Gwen McCrae

The City Rockas are back with a very special guest for a bank holiday extravaganza featuring Gwen McCrae singing all her hits, including the dance floor smash hit, "All The Love That I'm Giving"-  on stage midnight sharp.

This is a smart casual affair - dress to impress, but also to dance!

Doors 10pm

Tickets £12 adv / £15 OTD

18 +

Available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 935 1200

On-sale soon!

Over 18s only. Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.

Thur 17th, Fri 18th, Sat 19th & Sun 20th May

Show starts: 19:30

Price: £13 / £11

Tickets available from: 0117 987 7877 or via Bristol Ticket Shop.

Door sales also available.

Age Guidance: 14 +

Running Time: 1hr 50 mins

National Theatre Scotland

Created by David Greig

Directed by Wils Wilson

Pull up a chair and wet your whistle for an evening of anarchic theatre, live music and strange goings-on....

One wintry morning, Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her. Inspired by the border ballads - and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke - Prudencia’s dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

With a rollicking text by David Greig, barnstorming live music, and a ‘terrific, inventive sense of fun.’ (THE SCOTSMAN), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the lock-in to end all lock-ins.

National Theatre of Scotland cannot be held responsible in the event of any member of the audience losing their head, their heart or their very self during the course of the performance.

BSL interpreted performance on Sun 20th May

***** THE TIMES

“You shouldn’t miss this show for the world…rambunctiously life-affirming and touchingly beautiful.”

***** THE HERALD

“More vibrantly alive than any piece of theatre I’ve seen in Scotland for years.”

**** THE SCOTSMAN

**** THE TIMES

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart won a Herald Angel award at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Critics’

Awards for Theatre in Scotland, 2010-2011 Award for Best Music and Sound.

Full Mayfest e-brochure: http://issuu.com/mayfestbristol/docs/mayfest2012_issuu

"Few festivals sizzle quite so deliciously as Mayfest, which always succeeds in feeling both very local and completely universal" The Guardian

This year's garden party, Sunday 13 May, will be full of all the usual treats – food, workshops, sunshine (fingers crossed!) and the best of Bristol music. In celebration of this special anniversary, this year's line-up will be headlined by Bristol's original roots rock reggae and dub-music collective Dub from Atlantis. These guys have been performing with some of the best known reggae artists and entertaining audiences for twelve years.

Following on from this on Wednesday 16 May, the Trinity stage will be graced by The Skatalites - a seminal ska band from Jamaica. The band, formed in 1964 and, though time has seen the passing of some of the original members, the band still consists of the finest musicians in the reggae genre and-  from the first note to the last - they will have you whipped up into an elated dancing frenzy, in true celebration of their Jamaican roots. Tickets are available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 929 9008.

So come to Trinity Bristol and celebrate 2012, Jamaican style. Visit our Events Page for more info about these and other events.

Come join us in this 600 capacity church that is going to be extra specially fitted out in REAL EM IN fashion. This includes second to none spectacular lighting from one of the worlds biggest lighting companies, over 25k of quality sound including 18k of Opus rig, and a line up that is guaranteed bass heavy ass shaking shit!

Line Up:

DR MEAKER (full live band)

JNR HACKSAW (live electro/breaks)

CENTRAL SPILLZ (live hip hop)

GLITCH UNIT (live glitch hop/dnb/electro)

SONWAH FRESH (live dubstep/electro/breaks/dnb)

BABYLON DESTRUCTION UNIT (filthy techy dnb)

SI:D (multi genre fresh bristol shiz)

Hosted by LADY CHATTERLIS

Doors 11pm

Tickets £7 adv

Available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0870 44 44 400 / 0117 929 9008

Over 18s only. Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.

