Asian Arts Agency presents Aadhunik: a new Asian Music night exploring the best of contemporary South Asian music. Launching this December, Aadhunik brings a night of explosive, Bhangra-infused rhythm and music to Bristol and London. We’re delighted to present DJ Rekha from New York City’s long-standing and amazing Basement Bhangra at the forefront, accompanied by UK-based The Dhol Foundation and more exciting artists yet to be announced.
DJ Rekha’s long-running and famous Basement Bhangra nights have been a part of the New York scene since 1997, along with her weekly radio show Bhangra and Beyond. Named the “Ambassador of Bhangra” by the New York Times, DJ Rehka’s set will combine visual elements with her unique Bhangra sound to send audiences wild!
The Dhol Foundation’s explosion of drum and bass, table, hip-hop, and Bhangra rhythms have made them a favourite around the UK, while master Dhol Drummer Johnny Kalsi has played with artists from all around the world, including the Afro celts, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Avril Lavigne. The UK’s finest rhythm machine will set Trinity alight!
DJ Bobby Friction has represented the British Asian sound all over the world, from Asia to the US, from the Middle East to the whole of Europe. He’s built his reputation as a genre-mixing musician at a range of incredible shows, from an outdoor New Year’s Eve gig in Bangalore to playing for such festivals as Glastonbury, Bestival, WOMAD, the World Music Festival in Chicago, and Burning Man.
Come along and celebrate contemporary South Asian music at its best in this brand new music night that will set itself at the forefront of British Asian sound, produced and presented by Asian Arts Agency.
Tickets on sale Wednesday 21st October
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Grammy award winner Patty Griffin is equally acclaimed as an extraordinarily talented singer and musician, and as an uncommonly perceptive songwriter with a genius for character driven story telling. Her work has been covered by the likes of Emmylou Harris, The Dixie Chicks, Joan Baez and Bette Midler. Her tenth album, Servant of Love, is widely regarded as the highlight of an outstandingly rich career – the product of influences ranging from country, folk, blues, gospel and jazz with echoes of North Africa. A modern classic from one of the greatest contemporary singer songwriters.
“A thing of such striking and beguiling beauty... practically impossible to take for granted.” Glide magazine
Frankie Lee- "Echoes of Springsteen, Dylan and Ryan Adams...beneath the familiar glow of his beautifully burnished Americana lurks a restless, angry soul" ****Guardian 2015
Click here to view Frankie's debut
Tickets available from www.wegottickets.com, www.crhmusic.com and Bristol Ticket Shop.
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Lockjaws exhibition from 6pm - 6.45pm
Invisible Youth: 6:40pm
The Ambling Band: 7:00pm
Fireworks: 7:30pm
Inside:
Blind Bat: 8-8:30
Mr Benn ft Eva Lazarus: 8:30pm- 10pm
Mr Benn: Reared on a tasty diet of Aswad, The Specials and King Tubby, 90s hip hop, plenty of jungle and hi-life rhythms, the musical influences behind DJ / producer Mr Benn’s sound are vast and wide but always rooted in a passion for the heavy, heavy bass that his home town of Bristol is so renowned for.
Eva Lazarus: A love of many different styles show to be a key part of her writing and performance, this has become an identity stamp for her in her chosen collaborations, showcasing her as writer who can credibly handle different genres.
Suggested donation £2
Please note priority will be given to those with flyers which are used as tickets - these can be picked up one week before event
The weird and wonderful cast of characters from ATTACK! Pro are back for the spookiest night of professional wrestling you'll ever see! Goblins and ghouls from across the country will flock to the Trinity Centre on Sunday 18th October for the most horrifying offering of the ATTACK! Pro calendar.
Featuring all your ATTACK! favourites including;
24/7 Champion YxB Pete Dunne
The Pride of Wales' Eddie Dennis
The Wild Boar
'Ginger Jesus' Mike Bird
'One Man Wolf-Pack' Kid Lykos
Culture Squad (Luchadora/Brookes)
Anti-Fun Police (Dunne/Smile)
& MUCH MORE!
*Please Note!* No physical tickets will be posted for this show. Please bring a copy of your PayPal transaction number and present this with your name on the door!
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Devin Townsend is pleased to announce that he will return to the UK this October for some special ‘An Evening With’ acoustic shows, where he will be playing stripped down versions of his material, as well as taking fan requests and even a little spoken-word.
Last year, Devin Townsend Project released the acclaimed Z² double-album, and more recently the two parts that made up that album , ‘Dark Matters’ & ‘Sky Blue’, were released as separate CD editions. Earlier this year Devin capped off a European headline tour with a sold-out show at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall venue. Metal Hammer awarded it a 9/10 review, calling it a “universe of joyful surprises” and that it was “unlikely the Royal Albert Hall has witnessed such abandonment.”
More info coming soon
Tickets on sale Wednesday 9th September
Banoffee Bunch (Banoffee Pies Records)
ELA 303 (Shapes)
Harri Pepper (Stamp The Wax DJs)
After almost a whole year away from our Banoffee Pies Presents parties we are back for uno mas
Banoffee Pies Records - An independent party collective come record label based in Bristol, focused on intimate parties and forward thinking dance music ideologies. Behind it all, the organisation have encapsulated their real passions and influences around the dance floor with an array of parties, vinyl releases and other creative projects.
