years a go after the band’s bassist Micky Quinn sleep walked his way out of a first floor window breaking two vertebrae and smashing his heel - rock ‘n roll.

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CLUB nights

Lost

Timbuk2 - 21.05.2011 Since launching earlier this year, Lost has been creating roadblocks in Small Street on a monthly basis. This house/techno collective have managed to bring a house party feel to Timbuk2 and the last few months have seen some big hitters behind the turntables in the tunnel.

March saw Dutch producer Dexter top the bill and last month the Lost souls were treated to a heavy dose of Swedish techno from Johan G. May has got Lost shipping in more continental techno talent in the form of Northern Ireland duo Loco and Jam. Lloyd Reid and James Peoples got together in 2007 and have had a string of releases on heavyweight labels such as CODE, 1605, 303Lovers, MB Elektronics and Rekluse. They’ve been playing all over the place recently and their sets are renowned for being bold and intense with deep pulsating basslines.

Support in the tunnel takes the shape of Lost residents [sic], Materia and AMTR while in the Cave Bristol bass music favourite Baobinga and Black Butter Records new boy Woz Who. This month’s outing also fatefully coincides with the Stokes Croft StreetFest, giving you a bloody good excuse to keep the party going.

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It seems that Bristol’s two flagship club nights have gotten so big that one fuck-off massive warehouse just ain’t big enough anymore. Just like The Blast, Run have expanded into next door’s gaff as well, knocking through load bearing walls with abandon and turning the bass up to 11. To mark the occasion we’ve got a couple of tickets to both events to give away to a couple of lucky readers.

All you have to do is tell us; If you and your mates got given a massive warehouse and a whole bunch of cash, what would you do with it and why?

Send your ideas to editor@skintmagazine.co.uk before May 31st and who knows, your dreams might just come true. Although it’s highly unlikely but you will get two weekends of fun times for absolutely nuffin. Mint.

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SHIT THE BED vs Digital Soundboy

Motion - 03.06.2011

Not content with the ridiculous hyper-venue that is Motion, SHIT THE BED have coerced Digital Soundboy into coming down and hijacking an extra warehouse for a country-mile of fun times. So unsurprisingly, the two of them have got there heads – and wallets – together to draw up a stonking line up for June 3rd.

Digital Soundboy are hosting warehouse 2 this time round, with label founder Shy FX headlining with fellow Soundboy Breakage hot on his heels. Since setting up in 2005, Shy’s label has been involved in a lot of the good stuff coming out of bass and breaks music in this country.

Donaeo’s infectious yet undeniably irritating, Party Hard has been played all over and he’ll no doubt be getting the party going from the word go.

In the main room Dj Plus One is going to have his work cut out. Whilst plying his trade as one third of turntable wizards Scratch Perverts, along side Mixologist Beni G he’s also four eighths of Jack Beats, who have been making noise on Herve’s Cheap Thrills label. We’ve come to expect nothing less from SHIT THE BED over the last couple of years, but with an extra warehouse involved tickets are gonna be flying out.

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There’s something special about bank holiday Sundays in Bristol, something king loopy.

Norman Jay has played just about every festival going and knows how to get a party started. Just ask Thierry Henry - Jay played at his wedding. Or Mick Jagger - Jay played at his 50th.

Dub Mafia’s live mix of dub, drum and bass, dubstep and breakbeat have been turning heads and securing slots at tonnes of festivals in the UK and abroad. The Bristol seven piece’s live performances are highly acclaimed and you won’t find a backing track with all the beats and breaks totally live.

In years to come there isn’t going to be a venue big enough to house what is the city’s premier d&b night.

Since it’s days at Native, Run has incorporated a heavy dub-step influence and the Hench warehouse feat. Tempa T will provide stiff competition for the main room ft. Caspa and Marky.

Harry Shotta takes his live show on the road this year with a leg up from legendary d&b club night Innovation. It’s a big line up with old skool heroes Andy C and Hype in the main room. Grab a platinum ticket to get into the super exclusive second room.

ft. D*Style, Caspa and Marky

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SKINT FILM GUIDE 13.05.11

ATTACK THE BLOCK You will have to forgive me but it’s all gone a bit ghetto this issue with the impending release of Joe Cornish’s monster invasion caper, Attack the Block. I seem to have caught the bug, unsociably blaring out Jay Kast’s mix tape on my phone, carrying a shank and speaking like I just stepped out the manna, ye get me rass klaat?! No? Well you soon will.

It’s all down to the undeniable charm of a film, which like it’s inner-city council estate setting is a melting pot of ideas, characters and themes. Speaking recently at SXSW, first time director Joe (from Adam & Joe) Cornish described it as a “mash up” of influences, from street gang clashers like ‘The Warriors’ and ‘Rumble Fish’ to monster movies like ‘Critters’ and ‘Predator’ with a large slice of his grimy South London backyard thrown in for good measure.

It’s every bit as nonsensical as recent invasion epic, Battle: LA, although unlike ‘Battle’ it isn’t a pile of shit, it has characters and is composed. It also feels more ‘real,’ casting young unknowns and giving them freedom to tweak their

dialogue and costume, grounding the action in the beautifully lit, concrete warren of the council estate and crafting shots as opposed to crash-cutting and having the poor cameraman shake as if gripped by Parkinsons for the duration.

The heroes, too, are not marines but ghetto youths, whose mugging of a trainee nurse (Jodie Whittaker) is interrupted by an fanged alien falling to earth. After running it down and giving it a good shoeing, the gang drag it back to local dealer and National Geographic addict (Nick Frost) for identification, just in time to witness “bare aliens” touchdown in full scale retaliation. “Let’s get tooled up blud!” exclaims Pest, and the comic madness begins.

As Cornish’s first film it is understandably imperfect, but there is evidence enough to mark him out as part of a new and exciting school of British filmmakers. Like Matthew Vaughn and Edgar Wright he is someone who thrives on fusing honest British values with Hollywood’s dream factory magic in order to create truly absorbing escapist cinema. Wah blud, respect!

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Teenage assassin Hanna is pursued across Northern Finland by CIA agents in this entertaining action thriller from Atonement director, Joe Wright. Saoirse Ronan’s star making turn is supported by stunning scenery and gripping drama. The kind of girl you don’t want to get angry...

Combine the directorial genius of Kenneth Brannagh with a mythical Norse hammer wielding god of thunder and the relentless cash dispenser that is Hollywood, and what do you get... You guessed it, a ridiculous bland mess fit only for the bargain bins of a 24 hour petrol station.

With Brad Pitt and Sean Penn leading the cast, Terrence Mallick’s latest picture follows the life of a Texas boy as he shifts from the innocence of childhood to become a lost soul in the modern world on a quest to regain “the meaning of life”.

Arty, beautifully shot and thought provoking.

Paul Bettany plays the aggrieved clergyman of the title in this postapocalyptic tale of a man’s quest to save his niece from the clutches of blood-thirsty (aren’t they all?)

Vampires.

Imagine Mad Max meets Underworld with a hint of Songs of Praise.

Hanna

Priest

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

You guessed it, another episode in one of the most successful movie franchises of the last decade.

Fortunately in this outing three really is a crowd, with Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley consigned to the rubbish heap, their characters mercilessly scuttled in the treacherous and icy black depths of Hollywood’s high seas.

So this time round the question remains, can the much loved Captain Jack Sparrow defeat his latest adversary, the infamous pirate Black beard - aka East Anglia’s favourite antiques dealer, Lovejoy - and find the mythical Fountain of Youth? Well if executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer is anything to go by, I reckon it might take a trilogy to find out.

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The Hangover 2 How do you create a follow-up to the one of the most successful and funniest comedies of recent years, and not ruin it like so many have done before? Simple, take exactly the same plot, characters and hysterical chain of events, then relocate it to Las Vegas’ nearest rival in the debauchery stakes, Bangkok. Yes, this time the Wolf pack descend upon Thailand for Stu’s wedding, alcohol is abused and the guys yet again wake up in the kind of post session state that will no doubt evoke painful memories in each and every one of us. Thankfully, Todd Phillips does not try to create a clever, developed sequel that pushes the boundary of comedy. He simply takes the laugh-a-minute, riotous atmosphere of the first film and carries it on with a hazy cocktail of problematic monkeys, ill placed tattoos and heart pounding chase scenes involving rickshaws. Zach Galafianakis remains the stand out character, still delivering inappropriate wanking jokes with the warmth and impeccable timing rarely witnessed since The Inbetweeners’ Jay. Yes, the dialogue remains as sharp as ever, and the laughs just as relentless, so you can all breathe a huge sigh of relief that this hilarious follow-up will not be consigned to the scrap heap of shit sequels, surely the lads have learnt their lesson this time round though....

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Bad Teacher

Super 8

Will Ferrel relinquishes his role as improvised idiot to go semi-serious in this mid-life crisis comedy about a guy who loses his job and wife on the same day, and decides to have a yard sale to get rid of everything he owns.

Looks to be a breath of fresh air amongst Ferrel’s recent deluge of pap.

Ever wanted to know more about the tiff which made Magneto and Professor X such sworn enemies?

Well, this entertaining prequel tells you just that. ‘Kick-Ass” director Matthew Vaughan ensures that this stays a significant cut above the standard superhero fare.

Cameron Diaz plays a foul mouthed, money hungry teacher who just doesn’t give a fuck...

Until she meets hot new substitute teacher Justin Timberlake, and reasons that in order to win his affections she needs to get a boob job.

JJ Abrams latest offering tells the story of strange goings-on following a train crash in a small US town during the 70s. Abrams ability to spin an engrossing yarn give this movie the feel of good old-fashioned cinematic storytelling.

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Lunacy&Endangerment Serbia The Viscount's last stand in

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In late March Skint Magazine sent the Viscount an assignment for his latest travel piece, a short (and what was hoped to be an uneventful) trip to Serbia. The following article was cobbled together at the last minute from a huge dossier of rambling and incoherent typewritten papers and handwritten notes that were delivered anonymously to Skint HQ, along with some Polaroid photos and a few personal effects belonging to the Viscount.