Neon Indian / Jake Bugg / The Rumour Said Fire /

Beth Jeans Houghton / Islet / Patterns / Peace / Rae Morris /

Random Impulse / Admiral Fallow / Bastille / Bondax / Clock Opera /

Eyes On Film / Lulu James / Murray James / The Night / Scoundrels /

Shinies / Swiss Lips / Turbowolf

Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill. The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart By Horses and featuring some of the most electrifying up and coming acts currently around.

Dot To Dot Organiser Anton Lockwood said: “Our second announcement for Dot To Dot 2012 sees us welcome some of the most hotly tipped new acts in the world, including some stars of SXSW. This is what Dot To Dot is all about!”

Kicking off the latest announcement are San Diego surf punks Wavves. Fast, intense, riff propelled mayhem is the order of the day, ensuring Wavves will be raising the energy levels across all three cities. One of the most captivating artists currently getting those in the know all hot and bothered, Willis Earl Beal will be showcasing his Acoustic Sorcery for the Dot To Dot masses, Hooray For Earth will be unleashing their synth-driven psychedelia to whip up the crowds, SXSW sensations (and Tame Impala spin off) Pond will be demonstrating just why they’re being so hotly tipped and Texan art-pop wunderkind Neon Indian will be making a one-off Dot To Dot appearance in Manchester on June 4^th.

Other acts playing across the weekend include Nottingham’s latest singing, song-writing prodigy Jake Bugg, Danish indie folksters The Rumour Said Fire, renowned chanteuse Beth Jeans Houghton who will joining the event for the Bristol date and off-kilter instrument swappers Islet, plus there will be appearances from Patterns, Peace, Rae Morris and Random Impulse. And that’s not all, as other acts set to join this year’s Dot To Dot bill include Admiral Fallow, Bastille, Bondax, Clock Opera, Eyes On Film (Nottingham and Manchester only), Lulu James, Murray James, The Night, Scoundrels, Shinies (Manchester only), Swiss Lips and Turbowolf.

With tickets at an incredible £20 and a staggering list of the most exciting bands around already confirmed plus many more still to be announced, Dot To Dot is a must-see festival for 2012.

Tickets are now on sale

Bristol: £20

Nottingham: £20

Manchester £20

See our events page for full details

Returning direct from London:

JAH TUBBYS SOUNDSYSTEM

with full crew

Meeting Bristol's very own:

JAH LOKKO SOUNDSYSTEM

with full crew

The last time these two sounds met was during the 80's. This session has been a long time coming - don't miss it!

Doors 10pm

Limited advanced tickets at £10 + BF

More on the door

www.bristolticketshop.co.uk / Idle Hands & Genesis Musik

And remember for the best in roots and dub reggae listen to: Sufferahs Choice Show, Mon 7-9pm www.pasionradiobristol.com

+ Resonators

Doors 7.30pm

Tickets £18.50 adv + bf

On-sale Saturday 17th March

Idle Hands (Stokes Croft)

Genesis (Stapleton Road)

Cooshti (Park Street)

Rise (Top of Park Street)

Bristol Ticket Shop & Ticket Web

"The hottest Ska group in town is the Skatalites.” “…the likes of which you’ve never seen, with grown men prostrate at the tuffness of the sounds. THE STAR (JAMAICA)

"The Skatalites were essential in the transformation of Ska – with its obvious connection to the United States and its high speed tempos – into Reggae." THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Eric Clapton once said that he didn’t want to talk to anyone who didn’t know Robert Johnson’s music. I kinda feel that way about the Skatalites…” “Not only did they pave the way for the intricacies and nuances of the rocksteady, reggae and dub styles that followed, but they’ve been held in continual high esteem by musicians, intellectuals and such non-mainstream types as punk rockers” THE BEAT MAGAZINE

“Ska is ubiquitous, and there’s no disputing that they started it all. When you also consider the influence that the various Skatalites alumni had on the subsequent styles of Jamaican music, then you could argue that they are one of the most influential groups in 20th century popular music.” CARTER VAN PELT

