Bellies ap bellies - Power Tools Launch and All Dayer
"Enigmatic, Raincoats-coded punk experimentalists Bellies Ap Bellies are back in a big way with this all-dayer celebration ft. RRS' cardboard funk megaverse, Welsh mythology on screen, spoken word memoires, 16mm visuals, and near-infinite cake."
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A gig on Saturday 3rd October. The event starts at 15:00.
Bellies (ap bellies) are releasing their first album for nearly a decade in October!
It's called Power Tools.
To celebrate its release we are organising an
old school
all ages (under 18s come for free!) No on turned away due to lack of funds
diy
ALL DAYER
We've assembled a delightful menu of activities that will unfold in seven stimulating - but not too stimulating - hours.
Acts
bellies (ap bellies) - gender queer post-punk by people now in their 40s. Known for good stage banter. Will play Power Tools in its entirety.
Davina Quinlivan - Reads from Possessions, a hallucinatory memoir of academic precarity
Motes - Bristol-based unrockers splashing out big time on the xylophones
Amy Cutler - Tape cassette elegies for haunted fieldtrips, acid rain, and Anthropocene misfortunes
T'Vonna - seminal improvisers Tina Hitchens and Yvonna Magda
Our Lady Blodeuwedd - a film starring Anushiye Yarnell about the star of the Mabinogion
Robert Ridley-Shackleton - Bristol's cardboard prince and friend of the family brings grace to the occasion
Bela Emerson - beloved cellist and artist plays new songs for almost the first time
Atmosphere
Melanie Clifford - throwing light
My Tape Archive - 16mm found footage
DJ Annie G - Predominantly Madonna
FOOD!
Delicious vegan food from Cafe Suzi - open from 16:30-19:00.
All day cake and tea bar! Limited beer for sale, buy your first few from us but bring your own too!
Timings
Bela Emerson- 3.30-4pm
Our Lady Blodeuwedd (film) Starring Anushiye Yarnell -4-4.30
Davina Quinlivan - Reads from Possessions - 4.30-4.45 and 5.15-5.30
Robert Ridley-Shackleton - Handsome devil - 4.45-5.15pm
Motes - Prepare to Un-Rock - 6-6.45pm
Amy Cutler - Tape Cassette Elegies - 7-7.45pm
T'Vonna - Like T'Pau but not T'Pau - 8-8.45pm
bellies ap bellies - present their new album 'Power Tools' - 9-10pm
Atmosphere
Board Games with Jo Kelly - 3pm-6pm
My Tape Archive - 16mm found footage
Weaving
Melanie Clifford - Throwing Light
a tapestry of light and
DJ Annie G - Madonna, all day
sound
Cafe Suzi
SERVING SUMPTUOUS FOOD 16:30-19:00
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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