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20 JANUARY - 28 MARCH COBALTSTUDIOS.CO.UK HELLO AND WELCOME OUR WEEK 3 CREATIVE LEARNING CREATIVE PARTIES WEEKLY COMMUNITY-LED COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITY COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITY LEARNING CREATIVE FOOD HOMEMADE MUSIC NEW AND £8 FOR AND MUSIC LIVE PERFORMANCE in, and our FRESH Thursdays welcome a welcome Thursdays FRESH and our in, us joining of regulars community growing music best new some of the and for dinner block of also book a can now You around. - that’s events for just £65 ten FRESH and two food for some homecooked £6.50 acts every fantastic or three week. Unthanks The to be hosting delighted We’re for a very special intimate OFFGRID your eyes and keep acoustic gig in Feburary, singer (ex-lead in March peeled for Shingai two huge gigs for a That’s Noisettes). of The venue. DIY grassroots CIC to be a not for profit proud are We unfunded, so almost entirely and remain bought and drink sold helps every ticket and inch towards us to support creativity all your appreciate really We sustainability. support and hope to see you soon. CHANGE CHANGE DO & LEARN FRESH LIVE LEARN & DO & LEARN CLUB alongside big party nights. This season we This alongside big party nights. voice, to candlelit harmonious move from beats, blurring big brass band afro-fusion cross- exciting boundaries with the art and performance. fertilization of music, jazz flavour is a divergent again there Once events, and inline many running through is a there for equality with our desire showcasing brilliant female presence strong of styles. We a breadth musicians across part have loads of learning events to take Autumn is over and spring is coming - coming is spring and is over Autumn there that we decided poetic licence using and around bleakness enough was already a winter season! need we didn’t programme another ten week brings Spring but same weekly pattern following the diversity with even bolder step into an takes events eclectic, experimental a range of

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH CROSSINGS TUESDAYS -CHANGE Soup is a no strings micro- JANUARY FEBRUARY funding event for projects

ST TH that do good. The audience 21 4 pay £4 to listen, eat, and CREATIVE SOUP SORRY WE MISSED vote for a project to win the 7-9.30PM / £4 YOU entrance money. It’s simple, DONATION OTD 7.30PM / £6 sociable and heartwarming.

Are you a performer, poet, A community screening TH artist, comedian, maker, of Ken Loach’s film about 25 PIECES OF MY JIGSAW dancer, generally creative? the realities of Britain’s gig 6.30-8PM / FREE economy - the companion Would you like a little pot film toI, Daniel Blake. Rosie and Chris Anderson of free, no strings attached are passionate about enabling MONDAYS - CHANGE - MONDAYS money to get a new project All ticket sales go to Feeding people living with dementia going? Do you want to come Families, a North East based COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITY to continue telling their and share a meal of soup and charity who are seeing the stories. Pieces of My Jigsaw bread with other likeminded real life effects of the story is a project which does just people and hear portrayed in the film, and that, through conversations, the pitches? work towards alleviating illustrations and songs. poverty and child hunger. Hear Rosie talk about the £4 to come in, 4 speakers project, watch the Arts for 4 minutes each taking 4 TH 11 Council England funded questions from the audience. CROSSINGS THE MATRIARCHAL documentary they made JANUARY For more information or to ALL EVENTS 6-9PM / FREE MEET UP WITH FORKED about it, and be inspired to pitch your project find us on THEATRE TH TH do something similar. A welcoming night of music, relaxation and socialising. 20 / 27 Facebook @newcastlesoup. 6-9PM / FREE BUT Crossings invite refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and all DONATIONS WELCOME TH COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITY COMMUNITY-LED other members of the community to come every Monday 28 and play, sing, write or simply listen to music in COULD THIS BE YOUR Forked Theatre are travelling MARCH a warm community setting. FEBRUARY EVENT? the country gathering stories from women on motherhood. RD RD TH TH 3 This is a very special event delivered by a long running team 3 / 10 / 17 / Maybe you are involved Newcastle is en route COULD THIS BE YOUR of volunteers. If you are able to support their work and can 24TH with a campaign group or a and they are looking for EVENT? offer voluntary services on the night or in general please let community choir, or have contributions for their show See listings on 28th Jan us know and we can pass on details. All help is appreciated, some skills or knowledge you Motherlogues. Whether there are lots of general jobs to be done, and also space for MARCH want to share? you’re a mum or not, can or 10TH music teachers and group leaders. can’t, will or won’t, they want COULD THIS BE YOUR If you run or would like to to meet you for an informal EVENT? ND TH TH 2 / 9 / 16 / set up a regular group or a chat and a glass of wine. See listings on 28th Jan 23RD / 30TH one-off event in a welcoming TH space with no hire charge, 18 TH then get in touch. We can 17 COMMUNITY SOUP CREATIVE SOUP only consider projects or 7-9.30PM / £4 See listings on 21st Jan events that seek to cover DONATION OTD their costs and are easily TH accessed by those on low Need cash for your 24 incomes and welcome a community project? Want COULD THIS BE YOUR broad audience. to hear about and support EVENT? th projects in your area? Like to See listings on 28 Jan eat soup? 4 5 JOSIE BROOKES JACOB SAM-LA ROSE

