MACMILLAN BATTLE OF THE BANDS
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages*
Ignition presents: The Macmillan Battle of the Bands FULL LINE UP: 7.30: Metastate 8.15: Through Your Eyes 9.00: With Ghosts 9.45: Future Plan 10.45: Love Tapp
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7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
The brainchild of Madness saxophonist Mr. Lee 'Kix' Thompson, Lee Thompson’s Ska Orchestra were formed, in the back streets of Hackney, in the early months of 2011. They came together from different parts of North, East, South and West London, with their common denominator being music, and in particular those ...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
The Besnard Lakes are a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek (Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards) and Olga Goreas (Vocals/Bass), and completed by Kevin Laing (Drums) and Richard White (Guitar). The band gained critical attention with their second album, The Besnard Lakes Are ...
7:30pm | £8.50adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative, Electronica/Dance.
Dutch Uncles have announced the release, via Memphis Industries, of their new album Out of Touch in the Wild on 14th January 2013 and new single Fester on 12th November. Isn't it great to see a young band growing the old fashioned way? Three albums into their career, Manchester's Dutch Uncles, a group who ...
7:30pm | SOLD OUT | Indie/Alternative.
Public Service Broadcastingis the corduroy-clad brainchild of London-basedJ. Willgoose, Esq.who, along with his drumming companion,Wrigglesworth, will be touring the length and breadth of the UK inMay 2013on a quest toInform-Educateand, most importantly –Entertain. Through their uniquely spell-bindinglive AV ...
1:30pm | £20adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
“One of the UK’s fastest rising festivals” -NME “An eclectic mix of innovative, ground-breaking acts manage to secure the festival’s spirit and provide the musical kudos”. -Virtual Festivals “With a stunning bill and venues within yards of o...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore, Indie/Alternative.
Fucked Up Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life. The group strays far from the standard template of four-four punk stomp, incorporating extended instrumental workouts, unusual arrangements, and lengthy exper...
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae, Punk/Hardcore.
Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave ska punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey, under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released four full-length albums - the band’s first album, Everything Goes Numb, released on August 26, 2003. Though the b...
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
This is music that moves forward by turning the clock back— haunting, primal and strangely heroic—THE LONDON TIMES Dark, elemental, mischievous and mournful —MOJO The Handsome Family is a 20-year songwriting collaboration between husband and wife. Their music has always been Americana ...
7:00pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
Jilted Generation - The World's Only full live tribute band to The Prodigy - have been tearing it up around the UK and parts of Europe for over 7 years. In 2006 the band received major offers such as playing ‘The Stamford Riverside Festival’ accompanied by former Prodigy guitarist Gizz Butt, of whom l...
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages*
Ignition presents: The Macmillan Battle of the Bands FULL LINE UP: 7.30: Metastate 8.15: Through Your Eyes 9.00: With Ghosts 9.45: Future Plan 10.45: Love Tapp
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream, Hip-Hop/R&B.
Mr B The Gentleman RhymerFrom deepest darkest Surrey, and with a decade of gentlemanly catterwalling under his belt, Mr.B brings you Chap-Hop, re-acquainting Hip-Hop with the Queen's English from whence it came. His legendary live recitals have earned him plaudits, largely from top shelf gentlemen's quarterlies.Rogo...
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local doom / stoner rock showcase night. Band links above
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
Two mad men playing Rock 'n Roll on acoustic guitars... tempered with beautiful balladsAcoustic guitars? No samples or loops? Sounds a bit like an anachronism for the year 2013, doesn't it?But what is provided by Ezio Lunedei (singer/guitarist) and Mark "Booga" Fowell (guitarist), is nothing less than an anachronism...
7:30pm | £18adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Stachursky is the biggest pop star of his native Polish dance scene. He has officially sold nearly 700,000 albums on the Polish market, with each of his albums being a huge commercial success and his events attracting tens of thousands of spectators.
7:30pm | £11.50adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
Whole Lotta Led - Houses Of The Holy - 40 Years Gone On 28th March 1973 Led Zeppelin released their long awaited fifth album - Houses Of The Holy. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release, Whole Lotta Led will be performing the album in its entirety as the second half of this show. The first half and e...
1:30pm | £5 | Local Talent.
