Tag: colston hall
LEE EVANS TO HEADLINE 40TH BRISTOL HARBOUR FESTIVAL 2011
Bristol Harbour Festival has announced a diverse line-up of evening entertainment at this year’s 40th anniversary event, partnering with the city’s leading venues to carry on the festival indoors when the festival closes at 6pm. The festival will this year feature partnerships with a series of the city’s venues to bring a taste of comedy, [...]
UNSIGNED WESTCOUNTRY BAND LARGO EMBARGO WIN SLOT AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Largo Embargo beat the best in the South West to book their place at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. As the winners of the 2011 Live and Unsigned Competition the big beat ska/reggae fusion group will perform on the BBC Introducing stage at the world famous event. The five piece band, with members from Bath and [...]
BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL CHAMPIONS A BRAND NEW INDOOR CAMPING EXPERIENCE
An atmospheric, offbeat indoor camping venue is being offered to festival goers headed for Bristol Folk Festival on April 29 – May 1. Those wanting to camp for the three day festival – which is back in the city after 32 years – will be able to stay just a minute’s walk from the event’s [...]
REVIEW: INTERPOL AT BRISTOL COLSTON HALL (19/03/11)
Setting the scene for Interpol’s arrival a the Colston Hall, Matthew Dear treated the audience to a sonic avalanche of Brian Eno-esque tracks. His incessant set hummed along on a, sadly barely audible, vocal and paddled on the darker side of electronica. Intriguing and avant garde, his album Black City is out now for curious [...]
REVIEW: RAY LAMONTAGNE AND THE PARIAH DOGS AT BRISTOL COLSTON HALL (24/02/11)
There are very few artists who are able to transcend the image and the idea of cool anymore. With Twitter, youTube and countless other viral portals into the private lives of stars, it’s hard to find an artist with that genuine, seemingly effortless ‘cool’ who does not really want the notoriety when the house lights [...]
BRISTOL COLSTON HALL WARNS OF FAKE CONCERT TICKETS
Colston Hall staff are warning people not to buy tickets from re-selling websites as some of them are proving to be fake. Around 50 fake tickets for the Maroon 5 concert at Colston Hall were identified by staff last night and all the tickets had come from re-selling or auction websites. People who had bought [...]
BRISTOL MAD HATTER’S BALL
Bristol Mad Hatter’s Ball Tickets are now on sale. Some of contemporary art’s biggest names have shown their support for Bristol’s children by donating artwork for the Mad Hatter’s Ball and Art Auction, run by Art Action for Kids. The Mad Hatter’s Ball will be held on Saturday 26 March 2011 at the Bristol Museum [...]
WESTCOUNTRY BANDS BATTLE IT OUT FOR COVETED SLOT AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Eight of the South West’s best up and coming bands and artists have been named to play in a live gig at Bristol’s Colston Hall as the battle for Glastonbury Festival hots up. Following district heats across Somerset, Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire back in November, 13 bands and performers were selected from all the [...]
WELSH COMEDIAN ROB BRYDON HEADS UP CELEB LIST FOR BRISTOL SLAPSTICK FESTIVAL 2011
Rob Bryden, Shappi Khorsandi, Dad’s Army veteran Ian Lavender and Bill Oddie will be among the new faces appearing at the next Slapstick festival of visual comedy, taking place at various Bristol city centre venues from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 January 2011. The festival’s biggest event is always the annual Slapstick Gala, which starts [...]
BRISTOL BIG JEFF: CUTTING FROM THE EDGE (SEPTEMBER 2010)
This is where I get to spew like an overly sick child on about the goings on in the Bristol in a music sense and the various things I have been getting up to. The past month has seen many things come through the city including electro pioneers Silver Apples who pretty much, single handedly, [...]
BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2011
Bellowhead have been named as the first of three headline acts for next year’s revived Bristol Folk Festival – which returns to the city after a 32 year break. The extraordinary, multi award-winning 11 piece folk juggernaut will bring the three day Bank Holiday festival to a flamboyant finale on May Day (Sunday, May 1) [...]
LIVE&UNSIGNED COMPETITION GIVES LOCAL BANDS THE CHANCE TO PLAY GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2011
Audition dates for Live and Unsigned 2011 have just been announced – Avon and Somerset Police are launching their third Live and Unsigned competition seeking new talent from across the area. The competition challenges aspiring young musicians to battle it out for a money-can’t-buy opportunity – the chance to get themselves on the line-up for [...]