"Even before they became a band, the members of The Skatalites were already trendsetters on the Jamaican music scene." "…Jamaica’s answer to the Motown house band and Booker T. and the MG’s combined"  ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE

The Skatalites are the seminal ska band from Jamaica which originated in 1964. As studio musicians who backed the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and The Maytalls. Prince Buster, Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis, and just about every vocalist in Jamaica in the early 60’s, the band was formed to perform live so these musicians could become recognized for their contributions to Jamaican popular music. They performed all over the island and recorded with every available producer on the island at the time and officially were only together for about 15 months, disbanding in 1965. In 1966 they were on the charts in the UK with their rendition of the movie them “The Guns of Navarone”. Ska began to evolve into rocksteady and then reggae and The Skatalites had created the roots to the tree which has branched into dub, lover’s rock, two-tone, ska-punk, ska-jazz, and ragga. Members of The Skatalites remained on the scene throughout this evolution in groups like Tommy McCook and The Supersonics, The Soul Vendors, and Sound Dimension and recorded with producers like Bunny Lee and Lee “Scratch” Perry. In 1983 The Skatalites reunited to stake their claim to the music which had become so popular through the emergence of bands like The Police, The Clash, The Specials and The English Beat. Subsequently the members emigrated to the USA where they began touring worldwide and spawned what is now known as the “third wave” of ska. In 2012 they continue to tour the world playing for the biggest and best festivals, as well as the more intimate club shows. Although time has seen the passing of most of the original members the band still consists of the finest musicians in their genre and, from the first note to the last, stir their audiences into an elated dancing frenzy.

Resonators

'Resonators are storming the UK dub and reggae scene with their new and unique sound, using deep basslines and stunning harmonies to break out of the genre and into an irresistible form of live dance music. This and their contagiously fun and entertaining stage presence has had a big impact on audiences nationwide. Their new single, 'Surrender' has just come out on 7" with the Wah Wah 45 label, as will their second album this summer.

Since the self release of their debut album Resonators have gained radio support on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and Kiss Fm from the likes of Mark Lamarr, David Rodigan and Craig Charles. Here's what reggae guru Rodigan had to say about the record:

“…elements are truly beautiful and haunting. In these days of homogenised, digital recordings lacking in any individual sound or identity it is most encouraging to hear something so truly original… most refreshing”

2011 has seen the band grace the stage at legendary venues including Brixton Academy alongside Fat Freddy's Drop, Koko, Jazz Cafe and at the UK and Europe's top festivals including Glastonbury and Outlook Croatia.'

Links: www.resonatorsmusic.co.uk

www.facebook.com/Resonators

twitter.com/resonatorsmusic
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jvreHgnx1o&feature=youtu.be

+ Marques Toliver

Recently announced as a nominee for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, La Havas made her television debut on 21 October 2011, on BBC Two’s Later… with Jools Holland. Her official debut single, Lost & Found will be released in the UK on April 30 and her debut album, Is Your Love Big Enough will be released on July 9.

Velvet-voiced Londoner, Lianne La Havas has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting new talents, after the release of her two critically acclaimed EP’s ‘Lost and Found’ and ‘Forget’. Lianne la Havas is pleased to announce details of her debut single ‘Lost and Found’ which will be released 30^th April on Warner Bros Records. ‘Lost and Found’ which has been produced by Matt Hales will include remixes from Ifan Dafydd and Lapalux + two brand new tracks ‘Liar’ and ‘Empty’.

After selling out her one month residency at London’s The Social in less than four hours, Lianne mirrored the feat by selling out her headline show at London’s The Scala over three months in advance. The fevered excitement around Lianne has spread across the UK, Europe and the US where all her shows are selling out in hours.

After performing at the BBC Radio 1’s ‘Live from Hull’ Lianne was confirmed as the main support slot to Bombay Bicycle Club on their April UK tour, which includes shows at Alexander Palace and Blackpool Empress Ballroom.