An early souvenir and first impressions Looking out over the runway on an overcast and chilly morning in the Czech Republic, all was well with the world. I smoked a cigarette and a second, and a third, knocked back my Chivas and boarded the connecting flight to Belgrade. This plane was a small affair, an ATR-42 twin prop, and despite this, it was still largely empty. The interior was badly dated which for some reason felt right. I napped and by the time I stepped down onto the Serbian tarmac, the fine metallic bird was lighter to the tune of one armrest ashtray. Since the fascist powers that be have all but completely banned smoking on flights, the nostalgic value of this simple, cheaply-made, airplane ashtray meant that it would have been wrong for me not to take it.

In stark contrast to Prague, the skies in Belgrade were blue and the temperature was a very pleasant 25C - I had high hopes for the trip. It was to be enjoyed on a budget, a sizeable percentage of which I had already ejaculated away at Heathrow on a shiny new pair of Ray-Ban Aviators, a decision it was impossible to regret now as I stood bathing in the warmth of the midday Serbian sun. I was met in the Arrivals lounge by my friend Mr. Z, his wife and his two four year old twin daughters. We had a coffee and set off for Kragujevac to the South. Our route took us through the outskirts of Belgrade, a randomised scattering of small groups of roadside dwellings evidently erected while the local planning office slept, but nonetheless functional for it. The city itself passed on the horizon and would wait there patiently for my return in a few days time.

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Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city and the administrative centre of Sumadija District. Today it is noted for its production of munitions, and the Zastava car factory which manufactures the legendary Yugo.

Introducing Mr. Death It was late afternoon and though the sun was no longer at its peak, it was still warm as we arrived at a friend's house and sat down in his lounge. 'Mr. Death', an 'important figure' in their Intelligence Service, evidently had good taste. His wife was a smiling blonde and an accommodating hostess who spoke not a word of English but had immediately excused herself to go and make us all coffees in the kitchen. His Shar Pei, though inquisitive, had so far refrained from tearing out my larynx and seemed content to simply keep an eye on me for the time being. As I sat awaiting my Turkish coffee I couldn't help but wonder, where was Mr. Death. The warmth of the lounge made the touch of cold steel against my right temple all the more alarming. I turned slowly and smoothly, like the second hand on a fine Swiss timepiece, until a 6'5", immaculately groomed powerhouse holding a 1950's Russian army issue handgun came into view. He laughed, slapped me hard on the back, then took the gun in his left hand and offered up his right for a handshake. I obliged him with vigour and a smile. He spoke in Serbian and we both turned our gaze to Mr. Z for the translation.

"He says welcome to Serbia" He laughed again and sat on the couch opposite me. His wife returned bearing cups of exceptional coffee and chatted to Mr. Z's wife while he laughed with Mr. Death, the twins amused themselves and I tentatively petted the Shar Pei.

Knowing the right people Despite an abundance of 'No Smoking' signs, Mr. Death offered a cigarette as he met us in the corridor of the police station the next morning.

I like the guy, a man of substance that relishes dispensing his own 'hands-on' justice to the 'bad guys' as he calls them, certainly not someone to

cross but a principled and genuine character. His insanely dark sense of humour endeared him to me as I visualised offenders trying to climb on top of the cupboards and filing cabinets of his office to escape his wrath. He produced a document, asked me a few questions about my travel arrangements, filled in some blanks and signed it at the bottom. His face was serious as he handed me the paper and explained through Mr. Z that this would undo any 'trouble' I might find myself in, but that he'd prefer it if I didn't take the piss.

The signed sheet in my hand amounted to unfettered diplomatic immunity for the duration of my stay, and came right out of left field. I folded the document neatly and placed it inside the cover of my passport.

Moonshine & Handguns That afternoon, I ate and drank, more than I would previously have considered possible, in the company of Mr. Z's family and friends. Pork, lamb, soups, bread, stuffed cabbage leaves, cold meats and salamis, cheeses, cakes and chocolates, all taken pound for pound with Turkish coffee or homemade Plum brandy. What better time then to mess around with a handgun? Wasted on moonshine and doubled over with the agony of ruptured stomach muscles, Mr. Death and I staggered off into the woods with a few empty beer bottles. My aim, even from fifteen yards as we were, was shocking - though I did manage at length to hit one of the bottles. Mr. Death's was predictably, clinical. I mused for a moment that there was every possibility that he was familiar with the use of handguns in woodland clearings, but the thought combined with the language barrier troubled me instantly and I shook it off.

I had pulled no punches, sought no refuge in the illusion of neutralism and was dressed in the team colours, black and white. Mr. Z looked nervous. We drove the car to a cousin of his and he then drove us as close to the stadium as it was deemed safe to do. The streets were already lined with armed riot police standing shoulder to shoulder behind Perspex shields and the fans marched on the stadium in battalion-like hoards waving flags and chanting.

Inside the stadium, an official engaged me in conversation and Mr. Z quickly explained that I was from Britain, the attendant thought for a second and then managed "Ah English, okay, watch your head!" and smiled. The anticipation was incredible, what on earth had I gotten myself into?

The chants inside were already deafening and the stadium wasn't even half full yet. The police had positioned themselves all around the athletics track that encircled the pitch and were more heavily armoured than any officers I had ever seen. The one remarkably civilised element was the way in which the opposing armies would take turns to shout abuse at the other and then listen in silence for the response. It felt right to fall in line straight away and I did my utmost to blend in and repeat the chants by ear without questioning what I may be saying. Mr. Z did offer up translations of the most common phrases and I must say they took on new meaning. The force of thirty thousand people screaming things like "Your gypsy whore mother died on my dick!" in unison is one of those things that is hard to convey to those who have never experienced it. A serious fight had broken out in front of the ground and the whole south stand had rushed up to the top row in order to peer over and provide some vocal encouragement. By the time the game kicked off, the whole place literally pulsed - everyone in a stadium of fifty or so thousand people were jumping up and down in the stands - visually the crowds were now a rippling sea of potential violence and elaborate flags and banners.

"I mused for a moment that there was every possibility that he was familiar with the use of handguns in woodland clearings"

He was smiling as we strolled back towards the house, and through his hideously fragmented English, I understood that he intended to demonstrate some of his martial arts training on me at our next meeting.

It is without a doubt, the only time I have ever nodded politely at the promise of violence and almost inevitable personal injury - but it was the only thing to do. Besides, tomorrow was match-day and as the match in question was to be a notorious 'Eternal Derby' between Red Star Belgrade and Mr. Z's boys, Partizan - there seemed every chance that I'd never emerge alive from the stadium.

The Eternal Derby Having finished a hearty breakfast, we hit the road.

By the start of the second half, regardless of my not caring a toss for football, despite being English and not speaking a word of the language, these were now 'my people'. The hardcore nucleus of the south stand are the 'Alcatraz' boys. I was ready to charge into battle with them, nay, I wanted to. The average fan towered above me and many looked as though they would have no problem turning a bus over on their own, life changing injuries if not death was almost assured if the pitch was invaded and things

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turned ugly, and yet I could dream of nothing else.

War, good old medieval war with a battlefield and whatever weapons came to hand. I was failing to mask my bloodlust and Mr. Z looked very concerned as he beckoned me down from the back of the seat in front where I was standing, arms aloft and yelling the most obscene abuse at our mortal enemies in the north. Mr. Z had chosen carefully the things he had on his person; a phone, some emergency cash and most importantly, a small scrap of paper with Mr. Death's phone number on it less the phone be lost. As he looked into my eyes I could see in his that he feared its use would be necessary before the night was out.

Whilst he has been a lifelong supporter, a fair few years had passed since his days of violent football clashes in his late teens. Some things it seems, never leave you, and faced with the real possibility of engagement on the field as he was now, he had begun imparting some words of advice in relation to fighting on the pitch, with and without a trusty oak flagpole in hand.

By the end of the match (a victory) the stadium resembled Hell on Earth, a smoke filled war-zone with military flares and fires burning in all directions and a mass of frenzied hooligans screaming about the other side's mothers and sisters and dancing in the chaotic aftermath.

A Wedding & Worse My presence at a wedding the next day came via the most tenuous of links, being that I was a friend of Mr. Z who in turn had been a neighbour of the bride. Add to this the ever present and inescapable detail that almost no one spoke any English, and their English was better than my Serbian, and the scene was set for what promised to be an awkward few hours. As if things weren't already bad enough, Mr. Z's mother and wife had made no secret of their mission to secure me a new wife.

Never fear loyal readers, your protagonist had the solution - continue drinking heavily until everything becomes a blur, and that is exactly what I did.

From what I can remember of the five or six course meal, it was truly excellent, interrupted only by a fairly steady stream of local girls of marriageable years coming over to introduce themselves. I put the first few down to a mix of Serbian hospitality and curiosity, but after awhile I knew what had happened. This was no place to start ranting and raving to Mr. Z's mother about the evils of women, screaming "Whores and harpies!", there were too many people there. The hall was at capacity and seated around five hundred. I amused myself in drunken conversation with a Macedonian businessman, Tony, who had ended up with the dubious pleasure of sitting next to me.

Serbian dance. My departure from the dancefloor was both memorable and probably unforgivable. I was also not alone. I won't pretend for a second that I had resisted, she was as I recall a remarkably attractive twenty year old Macedonian girl. The sort who if seen in public with someone such as myself would give rise to ugly rumours of 'money' or 'passports'.

Notwithstanding this, it is highly unlikely that in my condition, silky smooth repartee closed the deal. She did have a basic working knowledge of English and managed "Kiss me" in a seductive accent on the wrong side of the men's room door. Though I'm already long past preserving any illusion of gentlemanly conduct, I will refrain from dragging you all through the filth with me and suffice with imparting some advice to those that may wish to travel to this great country.