Anima (10.30) Broken Jaw (9.45) The Plot Thickens (9.00) Valis Ablaze (8.15) Soh Cah Toa (7.30) Alive & Remain (6.45) Your Protected (6.00) Welcome Back Delta (5.15) Hellbound (4.30) Made To Waste (3.45) Milo Planes (3.00) Little Victories (2.15)
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Hip-Hop/R&B.
Danny Brown, is an American hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. Brown is known for his individuality, being described by MTV as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory." His 2011 album XXX, released for free online, received critical acclaim, earning him such accolades as Spin's #1 hip hop al...
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
Mark Morriss is a singer songwriter who famously made hisname fronting English indie outfit The Bluetones. Markfronted the four piece over a successful and fruitful 15year period, scoring 14 top ten singles and 3 top tenalbums, whilst touring the UK, Europe and Japan. At theback end of 2011 the decision was made to ...
12:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Ska/Reggae.
Shoot The Moon (11.00 - 11.45) Ghouls (10.15 - 10.45) The Sneak Eazies (9.30 - 10.00) One Shot Reggae (8.45 - 9.15) Crinkle Cuts (8.00 - 8.30) Clarky Cats (7.15 - 7.45) Inner Jungle (6.30 - 7.00) The Convicts (5.45 - 6.15) The Clunks (5.00 - 5.30) SN DubStation (4.15 - 4....
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative, Pop/Mainstream.
IMPORTANT: This show has been rescheduled from Fri 14th June to the new date of Sun 16th June. The Voice may have introduced Bo Bruce to the British public, but it was leaving the show on which she came second that set her on the path to the career she craved. Within a week of The Voice ending...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Chelsea Light Moving is the current group led by Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore. He is the songwriter and plays over-amped hyper electric guitar and sings with raw-glam-destructo vocals. The band is a four piece featuring Samara Lubelski, who has played violin with TM on his last two solo LPs (Demolishe...
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
Still only in his early 20s, Matt Corby’s songs and vocals elicit a sensation that is nothing short of captivating. Having previously been compared to legendary artists such as Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley, Matt’s songs continue to deliver a uniqueness and maturity well beyond his years while his live per...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Bristol's much-loved art rockers The Blue Aeroplanes emerged in 1984 with their debut album Bop Art. They have gone on to release 10 albums to date including the critically-acclaimed Top 40 albums Swagger and Beatsongs, and gigged extensively, including a notable tour with REM. Previous members of the Aeroplan...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative, Pop/Mainstream.
Parlour Flames is a musical collaboration between former OASIS rhythm guitarist Bonehead [aka Paul Arthurs] and the Manchester based singer songwriter Vinny Peculiar [aka Alan Wilkes]. Since leaving OASIS in 1999 Bonehead has worked on projects with Andy Rourke & Mike Joyce [The Smiths], he’s also...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Deerhoof drummer Greg here to introduce you to our latest record. We've been called a lot of things, as you know. But pop has always marked the spot on the Deerhoof treasure map. Pop = catchy Pop = new Pop = no rules If you want to come dance or sing karaoke with Deerhoof, you don't have...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Bobby has equally delighted and annoyed hipsters since first appearing on the Chicago music in the mid ‘90s. Blending aggressive showmanship with an omnivorous love of musical genres, from Suicide to Streisand or from The Sweet to Stravinsky, Bobby has often irritated and provoked audiences, but never bored th...
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase night. Band links above
7:30pm | £6adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
Red Jasper Red Sky at Night Red Jasper will finally return to the stage on Thursday June 20th 2013 at the Fleece in Bristol. Showcasing the new line-up, you can look forward to many of the most familiar songs from their back catalogue and also played live from for the first time ever, songs from both 'Anagrama...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Electronica/Dance.
Founded in 1988, The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. Its early performances were inspired by ambient and electronic artists of the 1970s and 1980s, most notably Brian Eno and Kraftwerk. Equally, The Orb were heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their la...
12:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Folk/Acoustic, Local Talent.
Jamie Edmundson (10.30pm) Milegamax (10pm) Henry Wacey (9.30pm) Louise Brent (9pm) Maxi Rai (8.30pm) Jordan & Ashley (8pm) Kate & Matt (7.30pm) Kiera Osment (7pm) Mike Garrett (6.30pm) Hana (6pm) Shannon Rose (5.30pm) Danielle Celeste (5pm) Nova (4....
