Author Archives: BOB GOFF

Boy & Bear Live + Guests

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Quintet from Sydney, Australia playing “a combination of drivey indie folk and choral harmonies”. The band are achieving huge success in their home country, winning five awards at the 2011 ARIAs – Group of the Year; Breakthrough Artist – Single (for ‘Feeding Line’); and Breakthrough Artist – Album; Best Adult Alternative Album and the coveted Album Of The Year award for their debut ‘Moonfire’. Boy & Bear are: Dave Hosking (vocals/guitar), Jake Tarasenko (bass), Killian Gavin (vocals/guitars), Tim Hart (drums/vocals) and Jon Hart (banjo/mandolin/keys).14+ (U16s must be accom by an adult)

26/02/2016
Starts 19:00 to 23:00

TICKET PRICE

Boy & Bear are an Australian indie rock–folk music band formed in 2009, consisting of David Hosking (vocals and guitar), Killian Gavin (vocals and guitar), Timothy Hart (drums and vocals), Jonathan Hart. (vocals, banjo, mandolin and keyboards) and David Symes (bass).[1] The band have released two albums, Moonfire (August 2011) and Harlequin Dream, (August 2013) both reaching the top ten of the Australian albums chart. Their third album, Limit of Love, was released on October 9, 2015, in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada, and on October 30 in the UK and EU.

Hollie Cook – a British singer and keyboardist

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Love Of Dub presents…

Hollie Cook will headline the event with her band General Roots, as well as a heavyweight selection of some favourite acts that Love Of Dub have worked with over the years.

Full line up & ticket info released soon..

This will be a fundraising event, 100% of profits being shared between two local charities that strive to support the the city that we all love dearly: The Matthew Tree Project & Full Reach Children’s Projects, Full Reach Events…

Trinity Centre www.3ca.org.uk

06/05/2016 22:00 to 05:00

Bristol Launch – SOLD OUT!!!

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All aboard the good ship Big Fish Little Fish. Drawing on Bristol’s famous nautical history the theme for our launch party will be “Ship Shop Hooray!” Dressing up is always encouraged, think famous explorers, pirates, mermaids and mermen, sea creatures. Let your imagination go wild!

DJs TO BE ANNOUNCED play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance. Craft tables with giant colouring mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool.

Licensed bar, free transfer tattoos, glowsticks and Happy Monkeys smoothies at the end.

We’ll also be joined by Monkey Trousers Theatre, who will be performing a very special show just for us! Monkey Trousers Theatre is a new children’s theatre company, producing the original family theatrical sitcom Mr Gotalot’s Gotalot Shop, in Bristol and the South West. The colourful and exciting shows, featuring Mr Gotalot the kindly puppet shopkeeper, Ms Barnet the evil landlady, and Sidney the eager shop boy, have been an instant hit with children and adults alike. Previous episodes have included The Pants of Power, The Snot Rocket, and The Chinchilla Thriller, with their special Christmas show, Santa School, coming in January 2016.

For more information on Monkey Trousers Theatre:

Website: http://monkeytrouserstheatre.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monkeytrouserstheatre/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/monkey_trousers

For families with younger children (8s and under) though older siblings are welcome. Adults are not admitted unless accompanied by a child. A max of 3 children per adult. A max of 4 adults per child (and such groups must be pre-approved by emailing infosw@bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk before buying tickets).

Tickets are non-refundable but if anybody with tickets finds they cannot attend a sold-out event please email infosw@bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk and BFLF will attempt to put you in touch with people seeking to buy tickets Each member of your group must have a ticket, adults £7.00, child £7.00 and pre-walking infants free (but must be ticketed). More on the door (if available).

28/02/2016
Starts 13:30 to 16:00

TICKET PRICE

£7

CONTACT NUMBER

07752 664173

Dark Girls

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Film Screening of documentary ‘Dark Girls’, followed by panel discussion.

Dark Girls is an honest and powerful documentary film from the US that explores attitudes towards skin colour and the impact of colourism – discrimination due to skin shade.

The film explores the experiences of women with darker skin, whether in the workplace, in relationships or on self esteem.

This screening is being organised by Trinity Community Arts Ltd and Rethink Mental Illness.

Suggested age 12A

30/01/2016   Starts 19:00 to 21:00

TICKET PRICE

£5 (£3

BBC 6 Music Festival

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BBC Radio 6 Music Festival

will be coming to Bristol from 12th –14th February 2016.

Some of the acts who’ll be performing at the festival, include Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie as well as Bristol’s very own – Roni Size, Tricky, Beak and The Blue Aeroplanes.

6 Music champions music with an alternative spirit and the Bristol music scene has always encapsulated this like no other. As well as reflecting the city’s extraordinary contemporary music scene and its heritage, the festival will also showcase Bristol’s diverse culture through food, street art and what will be an unmissable 6 Music Festival by Day – packed full of performance, film, speech and comedy events.

The 6 Music Festival will be housed in venues across the city – Motion, Colston Hall, O2 Academy, Basement 45 and Trinity with pop-up events in other venues throughout Bris

tol, big and small. The full line up will be announced on January 19th along with ticket sales information.

The 6 Music Festival is one of many real gems we have to look forward to in Bristol in 2016 and will give us a unique opportunity to showcase the very best of BBC Bristol and the city to the nation.

STARTS

13/02/2016 11:00 to
14/02/2016 16:00

Planet Shroom

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Planet Shroom

Line-up:

Braincell (Boom! Records) LIVE
Tongue and Groove (Nano Records) Exclusive 2 hour warm-up set
DJ Liquid Ross (Liquid Records)
Moonquake (Hadra Records/Chrysalid)
Sean Shift (Planet Shroom)
Lurk (Liquid Records/Planet Shroom)

Expect the usual weapons grade decor, lasers and lighting from inOrbit, Ink Junkie and Illumashroom Lasers

Tunes delivered on The Best Rig in Bristol(tm) – the new L-Acoustics in-house trinity sound system which has to be heard to be believed, and even then you have to get your head around it.

Expect the usual weapons grade decor, lasers and lighting and tunes delivered on The Best Rig in Bristol(tm) – the new L-Acoustics in-house trinity sound system which has to be heard to be believed, and even then you have to get your head around it.

Saturday 30/01/2016

22:00 to 06:00