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ISSN 1750-9017 GREEN BIT: We like this planet, and do our bit to keep it green by printing the magazine using vegetable based inks on paper sourced from sustainable forests. We’d like you to do your bit to, by not throwing it away once you’ve finished with it - pass it round your friends and then recycle it. magazine | 7 news news St Paul’s Carnival After last years huge success Bristol’s biggest social event returns once more and back in July where it belongs! Taking place on Saturday 5th July the theme for this year is ‘Culture, Identity and Unity’ which the organisers believe is intrinsic to Carnival and to St Paul’s. EDF Bristol Harbour Festival During the day there will of course Bristol’s Flagship event the EDF Energy Bristol Harbour Festival returns to the be the incredible and colourful harbourside from 1st to 3rd August 2008, featuring more entertainment, fun procession with plenty of schools and frolics for all ages than ever before. The thrilling Still Black Still Proud will be and groups taking part, stage and headlining the Friday night concert and kicking off the weekend’s harbourside sound systems with dozens of shenanigans. Other artists playing over the weekend include including The Hot bands and DJs filling the streets 8 Brass Band from New Orleans and Bristol’s hottest export, Beth Rowley with with jazz, hip hop, dub and dance more to be announced. Families visiting Queen Square can enjoy the children’s alongside headliner, British born festival, which will feature arts workshops, puppet performances and face reggae artist Macka B. Plus a new painters, brought to you by the folks behind Shambala Festival. The Remix Spoken Word Corner coordinated stage, set in the Mud Dock area features a programme of Bristol’s youngest, by local poet Lawrence Hoo, a freshest musical talent as well as an array of workshops and surgeries for fairground and of course plenty of any budding musicians who want to find out more about production and the stalls with some of the best food creative arts and of course at the centre of the Harbour Festival are the ships you’ll taste all year! If you can only and boats. Tall ships, feature vessels and hundreds of private boats from far and go to one event this year then wide, anchor up for the festival, providing the perfect backdrop to the wealth of make it Carnival and join the city in entertainment and the stunning fireworks display on Saturday night.For more celebrating the unique culture and information about the festival bristolharbourfestival.co.uk spirit of St Pauls. Access To Music - 10 years in Bristol Bristol’s leading popular music college Access to Music will be celebrating 10 years of rocking in Bristol as its students past and present perform on one of the city’s most played stages at the Fleece for a special anniversary gig on July 9th. It’s going to be an amazing musical mash up featuring The Scrub, The Decoys, A-Vacate, Live Zeppelin, surprise guests and students and tutors from the college’s Performing Musician course. Tickets are a mere £5 (just £2 with an ATM ID card) so go down and celebrate some local musical culture. 8 | magazine GIG NEWS 80’s synth pop legend Marc Almond has been announced as Jools Hollands special guest vocalist when he Rhythm & Love Food Blues Orchestra, and Festival his plays Westonbirt Abrboretum this If you love food then you’ll summer. You can love the Love Food Festival, catch them on Friday a colourful indoor/outdoor July 18th along with Ruby Turner and market celebrating the best of Louise Marshall. West Country products, taking place at Bristol’s Paintworks on Scratchy blues- soaked garage rock Sunday 20th July. The vibrant trio White Denim are and friendly festival will be live at Bristol Thekla housed both within the sites on Sunday 6th July to support their recent huge indoor exhibition space album Workout and in the sunny enclosed Holiday, which was central courtyard and aims to recorded in a caravan. T4 On The Beach get both children and adults Their frenzied live T4 presenters Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver, Alexa Chung and alike out into the countryside performances are Rick Edwards will be bringing the party to Weston Super Mare making them one of learning about how and where the most talked about once more with T4 On The Beach on Sunday 20th July. The our food should come from, bands around at the Ting Tings, Alphabeat, Feeder, Guillemots and Duffy will all be how to grow and cook their moment. packing their bucket and spades and joining Adele, Pigeon own food and generally try to We Are The Ocean Detectives, Sam Sparro, McFly, The Hoosiers, Scouting For Girls, spark an interest in the topic mix ear pleasing Lightspeed Champion, Robyn and The Feeling. The final line up through various mediums hardcore with epic, will see will see the addition of over 13 more acts and the next soaring vocals. They including hands on experience, headline the Good To names will be revealed over the forthcoming weeks leading up tasting. Starting at 10.30am it Go Tour with support to the event. Tickets have already sold out and in record time but runs throughout the day and from Canterbury and for those of you who cant make it down there the whole event All Forgotten and admission is free so you’ll have will be appearing at will be televised and broadcast live on Channel 4 so there is no plenty of dosh to stock up on Oxford Academy on need for anyone to miss out. Sunday 13th, Cardiff some yummy food… So bugger Barfly Mon 14th and the bikini diet and tuck in! Bristol Academy on Tuesday 15th July. The Boosh Band Jugganote is fronted Has Arrived! by ‘Bespoken’ a hip- hop artist from Barry Come with us to journey through time and Town in South Wales. space… to the world of the Mighty Boosh! The instrumental side This isn’t just another festival either! Noel of the band provided by a traditional 3 Fielding and Julian Barratt have put piece. The outcome together a day of comedy extravaganza is a very unique blend and musical mayhem with The Boosh of experimental and alternative styles. Band headlining the first ever, open air The project started comedy festival being held at The Hop in the first month of Farm in Kent on Saturday 5th July. The 2007 and is made up of 4 musicians each usual Boosh characters will take to the stage with Howard and Vince. They’ve also roped in a stellar with their own unique support cast consisting of The Charlatans, Gary Numan, Jarvis Cocker, Har Mar Superstar, The Kills, styles, influences Peaches, White Denim, Polar Bear, Robots In Disguise, with the Midfield General keeping the party and backgrounds of music. Celbrate the going between bands. Plus you’ll be able to witness the likes of multi award-winning international cult launch of their EP at comic Ross Noble, critically acclaimed Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle, plus Matt Holness (Garth the Barlfly in Cardiff on Marenghi), Arj Barker, Mark Watson Perrier Award Nominee Tim Key to name but a few.