(Return of) The Psychedelic Circus

About 15 years ago a Collective of excellent young musicians determined to play together performing largely well known, and less well known tunes in a highly stylised sound of their own, inspired somewhat by the music of cult artist Lewis Taylor (look him up!).

Although initiated ‘for the love of it’, the Collective soon found themselves engaged to perform ‘residences’ at prestigious venues like the 606 in Chelsea and the Hanbury Ballroom in Brighton, as well as a number of one-off Festival appearances.

Roll on to the present day, and the individual members of the Collective have gone on to have stellar careers in the music industry, recording and performing with, for example, the likes of Beyoncé, Chaka Khan, Eva Cassidy, Boy George, Stevie Winwood, Sugababes and dozens of other household names. In celebration of the friendship and musical joy formed in those early days, the team has decided to perform a ‘one off’ reunion concert, hosted in the beautiful (former Church) setting of Sudbury Arts Centre on Saturday 16th November.

Apart from the live music concert, there will be a short preceding talk about ‘Psychedelic art from the 60’s to its influence in the present day’ and mini exhibition by local artist and designer Mark Wilkinson, noted for his album cover art for the likes of Marillion, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest (and much more).

Mark will also create some unique psychedelic sculptures in the spirit of Peter Blake’s Sgt. Pepper album, as well as overseeing a display of album & poster art from the 60’s for the Fillmore West hosted by the legendary Bill Graham.

He will also dig into his own collection to showcase some iconic Psychedelic art from British merry pranksters Hapshash And The Coloured Coat and ‘Beatles illustrated lyrics’ guru Alan Aldridge as well as cover art for underground mags such as OZ and IT.