Get out your calendar because we’ve got some rad gigs you don’t want to miss:
- First, not an event so much as an EPIC MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA! We’re now on the fantastically diverse, brilliantly local and artist-driven site tentracks! Ryan wrote more about tentracks on his blog. You can now score ten of the eighteen tracks from our Golden Hour Book 2 CD there for a mere £1: http://www.tentracks.co.uk/channel/the-police-box/the-police-box-12
NOW, ON TO THE EVENTS!
- January 27th. 8-10pm. The ‘Roxy Readings‘ (formerly Bowery Book Club) at the Bowery-turned-Roxy. Dave Coates MCs; featuring Ryan Van Winkle, some surprise guests, and an open mic at the end.
- January 28th. 6.30–8pm, at Books and Beans, Belmont St, Aberdeen. Catch Ryan Van Winkle reading, along with Grant Fraser, plus Open Mic, at the Dead Good Poets. More info from Ryan on his blog.
- January 28th. 6pm. StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, launches its festival programme with poets Kei Miller (who you’ll remember from the Golden Hour last July) and Christine De Luca and the Festival Directors at the National Library of Scotland.
- Jan 29th. 7pm-midnight. Go see Les Enfant Bastard playing Plastic Fork at The Forest Cafe!! Should be great and featuring new sounds. He makes big noises with a little gameboy.
- January 30th-31st. See Claire Askew, Andrew Philip, Ryan Van Winkle, and MORE! at the Hidden Door event. Also musical performances throughout the weekend from many of our good friends (and past GH performers): Foxgang, Action Group, Bob Hillary, and many more. “Hidden Door is a new venture aimed at bringing together innovative artists from all disciplines to create an exciting multi-sensory snapshot and celebration of the incredible creativity in the arts going on across Edinburgh and Scotland, all around us, under one roof for a whole weekend in January.” There will be events, installations over 3 floors, the stage for bands, food from the lovely Suzie’s Diner and a bar; plenty to keep you amused and occupied all weekend! Tickets cost £10 and you can get them HERE. If you buy them online the lovely people at tentracks.co.uk have offered up 10 free MP3 downloads! Sweet deal and well worth it just for the music. Check it out!
- Feb 1st, Bob Hillary’s second single is coming out on sonic360 records. He’ll be doing his first UK tour starting in April so keep your eyes peeled for dates! PLUS to sweeten the deal, he’s even giving away a copy of his single ‘Take It Slow’ at: www.myspace.com/bobhillary
- February 7th. 8.30 – 11.15pm, at The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. Check out the Is this Poetry? monthly performance poetry and spoken word night, hosted by Jenny Lindsay, with Claire Askew reading poems, and music from Jed Milroy.
LOOK AT ALL THIS GREAT STUFF! See you there!
*Are you a friend of ForPub? If so, email your Big Ups to forest.publications@gmail.com and we’ll tell all our friends!