JANUARY FEBRUARY 26TH COLOUR AND ND TH COLLAGE PORTRAITS 22 5 WITH JOSIE BROOKES LIFE DRAWING LIFE DRAWING 6-9PM / £12, £8 KIDS 6-9PM / £6 ADV, £7 OTD See listing on 22nd Jan WEDNESDAYS - LEARN & DO & LEARN - WEDNESDAYS Spend the evening Chilled life drawing in a TH 12 experimenting with mark relaxed environment. No BORN LIPPY making and textures in an judgement, no pressure, no WORKSHOP intuitive and exciting way. teacher - just nice music and AND EVENT You will create your own drawings. A changing array WORKSHOP 4-6PM / £10 personal colour ‘bases’ using of models taking inspiration EVENT 7-10.30PM / £6 a whole host of materials from classic art, yoga and including paints, inks, pens, contemporary dance. Your monthly celebration of pencils and pastels. You will all things word: poetry, hip- then use your colour bases Bring with you pens, chalk, hop, comedy, where local and have fun combining TH CREATIVE LEARNING CREATIVE pencils, sketchbook and a high octane concoction of ways of illustrating with ink. and national artists vent their them with collage techniques 11 paper, we provide drawing BORN LIPPY breakbeats, musicianship and We will have still life set up spleen for your enjoyment. to create beautifully boards. WORKSHOP powerful lyrics. to inspire your drawings! Internationally admired poet, illustrated portraits. AND EVENT Illustrator Josie Brookes will performer and educator Illustrator Josie Brookes will TH WORKSHOP 4-6PM / £10 More to be announced plus give an introduction to her 29 Jacob Sam-La Rose creates give an introduction to her CREATIVE COLLAGE grounded in a belief that EVENT 7-10.30PM / £6 monthly mini poetry slam work, a live demo showing work, a live demo showing and a pre-event workshop. specific techniques and WORKSHOP WITH poetry can be a powerful specific techniques and Sample a mix of literary then a guided workshop. JOSIE BROOKES force within a community. then a guided workshop. performance poets and vocal TH All materials included, 8-16 6-9PM / £12, £8 KIDS Abi Nyxx has her roots in All materials included, 8-16 18 spitters from the street with year olds welcome with their battle rapping and seamlessly year olds welcome with their LIFE DRAWING a healthy dose of comedy nd adults. Illustrator Josie Brookes will fuses fast flowing rap with adults. See listing on 22 Jan give an introduction to her smooth RnB vocals. More to washed down with some work, a live demo showing be announced plus monthly spoken word-fronted music. 25TH specific techniques and then mini poetry slam and a pre- MARCH EXPERIMENTING a guided workshop so you event workshop. Argh kid is an English WITH INKS WITH can create your own collages. 4TH alternative band from JOSIE BROOKES Manchester, led by poet Materials will be gathered 19TH LIFE DRAWING 6-9PM / £12, £8 KIDS David Scott. Met with from delving into Cobalt’s LIFE DRAWING See listing on 22nd Jan critical acclaim from Chris colourful riso poster archive. See listing on 22nd Jan Inspired by alternative 8-16 year olds welcome with Evans, Janice Long and John drawing tools, you will be their adults. Kennedy, their live shows are experimenting with different 6 7 THURSDAYS - FRESH HOMEMADE FOOD AND NEW MUSIC FOR £8 9 TH TH JEREMY TUPLIN BAND BAND TUPLIN JEREMY SHUNYA + + SHUNYA ARAI TATSURU compelling music. and audio Composer Arai visual artist Tatsuru meticulously explores patterns and algorithms to complex live sound create and visual performances. Arai to his compositions refers Serial Music’; as ‘Hyper expect fast paced highly- complex glitch-noise with simultaneously mesmerizing computer generated 3-D visual-scapes. influenced “Classically electronica and an audio-visual spectacle.” 27 NADEDJA + is a singer- Tuplin Jeremy Somerset songwriter from unorthodox, harmonically harmonically unorthodox, and compellingly complex language musical beautiful by the often inspired that is playing His classical tradition. the restless also encapsulates invention that is capacity for of jazz. a cornerstone harmonic “Jazz foundations, sophistication and rhythmic complexity.” 20 a influences from Taking of classical violin background music and the electronic multi scene in Manchester, instrumentalist, producer and string enthusiast complex and creates Shunya TH TH FEBRUARY WANDERING MONSTER MONSTER WANDERING MAINLY TWO + + TWO MAINLY MACCALMAN FAYE “Solo sax, clarinet and voice compositions, and virtuoso violin duo.” 13 TAYLOR PAUL + the improvisational Retaining of jazz, Wandering approach perform intricately Monster arranged instrumental jazz which draws upon the sonics and and sensibilities of rock is result world music. The a sound that is intense and raucous, yet also dynamic, sensitive and spontaneous. as is emerging Taylor Paul one of the most consistently and innovative interesting years, solo pianists in recent eschewing the conventional cliches associated with jazz in favour of an improvisation 6 performer and Improvisor, MacCalman composer Faye relationship the explores insomnia between dreams, and taboo emotions, turning anxiety on its head through hypnotic worlds surrealist, improvisation, of song, loops and storysaxophone telling. Two duo Mainly Violin draw on jazz and classical influences, conjuring antique modern sounds from an instruments to create experimental, colourful set. combines