Succinctly, it is this - some practices that have obtained relatively widespread acceptance in the west through sexual liberation and the explosion of the porn industry, are not yet deemed 'perfectly normal things to do' in rural Serbia. Or maybe just not at weddings, I can't be sure, but either way - you have been warned.

Things got a lot worse when back at the table, chatting to Tony again, he produced some photographs of his children - I had never met his son, but his daughter was familiar and when she strolled over fifteen minutes later to ask for the car keys, the whole hideous circle was confirmed. If things went bad in here, I knew I was fucked. I had only recently been reminded of my freakish lack of stature in this land of giants when I was forced to stand on tiptoes just to piss into the wall-mounted urinal rather than onto the floor below. The fucking things were set at almost chest height - what were they feeding these fuckers?

Relieved to escape the place, I was sure my luck was running out. Hunter's advice about not 'burning the locals' rang in my ears, I hoped that it was specific to Vegas but feared that it was probably universal.

(I'll send more when I reach Belgrade tomorrow)...

Editor’s note – It seems the Viscount never made it back to Belgrade. HIs few travelling possessions and a bundle of manuscripts were left on the door step of Skint HQ. wihtout a note or message. At great length and equal expense, we eventually managed to make contact with the man we believe to be Mr. Z (legal restrictions prevent us from revealing his identity), who revealed to us that in the early hours of the morning following the wedding, he had awoken to raised voices outside his rural family home. Watching from a window, he said he had seen Mehyam, stark bollock naked and brandishing what looked to be an antique shotgun as he strode towards a blacked out 4x4, shouting about “Diplomatic Immunity in action” and threatening a lesson in “12 bore sodomy”. It was Mr. Z’s impression, though he admits to having been some distance from the spectacle, that the Viscount had forced his way into the vehicle, which then sped off. He remains missing presumed dead...

At some point, I had gotten up to attempt a traditional

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Here at SKint Magazine we've gone head-to-head with our pals at Bridge The World to put together a top notch pair of summer hols ideas for the adventurous and exam weary student. Remember to write us a postcard...

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THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS on a shoestring

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or those of you not familiar with GAP (the Great Adventure People) then you’re in for a treat.

They have a tour for pretty much everywhere on the planet. Everywhere cool that is... this isn’t coach touring to Margate I’ll have you know. But where better to start than the place that inspired Darwin’s The Origin of Species. The Galápagos Islands have something for pretty much everyone, with 18 main islands and 107 islets, or rocks to you and me, so this really will be an inspiring adventure.

Unless, that is, you’re the sort of person who prefers two weeks in Kavos getting shitfaced.

HIGHLIGHTS Witnessing white-tip sharks at ‘Shark Alley’, travelling by public speedboats around the Galápagos Islands, feeling like a local during a family home stay, camping in the highlands of Isabela Island with views towards the ocean, visiting Charles Darwin Research Station and the Giant Tortoise Breeding Centre.

DESCRIPTION This nine-day adventure is perfect for those who want to experience the incredible wildlife and scenery of the Galápagos Islands but prefer to sleep on shore—so your time on the water is limited to commuting between islands. Go ashore at the lesser-visited island of Isabela and spend your days with playful sea lions, giant manta rays and the Galápagos giant tortoise. Experience one of the natural wonders of the world on a budget.

SUMMARY You’ll basically spend nine days jollying around the Galápagos Islands feeling like a rock star Vatican assassin (to borrow a phrase from Charlie Sheen) come Victorian scientist adventurer, experiencing first hand some of the most amazing sites, sceneries and wildlife the planet has to offer. Throw in a beer or two and maybe a beach front barbeque and it doesn’t get much better than that.

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uch of this itinerary is across land where there are no mapped roads, so take a compass and maybe stock up on some cupa-soups beforehand just incase you need to bed down for the night in an abandoned goat shed.

GETTING THERE From Delhi, grab the overnight train to Pathankot.

You’ll need to reserve your place on the train if you want a bed or cabin, otherwise you’ll be in unreserved second class seated, which unless you’re used to kipping on park benches, won’t offer the greatest level of comfort for the 14 hour journey.

From Pathankot jump on a local bus to Dharamsala, a nailbiting 5 hour backbreaker that’ll leave you nicely tenderised for the leather saddle of the Royal Enfield.

Once in Dharamsala, grab a taxi for the 1 hour journey up to McLeod Ganj, your start point.

THE ROAD TRIP First of all, you’re going to need to track down someone who’s selling a Royal Enfield. That’s right, there isn’t some air conditioned rental office awaiting your arrival, but that shouldn’t deter the veteran traveller. A “charmingly” clapped out model should set you back around £500, any cheaper and you should brace yourself for a lot of walking.

Once you’ve overcome this insignificant hurdle you can saddle up, fasten your leather flying hat

and goggles, fire up that grunty 350cc engine and wheelspin off into the horizon with the stench of unburnt petrol wafting in your wake.

Your first destination is Manali, which is via unmarked roads through the hills. If you’re studying a map, throw it aside as you won’t find the route there. Just head due east and allow for some devine spiritual intervention to guide you.

Once in Manali, head south to Mandi via Bhunter.

Take the Jalori Pass through the National Park to Shimla, former home town of Ghandi.

Shimla resembles a backwater British town with cottages, churches and country houses, a great pitstop to soak up the unusual.

Leave Shimla and head down to Dehradun via Fagu. Carry on through another National Park to Hadriwar and finally up to Rishikesh, the capital of Yoga and famous for its visit from the Beatles in the 60s. If the Royal Enfield made it this far then it might be nice to drive straight into the Ganges for a ceremonial dip... don’t bother fetching the bike afterwards.

SUMMARY Treacherous roads and not for the faint hearted nor those handicapped by hemorrhoids. But it is well worth the fogged hillside passes and a taste of the true Indian-himalaya where the air is clean and crisp and where it is just you, the oldest mountain range in Asia and the Royal Enfield Bonneville roaring along like an unstoppable Colonial Empire.

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he sun is shining, legs are out, it can only mean one thing - summer! And with it comes Bristolfoodie.co.uk’s favourite places to enjoy the sunshine.

Under the stars, Narrow Quay, Bristol City Centre

Situated in Bristol Harbourside by the fountains, this bar boat is a real sun trap and perfect for a sunny afternoon/evening. They do great tapas, dishes are £4-£6 each with sharing platters of 3 or more dishes from £9 upwards. Particularly recommended is the hummus, the tortilla, and fried potatoes with spicy tomato salsa. Combine this kind of summer picking food with a well stocked bar - a wicked Pimms and lemonade, a great selection of ice cold beers and a (very drinkable) house white at under £3 a glass, Under The Stars is a certainly my summer hotspot of choice.

Lido, Oakfield Place, Clifton

A Victorian swimming pool with poolside bar and terrace restaurant – an afternoon here and you could be mistaken for thinking you were on the med. The poolside cafe bar offers tapas and light bites – the olives are simply humongous and tapas is divine, particularly the warm chorizo. The restaurant is preceded by an excellent reputation and despite being a little more expensive there are some great set menu options for those on a tighter budget. An idyllic location, the perfect al fresco experience.

Primrose Cafe, Clifton

One of our favourite restaurants by night, one of our favourite cafes by day. This place has got it nailed - roof terrace, delicious sandwiches and salads, coffee, and all at really reasonable prices.

Can’t afford to eat in? Grab grub to go and head for the hill (Brandon).

Myburrito, Broad Quay (by the fountains opposite the hippodrome)

At £4.75 for a small and £5.75 for a large burrito you really can’t go wrong. Home smoked meat make these burritos extra special. They have a

few tables outside but walk round the corner and you are in Queen Square. Make sure you go back for pudding though because their homemade Churros with thick hot chocolate sauce are mazers!

Magic Roll, The Triangle

Not just a late night haunt, Magic Roll is also open for day time eats and at around £6 you really can’t go wrong! The Jaadu Khana comes highly recommended - Chicken, haloumi, mango fresh chilli and corriander salsa, red onion, lettuce and mint yoghurt all wrapped up and toasted - delicious! Take it up to Brandon Hill, sit in the sunshine and enjoy the view.

Not hungry?

The Prom, Gloucester Road

A people watching paradise, The Prom gets heaps of summer sunshine in the morning making a great place to grab a coffee while you brush away the cobwebs. The street-side tables make you feel a little bit Parisian (pre Burkhaban) and it’s a great place to watch the world go by from behind the relative safety of you pint and sunglasses.

The Cottage, Hotwells

Sitting outtied The Cottage on the harbourside steps, you could easily waste a day watching the boats come and go supping a cider. Although the food is largely unremarkable, the location is beautiful and you can jump on a ferry back to the centre if your sea legs can handle it.

The Avon Gorge, Clifton

This place makes me slightly crabby because the food is pants and the drinks are pretty expensive, but once you are sitting out on the terrace taking in the view of the suspension bridge all is forgotten. Well worth a visit, but only the view comes recommended!

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ALBUM PREVIEWS

Arctic Monkeys Suck it and See Out 6th June

Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Out 2nd May

The four piece from Sheffield return with their fourth studio album via Los Angeles and thankfully, the hair salon. Having divided opinion with the rockier and more challenging Humbug, Alex Turner and co return with an album which recaptures the witty social commentary of Whatever People Say... and the harmonies and grooves of Favorite Worst Nightmare to provide what should be the soundtrack of the summer. With guest backing vocals from Josh Homme on ‘All my own Stunts’ and a surprise lead vocal from charismatic drummer Matt Helders on ‘Brick by Brick’, the Arctics still show the progression we have now come to expect from them, however still manage to recreate the infectious, humorous and downright fantastic sound that made them the cult band that they are today. As a live act, they still remain enigmatic and punchy as ever, so headline acts at V Festival and the Don Valley Stadium must be seen if you can get hold of now sold-out tickets. Fuck knows what the titles about though...