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase night. Band links above
7:30pm | £13adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
"BoySetsFire has been a band for over two decades. In that time we have played hundreds of shows to anyone that would watch us, from basements to festival audiences. We lived through the terror of rap-rock, the tyranny of nu-metal, and the dark days of pop-punk. We were around before the internet. Truth. We made dem...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream, Hip-Hop/R&B.
In the late 70's through the early 80's, all the brothers were born on the southside of Chicago, Illinois. Their family had a strong musical legacy that span the city. In 1986, their father formed "Phil Cohran and th Youth Ensemble". The eight brothers performed with their mothers, older brothers and sisters, as wel...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Trash Talk is an American hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. Trash Talk combines hardcore punk with the aggression of power violence. They have toured all around the world including Japan and Europe, as well as performed in many festivals in support of their releases which helped give th...
7:30pm | £5adv | All Ages | Local Talent.
Local showcase night. Band links above
7:30pm | £16.50adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic.
Alabama 3 Acoustic and Unplugged is a four-piece outfit consisting of Rock Freebase (guitar), Larry Love (vocals), Aurora Dawn (vocals), and Harpo Strangelove (harmonica). With this line up they bring a whole new dimension to the songs made famous by Alabama 3. This isn’t acid house music, this is cou...
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
7 Seconds is an American hardcore punk band from Reno, Nevada. Formed on January 17, 1980 by brothers Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes with the exception brothers Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth who have remained a constant throughout the band's history. The ban...
7:30pm | £8adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
The ultimate tribute to Queen!!
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
“Chicago is famous for its dark, dangerous out-of-the-way blues dungeons, where the music invokes a synesthesia hologram of funky despair and the air is hot with excitement and the scent of Japanese businessmen. It was in just such a dive, a little hole-in-the-wall called Electrical Audio Studio B where I firs...
6:00pm | £16adv | All Ages*
Please note: This Psychobilly all-dayer is day 1 of a TWO-DAY event. Day 2 is a ROCKABILLY all-dayer. WEEKEND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR £30 FROM THE FOLLOWING: See Tickets, Gigantic, Bristol Ticket Shop Western Star in association with Death or Glory Promotions Presents-Western Star's 10th Birthda...
3:00pm | £18adv | All Ages*
Please note: This Rockabilly all-dayer is day 2 of a TWO-DAY event. Day 1 is a PSYCHOBILLY all-dayer. WEEKEND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR £30 FROM THE FOLLOWING: See Tickets, Gigantic, Bristol Ticket Shop Western Star in association with Death or Glory Promotions Presents-Wester...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Following closely in the footsteps of The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks are yet another hugely talented young Scottish band added to the FatCat roster. Before even releasing a single, WWPJ have laid claim to some recent successes which bode well for the future of the band. A well r...
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Long after it’s glory days in the early 1980s, the global punk scene by 1990 had all but died. In it’s place had sprung the benign sounds of grunge, east bay pop and metal crossover played by long haired college poets, crusty squatters and other hippie miscreants. While the rest of the world seemed conte...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Electronica/Dance, Indie/Alternative.
Perhaps the thing that’s most striking about Delphic’s second album isn’t that it’s a quantum leap forward from their debut. It is – produced by former DFA man Tim Goldsworthy and Ben Allen, whose previous work takes in everything from Animal Collective to Bombay Bicycle Club, it forsak...
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
THE ROLLIN' CLONES were formed in 1997 to celebrate the music and career of the greatest rock n' roll band of all time. Since then 'The Clones' have gone from strength to strength, playing sellout concerts at home and abroad. They enjoy the reputation of being The Best Tribute To The Rolling Stones ever.. "no others...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Although psychobilly pranksters King Kurt are best remembered for "Destination Zululand," the rambunctious smash with which they stormed the U.K. chart in 1984, to recall them purely as one-hit wonders is to decry another four years of achievement -- four further singles and two full albums also bothered the charts ...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
999 are an English punk rock/rock band, formed in London in December, 1976. Between 1978 and 2007, 999 released fourteen singles and twelve studio albums. Allmusic describe the band as "one of the longest-lived groups of the punk era.