Concrete TH RD JANUARY RACHEL DADD + + DADD RACHEL MARCUS HAMBLETT + MAC CEITIDH AFOSS BRIGHTLY + + AFOSS BRIGHTLY FITZGERALD BENJAMIN They are joined by are They own, Ceitidh Newcastle’s who blends soaring Mac, vocals with the deep, hypnotic sound of the cello. experimental folk “Stitched, with sweet vocals, rasps, clicks and twangs from one of the UK’s fastest rising stars.” compositions from two compositions from young and exciting two musicians. Expect multi-instrumentalists and spanning trad folk, jazz electronica. compositions classical “Neo and contemporary folk trad re-imagined.” 30 album of the a recent With day on BBC 6 and string everywherereviews is a this very special FRESH and not one to miss. by multi- Supported instrumentalist Marcus whose debut solo Hamblett, album with improvisation free collage. 23 to our A gentle start of FRESH new season new showcasing

RACHEL DADD

THURSDAYS - FRESH - THURSDAYS MUSIC / DINNER + GIG £8 ADV, GIG ONLY £8 OTD £8 ONLY GIG ADV, £8 GIG + DINNER / MUSIC or cook your evening meal. We serve up simple, homecooked serve up simple, homecooked or cook your evening meal. We of quality veggie and a vegan food, board games and a range genres. different musicians across for their support towards are grateful to PRS Foundation Cobalt this years FRESH programme. 7PM DOORS, DINNER, BOARD GAMES, 8PM 8PM GAMES, BOARD DINNER, DOORS, 7PM we showcase new and A night for the musically curious where established musicians with very musicians, or more emerging have to plan, buy you don’t also a night when new material. It’s 8 STRAIGHT GIRL 19TH analogue synth and zither. the monotony of modern PEFKIN + LUKI hip-hop, forget ‘real rap’ vs “Vocally exquisite, surreal, ‘mumble rap’, it’s time for Luki’s music sounds unexpected and original.” something different entirely. like it should be in a mysterious, enrapturing 26TH Singer-songwriter and film - it’s narrative driven BERWYN DU BOIS + rapper Lang Wild, aka Tom and evocative, with delicate JOHN DOLE + LANG Dingwall, writes hard-hitting touches of the surreal. Her WILD and thought-provoking witchy soprano, elegant tracks about mental health, piano and synth create a Berwyn Du Bois aims to willpower, and overcoming sense of time and place out provide the listener with your own negative inner of joint as if Delia Derbyshire a sensitive insight into an thoughts. and Brian Eno set up shop in often unwelcoming hyper an Edwardian parlour. masculine world through his “Rap, lyricism, brutal honesty eye-opening perspectives and touches of RnB with brush Pefkin is the alter ego and chilling performances. strokes of electronica.” of Gayle Brogan, an With a style that defies Ayrshire-based creator of genre, he merges intelligent slowly-unfolding, ritualistic lyricism with an emotive yet psychedelic hymnals filmic narrative. that draw heavily on the landscape and natural world Newcastle’s John Dole is using layers of vocals, violin, an artist looking to break PEFKIN whose debut album I Dreamt and identity. It’s brutal, I Was An Astronaut came MARCH fearless and relentless, and

out on Folkwit Records TH unapologetically so. in September 2017. His 5 lyricism and vocal nuances STRAIGHT GIRL + BABII “Straight up, no messing DIY have been compared to the electro pop + big bass lines.” likes of Leonard Cohen, BABii produces incredibly Scott Walker and Jake forward-thinking electro TH tinged pop / RnB which 12 Thackray. TETES - DE - POIS features skittering beats A very special FRESH and incredibly thick, layered Born in the North-East of presents two sets of music synths with heavy bass that Brazil, Nadedja followed the from this genre-blending music and found her way have a semi industrial feel seven piece from Leeds. LUKI to the UK via the Midwest to them. Lyrics are dark, yet the vocals are sweet and of the USA. Soaking up an Formed from exceptional despite it’s incredible pop eclectic mix of experiences, musicians, expect relaxed hooks, the whole sound drips her music has grown into a grooves and silvery horns with a sentiment of loss and melting pot of pop, indie, spanning a mash up of abandonment. folk, country and RnB afrobeat, neo soul, and jazz. genres. Straight Girl is an alchemist “Carefully crafted song writing of remorseless beat and and soulful soaring vocals.” jarring basslines, sprinkled with lyrics preaching truths of mental health, injustice 10 11 SHINGAI FRIDAYS -LIVE FRIDAYS - LIVE

Start the weekend right with live music and performance. Programmed by Cobalt in collaboration with local promoters and bands, expect diverse, slightly leftfield offerings with a focus on experimental, global beats, jazz, and electronic.

Supported by The Smokin’ Unthanks have agreed to JANUARY Coconuts (horsemen of take to the candlelit stage LIVE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE TH the gonzo world punk and grace us with their 24 apocalypse) and Bert Verso crystal clear unaccompanied MANU LOUIS + (woven boombap beats). harmony and beautiful, BRAD FIELD magical and at times 8PM-12AM / PAY AS haunting stories. Supported YOU FEEL FEBRUARY by Thomas Dixon on saxophone, Ben Fitzgerald A most unexpected Friday 7TH on drums and Tom Alcorn Night - fasten your seatbelts JUMANJI + THE PYLONS on trumpet for a completely and enter the vortex of two + CAT RYAN improvised, acoustic set. wildly quirky performers. 8PM-12AM / £4 ADV, One man avant-garde £7 OTD There are no rules, no composer and impromptu boundaries. Anything could discotheque Manu Louis Pillar Artists present their happen. travels with an arsenal of annual birthday blow out electronic instruments and with tropical pop from 21ST projections. Brighton band Jumanji,

