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Rebellion in Blackpool
6th - 9th August sees the largest collections of rebellious bands come to the North West in a festival to rival the biggies - and the weather is looking promising to.
The biggest punk/independent music festival in the world, 5 stages over 150 bands...it features The Damned, The Beat, Killing Joke, Goldie Lookin Chain, Ade Edmunson & The Bad Shepherds, John Otway, Frank Sidebottom, Bay City Rollers and loads of other mad stuff....
beat a track to View for Festival Two
Following the runaway success of last year’s inaugural event, the Above The Beaten Track festival team have beavering away to make this year even more special, whilst maintaining their ethos of championing all things alternative, marginal and local; on all three floors of the gallery space. On the 22nd August the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street opens its doors for this return.
Africa on the Waterfront
Listen to Africa! FOR FREE
Only a few weeks ago Africa Oye thrilled thousands in Sefton Park, Liverpool with two days of the finest music and this weekend we get the opportunity for more. Africa Oyé in association with Walk the Plank that theatre ship in the dock are going to deliver an evening of stunning FREE African music at the beautiful setting of Liverpool’s Pier Head as part of this weekend celebration ‘Music on the Waterfront’.
Oyé will bring to you some of the finest musicians from West Africa to Liverpool for your listening and dancing pleasure. Whoopeee.
These are the delights....
Now seen on TV - live from Contact Theatre
Not Very I thought but I didn't realise it when i first saw it but it has slowly sunk in that the artistic director of Manchester's Contact Theatre appears in this advert for a Panasonic digital camera. Baba Israel is wearing the beret and Beatboxing.
CELL Premiere at BLUE @ PURE in The Printworks, 24:7 Theatre Festival
A lyrical and percussive piece of new writing
CELL, Ailis Ni Riain's third play receives its premiere as part of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, supported by Arts Council England, 20th-26th July 2009 in Manchester (see venue and performance times below). Directed by Paula Simms, CELL was written between 2005 and 2009.
Manchester Jazz Festival
Friday 24th July to Sat 1st August.
mjf 2009 is bigger and better than ever, with 9 Days, 60 gigs, 300 musicians and hours of live music. Also planned is a full array of special events and activities, indoors and out, on stage, on screen and online... such as the Discovering Jazz evening, a mini-season of classic jazz films at the Cornerhouse, and Afoxe, a Brazilian parade and performance throughout Manchester city centre.
247 Theatre Festival, Manchester
Sixth annual 247 Theatre Festival is due to Launch with a selction of new writng talent festival
21 original 1 hour shows
to delight, excite, entertain and provoke
runs 20 - 26 July
We anticipate some excellent production! find out more
Working Class Music Festival - Line up announced
LEON ROSSELSON, AMSTERDAM and CHUMBAWUMBA top Festival
12th – 16th SEPTEMBER 2009 @ The Picket, Jordan Street, Liverpool
Tickets are now on sale for The Liverpool Working Class Music Festival, the only annual music festival of its kind in Europe.
Now in its second year the five-day festival is the brainchild of local singer/songwriter Alun Parry and it showcases twenty top radical songwriters and performers from around the country. “Our aim is to promote songs of struggle, protest and social justice, as well as songs that tell our story,” says organiser Alun.
AND - Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture
Abandon ye Normal Devices and brake out the abaci
23-27 September 2009 & 2011 Liverpool
April 2010, 2011, 2012 Cumbria & Lancashire
September 2010 & 2012 Manchester & Cheshire
Launching Defnet Media TV
Defnet Media TV is up and almost running
Here is a quick sample of what's going on.
We will be streaming a selection of programmes, but until a proper schedule starts to firm up. Go to www.livestream.com/defnetmedia to watch on a Big Screen
More...
Exodus Festival 2009
Sunday 2 August, 12 - 6pm at Urbis and Cathedral Gardens, Manchester
Congolese rumba, beat boxing and bhangra music, this one day extravaganza celebrates Greater Manchester’s diverse refugee communities and promises to be a cultural feast with live music, dance performances, workshops, craft activities and international food stalls from across the globe.
FREE EVENT- no need to book
For further information go to www.can.uk.com/exodus
Deaf School announce three dates at Liverpool Everyman
Cabaret concepts for Deaf School
3 special nights four special shows with Henry Priestman and more Special Guests over 3 nights in September.
Over the past few years fans have been treated to a series of special gigs, they performed at the opening of the Picket in 2006, and last year one night at the Carling Academy. This time it's special, the Everyman has a brand new cabaret club layout for special guests to experience the real thing. Tickets will sell out fast so find out more.
Burma VJ - UK Saffron Premiere, 14 July FACT
The Co-operative is bringing to life the film Burma VJ in the UK.
Burma VJ is a powerful and compelling first hand account of the 2007 uprisings in Burma and the subsequent harsh retaliation by the state, and includes never-before-seen footage shot illegally by video journalists, or VJs, using concealed cameras. It is a moving account of a new breed of young VJs who are prepared to risk their liberty, and even their lives, to tell their story. See: www.burmavjmovie.com.
Ghost Stories – A Night Opera
"... a shimmering, atmospheric cluster of works with a ghostly theme...superbly constructed." - Musician Magazine
A haunting and beautiful sound and visual experience is coming to Liverpool’s St. Luke’s (Bombed-out) Church on Thursday 16th July, ‘Ghost Stories – A Night Opera’ a classical composition written by Liverpool musician and composer Neil Campbell. Since its release in October 2008 on CD simply titled ‘Ghost Stories’, it has received unanimous acclaim from both the UK and International music critics. The subtle ‘A Night Opera’ was added to the title following collaboration with Bill Elms who will work with Neil to stage performances of the piece across the region with stunning visuals in unusual spaces. It is also being performed as part of the Wirral International Guitar Festival in November at Birkenhead Priory. Plans are being made to tour ‘Ghost Stories – A Night Opera’ to other cities and festivals across the UK in 2010.
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