After having to repeat the whole recording process, expectations are high for Fleet Foxes follow up album to their eponymous debut. Mumford and sons may have stolen the plaudits in recent months, but the Seattle five piece that spawned it all have enough harmonies up their sleeves to ward off sheep rustling impostors to retain their folk crown.

Expect more pastoral anthems and a sing-a-long in St. Werburgh’s soon.

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Miles Kane Colour of the Trap Out 9th July Having spent time with The Little Flames, The Rascals and The Last Shadow Puppets, Mr. Kane finally lets go of his bandmates hands to embark upon his solo career with this debut album. OK, so he still has guest slots from from Noel Gallagher and Gruff Rhys amongst others, so maybe he is not as selfsufficient as we all hoped, however with catchy harmonies and a voice reminiscent of McCartney in his prime, who really gives a shit?

GIG REVIEWS Glasvegas - Thekla

Interpol - Colston Hall

For a new album which is clearly designed to trouble arenas, Thekla seemed an odd choice to showcase the Glaswegians’ new material. However, with a set list which stayed true to their incredible debut album, the band proved that no matter how big they become, they’re honest, bare faced and emotive songs will always remain rooted in the intimate, raw and sticky, beer stained pub scene. Put your arm around a stranger and start swaying.

The grandiose setting of Colston Hall was designed for bands like Interpol. Having been unfortunate enough to live in the shadow of New York peers such as The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Paul Banks and co proved that their haunting, atmospheric vocals and stabbing guitars are as genre defining as any other indie rock band of the last decade. Even Big Jeff’s one-man balcony moshpit couldn’t overshadow a spine tingling set.

The Vaccines - Anson Rooms Jessie J - O2 Academy It's great to catch bands who are truly on the cusp of something special and The Vaccines certainly fall into that category at the moment. Disappointed that the label chose the un-charasmatic dinner hall that is The Anson Rooms to showcase the bands debut, all was soon forgotten as Justin Young and co storm through an energetic 45 minute set which is notably sharp considering they've been playing together for less than a year. The front man doesn't possess the usual bar room swagger you'd associate with tracks like Post Break Up Sex but this somehow makes him all the more endearing and sing along specials, such as If You Wanna, induce some ferocious head nodding and foot tapping.

Unless blessed with the height of Peter Crouch and the vision of a fighter pilot, the Academy can be a frustrating venue to truly appreciate a gig. But Jessie J’s spectacular, cat suit clad undercarriage transcends these difficulties. Ok so we’re all guilty of enjoying a little bit of inoffensive pop, a box which she certainly ticks. I guess it was just the pre-pubescent WAG wannabes and the blinding glare of iPhone’s held aloft that kind of took the shine off a perfectly professional performance.

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ThAt HaRvEy AnD FrAmE LoOk Where Science Geeks Are Super Cool By Hazel Frame

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o mark the start of spring and the unavoidable onslaught of summer shenanigans, we have dedicated this months piece to fun things going on in the very near future...enjoy!

Our fave festivals Shambala - www.shambalafestival.org

Notorious for refusing to disclose any lineup details before you arrive, the beautiful Bristol-based people who organise Shambala take over a few fields in Leicestershire and play loads of dub and world in the daytime, and loads of next level dance stuff in the night, e.g. Gaslamp Killer and RSD. Tunes get turned off at 4am, but there’s a magic wood!

Sunrise - www.sunrisecelebration.com

Commitment to freedom of expression and relentless fun. Lush everything.

Fusion - www.fusion-festival.de

On a ex-Russian military airfield in the middle of nowhere.

Something like 84 different passports find their way to this festival that describes itself as ‘4 days of holiday communism’. Everything new and amazing from every end of the spectrum. North Germany, end of June.

Bestival - www.bestival.net

Winner of the Best Major Festival Award for 2010, everyone will find something to loose their mind to here.

The Tribe of Doris Intercultural Summer School 9th August - 14th of August 2011

Have you ever wanted to learn to drum, sing gospel harmonies, dance under the stars to live rhythms from around the world, find your animal spirit, be immersed in a world of cultural sharing, stretch yourself and let your spirit soar?

Then come to the Tribe of Doris! They offer full-on, fun and high quality workshops in drum, dance song and ceremony with experienced and award winning teachers from all around the world.

If you are an advanced drummer, dancer, singer or musician they will have inspiration for you and give you the opportunity to play with others of calibre. If you have never played before they will make sure you go home with confidence, experience and satisfaction.

The camping facilities are more pleasant than festivals can offer and there are cafes with fresh coffee, juices and delicious food, a sauna, wellbeing area, dedicated workshops for young people and a safe and creative Children’s area and much more.

Visit http://www.tribeofdoris.co.uk for further details Twitter @TribeofDoris

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BECKA'S COMPOUND OF THE MONTH: hydrogen peroxide - The stuff we use to bleach our hair and ‘taches is also found in glow sticks. Becka says; party safe kids.

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ath Fringe is a 17-Day festival of all artforms happening in our beautiful neighbouring city with the collaboration of many of its beautiful & talented population.

Bath Fringe 2011 will run from: Friday May 27 to Sunday June 12, 2011 Two of the hottest shows are detailed below: Tinted Glass Theatre Productions presents:

Nights at the Circus

based on the original novel by Angela Carter

Venue: Ustinov Theater, Bath

Price: £7.50 / £5.50 concs.

Info & booking: Theater Royal Bath Box Office: 01225 448844

Tinted Glass Theatre Productions invites you to experience an adaptation of Angela Carter’s award winning novel, Nights at the Circus. Set at the fag end of the nineteenth century, Walser follows wonderfully winged Fevvers through the fantastical circus world. Captivating characters rebuilding their identities, unveiling the mystery behind the magic.

Sponsored by Full Tilt Theatre Company and School of Music and Performing Arts at Bath Spa University tintedglassproductions.wordpress.com Twitter @TintedGlassTP

Human Illusions presents

DNA

written by Dennis Kelly

Venue: The Egg Theater, Bath

Price: £7 / £3 concs.

Info & booking: Theater Royal Bath Box Office: 01225 823409 / 448844 Human Illusions presents DNA, a compelling and contemporary piece, which follows a group of misfits coming to terms with the consequences of a practical joke that ends tragically. Dealing with hard-hitting, relevant issues, reflecting William Golding’s ‘Lord of The Flies’, DNA is a social comment that resounds with people of all ages.

Sponsored by Full Tilt Theatre Company and School of Music and Performing Arts at Bath Spa University humanillusions.wordpress.com Twitter @HumanIllusions

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FESTIVALS Southport Weekener

(6-8 May) - Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead £165/£175 (accomodation included)

Brighton Festival (7-29

May) - Various, Brighton

The Great Escape (12-14 May) - Various, Brighton Earlybird tickets £45

earlybird - ft Mad Dog McRae, Zion Train, The Beat

Evolution Festival (28-

29 May) - Newcastle/ Gateshead Quayside, £35 weekend - ft. Plan B, Tinnie Tempah, Caribou, Annie Mac

May) - Various, BRISTOL - ft. Hurts, The Naked And Famous, We Are Scientists

(20-22 May) - Siddington, East Cheshire, £89

Bath International Music Festival (25 May - 5 June) - Various, Bath

Run To The Sun Festival (27-30 May) - Trevelgue Holiday Park, Newquay, £80 adult camping - ft.

Andy C, Grooverider, Sigma, Micky Finn

Plymouth Volks Festival (27-29 May) - Newnham Country Park, Plympton, £30 adult weekend

Glastonbury Festival (22-

Download Festival (10-12

Eden Sessions (23 June

June) - Donington Park, £145-£180 - ft. Linkin Park, System Of A Down, Def Leopard

26 June) - Worthy Farm, Pilton, £SOLD OUT - ft.

Coldplay, U2, Beyonce - 12 July) - Eden Project - ft. Primal Scream, Pendulum, Brandon Flowers, Fleet Foxes, Flaming Lips

Hard Rock Calling (24

June) - London, Hyde Park, £59 - ft. Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, The Killers

Rockness Music Festival Dot To Dot Festival (28

Friends Of Mine Festival

Perverts

12 June) - Seaclose Park, Isle of Wight, £SOLD OUT - ft. Kasabian, Foo Fighters, Kings Of Leon

June) - Location TBC, £135 - ft. Trentmoller, Global Communication, Drum Code ft. Adam Beyer

(13-15 May) - Camber Sands Holiday Centre ft Leftfield, Atari Teenage Riot, Jeff Mills, £540-1080 based on 4/8 sharing chalet accomodation

(14-15 May) - Carlisle, Cumbria ft Foo Fighters, Black Eyed Peas, Tinnie Tempah, Plan B, £FREE

Isle of Wight Festival (9-

Glade Festival (10-12

Bang Face Weekender

Radio 1’s Big Weekender

MAY/JUNE

Sunrise Celebration (2-5 June) - Gilcombe Farm, Somerset, £108 - ft. The Beat, System 7, Lamb, Dizraeli And The Small Gods

(10-12 June) - Dores, Loch Ness, £168 - ft.