Doors 7.30pm

£10adv + bf

Tickets available from Wednesday 14th March:

14+ (under 16 must be accompanied)

Pulled Apart By Horses: 21.45 - 22.45

Turbowolf: 20.15 - 21.00

Cloud Nothings: 18.45 - 19.30

Pure Love: 17.45 - 18.15

Hysterical Injury: 16.45 - 17.15

Doors 4pm

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At Venues across the city:

The Drums

Willy Mason

Summer Camp

Lucy Rose

Dog Is Dead

Hooray for Earth

Olugbenga (Metronomy)

Pond

Wavves

Willis Earl Beal

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Admiral Fallow

Bastille

Beth Jeans Houghton

Bondax

Broken Hand

Clock Opera

Cloud Nothings

Deaf Club

Dirty Goods

Doldrums

Eugene Francis Jr

Eyes on Film

Here We Go Magic

Hyde & Beast

Islet

Jake Bugg

Josh Kumra

Kwes

Kyla La Grange

Last Dinosaurs

Lewis Watson

Lulu James

Mary Epworth

Murray James

O Children

Patterns

Peace

Pearl & The Beard

Rae Morris

Random Impulse

Ryan Keen

Scoundrels

Seasfire

Summer Camp

Swiss Lips

The Dunwells

The Hundred in the Hands

The Night

The Other Tribe

The Rumour Said Fire

ThePetebox

Two Wounded Birds

Vadoinmessico

Willis Earl Beal

Wonder Villains

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Full Venue breakdown and times

Venues

Bristol O2 Academy/Thekla/Louisiana/Trinity/Fleece/The Cooler/Start The Bus

TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR £20 from

Age 14+ for gigs at Trinity

Previous Dot to Dot guests include:

65daysofstatic, Annie Mac, Beach House, Blood Red Shoes, British Sea Power, Cults, Dan Sartain, Gallows, Ed Sheeran, Egyptian Hip-Hop, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Ellie Goulding, Erol Alkan, Foals, Frank Turner, Friendly Fires, Glasvegas, Hurts, The Hold Steady, Jakwob, The Joy Formidable, Kissy Sell Out, Klaxons, Ladyhawke, Late Of The Pier, Laura Marling, Liars, Little Boots, Los Campesinos, Marina & The Diamonds, Mumford & Sons, Mystery Jets, The Naked & Famous, Patrick Wolf, Santigold, Spiritualized, The Temper Trap, Washed Out, We Are Scientists, Wild Beasts, The xx, Zane Lowe & many more!

Don't miss the 3 evenings dances at Trinity, with a live band and stunning swing/circus cabaret performances, followed by an after party in the city centre.

Friday 6th, 8.30pm-12.30am; Sat 7th, 9.00pm-1.30am; Sun 8th, 9.00pm-1.00am

(Daytime classes at Circomedia School, Kingswood)

£139 for a full weekend pass

for limited evening tickets and more information, please contact David Zilkha

Alabama 3 Acoustic and Unplugged

Fixed In Space and Time

DJ Smokelife

Wild Wax Brothers

Featuring Red Hot Frilly Kickers

Hosted by Zion Flex

Alabama 3 Acoustic and Unplugged is a four-piece outfit consisting of Larry Love (vocals), Aurora Dawn (vocals), Rock Freebase (guitar), and Harpo Strangelove (harmonica).

With this line up they bring a whole new dimension to the songs made famous by Alabama 3.  This isn’t acid house music, this is country/gospel/delta blues, but played with a rhythm you’ve still got to dance to. With the addition of Aurora Dawn to the line up there’s an added injection of soul – or, as it says on the cover of the band’s previous album ‘Revolver Soul’ this is ‘soul music with a gun against your head’.  Their latest album 'Shoplifting 4 Jesus' is out now.

Benefit gig in aid of Womankind - we will also be collecting with a number of other charities on the night. So why not join us and catch Alabama 3 in an intimate setting in aid of some great causes!

