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The Bottom Rung Big Beat Festival 29th & 30th April 6pm-1am
Tony 2-Eyes (Land of 1000 Dances) and Big Gus (The Go-Go) present a line up of Scotland’s finest Garage Punk, Beat, Trash, Rock’n’Roll bands and DJs.
A weekender guaranteed to take your attention as far away from any royal wedding as possible.
Free Entry, Suggested Donation £6 each night, Bring Your Own Booze
Organized in part to help raise funds for The Forest Cafe continued existence this is, in name, a free event but we would like to stress the need for generous contributions to make this event a success. All artists and DJs are giving their time and talents for free.
The Line Up
Janey & The Ravemen
Playing for the first time in Scotland, The Ravemen are an almost complete resurrection of Hamburg era, R’n’R, Beat legends The Kaisers (with the help of a couple of The Rapiers for good measure.) Expect a gear pre-fab-four riot, all beatle boots, skinny ties and leather waistcoats.
The Thanes
Needing little introduction, The Thanes have now been performing their own styled Garage Punk mixed with R’n’B, Folk Rock and Psych for nearly 25 years. This year will see their 9th LP released on Dirty Water Records in the autumn. http://www.myspace.com/thethanes
Les BOF!
Probably Scotland’s only French language Garage Beat combo! 60s French classics from the likes of Jacques Dutronc and Ronnie Bird mixed with their own punked up r’n’b originals. Their debut LP on the CopaseDisques label is out in June. http://www.lesbof.fr/
Hidden Masters
Prog-folk psychadelia from Glasgow. Their debut single ‘Nobody Knows We’re Here’ released on State Records last year is well worth a spin. The group contains ex members of The Needles and Bangtwister. http://www.myspace.com/hiddenmasters
The Brutes
Brute by name Brute by nature! Lo-fi, high octane garage punk from ex Grease Monkeys and Bangtwister members. Recently featured on Shindig magazine’s download CD. http://www.myspace.com/theebrutes
The Fnords
A female fronted chaotic garage trash trio with more than a hint of surfing guitar. From Edinburgh and Glasgow and featuring one ex member of the legendry Gussets. http://www.myspace.com/thefnords
Keith Doulgas and The Corps of Discovery
Traditional picked country blues from the master of the green Gretsch Anniversary. http://www.myspace.com/keithdouglas
Thee Phar’I-sees
Trashy garage rockabilly with a Crampsish edge. From Glasgow. http://www.myspace.com/thepharisees
Charles Randolph Rivers’ Slim Rhythm Revue
A one man band typhoon! Rockabilly surf blues occasionally towards the Hasil Adkins end of the spectrum. Formerly one half of Thee Phantom Herd.
Prairie Rose & The Wildwoods
This wonderous innocently voiced, trashy, country trio were recently tipped by The List magazine as ones to watch in 2011. Contains an ex Rohypster. http://www.myspace.com/prairierosethewildwoods
The Leith Links
A metamorphous of former Edinburgh Surf guitar champions Preston Pfanz & The Seaton Sands, now dedicated to the sound of Link Wray and his distorted guitar rumble. http://www.myspace.com/theleithlinks
Disc Jockeys
Recorded music on the phonograph played to you by your hosts Tony 2-Eyes and Big Gus along with the Vintage Violence DJs playing extreme rock’n’roll from the 50s to the 80s plus R’n’B and Soul from The Mike & Tina Turntable Revue.
Friday running order: CHARLES RANDOLPH RIVERS, KEITH DOUGLAS, HIDDEN MASTERS, FNORDS, THE THANES
Saturday running order: PRARIE ROSE & THE WILDWOODS, THE LEITH LINKS, THEE PHAR’I-SEES, THE BRUTES, JANEY & THE RAVEMEN, LES BOF!
Local and international artists are donating their work to a charity art auction in support of Save the Forest Campaign…
Our Save The Forest Art Auction is on Saturday 14th May at the AXO Gallery, Leith. In this STV article Sarah Wilson, owner of the Axo and Axolotl Galleries, explains why she supports the Save The Forest campaign…
Inky Fingers Open Mic
26 April, 8pm
“To the altar! To the block!”
featuring COLIN DONATI and ELIZA LANGLAND
and YOU, on our famous open stage
On the occasion of what may be either the most momentous ceremony of modern times or a distracting hangover from an outdated despotical
tradition best left ignored, Inky Fingers is bringing you a
loosely-themed open mic: to the altar, or to the block? We’re inviting
some of the city’s top poets to contribute their words on the dread
wedding, and you can join in to (or ignore the theme entirely at your
discretion).
The Inky Fingers Open Mic takes place in the main room of the Forest
Café every fourth Tuesday of the month, from 8-11pm. It’s free to come and free for anyone to perform, regardless of style, experience, or identity. It is big and celebratory and welcoming and fun. We want to hear from everybody. We want your poems, your rants, your ballads, your short stories, your diaries, your experimental texts, your heart, your mind, your body. We want the essay on your summer holidays you wrote when you were four, your adolescent haiku, and extracts from your eventually-to-be-completed epic fantasy quadrilogy. We want to hear your best new work as well. And we want people to care about the way words are performed.
Our feature performers this month are Colin Donati, a writer and
musician whose work ranges from the beautifully traditional to the
startlingly contemporary, and Eliza Langland, whose comically profound words will shake your lungs and tickle your brain all at the same time
Open Mic slots are five minutes long; e-mail: inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to sign up and be sure of a slot!
Find Inky Fingers online at http://inkyfingersedinburgh.wordpress.com,
on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101994993200164,
and on Twitter @InkyFingersEdin.
International Pinhole day, make and expose!
Forest Darkroom, Saturday, April 23rd, 12 noon - 6pm
Details at pinholeday.org
Bring along a container (or more!!!) which has been blackened and five pounds (donation) for paper and chemicals. Please email to reserve a time, or drop in. We’ll have some pre-made pinholes for those who just want the experience as well as how to demos and booklets.
The Creative Writing Laboratory
Induction Friday 22nd April 6pm in the action room
A creative writing course to develop your creative potential and find the amazing power of writing
Golden Hour Wednesday 20th April 8pm
Northwords Now launch!
Readings and Music
Readings by:
- Tracey S Rosenberg Poems that fight dirty.
- Ian Stephen After 15 years in the coastguard, Ian Stephen became a full-time writer of poetry, prose and drama in 1995. The sea continues to feature in his work.
- Hugh McMillan Works as a history teacher in Dumfries and lives in Penpont. His next full collection of poems The Lost Garden (Roncadora Press) is due in 2010 as is a Selected Poems from Shoestring Press.
Music By:
- Wild Myrtles A vocal harvest of traditional music.
- The Irresistible Urges Original songs and voodoo rhythms.
- Eye of the Duck Post psychedelia atmos-core surf metal.
Public meeting for anyone who wants to get involved and do stuff at the forest!
Tuesday 19th at 6:30 in the hall
Come, create, help, enjoy!
Screenprinting Workshop Sunday 17th April, 2pm
Forest screenprinting workshop, friendly and open for everybody interested
Suitable for beginners
Bring your own cutter/stanley knife
Local and international artists are donating their work to a charity art auction in support of Save the Forest Campaign. The event is at the AXO Gallery in Leith on Saturday 14 May at 6-10pm. AXO owner Sarah Wilson said, “By bidding in this auction, not only are people buying art but are also supporting the arts in the community. Buy art to save art.”
Thursday 7th April, 6–9pm . Free!
A safe and encouraging space for writers to meet up, hear their words read, and get constructive critical feedback…