THE UNTHANKS BODYVICE + SHIRLEY mesmerizing harmonies and MANN AND LEROY Brad Field will wrestle with alt / pop from The Pylons MCSEX + KATIE OSWELL acoustic and electronic air and a fresh art-infused trio 8pm-12am / £8 ADV, streams to produce trancey under the name of Cat Ryan. krautrock beats, sampled £10 OTD vocals and minimal glitchy TH parps, whilst triggering the 14 In a mind-boggling episode OFF GRID WITH THE kitschiest of live visuals. of lactose noise, industrial UNTHANKS AND spandex, technicolour THOMAS DIXON + 31ST makeup, raw costume, FRIENDS set design, musically PADDY STEER + 8PM-12AM / £10, £12, £15 interactive sculpture and SMOKIN’ COCONUTS + projections BodyVice will BERT VERSO Sublime acoustic music, be unlike anything you 8PM-12AM / £7.50 ADV limited places, candlelight, have experienced before. lanterns, no power at This is the new project 21st century Moondog and all, cash only. No whirrs, of performance artist, king of space jazz Paddy whizzes or distractions – just costumier, provocateur and Steer makes music that is distilled music in an intimate musician, Natalie Sharp playful, visually arresting environment. (aka The Lone Taxidermist), and gleefully infectious. anointed ‘queen of New Weird Expect a madcap joyride Following the success of Britain’ by The Quietus’ through lounge, romp, deep our first OFFGRID we are John Doran. Sharp’s stellar groove and furry electronic delighted to announce The support team includes 12 invention. 13 MANU LOUIS DEEP CABARET BODYVICE lush vocal drones and 27TH haunting melodies. Her SHINGAI + KAY live performances are GREYSON + MOODBAY atmospheric, dark and playful 8PM-12AM / £10, £12, £15 experiments in sound and storytelling. Energetic bomb, kooky super talent and ex lead singer 20TH / bassist of the Noisettes, AGBEKO + PONYLAND Shingai brings her unique 8PM-12AM / solo act to Newcastle. UNWAGED, LOW WAGED, STUDENTS, Meaning ‘be bold / OAP’S PAY AS YOU courageous / strong,’ Shingai FEEL, EVERYBODY lives up to her name with ELSE £7 electric performances, brave genre-hopping compositions, Two very different bands but and a refusal to follow the both spawned from afrobeat pack. Her show sparkles brought to life with big brass with an energy that is wholly sections and infectious raw absorbing and radiates energy. lively African rhythms and melodies while drawing on flautist Tida Bradshaw, Smith, Monster Ceilidh TH 13 Agbeko are an afrobeat- pop, soul, jazz and electronics filmmaker Matt Watkins and Band, and Behold the Brass DEEP CABARET + inspired rock-funk-psych to create a truly original sound artist Tara Pattenden Kraken, an upbeat balkan and ME LOST ME juggernaut from Manchester, sound. Niece of Thomas (Phantom Chips) who folk influenced brass sextet. 8PM-12AM / £8 ADV, £10 an onslaught of horns, Mapfumo, collaborator with has helped her to create a Finishing the night off will OTD guitars, percussion and gutsy such artists as Dizzee Rascal, battery of electronic micro- be DJ Jelly Jels with some vocals. The eleven-strong Annie Lennox, Dennis controller ‘skinstruments’. of the tastiest afrobeat and Experimental folk, outfit deliver powerful songs Ferrer and Tony Allen, funk tunes. unexpected instruments, packed with riffs, groove and Shinghai is usually found on With support from musical storytelling and resonant lyrical prowess to move gig- much bigger stages so this drag duo Shirley Mann and melodies, Deep Cabaret is goers, festival throngs and is a very special booking for Leroy McSex who create MARCH a thing of riffs and drones; afro-funk afficionados alike. Cobalt. bespoke performance engaging hurdies, bagpipes, TH pieces, and Katie Oswell who 6 bass clarinets, cellos and Ponyland are a head on Supported by electro pop combines zither, electronics, CLUB PARADISE + the beguiling harmonics of collision of live afrobeat, duo Moodbay and the found artefacts and soprano. SUPPORT TBC overtone singing. They play punk and jazz with pounding spirited hip hop artist Kay 8PM-12AM / £6 ADV, desert blues improv and tribal drums. Expect Greyson who never fails to TH £8 OTD noir-drenched dronesongs, 28 galloping grooves that get the room going. fulsomely romantic MONSTER CEILIDH will make your legs rattle Club Paradise emerge fully and coruscatingly edgy. BAND ELECTRO FOLK uncontrollably, and 110% formed and fully conscious, Mashed-up lyrics lifted SHOW commitment to unhinged, with tracks reminiscent of an from neuroscience, slavery, 8PM-12AM / £10, masked menagerie 80’s Sunset Boulevard movie fiction, and Cole Porter £8 CONCESSIONS mischievousness. Think montage. With addictive covers, all ‘pickled in the juices polyrhythms, syncopated tracks, they’re living up of the peat’. It’s Electrofolkmaggeddon! beats, thunderous ritualistic to the hype of being ‘the This is not a ceilidh - it’s an drums and improvisation with hottest new indie-pop band Me Lost Me is the solo electro folk fusion freestyle punk scuzz, or the bastard around’. This is their biggest electronic music project dance night with the UK’s love child of Sun Ra and hometown headline show to Jayne Dent; a mesmeric finest folk instrumentalists Lightning Bolt. Amy Thatcher and Grace date. mix of thudding rhythms, 14 15 controls, built-in speaker and FEBRUARY MARCH line output.