Kasabian, Chemical Brothers, Paulo Nutini

Get Loaded In The Park - (12 June) - Clapham Common, London, £35 - ft. Razorlight, Darwin Deez, Noisettes, The Cribs

We The People (4-5 June) - BRISTOL harbourside, £35 day / £60 weekend ft. Sub Focus, Tensnake, The Streets, Chase and Status

Electric Carnival (4 June) - Various, Birmingham, £29.50 Adult earlybird ft. Example, Professor Green, Beardyman

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(30 June - 3 July) Carreglwyd Estate, Holyhead, £84 - ft. Jamie XX, A Guy Called Gerald, The Correspondents

Wireless Festival (1-3

July) - London, Hyde Park, £48 - ft. Pulp, Black Eyed Peas, Chemical Brothers

Wychwood Music Festival (3-5 June) -

Cheltenham Racecourse, £100 adult earlybird weekend

Gottwood Festival

Beach Break Live (16-20

June) - Pembrey Country Park, Camarthenshire, £84/£99 - ft Tinnie Tempah, White Lies, Magnetic Man, Mark Ronson, Sub Focus

High Definition Dance Festival (18-19 June)

- Forest Farm, Ilford, £100/£40 day - ft. Boy George, Dave Pearce, Freestylers, Scratch

T In The Park (8-10 July)

- Balado Airfield, £SOLD OUT - ft. Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Blink 182 Wakestock (8-10 July) Abersoch Bay, £100/£125 camping - ft. Biffy Clyro

Relentless Energy NASS

(8-10 July) - Royal Bath & West Showground, £72 - ft. Tinnie Tempah, Sub

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MAY/JUNE Focus (live), Millencolin, Dirtyphonics

Sonishere (8-10 July) -

Knebworth, £175 - ft. Biffy Clyro. Slipknot, Metallica

Priddy Folk Festival (9-11

July) - Priddy, Mendip Hills

T4 On The Beach (10 July) - Weston Super Mare Beach, £40 - ft. Example, Katy B, The Wombats

Larmer Tree Festival

(13-17 July) - Lamer Tree Gardens, nr. Salisbury, £32-£197 - ft. Jools Holand, Bellowhead, Show of Hands

Latitude (14-17 July) -

Henham Park, Suffolk, £177 - ft. The National, Paulo Nutini, Suede, Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything

Lovebox Weekender (15-

17 July) - Victoria Park, London, £99 earlybird - ft.

The Wombats, Snoop Dog, Scissor Sisters

July) - Long Marston, £175 - ft. Carl Cox, Pendulum (live), Tinnie Tempah, Underworld, Eric Pridz

Camp Bestival (29-31

July) - Lulworth Castle, Dorset, £155/£145 student - ft. Mark Ronson, Primal Scream, Blondie

Nozstock Festival

(29-31 July) - Rowden Paddocks, Herefordshre, £65 earlybird - ft Andy C, Toddla T, Netsky, Alix Perez

Bristol Harbour Festival (29-31 July) - BRISTOL, £FREE

The Big Chill (4-7 August) - Eastnor Castle

FESTIVALS Endorse-It-In-Dorset

(12-14 August) - Near Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, £78 - ft. New Model Army, The Dub Pistols, Zodiac Mindwarp, The Wurzels

Croissant Neuf Summer

Party (12-14 August) Monmouthshire, Wales, £88 - ft. Luke Concannon, Jimmy Davis, Poshboy

Wilderness (12-14

August) - Cornbury Park, £99.50 - ft. Anthony and The Johnsons, Gogol Bordello, Toots and The Maytals

Greetings From Beacons Festival (12-14 August) -

Funkirk Estate nr. Skipton, £69.50 - ft. Jamie Woon, Mr Scruff

Relentless Boardmasters (10-14 August) - Fistral Beach & Watergate Bay, £65/£85 with camping - ft.

Klaxons, Fatboy Slim, Eliza Dolittle, DJ Yoda, Jaguar Skills

August) - Escot Park, Devon, £110 ft. Big Audio Dynamite, Gogol Bordello, Carter USM

24 July) - Cambridgeshire, £155 - ft. Leftfield, Martha Reeves, The Vandellas, Blondie Charlton Park, Wiltshire, £135 - ft. Rodrigo and Gabriella, I Am Kloot

(19-21 August) - Glanusk Park, Breacon Beacons ft. Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky, Iron and Wine

Kendal Calling (29-31

V Festival (20-21

Global Gathering (29-31

Reading/Leeds (26-28

August) - Reading/Leeds, £192 - ft. My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse

Creamfields (27-28

August) - Daresbury, Cheshire, £100 - ft Chemical Brothers, Swedish House Mafia, Tiesto, Paul van Dyke

South West Four Weekender (27-28

August) - Clapham Common, London, £85 ft. Pendulum, Underworld

Jersey Live Festival

(3-4 September) - Royal Showground, Jersey, £84 - ft Madness, Plan B, Zane Lowe, The Streets, Katy B September) - Strdbaly, Ireland, 240 EURO - ft.

Arcade Fire, Chemical Brothers, Pulp

Green Man Festival

Womad (28-31 July) -

July) - Lake District, £95 - ft. The Cribs, Blondie, Chase and Status, The Levellers, Mr Scruff

(25-28 August) Northamptonshire, £119 - line up TBA

Electric Picnic (2-4 Beautiful Days (19-21

Secret Garden Party (21-

Shambala Festival

Boomtown Fair (11-14

August) - Secret Location 1 hour from London, £93 ft. Barrington Levy, Gogol Bordello, Caravan Palace

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August) - Hylands Park, Chelmsford / Westons Park, Staffordshire, £140 - ft. Eminem, Arctic Monkeys, The Script, Dizzee Rascal

Bestival (8-11 September) - Isle of Wight, £170 The Cure, Pendulum, PJ Harvey

Waveform (9-12

September) - nr.

Birmingham, £69

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GIGS May

SUNDAY 1 Magnum with Gwyn Ashton – O2 Academy,

7pm - £17.50 Best Coast – Thekla, 7pm - £12.50

Bristol Folk Festival

with Seth Lakeman, Bellowhead and Show of Hands – Colston Hall, from 10am - £45 Dead To Me, The Arteries, The Human Project – The Croft, 6pm - £7.50 I Don’t Want to Grow Up– The Croft, 10pm - £1 Hate Eternal, Obscura, Beneath The Masacre – Fleece, 7pm - £12

Multiple Venues – Simple Things Festival £20

MONDAY 2 Orange & New Riot – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £7

Emerge NME Radar Tour with Anna Calvi, Grouplove, Big Deal –

Thekla, 6.30pm - £9 Lunarians, End Of The Line, Protest Crayon, The Unproffesionals– The Croft, 8pm - £4 Incolour, The Following Announcement, Off The Wall, Live Wire – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

MAY/JUNE Disillusion– The Croft , 7pm - £6 George Spencer, Paul Collier, Cassette Culture – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £3 Joseph Arthur – The Louisiana, £11 The Black Rat, The Family Rain, Iridium – Fleece, 7pm - £5

WEDNESDAY 4 The Mosh Live European Tour with Emmure, War From A Harlots Mouth, Winds Of The Plague, I Wrestled A Bear Once, Visions – O2 Academy, 7pm - £11

The Leisure Society,

Sarabeth Tucek – Thekla, 7.30pm - £10 Heaven Asunder, Minotaur And The Maze, Uphills – The Croft, 8pm - £5 Drop Vinyl, The Handmade Empire, That Hidden Promise – The Louisiana, £4

Edge Of Reason,

Blackwolf, Alto Rising – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

And So I Watch You From Afar, Mojo Fury – The Cooler, 7.30pm - £7.50

THURSDAY 5

TUESDAY 3 Houston and Crashdiet – O2 Academy, 7pm - £10 Shelby Lynne – Thekla, 7pm - £13.50 Anterior, Bury The Archive, I Defy,

Peter Doherty – O2

Academy, 7pm - £18

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Hear No Evil – Thekla, 6.30pm - £5

The British Pink Floyd Show – Colston Hall (hall 1), 8pm - £10 - £37.50

James Vincent McMorrow – Colston Hall

(hall2), 8pm - £9 Mugstar, ANTA, Urethra – The Croft, 8pm - £6 The Wild Gulloots – The Louisiana, £4 Who Pressed Play, Skinny Machines, Jackhatch – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

Agent Lynch presents Studio64 – Dazzling

Disco Cabaret & Circus – Metropolis, £8-16

FRIDAY 6 Decimate, Out Of

Bounds, Bury The Archive – The Croft, 7.30pm - £3 Arctic Circle, My Chloroform, Fabric – The Louisiana, £4 Wilko Johnson, The Soulvents, Billy Wizz – Fleece, 7.30pm - £12.50

Dirty Dusk – Fleece, 7pm - £5 Hells Bells – Fiddlers, £10adv

SUNDAY 8 The Defiled, Romeo Must Die – The Croft, 8pm - £6 Vela – The Croft(Front Bar), 8pm - £4 Delta Maid – The Louisiana, £10

Betraying The Martyrs,

The Finest Bloodlust, Release The Kracken – Fleece, from 2pm - £6

MONDAY 9 Fight Like Apes – O2

Academy, 7pm - £7 Cerebral Ballzy, Thrush Metal – Thekla, 7pm - £7

Frankie And The Heartstrings, Let’s Buy Happiness – Fleece, 7.30pm - £8

TUESDAY 10 Bimm Showcase Night –

Anson Rooms, 7pm - £16

The Croft, 8pm - £4 Rolo Tomassi, Holi State – Fleece, 7.30pm - £8 Young The Giant – The Cooler, 7.30pm - £7.50 Bill Callahan – Trinity, 7.30, £14

SATURDAY 7

WEDNESDAY 11

Rakim, Paid In Full 25th

El Wristo, Planting

Erin Bardwell Collective – Mr Wolfs

Drive By Truckers –

Anniversary Tour – O2 Academy, 8pm - £22.50 Belleruche – Thekla, 7pm - £8.50 Fucked Up, Black Lungs, Iceage Open – The Croft, 8pm - £10 Jebo, Three Kings High,

Claymore, Poundshop Life – The Louisiana, £4 Twin Atlantic, Mind Museum – Fleece, 7.30pm - £7

THURSDAY 12

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MAY/JUNE Shapes, Archimedes, Hello, Lazarus – The Louisiana, £5

The Radio Department, Secret Shine – Fleece, 7.30pm - £10 Alex Winston – The Cooler, 7.30pm - £7

Noah And The Whale,

Exlovers – Trinity, 7.30pm - £13 NZ Shapeshifter – Metropolis, 7.30pn - see ticketweb Starfucker – Start The Bus

FRIDAY 13 Guns 2 Roses – O2

Academy, 6.30pm - £10 Das Racist – Thekla, 7pm - £7

Bomb Blast Men with Human Compost, The

Fiend, Geranium, Murder Of Crows – The Croft, 8pm - £5 The Martin Harley Band – Fleece, 7pm - £12.50 Alvarez Kings – The Cooler, 8.30pm - £5/4NUS Wave Pictures – Start The Bus, 10pm - £2-4

SUNDAY 15 The Secret Sistors – O2 Academy, 7pm - £7.50

8pm - £4

Social Flatline, Hold

Your Fire, All About Flux – Fleece, from 2pm - £5

Set Your Goals – O2

Academy, 7pm - £10 Yuck – Thekla, 7pm - £8

– Colston Hall, 8pm £35/40

Genesis’ Mike Rutherford’s side project Mike and The Mechanic have probably never changed an oil filter.

