Tuesday, April 04, 2006

What's On This Week

Greetings two-legged animals!

There's a definite smell of summer on the way now - and that means festival season is nearly here! Don't forget to snp up your membership/tickets for the Grassroots Festival before they run out. If you are unsure of how to do this or would like more information regarding this event email Andrewgates23@yahoo.co.uk


So what events are there to tickle your eardrums and make you skip about joyfully this week?

Wednesday
A new weekly acoustic/open mic night is beginning at Xoo Bar (underneath City and Counties club) on Wednesday night. The night is being hosted by the wonderful James Chadwick, who has arranged for special guest Patrick Briscoe to perform at the first. If you would like to play on the night just turn up with your instrument. Entrance is free and doors open at 8pm.

Thursday
Unity at Fidds this week are showcasing a return perfomance from promising young acoustic artist Chris Barrie, as well as the Unity debut of fantastic young band Pure, who play the heavy end of rock music. The second band slot for the night has been left empty by an unfortunate cancellation, so expect some last minute surprises on the night. As always the Unity Jam will start proceedings (8:30 - 9:30) and entrance is free before 9:15).

Also on Thursday is the second of the Ptown Showcase nights at the Park (http://ptowndiy.tk) brought to you by a collaboration between Vortex Promotions and Diesel City. Bands on offer this time around are Yello Snow, Khalo, Point Seven Pistol and Coach Calhoun. Doors open at 8:30 and entrance costs £3 - or £2.50 if you're lucky enough to have a flyer in your hand on arrival. The Soltice Band of the Year competition continues this week. I'm not sure of the entire line-up but can tell you it includes the fantastic Remote State. For the truly hardcore or simply unemployed amongst you, Urb (System Abuse/Playskool/Unity/Muddy Promotions/World Record holder) is hosting his late night afterparty sessions at Lisboa from 12am till 3am every Thursday. Music will be a diverse mix of grooves to move you - reggae, drum & bass, ska, hip-hop, breaks, house, techno, ragga, dancehall...........and lots more. Entrance is free.

The Soltice' Band of the Year competition continues this week. I'm not sure of the entire line-up but can tell you it includes the fantastic Remote State.

For the truly hardcore or simply unemployed amongst you, Urb (System Abuse/Playskool/Unity/Muddy Promotions/World Record holder) is hosting his late night afterparty sessions at Lisboa from 12am till 3am every Thursday. Music will be a diverse mix of grooves to move you - reggae, drum & bass, ska, hip-hop, breaks, house, techno, ragga, dancehall...........and lots more. Entrance is free.

Friday
If you can make it to Spalding on Friday The Annex is hosting a triple bill from Soretooth, Wake and Point Seven Pistol on Friday night. Always a pleasure to see these bands.

For a night out in the boro Contact are in the Fidds for their second night of experimental electronics and weirdy techno. Line-up this time around includes sk9 (static noise) Magic Lamp (live PA) D5 (Delsin - Digital Soul) Shaggy (Playskool - one off techno-trance set) Dapper Dan and T-Junky. Entrance is £3 and doors are 8:30 till 2am. Live visuals will be provided by Lukus, Instinct and Lee Mason.


Saturday
It's time for another bout of filthy drum & bass courtesy of System Abuse at Limit. This time around the SA boys are proud to be bringing Temper D (Offkey/Renegae Hardware) with a 3 deck mix. Temper D will play alongside System Abuse's fantastic Khanange (Offkey) and the usual bunch of SA residents. There's also a 2 hour showcase of reggae and ska from SA's Urb and Playskool/Unity's Shaggy from 8 till 10. You can purchase advance tickets for £5 from Growsystems (Lincoln Road) or pay a little more on the door. Kick out is 4am.


It's time for another bout of Sunday Skool in Lisboa on Sunday - bringing you dancefloor funk and soul to make you gyrate with pleasure. Entrance to this event is free.

...and Finally
Until next time, don't forget to say thanks to Gaia under your feet and the Sun for giving you heat.

Peace love unity and respect.

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