Oxjam Bristol Takeover 2011:
A Day At The Races + Andy Valentine + Anna Young + Bite The Buffalo + Bravo Brave Bats + C.O.I. + Clayton Blizzard + Emily Teague + Flags + The Funkinsteins + Hello Lazarus + I Am Horse + Joanna Joyce + Joyce The Librarian + Katey Brooks + Little Victories + Liz Kearton + Marmalade Sky + Mind Museum
Various Venues,
Bristol
Saturday 22nd October 2011 from 2:00pm, until 2:00am
About this event
The Bristol Takeover is lining up to be one of the most exciting music events in the city this year! The Oxjam Bristol team will be taking over Stokes Croft / Gloucester Road to bring Bristol a festival of the finest local talent, while making a difference globally.
With a theme of THE BEST OF BRISTOL Oxjam Bristol is showcasing the very best live music and celebrating the sheer calibre of artists in this great city.
8 of the most notorious city centre venues are celebrating local music all day long and there's something for everyone - rock, hip hop, soul, gypsy jazz, indie, breaks, dub, alternative, reggae, funk, ska, cabaret and folk.
Your ticket can be exchanged for a wristband at The Canteen, Stokes Croft this will gain access to all Oxjam Bristol Takeover Festival venues (subject to capacity of individual venues)
The event is organised by local volunteers and involves local acts, with all of the profits going towards Oxfam's work to help others to overcome poverty and suffering around the world. Local music, global impact.
Visit www.bristoloxjam.com for further information.
With a theme of THE BEST OF BRISTOL Oxjam Bristol is showcasing the very best live music and celebrating the sheer calibre of artists in this great city.
8 of the most notorious city centre venues are celebrating local music all day long and there's something for everyone - rock, hip hop, soul, gypsy jazz, indie, breaks, dub, alternative, reggae, funk, ska, cabaret and folk.
Your ticket can be exchanged for a wristband at The Canteen, Stokes Croft this will gain access to all Oxjam Bristol Takeover Festival venues (subject to capacity of individual venues)
The event is organised by local volunteers and involves local acts, with all of the profits going towards Oxfam's work to help others to overcome poverty and suffering around the world. Local music, global impact.
Visit www.bristoloxjam.com for further information.
Featured performers
A Day At The Races
Electrifying indie from Bristol five-piece A Day At The Races. Laced with ska and mod influences – everything from The Jam to The Libertines –...
Bravo Brave Bats
Excellent Bristol based three piece, who have released two superb EPs in the past year (available for a song on their website).
Expect an expert mixture of delicate guitars, crashing noise and a singing drummer.
'This band have taken the local Bristol music scene by storm, getting the hipsters foaming at the mouth with superlatives and glowing adulation'.
Clayton Blizzard
'Live intensely funny acoustic political hiphop with classical guitar riffs and rapping'- Monkey Knife Fight. 'Entertaining, endearing and occasionally uncomfortably on the money'- Fact Fans....
Emily Teague
Emily Teague is a maker of music. After performing in and around Bristol for the last three years she is beginning to make a name...
The Funkinsteins
Bristol female-fronted dance fusion, jazz funk and hard hitting rock with a strong visual image.
Hello Lazarus
Hello Lazarus are an explosive alternative rock trio from South West England.
I Am Horse
Take a Belgian couple who write and perform songs of exquisite fragility, record them in Brussels with amazing artists like Bonnie Prince Billy, members of Raymondo and producer Sean O'Hagan (The High Llamas), get their songs translated and sung by TUUNG and you have the duo Soy Un Caballo.
Katey Brooks
Solo singer/songwriter.
Little Victories
Vibrant, youthful indie powerpop. A wonderful mix of the finest moments of Idlewild, the Bluetones and early Strokes.
Marmalade Sky
Bristol band with a Mod influence. An explosive melting pop of 60's British bear, Power Pop and stellar Sonik malarchy.
Bravo Brave Bats
Excellent Bristol based three piece, who have released two superb EPs in the past year (available for a song on their website).
Expect an expert mixture of delicate guitars, crashing noise and a singing drummer.
'This band have taken the local Bristol music scene by storm, getting the hipsters foaming at the mouth with superlatives and glowing adulation'.
Clayton Blizzard
'Live intensely funny acoustic political hiphop with classical guitar riffs and rapping'- Monkey Knife Fight. 'Entertaining, endearing and occasionally uncomfortably on the money'- Fact Fans....
Emily Teague
Emily Teague is a maker of music. After performing in and around Bristol for the last three years she is beginning to make a name...
The Funkinsteins
Bristol female-fronted dance fusion, jazz funk and hard hitting rock with a strong visual image.
Hello Lazarus
Hello Lazarus are an explosive alternative rock trio from South West England.
I Am Horse
Take a Belgian couple who write and perform songs of exquisite fragility, record them in Brussels with amazing artists like Bonnie Prince Billy, members of Raymondo and producer Sean O'Hagan (The High Llamas), get their songs translated and sung by TUUNG and you have the duo Soy Un Caballo.
Katey Brooks
Solo singer/songwriter.
Little Victories
Vibrant, youthful indie powerpop. A wonderful mix of the finest moments of Idlewild, the Bluetones and early Strokes.
Marmalade Sky
Bristol band with a Mod influence. An explosive melting pop of 60's British bear, Power Pop and stellar Sonik malarchy.
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