Date: Thursday 10th July, 9pm - 2am
Venue : Attic Bar, Bristol
Entry: £10

A group of Bristol’s finest musicians from the worlds of Jazz, Soul, Hiphop, Bass Music, Global Music and Sound System culture are uniting for a very special, one-off event to support and raise funds for their dear friend… Jack Wisdom and his family during this extremely difficult time they're going through.

For those that don’t know the story… Jack Wisdom (AKA Binbag Wisdom / MC Dur Brain) lost his father in a very tragic way very recently, and his family have been left in the most precarious financial position as a result. No-one can put it better than the eloquent words of Jack himself so please read his post at the bottom of this page explaining his story fully if you would like to know more.

Naturally we (some of Jack’s musical friends) want to do what we can to support our dear friend and his family, so we have pulled together this feast of a night of live music at The Attic Bar Bristol… where all proceeds will be directly going to support the Wisdom family! So please come help us support our friend whilst also enjoying some amazing music on Thursday 10th July at The Attic bar!

Artists performing include...

Dr Syntax
Binbag Wisdom
Kathika
Hippo Sound System
MĀDŁY
Franz Von
RWKUS
Favilla
Mr Fitz

See you there! ❤️

The story from Jack...

"Greetings friends. I’m not usually one for personal posts on Facebook at all, but my family and I have had some pretty devestating news that has consequently put us in a very sticky situation. This post is to let people know about the passing of my Dad and to also reach out for some help.

Many of you may already know that my Dad passed away just over two weeks ago. A lot of you may not know the circumstances. I’ll try not to delve too deeply into details of his personal struggles, but I feel it’s important to mention, as it is the main reason we are having to ask for support. Dad had a terrible start to life with a lot of trauma. Despite this he still managed to be generous, funny and caring and was loved by so many people. He struggled with alcohol addiction as a coping mechanism for his whole life. He finally had this under control the last few years and everything seemed much more positive. He had a number of therapy sessions to deal with the past, which seemed to help a bit but they were sometimes overwhelming after a while and he wanted to stop.

On the outside everything was much more positive. Unknown to us though he owed a huge amount of debts, despite running a seemingly successful plumbing business including a few staff that he was paying. He remortgaged the house without my mum knowing , possibly forging her signature. This was something that she thought was all sorted and had been for years. She felt safe before , thinking that they had a secure home for when they got older. Now that security is unfortunately not there. We found out about this not long before he died.

As we started looking into further possible money problems , lots started to come out, including him using all my Mum's money she had saved from her last few art exhibitions, and her other savings .There is possibly more to come. As the amounts are so large and the family spending wasn't , we are led to believe there was gambling addiction at play. It’s too early now as we dont have the information and there is so much legal stuff for my Mum to do, but it seems the most likely. As this all started to unravel and come out in the open, sadly my Dad felt the only way out was to take his own life. We would do anything to get him back and would have supported him however deep the mess. This is sadly another too frequent reminder that we need to be speaking about what's going on inside with those we love. It is never a burden.

My Mum and sister ,Flory are still living at the family home and are trying desperately hard to hold on to it . On top of that they have funeral costs to cover. Mum’s friends Miranda and jane have kindly set up a fundraiser for the funeral . If that's reached anything past that can be used for legal costs, repayments to get house back and just day to day costs. Any contribution at all would be so helpful and incredibly gratefully received. I know times are tight for everyone at the moment so of course only if you can. I hate to ask for money but this is a desperate time for my family and we are trying all other avenues.

I’ll put the fundraiser here. Please share around as much as you can if possible. I hate to focus on this aspect of my Dad. We are in survival mode at the moment but I will soon write on all the many wonderful characteristics he possessed when the dust has settled a bit and I can find the strength to go through all the incredibly happy times. We are having a close circle funeral soon , but for those that knew him and would like to come to the wake we will be organising that for a couple of months time, so please let me know if you want to come.

Throughout this time mine and my family's support network has been truly amazing and I am so so thankful . Even in dark times you get to see how amazing people really are. If you’ve read all this, thanks for your time. Love you all x"

https://pay.collctiv.com/judes-family-fund-31445

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