ST TH 1 7 Led by musician, maker MAKE A LO-FI SAMPLER RNS NEW MUSIC TRIAL and creative explorer Rob WORKSHOP 2PM / FREE BUT Blazey from Grey tapes and 1-4PM / £25* BOOKING ESSENTIAL Kalimbo.

Build your own lo-fi sampler Royal Northern Sinfonia All parts, tools and guidance from scratch, with built-in presents a trail of classical provided, no experience microphone, speaker, loop music in unusual locations, necessary. Recommended function and pitch change finishing at Sage Gateshead for ages 12-adult. controls. with a performance by RNS Moves. Hear music by James Led by musician, maker Weeks and Linda Catlin * Block book all three maker and creative explorer Rob Smith at Cobalt Studios at workshops for just £60 Blazey from Grey tapes and 2pm. Try something different Kalimbo. with an afternoon of new music and enjoy a pint along While away your afternoon the way. learning a new skill in a sociable setting and get to To book call 0191 443 4661 take something home at the or visit sagegateshead.com. end of the day! Remaining tickets on the door. All parts, tools and guidance TH SATURDAY AFTERNOONS - LEARN & DO & LEARN - AFTERNOONS SATURDAY provided, no experience 14 necessary. Recommended SATURDAY for ages 12-adult. AFTERNOON LIFEDRAWING 29TH 2-5PM / £10 MAKE AN ELECTRIC THUMB PIANO A chilled afternoon life WORKSHOP drawing and listening to 1-4PM / £25* music. It’s untaught and relaxed with a range of Design and build your own varied art materials provided, thumb piano from recycled if you have preferences CREATIVE LEARNING CREATIVE materials. Add an electric please bring your own. There output so you can plug into will be cake to buy and a fully amplifiers and effects etc. stocked bar for good coffee or negronis on tap! Led by musician, maker and creative explorer Rob 28TH Blazey from Grey tapes and MAKE A LO-FI Kalimbo. SYNTHESISER WORKSHOP All parts, tools and guidance 1-4PM / £25* provided, no experience necessary. Recommended Build a simple synthesiser for ages 12-adult. from scratch, with pitch 16 17 D TIFFANY MOR ELIAN SATURDAY EVENINGS - CLUB SATURDAY EVENINGS - JANUARY CLUB 25TH PUSHBACK #3 We’re looking forward to our second 9PM-2AM / £5, £10 season of Club Saturday - a short one at ten weeks but full of diversity. We open our second season with the third installment of Newcastle’s much loved From our opening queer mash up to the queer party, Pushback. closing Free Party there’s everything Expect drag queens, techno from funk to techno, so get involved. featuring Carl H back to back with Remove-Me, and, of course, DANCING! We’ve got some great things planned for the space in 2020, not least air Both previous events conditioning to keep it just a little drier have sold out so we highly and cooler, and a new smoking area. recommend you buy your tickets in advance.