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Dear Audience Member
The Circus City team are really sorry to announce that, due to an artist injury, Bromance by Barely Methodical Troupe has been cancelled.
We will automatically refund all tickets, but please do email us at tickets@britsolcircuscity.com should you have any further queries.
All the best,
Circus City Team x
Circus City 08 - 31 October
Circus City is a brand new festival for Bristol celebrating the city's vibrant circus scene. The programme has something for everyone, mixing circus with dance, theatre, comedy and puppetry, featuring homegrown talent and award winning European shows.
For the full festival programme visit www.bristolcircuscity.com
Trio from British Columbia, Canada, fusing the restless elements of indie, pop and folk with beautiful rhythmic harmonies, delicate guitar lines and a hint of warm electronica. Their complex arrangements are inspired by both classical and modern composers.
Luscious vocal harmonies and alternative-pop inspired atmospherics from Montreal, Canada.
On sale Friday 24th July
14+ (under 16 must be accompanied).
Presented by DHP Concerts
Support changed from Emile & Ogden
Date changed from Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Bella Union are excited to announce the long-awaited return of US alt-rock legends Mercury Rev whose new album The Light In You will be released 18th September via the label. The band have just unveiled a track from the LP entitled ‘The Queen Of Swans’, which is streaming HERE, and announced an extensive European tour, the dates of which are below.
As Mercury Rev began recording their eighth studio album in autumn 2013, when asked what people could expect, co-pilot Grasshopper responded, “Steel Resonator Mandolin. Timpani. Sleigh Bells. All sorts of electric guitars…..” He subsequently added, “It is the best stuff we have done in a long, long time. Gonna be big sounding!”
Mercury Rev come to Trinity as part of their European Tour this Autumn.
Tickets on sale Monday 22nd June - Bristol Ticket Shop / 0117 929 9008 & Alt-Tickets / 0115 896 4456
Age Limit: 14+ (Under 16's must be accompanied by an Adult)
Set times:
Holly Macve - 8pm
Mercury Rev - 9.30pm
Curfew - 11pm
Presented by DHP Concerts
]]>2015 is the UNESCO International Year of Light and we are preparing a Sci/Art showcase day Sci/Art to celebrate.
There will be a light lab of workshops to play with ideas behind the physics of light and how they can be used in dance and other arts.
We are also hosting an exhibition where artists and scientists from academia and industry can show off some of their great light-inspired work.
The day will culminate in a show by several dance companies, including SWDT, performing light inspired repertoire. See the movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3GALsWsE4g for an idea of what dance inspiredby the physics of light might look like.
Q&A and Development Day
Want to get involved? Wondering what we're on about? Join us Saturday July 11th from 5pm for a Q&A followed by development day (you can leave after the Q&A if you just want to have a nose).
To book a place at the Q&A/Development Day (no charge) email info@southwestdancetheatre.com
The main event will be held Sunday 8th November 5-9pm also at the Trinity Centre
Light - fusing arts and science is sponsored by IOP Publishing, subsidiary of the Institute of Physics
Tickets
All day: £10 (£7 concs)
Light lab and exhibition only: £8 (£5 conc)
Performance only: £8 (£5 conc)
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Bear’s Den will release their Ivor Novello nominated single ‘Above The Clouds Of Pompeii’ on July 27th. Watch the official video on YouTube here.
‘Above The Clouds Of Pompeii’ is taken from Bear’s Den’s debut album ‘Islands’ which is out now on Communion Records / Caroline International, and was written by the band’s Andrew Davie.
Speaking of the song, Davie says, “It’s an amalgamation of many of my feelings growing up. Trying to connect with people and also my first times dealing with loss. My Dad and I went on a trip to Pompeii when I was really young and I was thinking about it one day, nostalgically and also kinda painfully remembering stuff from when I was a kid and trying to communicate how I felt back then. That Pompeii trip made a huge impression on me and seemed to be the right place and time in my childhood for me to try and articulate all those things.
“I wrote Above The Clouds Of Pompeii a few years ago, in the back of a VW camper van, on Bear's Den's first ever tour in America. Ben Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Staves were also on that tour and it was hugely inspiring to be surrounded by so many talented songwriters night after night.”
A feature-length music documentary of this tour, ‘Austin To Boston’, will get its global release on 12th June via Netflix and iTunes, fresh from a successful run of screenings at international film festivals. The film was directed by James Marcus Haney (No Cameras Allowed), produced by Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons) & Ty Johnson (Sideshow Alley), and narrated by Gill Landry (Old Crow Medicine Show).
Watch the trailer for ‘Austin To Boston’ here.
Bear’s Den will embark on a European headline tour this October 2015, culminating with a previously announced show at London’s Roundhouse on 27th October. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 5th June at 10am.
The new dates follow the band’s completely sold out tour earlier in the year where numerous venues upgraded due to ticket demand.
And watch the band performing ‘Think Of England’ live in front of a sold out homecoming crowd at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on YouTube here.
Bear’s Den now have a busy summer of US and European festival appearances ahead of them, including Glastonbury, Citadel, and Reading & Leeds festivals in the UK.
14+ (under 16 yr olds must be accompanied by an adult)
On sale Friday 5th June
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