Fixed in Space and Time are a 5 piece electronic dance-punk band incorporating live drums, percussion, 2 guitarists and lead singer with synths and loops.

They are somewhat difficult to categorise but influences range from postpunk bands such as P.I.L. to krautrock like Can, electronica and the free party / festival scenes of the 90s.

Fusing electronic sounds, dance music basslines and post-punk space-rock guitar posturing and attitude F.I.S.T. are most definately a 'live' act. Recent gigs have been very well received with a growing eclectic fan base. In the words of a recent convert "exactly what live music should be, exciting and mental"

http://fixedspace.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/fixedspace

Smokelife

http://soundcloud.com/smokelife

Doors 8pm

Tickets £15 advance +BF from:

Rise Bristol - 0117 929 7511

Here Gallery - 0117 942 2222

Over 18s only. Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.

+ Woodpigeon

Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of 4 and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear.  When it came time for a restless teen-ager to make his own way, it wasn’t such a giant leap to Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, south Indian etc. It's fitting that now, though classically trained, he has opted to play his violin in a most unconventional manner, accompanying himself on glockenspiel and guitar, adding singing and whistling to the equation, and becoming a pop songwriter in the process.

His work was first acclaimed in the concert setting by the curious attraction of one man generating the wealth of sound normally produced by an orchestra, seemingly composing, or at least structuring the songs.  Passages of violin, guitar, voice and glockenspiel are looped and layered forging a texture of definitive hooks and rhythms out of spontaneous stabs and strums. Each night is unique; Andrew rarely replicates the album version, as beloved as they may be.

Since beginning his recording career in 1997, he has released eleven albums.  His 2009 album Noble Beast won praise from Esquire, the New York Times Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Rolling Stone, Spin, and many others.  He followed the release with a worldwide tour that kicked off at Carnegie Hall and included appearances at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Radio City Music Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, the Sydney Opera House and the TED conference, along with a few hundred more destinations.

Amazon.com recently named Bird’s Mysterious Production of Eggs one of the "100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time," and more recently his prior effort, The Swimming Hour, enjoyed a vinyl reissue —about which the typically sedate Pitchfork enthused:  “a stroke of genius…a killer batch of songs that add up to a sublimely enjoyable whole.”  More recently, contributed his rendition of Kermit classic 'Bein Green' to the new Muppets movie record The Green Album, as well as scored the original soundtrack for independent film Norman.

New album Break It Yourself Out 5th March on Bella Union

Doors 7.30pm

Tickets: £19.50 adv + bf

14 + (under 16 must be accompanied)

Tickets on sale Friday 17th February

What happened when the UK's maddest bashment party landed in Bristol for the first time in November?

FIREWORKS. See for yourself >>>>>>>>> http://youtu.be/d0KIe6khZXw

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Now they're back and on Saturday 18th February and they touch down at Trinity Centre. It's a rave in a club that used to be a church and we will be worshipping at the altar of bashment.

>> STYLO G // LIVE

>> THE HEATWAVE

>> FIRE MAN SAM

>> MAINY

>> KELVIN 373

Hosted by Rubi Dan, Benjamin D and Redskin.

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STYLO G is leading the way for UK bashment with a string of hits including the massive CALL MI A YARDIE. He's currently working with the likes of Popcaan, Skepta and some other people we can't even tell you about right now. 2012 is gonna be a very very big year for him.

THE HEATWAVE are the UK's number one bashment sound. Everywhere they go it's a carnival and there are about a million girls going crazy.

FIRE MAN SAM and DJ MAINY are two of Bristol's finest bashment selectors and they tore up the last Hot Wuk in November.

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TICKET + T-SHIRT

> We have a VERY LIMITED run of Hot Wuk tees

> £20 gets you a tee plus entry to the rave

> They come in yellow and pink and you can pick yours up when you reach the club

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