The den is going to be re-instated, we’ll WEEKLY PARTIES be adding in more lighting and building a FEBRUARY second, sound protected mezzanine - it’s ST good to talk! And it’s good to grow. 1 APE-X 10PM-3AM / TBA Y*O*U A*R*E C*L*U*B S*A*T*U*R*D*A*Y Launched in January 2008, Ape-X have established themselves as the leading club night promoter in Newcastle, so we’re chuffed they’ve chosen us to celebrate their 12th birthday.

This very special line up is to be announced, doors are at 10pm with another 3am late finish.

8TH RENDEVOUS: BRUCE 9PM-2AM / £6, £8, £10

Larry McCarthy, aka Bruce, creates sounds at all speeds without any predictable formula. Some tracks stutter and thump with cybernetic power; others flutter and 18 19 HÉCTOR OAKS NEIGHBOURHOOD GET DOWN glide in poignant shades 29TH of blurring colour. It’s a LATE NIGHT JAZZ CLUB: fragmented, low-frequency MANSION OF SNAKES meltdown, evocative + JELLY JELS shimmers of light emanating 9PM-2AM / PAY AS from the cracks! He’s on YOU FEEL from doors so get down early. Mixing up and challenging the notion of a gig and a club 15TH night LNJC (Late Night Jazz NEIGHBOURHOOD Club) nods to jazz clubs of GET DOWN days gone by where stages 9PM-2AM / £3, £5 were smoky and boundaries were blurred. It’s both late From the folk behind night live music and DJs. Reasons To Be Cheerful and One20 comes the inuagural Ten piece behemoth Mansion Neighbourhood Get Down. of Snakes play bone-shaking afrobeat, devil funk and Expect italo, latin, house, cosmic jazz. The earth shall soul, disco, afro boogie, shake, and the serpents electro and dub, all courtesy will dance, for Mansion of of Steven Dunn and Jack Snakes is here. Pearce. Add Jelly into the mix with 22ND his seemingly neverending pair will be building up the ST TH SKEW-WHIFF : HÉCTOR record bag of gold dust and 21 28 tempos from 9pm with their OAKS (3 HOUR SET) & you have a readymade party. MOVE PRESENT: D FREE PARTY own combination of funk, JAMIE BEHAN TIFFANY AND MOR 9PM-3AM / FREE disco, house, and whatever 9.30PM-3AM / £11, £13, ELIAN else that seems right in the £15 MARCH 9PM-2AM / £6, £8, £10 Our second season of Club moment! Saturday comes to a close TH “Stay punk and keep the rave.” 7 MOVE’s first outing at with none other than Pink THE DEAD HORSE 14TH Cobalt brings an all lady line Keith on the decks. So says the sonic shaman GANG PRESENTS: LUKE DAS HAUS up for the night. Héctor Oaks (aka Cadency) UNABOMBER 10.15PM-3AM / £TBA “Velvet curtains, function who is