They do pen a fairly decent soft-rock number though as it happens.

Laws of Motion, Trouble At Sea – The Croft, 8pm - £4

Atari Teenage Riot,

Foe, Necro Deathmort – Fleece, 7.30pm - £15 Doreen Doreen – Fiddlers, £8adv

SATURDAY 14

Louisiana, £5

The Handsome Family,

Daniel Knox, The Blood Choir – Fleece, 7.30pm - £13

Olly Murs – Colston Hall, 7.30 – SOLD OUT

x-Factor loser and generally irritating Essex boy Olly Murs has miraculously managed to sell out Colston Hall. We’re receiving widespread reports of rescheduled W.I meetings.

The Dead Lay Waiting,

Confined Within – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4 Social Consent, The Murder Scene – The Croft, 8pm - £5

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GIGS

Great Britain – Colston Hall, 7.30pm - £18-24 Bravestation – The Louisiana, £5

Manjaro7 Battle Of The Bands – The Cooler, 7pm - £5

TUESDAY 17

FRIDAY 20

Warpaint, Connan

The Alternative Prom with Bronze Medal,

Mockasin – O2 Academy, 7pm - £12

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Thekla, 7pm £11

Resurex – The Croft, 8pm Three Bonzos & a Piano – - £6.50 Thekla, 7pm - £17.50 The Vics, One Eyed Jacks Last Carnival, Falling Into – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5 Difference – The Croft, Who Pressed Play, The

MONDAY 16

Mike and the Mechanics

Oui Love Tour feat. Team Ghost, Anoraak – The

Show, Future Plans, Alto Rising – The Cooler, 8pm - £5

WEDNESDAY 18 VersaEmerge – O2

Academy, 7pm - £8.50 Wallis Bird – Thekla, 7pm - £7 Koshiro, Clear The Coast, Langur, Row Of Ashes – The Croft, 8pm - £5 Brother, Dog Is Dead – Fleece, 7.30pm - £9

The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Cooler,

7.30pm - £7.50 Villagers – Trinity, 7.30pm - £11.50

THURSDAY 19 The Alarm – 30th Anniversary Tour with The Alarm, The Last

Republic – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £15

Ukulele Orchestra of

These Words, Roxy’s Wardrobe, The Goodness, In Your Honour – O2 Academy, 7pm - £5 Staff Benda Bilili – Colston Hall, 8pm - £15 Isola – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4 Gecko, Liam O’Kane, Miacca – The Croft, 8pm - £3/5

The Blue Aeroplanes,

Emily Breeze, Marmalade Sky – Fleece, 7.30pm £10adv Low – Trinity, 7.30pm £16.50

Smerins Anti Social Club – Fiddlers, £9

SATURDAY 21 The Friction Tour: Earthtone9, Maybeshewill, The Ocean, Humanfly – Thekla, 6.30pm - £12.50

Loudon Wainwright

III – Colston Hall, 7pm £27.50 UK Subs, Subgenerates, The Setbacks – Fleece, 7.30pm - £8

SUNDAY 22 Ourzone Tour 2011 with The Summer Set

– O2 Academy, 6.30pm £FREE via ourzonemag.

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New Generation Takeover – UK Vegfest Finals – The Croft, 1pm - £2

Mighty As Always, Six

Seconds – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4 Beth Hart – The Louisiana, £11 Ben Montague, Lotte Mullan – Fleece, 7pm £10

MONDAY 23

33 Thieves, 7th Suite – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4

A Genius Freakshow,

Branches – The Croft, 8pm - £6 Lost Laika, Fathom Fifteen, Peppermint Hunting Lodge – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

TUESDAY 24

MAY/JUNE The Naked & Famous and more – Various

WEDNESDAY 25

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Misstallica (All Chick

Metallica Tribute) – O2 Academy, 7pm - £8 Misty Miller – Thekla, 7pm - £6

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Colston Hall, 7.30pm - £24-27

Heaven Asunder, I Am Waves, Ape – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

THURSDAY 26 Young Knives, The Neat – O2 Academy, 7pm - £10 Control The Storm, Hells Horses – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4 The Hoosiers – Fleece, 7.30pm - £10

Gentleman’s Dub Club, The Agitator – Thekla, 7pm - £9

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Chris T-T, Oxygen Thief,

Jake & The Jellyfish – The Croft Front Bar), 8pm - £5 Talisman – Fleece, 7.30pm - £12 C.O.I, Know Busses, Bravo Sierra – The Cooler, 8.30pm - £5/4 NUS

SATURDAY 28

FRIDAY 27

Dot To Dot again take over most of Bristol’s big music venues bringing with them Hurts, We Are Scientists, The Naked And Famous, Guillemots, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead, The Joy Formidable and more.

Dub Pistols – Fiddlers, £10adv

SUNDAY 29 Devlin – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £11

Richard Marx – Colston Hall, 7.30pm - £24.5026.50

Chaos For A Cause Fest – The Croft, 2pm - £5/6

Planting Claymore,

Massai and more – Fleece, from 2pm - £5

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MAY/JUNE

Francesqa, The Echoes –

O2 Accademy, 7pm - £11 Phosphorescent – Thekla, 7pm - £10 Evita, Riot:Noise, Under The Influence – The Croft, 7.30pm - £5

Abigail Williams,

Thulcandra, Iskald – Fleece, 7.30pm - £9

June

WEDNESDAY 1 Futures – O2 Accademy,

Herman Dune – Thekla,

7.30pm - £10

Ancient Ascendant, A

The Duke Spirit – Thekla,

Two Door Cinema Club

Hellogoodbye – O2

Accademy, 7pm - £13.50

Orkestra del Sol – The Croft, 8pm - £7

With new album Lung Capacity largely paid for by their loyal fan base, Orchestra Del Sol are back with more horn-heavy melodies and hipswinging.

Burials, Acid Shark, Dead

Elms – Fleece, 7.30pm - £

SATURDAY 4

7pm - £7.66

THURSDAY 2

TUESDAY 31

Fleece, 7.30pm - £tbc Jamie Woon – Anson Rooms, 7pm - £11

– O2 Accademy, 7pm SOLD OUT Act Of Lunacy, Your Last Breath, Hemlock – The Croft (Front Bar), 7pm - £4 Pantheist, Merrick – The Croft, 8pm - £4 The Kills – Anson Rooms, 7pm - £13.50

FRIDAY 3 Phantom Quartet, Indigo

Lights, The Wild Gulloots – O2 Accademy, 6.30pm - £5

The Bookhouse Boys, Alice Gold – The Louisiana, £7

GIGS

TUESDAY 7

Springbok Nude Girls –

O2 Accademy, 7pm - £15 D.R.U.G.S – Fleece, 7pm - £10

7pm - £11

WEDNESDAY 8

Plague of Deception – The Croft (Front Bar), 8pm - £4 Sparrow, The Workshop – The Louisiana, £7 The Meteors, Dragster,

Mono – Fleece, 7.30pm £12.50

THURSDAY 9

Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons – Fleece, 7pm - £14

T-Rextasy – Fiddlers, £12adv

SUNDAY 5

The Wild Swans – Thekla, 7pm - £14

MONDAY 6

Despite forming in 1980, the Wild Swans never manage to stay together for more than a couple of years. This considered they’re probably due for another slit round about now. good luck.

Aethenor – Fleece, 7pm

Waiting For Kate, Crinkle

CASH (Johnny Cash

tribute) – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £8

- £10

Black Magic Woman –

Cuts, King Tuts Revenge – The Croft, 8pm - £5

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FRIDAY 10

The Richard Heads – The

Gomez – O2 Accademy, 6.30pm - £17.50

Honour Your Pain,

Selfless, BDDM, Malicious Intent, – The Croft, 7pm - £4 Gee Baby I Love You – Fleece, 7.30pm - £tbc

SATURDAY 11

Croft, 8pm - £4 TBC, Hermes, Alien Stash Tin – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

TUESDAY 14 Thomas Tantrum – The

Croft, 8pm - £7 Ryan Inglis, Butterflys In The Attic, Julie Baker – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

WEDNESDAY 15 Martha Tilston – Thekla, 7.30pm - £12

The Impossible Gentlemen – Colston Hall, 8pm - £15

Bosc Monitor, Keeping

Jess Company – The Croft, 8pm - £5 TBC, Ventflow, From Ruin – Fleece, 7.30pm - £5

Following Announcement, Falling Into Difference – The Croft, 7pm - £6.50 The Bristol 5-piece pride themselves on their shows which are filled with ‘pop hooks, floor-filling drops, and screaming guitars, backed by pure energy and passion’.

