The annual Acoustica Festival is back again this year and it’s bigger than ever! From 12th-14th September the festival is taking over the city playing at venues around the city including The Phoenix Arts Centre, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Old Firehouse.
The festival will showcase genres such as Alt Folk, Folktronica and Americana which are the roots of Folk music. Students from the Academy of Music will perform also.
On the 11th September at the Globe Inn, Newtown, there will be a warm up event for the festival from 8pm which is FREE!
Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens tonight (13 August) for four nights of fabulous films under the stars.
A different film will be shown each of the four nights on a 10m wide screen.
Along with the entertainment there are also several places to purchase food and drinks. The Little Devon Pizza Co will be serving up wood fired pizzas, Bar Belafronte will be offering specially selected craft beers and there you'll also find home-made butter fudge popcorn on sale.
Gates open at 7.30pm and the films start at approximately 9pm.
ALMOST THE BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND Robots, smoke, unsuitable medical technology, ancient theatrical props, the kitchen sink and the audience (you get to join-in!) all combine to create Almost The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band fans will be delighted to learn that Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater and Sam Spoons have teamed up with super-pianist Dave Glasson and the magical Vernon Dudley Bowhay Nowell to create more fun, music and subversive diversion in the spirit of the ageless band.
A night of two contemporary singers, raconteurs and musical mediums of inescapable style and depth. Both players come from the slow-burn, rough-hewn, passionate side of musical stagecraft, full of swagger and stomp.
Frank Fairfield travels all the way from California and has a measured grace and time altering charm. His chops and his sincerity bites through while his raw intensity and quick-fingered technique make your hairs stand on end. So striking are his leisurely demeanour and his talent that he was asked to support Fleet Foxes on their 2008 US tour
Beautiful Days and Love Summer Festival both Sold Out! If you were unable to get your hands on a ticket to either of these awesome events then we have just the thing for you!
Line up:
Eyezak b2b Foxy (noisy neighbour)
LMJ (collaboration)
Pink Noise b2b Just Jake (noisy neighbour)
Milo (collaboration)
Pasty Base & Damp standard (noisy neighbour)
Mr.Keating (Collaboration)
So both crews are bringing you their finest selection of tracks in a wide range of genres for all tastes.
The next big thing in UK country music, Ward Thomas are a country/americana duo from Hampshire, comprised of 19-year old twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas.
Following recent performance at C2C, an interview on BBC Radio 2’s Nashville UK documentary and a session with Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2, Ward Thomas’ lead single The Good & The Right has now been added onto the Radio 2 playlist and their debut album is out this this summer.
Hampshire and Country music may not be obvious bed fellows but these girls, brought up on a rural live stock farm from a family line...
Straight out of the melting pot of their home city, Kolektif Istanbul fuse brilliant brass lines with some authentic Balkan beats. Let the accordians blast and drums pound... then just wait until the sousaphone kicks in. Prepare yourself for one wild Turkish party.
The group play a wide range of instruments including the 'Gayda' (Bulgarian bagpipes), clarinet, saxophone, accordion, tuba, percussions and drums. They suggest that all these instruments make them 'a unit with a great richness of sound which combines both the Balkan fanfare dynamism and the Anatolian blues depth'....
Newton Abbot writer/director, Luke Jeffery, 22, has been commissioned to make his film Seeing Red by Exeter Phoenix as part of their Devon Short Film Commission scheme, and is currently auditioning actors and crew.
Set in the 1960s, the surreal comedy is about a straight-laced wedding photographer who is prescribed LSD in a misguided attempt to cure his colour blindness, and will be filmed in and around Exeter and Newton Abbot. The film willpremiere at the Exeter Phoenix’s Two Short Nights film festival on December 12th.
Playing the role of photographer Drake Dalton is...
Exeter Phoenix and The Mysterious Freakshow present a night of Steampunkery, Oddities and the Unusual.
Experience a journey through the obscure and unusual, delight your senses and lose yourself in the Carnival of the Peculiar. Music, Cabaret, DJ’s, Dance Act, Performance Art, Dark Cabaret, Steampunk Market, Photography and much more ….
Steampunk dress optional … All Peculiars welcome!
Tickets can be purchased for £10 in advance through The Exeter Phoeix's website or for £12 on the door.
DJs appearing in the cafe/bar and on the terrace from 10pm until 2am include: Sharkman, Ali Monsta, Womble, Iller Instinct, Super Smash Bros, Boomjester, Shortson, The Mad Hatter, Leo, Chappy, and Cold Illusion.
For more info about all of these DJs, including set times, please visit http://www.minglemusic.co.uk/lift-off-after-party-dj-sets/ .
