Tag: exeter
WIN: EXETER PHOENIX NYE TICKETS
Exeter’s leading electronic music promoters join forces once again for the biggest and best value New Years Eve (NYE) party in the South West. Taking over the Exeter Phoenix, headliners confirm so far include Original Sin from True Playaz and Jungle Drummer playing a live set. Support comes from some of the best SW resident [...]
UPSIDE DOWN: THE CREATION RECORDS STORY SCREENED IN CINEMAS ACROSS THE REGION
Over a quarter of a century since it began, and a decade after it folded, Upside Down takes a fascinating look at Creation Records, one of the UK’s most influential and colourful independent record labels. Creation Records began in 1983 by Alan McGee, launching the careers of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Oasis, [...]
EXETER ROOTS MUSIC & CIDER FESTIVAL 2011
May day Bank Holiday Sunday will see an amazing multi-floored event packed with live music, DJs and of course, cider – in the Exeter Roots Music and Cider Festival! Headlining the event is Black Slate, a Reggae band who originally formed back in 1974 and quickly became one of the most prominent names in the [...]
EXETER VIBRAPHONIC FESTIVAL REGGAE FILM SHOWCASE
Exeter’s Vibraphonic Festival continues until April 3rd, with top names across various venues, such as Amber Rooms, Cavern, Phoenix and Timepiece, to name a few. We featured Example as this month’s cover star, who played at the Lemongrove last Friday. Two reggae films are being shown at Exeter Phoenix this Wednesday, March 30th, as a [...]
JACQUI & ANTHONY EP LAUNCH PARTY AT EXETER PICTUREHOUSE
Exeter indie duo, Jacqui & Anthony are the latest addition to the Pastime Records roster. Their debut 5-track ‘Weekend EP’ is officially released by the Exeter-based independent record label in March. An official EP launch party is taking place in the Exeter Picturehouse bar on Friday 18 March, when Jacqui & Anthony will perform live [...]
HOUSE TRAP TAKE OVER KLASS A, EXETER
House Trap will be taking Exeter’s newest venue, Klass A, hostage over the next two months as they host ‘Coalition’ featuring ThreeSixty and Sean Holland on 19th March. The production duo from Manchester made up of David Muirhead and Kirk Shiels, are venturing down to provide a night of soul-funk and enticing Progressive Tech. Then, [...]
COURTNEY PINE TO PLAY EXETER VIBRAPHONIC FESTIVAL 2011
Vibraphonic, the festival of reggae, hip hop, blues, jazz, electronica and all things funky, returns to Exeter this year from March 18 – 3 April 2011 with a range of concerts, events, club nights, bar sessions and workshops in venues across the city. Highlights this year include: Analogue To Digital – the digital music expo [...]
JEFFREY LEWIS TO PLAY TWO INTIMATE GIGS AT NEW CAFE KINO IN BRISTOL
New York artist and indie folk singer Jeffrey Lewis will play two sold out gigs at the new Cafe Kino in Bristol this weekend. Cafe Kino opened last year in a small premises in Stokes Croft but has this year moved to a new larger site next door to the Arts House Cafe on the [...]
INTERVIEW WITH FRANK TURNER
It’s been another busy year for the non-stop globetrotting folkster that is Frank Turner. Following the release of his third solo album ‘Poetry of the Deed’ at the end of 2009, Frank’s hectic touring schedule has seen him open for Green Day at Wembley Stadium and play at almost every festival on the UK calendar, [...]
KLASS A
122a Fore St, Exeter 01392 423212 Visit us HERE on Facebook Are you a classy type of person? Then Exeter’s newest nightspot could be the club for you! Offering a lively but intimate atmosphere, you can relax and enjoy a cocktail at either of the ground floor bars. At the weekends, dance the night away [...]
XAVIER RUDD TO HEADLINE SHOW IN EXETER ON 5 DEC
Late reminder that Xavier Rudd is heading to Exeter this weekend, for a rare South West headline show. Support comes from the talented Totnes local, Ben Howard (Read more about him in the Dec issue of 247 Magazine) and Liz Lawrence, who is studying Art in Devon and splits her time between the South West [...]
REVIEW: MIDLAKE AT EXETER LEMON GROVE (31/10/10)
Just quite how a seven strong band with a sound bigger than the state of Texas from which they hail managed to fit on the stage at Exeter’s Lemon Grove I will never know, but not only did they manage it but they also had enough space to bring out support act Jason Lytle (of [...]
REVIEW: HOT DUB BIKINI PARTY EXETER
What better way to divert attention from a rainy Thursday in Devon, than music that harks back to sunny Jamaica in the 60s. Local reggae outfit Hot Dub Bikini Party convinced wet skeptics at Exeter’s Mama Stones Venue and lived up to the expectations of the more optimistic fancy-dressed-Bob-Marley-impersonators amongst us. A more perfect setting [...]
REVIEW: ACOUSTICA AT EXETER PHOENIX (18/09/10)
If my tiny glimpse of this three-day music festival was anything to go by, then I reckon “musical diversity” would describe it better than “acoustic music”. There was alt-folk, folktronica, Americana and much more, over the weekend of September 17th-19th across five stages at Exeter Phoenix and the Cavern Club. Unfortunately, I was only able [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE THE FARMER’S WIFE IN EXETER
Creative Cow productions are bringing Eden Phillpotts’ hilarioius Devon play, The Farmer’s Wife, to Exeter this summer and we’ve bagged a couple of tickets to giveaway. Written by Phillpotts in 1916, The Farmer’s Wife was subsequently made in to a silent movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1928. Set in Little Silver, near Plymouth, it is [...]
RINSEOUT FUNDRAISER
Exeter’s leading Drum and Bass night, Rinseout are hosting a charity fundraiser for Hospice Care that recently helped out one of their DJ’s over Xmas when a close family member passed away due to cancer, so now is time to give something back. 100% of the profits will be donated to the charity. The night [...]
SUMMERFEST AT EXETER PHOENIX
If you like your music hard style, then make sure you put this event in your diary as Pam’s House present their huge Summerfest at the Exeter Phoenix on Sat 3 July. Taking over four rooms with some of the biggest names in the business, you can see the full line-up above, for tickets and [...]
LIVE DJ SHADOW ALBUM PERFORMANCE
Already attracting the attentions of Rob Da Bank, this 8 piece band, Introducing, take the first album to be composed entirely of samples – DJ Shadow’s seminal ‘Endtroducing’ – and play it completely live, note for note, drum loop for drum loop, on real instruments with no backing track or sequencing in sight, a seemingly [...]
Joint D’n'B hits Exeter this Friday
One of the South West’s most successful nights returns to the Lemon Grove Exeter on Oct 9th and this one is heading for another sell out night. JOINT see’s Exeter’s longest running club night Beatz & Beatz team up with the South West’s most popular drum and bass night Rinseout. Two of the biggest names [...]