7:30pm | £7adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
Following the phenomenal response to her first ever UK headline shows, seventeen year old, Bristol-born Lauren Aquilina has announced her second headline tour, including a show at London’s Borderline. Lauren is a songstress armed with melancholic piano-driven melodies, propelled by her formidable lyrical abil...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
RAMMLIED were formed in the South West in 2009. Martin (Vox), Doug (Guitar), Kamil (Guitar), Das Oktopus (Drums), Lee (Bass) and Steve (Keys/Synths) are dedicated to providing the most authentic Rammstein tribute experience possible. RAMMLIED strive for total accuracy in terms of Rammstein’s sound and have ...
7:30pm | £8.50adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
18 yr old Janet Devlin had very little singing experience before The X Factor, only singing in her school, pubs and local talent shows. Janet had previously uploaded videos on to her Official channel on YouTube on a regular basis, which have now reached 10.5 Million total views Worldwide. Janet had a successful r...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Local Talent, Covers, Pop/Mainstream.
A special charity night raising money for St Peter's Hospice. Welcome to a world where ukuleles boldly go where no uke has been before. More or less. The Ukulele Funhouse Orchestra puts together music and comedy - a journey through a rich musical landscape, meeting up with the Lone Ranger to find out why one c...
7:30pm | £12adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
Demented Are Go play The Fleece
7:30pm | £14adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
pizzenergi was a late 1970s English punk/New Wave band led by vocalist / guitarist Spizz. The band changed its name several times during its existence, alternate names included Athletico Spizz 80, Spizzoil and The Spizzles. They are notable as the first band to top the newly created UK Indie Chart early in 1980 with...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Since forming in 1997, the Appleseed Cast has morphed from one of the definitive bands of the emo era into a group that has continued to open up the possibilities of rock music. Whether cloaked in delicate melodies, atmospherics and instrumental experimentation, or stripped down to the band’s spin on the basic...
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Ska/Reggae.
The Slackers sound is Jamaican rock n roll. While they have been influenced, and even personally taught by Jamaican ska/reggae originators, like the Skatalites and the Upsetters (Original backing band for the Wailers), the band sees its music through an American lens. This band is equally appreciative of old blues, ...
7:30pm | £17adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream, Folk/Acoustic.
Mention Glenn Tilbrook and most people may immediately think of Squeeze. After all, with his writing partner Chris Difford, Tilbrook was responsible for Top Ten hits all around the world such as “Tempted”, “Hourglass”, “Cool For Cats” and “Up The Junction”. Ever since ...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream, Punk/Hardcore.
The Toy Dolls are a British Oi! / pop punk rock band, formed in 1979. Best known for their UK hit, a punk-rock cover of Nellie the Elephant, the band has released 12 albums across their career. The Toy Dolls worked within the aesthetics of punk to express a sense of fun, with songs such as "Yul Brynner Was ...
7:30pm | £10adv | All Ages* | Tribute.
"The Doors Alive is the best Doors "tribute" band that I've seen…Sometimes they sound more like the Doors than the Doors” - Doug Cameron – Assistant road manager to The Doors 1968/69 “The Doors Alive is the closest thing you will get to being in the same room as the real thing. Close your...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Punk/Hardcore.
The band were formed in the late Seventies East London as an answer to the art school punk that had dominated the scene up until then. Fiercely working class in stance and attitude, the band eschewed the political ramblings of punk’s first wave and sang about the circumstances that surrounded them and m...
7:30pm | £25adv | All Ages* | Pop/Mainstream.
I n the tradition of The Kinks and the Small Faces and around the same time as Ian Dury and Squeeze, Chas & Dave wrote and recorded exceptionally witty songs about life in London, performed with a strong affection for all things English. In their case , however, the musical accompaniment to their sharply observ...
7:30pm | £15adv | All Ages* | Indie/Alternative.
Take two ambitious musicians, mix in a chunk of bitterness, add the end of the punk era and you have the recipe of how it all started.... "Step back to 1978 and crawling from the burning wreckage of the New Hearts, singer Ian Page and guitarist Dave Cairns set about rebuilding their musical world. The New Hearts ...