routinely playing the 9PM-2AM / £9, £12 Mor Elian is a Berlin based rooms, whispers in darkened worlds most notoriously wild Das Haus are back after their DJ and producer originating corners. Orchestral hits, and passionate nightclubs, Innovator, rule breaker successful debut at Cobalt from Tel Aviv and Los appropriated pop, public and with Berlin’s inimitable and scene maker, Luke last season. Daisy Miller Angeles. She’s the label private. Dark, slippery, dual Herrensauna and Tbilisi’s Unabomber is coming to and Slim will once again be owner at Fever Am and lives fleshed out. It’s a 3am legendary Bassiani both Newcastle to grace the decks stepping in to set the scene booker at Into The Woods close.” making him their resident with a life affirming, genre- so expect to hear their deep underground parties in Los DJ. blending musical journey into and dubby, grittier electro- Angeles. And it’s our FREE party so everything spanning funk, influenced sounds and see you near the neon flex! Brought to you by Skew house, disco and beyond. experimental bass, with an D.Tiffany is, in her own words Whiff, Newcastle’s extra special headliner to be ‘Just a girl n her MPC tryna ever advancing techno Accompanying Luke on announced... make it on this planet we call ambassadors. the line-up are Dead earth.’ Horse Gang members Tim Forrester and Douglas. The Come down and MOVE! 20 21 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH NOW: SPRING SEASON MON 20TH CROSSINGS SAT 1ST MAKE A LO-FI SAMPLER MON 2ND CROSSINGS 20 JANUARY - 28 MARCH TUE 21ST CREATIVE SOUP APE-X 12TH BIRTHDAY TUE 3RD COULD THIS BE YOUR EVENT? WED 22ND LIFE DRAWING MON 3RD CROSSINGS WED 4TH LIFE DRAWING NEXT: THU 23RD BENJAMIN FITZGERALD + AFOSS TUE 4TH SORRY WE MISSED YOU THU 5TH BABII + STRAIGHT GIRL BRIGHTLY SUMMER SEASON WED 5TH LIFE DRAWING FRI 6TH CLUB PARADISE + SUPPORT TBC FRI 24TH MANU LOUIS + JEREMEY BRADFIELD 20 APRIL - 12 JULY THU 6TH MAINLY TWO + FAYE MACCALMAN SAT 7TH RNS NEW MUSIC TRIAL SAT 25TH PUSHBACK #3 FRI 7TH JUMANJI + THE PYLONS + CAT RYAN THE DEAD HORSE GANG PRESENTS: MON 27TH CROSSINGS LUKE UNABOMBER SAT 8TH RENDEZVOUS: BRUCE TUE 28TH COULD THIS BE YOUR EVENT? MON 9TH CROSSINGS MON 10TH CROSSINGS WED 29TH CREATIVE COLLAGE WORKSHOP TUE 10TH COULD THIS BE YOUR EVENT? WITH JOSIE BROOKS TUE 11TH THE MATRIARCHAL MEET UP WITH FORKED THEATRE WED 11TH BORN LIPPY WORKSHOP AND EVENT THU 30TH RACHEL DADD + MARCUS HAMBLETT + CEITIDH MAC WED 12TH BORN LIPPY WORKSHOP AND EVENT THU 12TH TETES-DE-POIS