Burnign Skies – Fleece,

SUNDAY 12 Cheap Trick – O2

Accademy, 7pm - £20

MONDAY 13

Doreen Doreen – Fleece, 7pm - £10

SATURDAY 25

SUNDAY 19

Eyehategod, Church Of

Ziriguidum – Fleece, 7pm - £7

Misery, The Gates Of Slumber – Fleece, 5pm - £15

MONDAY 20

SUNDAY 26

Ashes To Angels, The

Legion Fest with Somnus

Murder Scene, Create Chaos – The Croft, 7.30pm - £4 tUnE-yArDs, Thousands – Fleece, 7.30pm - £8

TUESDAY 21

(TBC), Fallen Divinity, Black Polaris, Between The Embers – The Croft, 5pm - £5

MONDAY 27

Boris, Russian Circles, Saade – Fleece, 7.30pm - £12.50

WEDNESDAY 22

THURSDAY 16

We Start Partys, The

7pm - £tbc

GIGS

MAY/JUNE

Internal Origin, Strike

Offensive, Cruelty Circuit – The Croft (Front Bar), 6.30pm - £4 Indie Soul Mixer – Trinity, 9.30am- 11pm - £tbc

FRIDAY 17 Halo – Fleece, 7.30pm - £7

SATURDAY 18 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis –

Thekla, 7pm - £10 Michael Ball – Colston Hall, 8pm - £32.50-36

Cyndi Lauper – Colston Hall, 8pm - £30-33.50

The Famous Class & DoubleA – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £5

Chunky power chords, off key harmonies and hair product in abundance, The Famous Class look set to bug the shit out of parents and teachers nationwide.

Heg Doughty And The Wolf Chorus – The Croft,

In 1977 Cyndi was told by doctors she’d never sing again. Well she’s put that quack in his place hasn’t she, she’s still bloody going look at her, playing the Colston Hall no less.

THURSDAY 30 Hot Rats – O2 Accademy, 7pm - £12.50

8pm - £5

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THEATRE Storytelling Sundays: Inanna’s Descent (1 May) – The Brewery, 8.15pm £9/£7

Country Music (3-7 May) – Alma Tavern, 8pm £9/£7

Jekyll & Hyde (3-14 May) – Hippodrome, 7.30pm £31-£38

Flogging A Dead Horse (5 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £10/£7

Tales From A Sea Journey (6-8 May) –

Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £10/£7

Foley/Astronaut (9-10

May) – The Brewery, 7pm - £8/£6

Contractions (10-14

May) – Alma Tavern, 8pm - £9/£7

Stationary Excess (11-14

May) – The Brewery, 7pm - £8/£6

Epic (11-12 May) –

Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £10/£7

Doris Day Can F**K Off (12-13 May) – The

Brewery, 8.30pm - £8/£6

The Summer House (1214 May) – Old Vic, 8pm - £10/£7

May (13-14 May) –

Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £10/£7

Sex Idiot (14-15 May) –

Old Vic, 9.30pm - £10/£7 Clare Summerskill (15 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £12

Sleeping Beauty And Alcestis (16-17 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £11/£8

Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister (17-21 May) – The Brewery, 8.15pm £9/£7

Fairymonsterghost (17-21 May) – Old Vic, times and prices vary

MAY/JUNE (25-26 May) – The Brewery, 8.15pm - £6/£4

Fen (27-28 May) – The

Brewery, 8.15pm - £6/£4

Of Mice And Men (27-28 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £12/£8

Instant Wit (29 May) – The Brewery, 7.30pm - £10

Alma Tavern, 8pm - £9/£7

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella (17-21 May)

– Hippodrome, 7.30pm £31-£36

Flhip Flhop (19-20 May)

– Tobacco Factory, 8pm £12/£8

The Interminable Suicide Of Gregory Church (21-23 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £10

Rip Fold Scrunch (22

May) – Tobacco Factory, 11am and 2pm - £5

Hippodrome, 7.30pm - £32

Most Drink In Secret (711 June) – The Brewery, 8.15pm - £9/£7

All New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers (711 June) – Hippodrome, 8pm £26 - £31

That’ll Be The Day (12 June) – Hippodrome, 7.30pm - £27-£25

The Aliens (17-21 May) –

Professional slackers and best friends KJ and Jasper spend their days talking music and Bukowski outside the back of the small coffee shop in Vermont where seventeenyear-old Evan is eking out his summer working. When he meets the two young men he is irresistibly drawn into their world of magic mushrooms, philosophical musings and great-bands-that-never-were.

Friends (6 June) –

Derren Brown – Svengali (29 May – 1 June) – Hippodrome, 7.30pm - £35

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Potted Panto (31 May – 3 June) – Tobacco Factory, 7pm - £12/£8

Circomedia The Final Stage: Onwards And Upwards (2-4 June) – Old Vic/Circomedia, 7.30pm £12/£10

On The Piste (9-23

June) – Tobacco Factory, 7.30pm - £13/£9

Footloose (13-18 June)

– Hippodrome, 7.30pm £31-£37

Salt Of The Earth (15-25

June) – Tobacco Factory, 7.30pm - £13/£9

Bouncers/Shakers

(Double Bill) (15 June – 2 July) – The Brewery, 7.45pm - £13/£9

Teachers (18 June – 20 June) – The Brewery, 7.45pm - £13/£9

Spirit of the Dance (20 June) – Hippodrome, 7.30pm - £23-£28

Lost And Found (1-5 June) Peter’s Friends (26 June) – The Brewery, various times - £6

– Tobacco Factory, 8pm £12/£8

Storytelling Sundays

(5 June) – The Brewery, 8.15pm - £9/£7

A Corner Of The Ocean

Avenue Q (23-28 May)

Beyond the Barricade – Brand New Show for 2011 (5 June) –

Evita (27 June – 2 July)

Orphans (24-28 May) –

– Hippodrome, 7.30pm £33-£37 Alma Tavern, 8pm - £9/£7

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Hippodrome, 7.30pm - £23

Jonathan Ansell and

(27-29 June) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £12/£8 – Hippodrome, 7.30pm £31- £38

Pride And Prejudice (29 June – 2 July) – Old Vic, 7.30pm - £13/£9

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COMEDY

MAY/JUNE May

Richard Herring: Christ On A Bike – The Second Coming (3-4 May), 8pm - £15

Milton Jones: Lion Whisperer (4 May) –

Colston Hall, 8pm - £15

2011 (13-14 May) – Hen

Metropolis, 7pm - £12

Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog (9 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm

Oliver Samuels in Midnight at Puss Creek

(10 June) – Colston Hall, 8pm - £20

Barry Cryer – Butterfly Brain (14 May) – Colston Hall, 7.30pm - £18

Mark Steel: Mark Steel’s In Town (25-26 May) –

Chicken, 8.45pm - £12

– Metropolis, 7pm - £12

Hen & Chicken, 8.45pm - £11

Simon Clayton, Mary Bourke (13-14 May) –

Rob Rouse: UK Tour 2011 (6-7 May) – Hen & Dominic Woodward, Dougie Dunlop and Christian Reilly (6-7 May)

Stephen Grant plus guests (10-11 June) –

& Chicken, 8.45pm - £11

Imran Yusuf: UK Tour 2011 (20 May) – Hen & Chicken, 8.45pm - £12

Star of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Imran Yusuf hits the road for his eagerly awaited debut tour. “Imran Yusuf’s show is an hour of cheek and charm.”

Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £15

Following publication of his latest book What’s Going On?: The Meanderings of a Comic Mind in Confusion, commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel brings his brilliant comic musings to the Tobacco Factory Theatre.

Joe Rowntree, Ellis James, Mitch Benn (1011 June) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12

Danny Bhoy (17 June) – Colston Hall, 8pm - £15

Quincy, Chris McCausland, guest (1718 June) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12

John Robbins, Marlon Davis, guest (27-28 May) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12

An Evening With The Legendary John Cleese (21-23 June)

June

– Hippodrome, 7.30pm £25.75-38.50

Dylan Moran (2 June) – Hippodrome, 8pm £27.75

Russell Kane: Smokescreen & Castles (10 May) – Tobacco Factory, 8pm - £14

Russell Kane, the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and co host of ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here NOW! explores self, family, and the consequences of his Dad buying his own council house.

Jim Smallman, Sully Sullivan, Duncan Oakley

(20-21 May) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12 “Anarchic and matey in equal measures, Smallman boasts a masterful rapport with the audience and clearly takes much delight in pushing the comedy boundaries... his manic energy was easily picked up by the punters” Coventry Evening Telegraph

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“It didn’t falter for a moment.

This is stand-up comedy of the first order... there’s scarcely a word wasted... seriously good fun” The Times

Michael Legge, Ro Campbell, Gary Delaney (3-4 June) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12

Boothby Graffoe: UK Tour 2011 (9 June) – Hen & Chicken, 8.30pm - £12

For the first time ever, in the spring of 2011, comedy legend and the most senile member of Monty Python will be bringing his “Alimony Tour” to the UK. Best known for his idiosyncratic turns in “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and “Fawlty Towers,” John Cleese will bring his unique comedic perspective to audiences across the UK.

John Moloney: Butterflies with Stretchmarks (24-25 June) – Hen & Chicken, 8.45pm - £11

Dallso Chaponda, guests

(24-25 June) – Metropolis, 7pm - £12

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MAY/JUNE

EVENTS

MAY Sunday 1 Lakota – Subloaded/ Teachings in Dub/Ruffnek Discotek with Photek, Code 9, Pinch, Youngsta, Jakes b2b Gemmy hosted

by SGT Pokes, Dread, Coast (£7-£10) Big Chill – Norman Jay

with Paris Suit Yourself, Camera Culture The Farm – Mayday Asbo Disco Alldayer with The Drop, Mango Factory (FREE)

Friday 6

Blue Mountain – The Blast ft. Zinc, Redlight, D1, Arsequake, Dubious (£10) The Bank – Feel The Real Soundsystem with Andres Cervero, Pato Banton & Christophe

What better way to spend a bank holiday than in The Bank? But fear not, The Feel The Real Soundsystem definitely ain’t getting any time off. Andres Cervero and co will be pumping out the finest funk, house and disco till the small hours.

Basement 45 – Acidic Records: Cellardore Release Party ft.

