Every Friday night we showcase quality LIVE music from established and up-and-coming acts. Doors open at 8pm. See our listings below for more information. Join
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JULY
23rd - HEG DOUGHTY + Special Guests £3
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Heg's songs take you on a journey through intimate snapshots of life to epic tales of the stormy Atlantic, drawing inspiration from her family history to well known stories from your childhood bookshelf.
SUNDAY 25th - STORYTELLING AND MAGIC LANTERN SHOW £5 adv (£3 cons)WITH: THE MERMAIN & THE SELKIE
3pm Matinee // 8pm Evening Performance // All ages welcome
Food served 12-4pm & 6-9pm
For tickets & table bookings call 0117 9299347
"The first of Milly’s Magic Lantern shows, Mermaid & Selkie was created in collaboration with illustrator, Peter Stevenson who performs with Milly & her son Orion Hart. Together they create a multilayered landscape; a simple story told through enchanting, projected visuals, fishy puppets, Milly’s marvellous storytelling and original music and songs on piano, electric guitars, banjo and concertina creating a sumptuous treat accessible to all. It explores themes of the human/nature connection, the state of the seas, love and identity, through the adventures of an eco activist mermaid, a lovesick selkie an illuminated wrasse, a psychic sea horse and other wonderful creatures. Like magic but better." 30th - FUZIA + DJs £3
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"This is live music at its most instantly arresting: a delirious, kinetic, Balkan bunker-party turned to 11. Brilliant performers all, this eight-headed ‘Slavic mash-up crew’ twists the traditions of Eastern Bloc folk-dance, Balkan gypsy-jazz and Klezmerabian, with a dash of ska, into exotic, crowd-pleasing sounds. Veering from unfathomable sadness to brawling head-banging, sometimes within the same song, Fuzia plays music that is passionate, urgent, and violently alive. And on this night, in the packed Attic Bar, they simply astound, leading the crowd on epically emotional musical odysseys before rousing them to wild circular dances. Sweat poured from everyone as, forming one body, performers and audience alike jumped in maniacal simultaneity to the thrillingly righteous racket."
Live world music review: Fuzia The Attic Bar, Bristol Saturday 26 September 2009 Gary Lee Prestwich (Programmer, Migrations Bristol Late Music Sessions) SATURDAY 31st - HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL 12.00 - 23.30 (Free Entry)
To celebrate the harbour in all it's glory, Grain Barge are bringing the most unique, fresh and exciting voices of the Bristol music community.
FEATURING: ANNETTE BERLIN
Dark R&B crossed with Banshee-esque howling, brilliant guitars and gorgeous harmonies!
+ BERT MILLER & THE ANIMAL FOLK
Wild gypsy-folk 5 piece who are one of the most unique groups in Bristol. Jaunty, hilarious and charismatic.
+ LADY NADE
Lady Nade is an unrivalled singer, once classic, the next, totally futuristic. These are smoky and sultry tones to send shivers down your spine.
+ HAWTHORN
Inventive live electronic looping and haunting melodies from rising acid-folk songstress Natalie Farr.
+ THE WILLOW TREE
Utterly rapturous folk-pop that conjures up pastoral as well as urban scenes with amazing cello and violins.
+ DJ Blindbat, DJ Zoon van snooK & DJ Canola Tenderfoot.
AUGUST
SUNDAY 1st - HARBOURSIDE FESTIVAL Acoustic showcase: 14.00 - 18.00 (Free Entry)
An afternoon of the best singer-songwriters in the city to sooth the fireworks of the Harbour Festival celebrations.
FEATURING:
LIBS & THE BUTTERFLY
+ DAISY B
+ MOLLY SAMSON
+ LONELY TOURIST
+ MATT BEE
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Daisy Chapman's songs weigh heavy with a haunting beauty and romantic intensity. With a voice that ranges from a whisper to a "herculean howl" and alone on stage with a piano and loop station, this is a live set not to be missed. Brand new album The Green Eyed explores the notion of jealousy - a vice none can avoid and few crave. With the addition of a string quartet, percussion and a host of Daisy's vocal harmonies, this album boasts an uplifting and heart warming timbre.
+ HAWTHORN
Brilliant acid folk and vocal looper Natalie Farr who's voice is like that of a sublime subliminal submarine floating in the ocean. Lyrical and futuristic. 13th - MANGO FACTORY £4
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A formidable nine piece live act who have filled dancefloors across the country. Playing a blend of funk, latin, jazz (to name a few) their usual set incorporates original songs, extended jams and a few covers for good measure. Expect locked-tight rhythms, dynamic arrangements and multi-instrumental fireworks topped off with two of Bristol's finest vocalists 20th - ROGER TARRY + SPECIAL GUESTS £3
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Bittersweet melancholy over delicious guitars, interspersed with a moodier, bluesy sound. Tender vocals, effortlessly delivered with gossamer touch. Acoustic songs are given room to breathe, mixing achingly melancholic melodies with the odd spiky chorus, and traces of electronica adding ambiance to the lush arrangements of cello, piano, bass and drums.