FRI 31ST PADDY STEER + SMOKIN’ COCONUTS THU 13TH WANDERING MONSTER + FRI 13TH DEEP CABARET + ME LOST ME + BERT VERSO PAUL TAYLOR SAT 14TH AFTERNOON LIFEDRAWING FRI 14TH OFF GRID: THE UNTHANKS + THOMAS DIXON AND FRIENDS DAS HAUS

SAT 15TH NEIGHBOURHOOD GET DOWN MON 16TH CROSSINGS

MON 17TH CROSSINGS TUE 17TH CREATIVE SOUP

TUE 18TH COMMUNITY SOUP WED 18TH LIFE DRAWING

WED 19TH LIFE DRAWING THU 19TH PEFKIN + LUKI

THU 20TH SHUNYA + TATSURU ARAI FRI 20TH AGBEKO + PONYLAND

FRI 21ST BODYVICE + SHIRLEY MANN & SAT 21ST MOVE PRESENT: D TIFFANY + LEYROY MCSEX + KATIE OSWELL MOR ELIAN

SAT 22ND SKEW-WHIFF : HÉCTOR OAKS + JAMIE MON 23RD CROSSINGS BEHAN TUE 24TH COULD THIS BE YOUR EVENT? MON 24TH CROSSINGS WED 25TH EXPERIMENTING WITH INKS JOSIE TUE 25TH PIECES OF MY JIGSAW BROOKES

WED 26TH COLOUR AND COLLAGE PORTRAITS THU 26TH BERWYN DU BOIS + JOHN DOLE + WITH JOSIE BROOKES LANG WILD

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