Cellardore, Ulterior Motive, Soul Defiance, G-Suz (£6-7) The Bell – Boundary Object 08 ft Julio Bashmore and Hyetal (FREE) Dojo – Bristol Hifi ft Mr Benn, Queen Bee, Souls, Liberation (£5) Simple Things Festival with Jamie XX, Chris Clark, The Correspondents, Babyhead, Nextmen, Yes Sir Boss (£15/20) Various Venues Timbuk2 – Dirtytalk with Maurice Fulton (£6/7) Start The Bus - Hear No Evil

While Wills and Kate share a lobster on honeymoon, no doubt somewhere well romantic, why not take your nearest and dearest down to Blue Mountain where Zinc and Redlight will also be getting down and dirty.

Thekla – Metalheadz with Goldie, Ed Rush, Bailey, Doc Scott, Alix Perez (£10) Timbuk2 – Caravan, Underground House & Techno Grooves (£5/6) The Croft – Barrymores Pool Party Start The Bus – We Like To Party ft. Moneyshot, Kelly Twins, Wobbles £2/3

Saturday 7 Dojo – Drama All Nighter ft.

Eat Everything, Aleksei with Deep Thought, Dave Kirik and Greg Shaw (£5-7) Timbuk2 – Werk with Stevie Sutherland and Lucas Hopwood (£7) Basement 45 – Wonky with Pardon My French

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DJs. Bristol’s best and longest running gay night move’s to it’s new home at Basement 45 O2 Academy – Rakim, Rahzel & DJ JS-1, DJ Format (£22.50) Start The Bus – Dr Meaker (Live), Martipants £2/3 Golden Lion – DJ Read Trinity - Dub Development, The Disciples meets Da Vinci Sound

Thursday 12 Timbuk2 – Crave with Tom Star playing Wild House and Electro

Friday 13

Timbuk2 – Headrush with Lerosa (£5/6)

Trinity – Trinity Garden Party with Dub Mafia, The Scribes, The Duckworths.

Just two years old, Dub Mafia are making waves already.

A bass-heavy, live drum and bass act from here in Bristol, there live shows are brilliant with Eva’s vocals and Snafu’s scratching bringing something a bit different to live d&b.

Thursday 19

Lakota – Bedlam in Bristol with Skream, Friction, Emalkay, Feed Me, Flux Pavillion, Newham Generals, DJ Hazard hosted by Harry Shotta (£16 adv) Trinity – Patchwork & Vagabondz presents Dub To Jungle with Channel One, Congo Natty ft, Tenor Fly, Nanci & Phoebe, Dubcasm (£1012) Dojo – Sum & Idle Hands presents Sven Weisemann, Kowton, Placid, Chris Farrel (£7) Start The Bus – Funk From The Trunk 45’s Special, £FREE

Thekla – Pressure presents Born Blonde (£3)

Saturday 14

O2 Academy – Hysteria: The Ultimate Showdown with Grooverider, Original Sin, Bryan Gee, DC Breaks, DJ Sly, Nicky Blackmarket, Crystal

Basement 45 – Crazylegs: Deadboy, Midland & Elgato (£8 adv)

Friday 20 Timbuk2 – Dutty Girl special with Dutty Girls ft Dazee, Diss Miss, Kash Honey, Sarah B (£5 all night) Old Fire Station – Happy Daze Launch Party – A glorious mix of that festival feeling and pure utter madness ft Cellardore, Colour, Little Thoughts B2B Technical Pillow, Dub.Son

Saturday 21

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MAY/JUNE Clear, Logan D Warehouse – Totally ‘Ardcore with Hixxy, Sy, MC Storm, MC Keyes

Sunday 22 Ourzone Tour 2011 with The Summer Set – O2 Accademy, 6.30pm - £FREE via ourzonemag. com/oz/tours

Friday 27

Thekla – Circo Loco with Davide Squillace, SubbAn, Dan Wild, Cloak & Dagger

The world famous Circo Loco boards the Thekla for a night of debauchery - with a reputation for being one of the best club nights in the world you can expect a cutting edge music policy, a wild crowd and a night you won’t forget.

Motion – Run XL with D*Style, Caspa, Marky, Dirty Phonics, D*Minds, Sigma, Delta, Heavy, Jakes with extra Hench Warehouse ft. Tempa T (live), Plastician, Trolley Snatcha (£16+) Basement 45 – High Steaks Bank Holiday Special with LTJ Buken & MC Conrad and John-B

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CLUBS

EVENTS Saturday 11

Oceana – Kiss 100 Tour (£8)

JUNE Friday 3 Motion - SHIT THE BED vs Digital Soundboy with Jack Beats, Scratch Perverts, Joker, Blue Mountain – 2020 Vision Party with Stimming, Ralph Lawson, David August, Futureboogie Lakota – Innovation Bristol Summer Sizzla ft. The Harry Shotta Show Live, Andy C, DJ Hype, Phantasy, Crissy Criss hosted by Skibadee and Eksman

Motion – In:Motion Summer Party ft. Erol Alkan, Boys Noize, Art Department, Untold, Roska In preparation for the Autumn’s madness, we’ve got a sizzling summer warm up party for you. With a feast of acts ranging over a smorgasbord of genres, there will be something for everything at the mammoth knees-up!

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CLUBS REGULARS MONDAY

The Den – New Wave Mbargo – Suisse Tony presents Bounce – Fun and funky feel good groves to start your week with a bounce in your step - free entry open till 2.30 Bunker - Bed – Commercial, Electro and Party Beats Oceana – The Lash Elbow Rooms – Old Skool Illusions – Live Magic from 7.30 Lizzard Lounge – Free Entry b4 11.30 The Lanes – Monday Club

TUESDAY

Mbargo – DJ Jewel presents Diamond in the Rough – Playing the tracks you love all night long. The Hippest, happiest place to be – free entry open till 2.30 Bunker – The Mash Up, the biggest student drum and bass night.

THe Den - Disco Bloody Disco Elbow Rooms – Glastonbury Greats Illusions – Live Magic from 7.30 The Lanes – Strike Night Lizzard Lounge – free entry b4 11.30

WEDNESDAY

Brass Pig - Quiz Bunker – Kitch, the ONLY university sports night!

Mbargo – Benny Kane presents Slam on the Breaks – Our jet setting DJ showcases why he’s in demand all over the world - free entry open till 2.30 Oceana – Fuzzy Logic The Den – iDENtity, great music, cheap drinks and indie madness

MAY/JUNE Basement 45 – New weekly bass-music night featuring the besr in national and local DJ talent.

Big Chill Bar – Live Music Dojo – Groove On – Electro, techno, house, disco and more.

Elbow Rooms – 90’s Dance Illusions – Open Mic Night for all budding magicians The Lanes – 241 Cocktails Lizzard Lounge – Sports Night Platform 1 – Varsity Syndicate – Propaganda – DJ Dan plays the best new and classic indie and alternative - £3 NUS / £4

THURSDAY

Mbargo – DJ Amo and DJ Dre present Daft Funk – Both DJs serve up a selection of tracks spanning across the years - free entry open till 2.30 Bunker – Rehab – All music genres, Open Decks in room 2 Thekla – Pressure Java – Kizomba Dance Night Elbow Rooms – Rack em Up Thursday at The Hatchet DJ Chunky spins rock, punk and metal.

Oceana - Frisky Big Chill Bar – Root Elevation, soul music from the past present and future Illusions – Kareoke Night La ROcca – The Weekend Starts Here - Cheese Lizzard Lounge – Party Night Po Na Na – Shisha Mash Up Prive – Glit and Glow Start The Bus – Hear No Evil

FRIDAY

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Mbargo – Suisse Tony presents – Melting Pot – Start the weekend with a bang with Suisse playing music that will keep you going all weekend long.

Thank funk it’s Friday – free b4 10 / £2 after Bunker – Shake It! is The Bunker’s new weekly Friday night shindig!

Featuring special guests DJ’s on rotation. This is the ultimate end of week party!

Java Fridays – Open until 4am, with the cocktail bar starting from 5pm and a DJ bringing the dance floor to life at 10pm Oceana – Who’s Up For It The Hatchet – Gimme Shelter – Live music starting at 9.30pm, John the Mod plays 60s psych and garage, northern soul, rock and roll.

Elbow Rooms – Purple Blaise Illusions – Live Music and Live Magic La Rocca – The Ultimate After Work Party Lizard Lounge – The Weekend Starts Here Panache – Phat Fridays Po Na Na – Fancy Footwork Syndicate – I Love the 90s – All the tunes you remember from your walkman - £2

SATURDAY

Mbargo – DJ Jambo presents Higher Ground – Our trusty DJ whisks you away to a melodious wonderland to leave you content with merriment and probably hung-over – free b4 10 / £3 after Bunker – Unisex, Saturday’s biggest student

night by far.

The Den – Indiescretion, never be at a loss for how to spend your Saturday again Java -Signature Saturdays An eclectic range of contemporary music to launch you on to the dance floor until 4am!

The Hatchet - Generation X - Generation X has been ROCKING Bristol’s rock scene for over 9 years now and as ever we will be bringing the best in: Punk, Metal & Alternative Thekla - We Multiply Elbow Rooms – By the Pool Illusions – Live Music and Live Magic La Rocca – The Big One – Cheesy Classics Lizard Lounge – The Big Saturday Panache – Papparazzi Po Na Na – Po Na Raa Prive – Prive Saturday Sessions Syndicate – Hanky Panky – Bristol’s biggest party of the weekend – free b4 midnight £2 after with flyer

SUNDAY

Mbargo – Alex Taylor Presents Thankyou please – Alex playing live music the way only he can, plus look out for special DJ sets by DJ Amo and Jambo - Free entry open till 3 Cosies – Regae Sunday Elbow Rooms – Grass Roots Po Na Na - I Luv Comfy Sundae Big Chill Bar - Big Chill Brunch – Chilled Out Tunes - 25% off all drinks every week for those working in the bar trade (bring payslip)

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