Programme
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Your tickets will be waiting at the box office when you arrive for the event.
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Please be aware that all our events are 18+ unless otherwise stated.
Unfortunately concessionary prices are not available online.
Tickets will go off sale midnight before the event.
Events Diary - 10 Upcoming Events
FOUR CORNERS - 3 July 2009
Good time soul music for dancing, the perfect start to a summer weekend, Four Corners serves up another rapturous blend of soulful dancefloor music, new and old, from right across the map
Residents Simon Hodge [Big Beat], the maestro Johnny Cashback, Monkeyboy [King of the Swingers/Jungle VIP] and Astroboy [Departure Lounge] pride themselves on maintaining an honest and dependable get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats - all making for an evergreen blend of outernational soul ... and one hell of a party
www.myspace.com/clubfourcorners
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £5 / 3 (before 12am) |
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BIG N BASHY - 4 July 2009
The biggest beats + bashiest basslines. A 4-deck mix of dubstep reggae, grime + jungle with resident DJs David George (dubstep) + Deburgh (grime) plus guests Oly from Hobo (reggae) + Jungledub's Tekamine.
Big N Bashy is one the hottest nights to hit Edinburgh’s Saturday night club scene in recent years + has already gained a steady + loyal following amongst Edinburgh’s clubbers for its up-to-the-minute, bass-heavy sounds.
Bored of the usual one genre per night ethos of most nights, the Big N Bashy team plays the finest reggae, grime, dubstep and jungle through a monster combination of The Bongo Club's in house sound system and an extra six subs care of the well respected dub reggae sounds of the Messenger Sound System. With this great combo of musical styles and a killer sound system Big N Bashy delivers the biggest beats and bashiest basslines, while The Messenger ensures the good vibrations all night long!
www.myspace.com/bignbashydub
www.myspace.com/djdavidgeorge
www.myspace.com/davefaze
Also available is a fortnightly online Big N Bashy radio show, hosted by the residents, going on air at 3pm. Tune in by heading to www.breaksfm.com
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £6 / 4 (before 12am) |
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IT'S FUNTIME - 5 July 2009
Teams required! Come one, come all, and set your watches to Funtime; for we shall rendezvous with every species of quizzling, puzzlement and surprise! An evening of fun and games unsurpassed in their gaiety!
Dare you look upon the Robot-Men? Have you the brawny arm for the Tower of Strength, or the nimblest fingers to Make and Do? Will your eardrums solve the Tortured Tune or your eyeballs recognise the Filleted Film? Have you the disposition of iron it takes to fish the Pond of Prizes? These and many more puzzlements await, as we cordially invite you to an evening of wonders unsurpassed. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Ladies and gentlemen are invited to submit a ‘nom de jou’ for their federation of acquaintances, and once this team name is officially registered here, it cannot be adopted by other parties, no matter what nature of blandishments offered
REGISTER YOUR TEAM ONLINE AT www.its-funtime.com
"What a great night Funtime was. Hats off to you all" Katy Morton
"She's a fanny" Mary Shields
Novice funsters are hereby notified that this evening of puzzlements involves several appearances of Robot-Men, which may cause palpitations of distress to those with weak nerves
NEXT FUNTIME: SUNDAY 26th JULY 2009
www.its-funtime.com
email: wilson@its-funtime.com
Time: 2000 - 2300 |
Cost: £5 on the door, 4.50 in advance |
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JUNGLEDUB - Free entry - 8 July 2009
Jungledub is Edinburgh's freshest weekly club night ... and it's FREE to get in!
Each event consists of dub, dancehall, dubstep + jungle brought together within the established chilled, friendly vibe at the Bongo Club HQ. Every week, we'll feature a variety of different DJ's from across Embra's clubbing community - including artists from XPLICIT, DIRT, MUTINY + COALITION.
If you're a budding DJ or artist, get in contact with a mix at jungledub@hotmail.co.uk to be considered for some forthcoming slots + we'll catch you down at the front!
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £free |
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CONFUSION IS SEX - 10 July 2009
It's a David Lynch nightmare dream! with an album launch from The Foundling Wheel live on stage plus bands from Ten Tracks upstairs.
www.myspace.com/confusionissexclub
Plus The Freaky Brides, live freaky burlesque, more strips + whips, blood-red nipple-tassled mannequins, art installations, skulls, film projections, etc ...
Weird and eclectic outfits will get a discount.
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £5 |
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HEADSPIN - 11 July 2009
The original four-deck mix of beats, funk, hiphop, house + more, with live percussion
Another chance to be amazed by the superb resident DJ team doing the hip-funk-house-electro-disco-hop-thing on 4 decks. Expect the finest funk, hiphop, house + electro beats, teased + tweaked with panache by your favourite funky disco jocks Colin Millar / Allan Dunbar / Steve Austin / Dava & Bongo Dave, plus visual projections by Foundlight.
Bringing the club to a frenzy with their up-front selection of funky party tunes moving into filthy electronic numbers designed to destroy the dancefloor, no-one can rock the Headspin crowd quite like the residents can - prepare to be blown away.
www.myspace.com/clubheadspin
www.myspace.com/clubheadspin
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £7 [5 before midnight] |
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THE WILDERS - 12 July 2009
Presented by Brookfield Knights
Last time The Wilders appeared in Scotland, a capacity crowd at their sold-out Celtic Connections show soon found out why they were renowned as the “hillbilly hurricane” from Kansas City.
In full, unstoppable flight, the band is firmly established as an Edinburgh Fringe favourite after sell-out runs over three consecutive years at The Famous Spiegeltent. Triumphant winners of a Herald Angel with a five-star review from the publication, the Scotsman said: ‘They generate the kind of tunes that should by rights leave vapour trails’. The Missouri-based four-piece, is back to thrill capacity crowds again following their sensational tour here last year.
They were the fave raves of Belfast's Open House Festival in 2008 and in January, wowed Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival in front of 1600 at the city’s Old Fruitmarket. Filmed for the BBC 2 Highlights programme, television presenter Mary Ann Kennedy introduced them as “one of the undoubted hits of the event”.
Playing storming roots-of-country and old-time with a pure essence of early rockabilly, they deliver a blistering fiddle/banjo/guitar/dobro/slap bass hoedown, playing whiz-bang music as infectious, fun-loving and goodtime as you will ever hear.
Since they first took Doc Watson’s MerleFest by storm back in 2004, The Wilders have returned every year to build on their reputation as show-stealers of the huge North Carolina event, attended each year by 80,000 music fans.
A brand new CD - “Someone’s Got To Pay” - recorded in Louisiana and produced by the legendary Dirk Powell - went straight to the top of the Roots of Country Top 50 on its release in the USA and in January won them the Best Alt-Country Album title in the prestigious American Independent Music Awards.
This latest visit includes main stage appearances at big summer festivals in England, Ireland and Scotland – including their first ever performance at the HebCelt Fest in Stornoway.
Time: 1900 - 2200 |
Cost: £12/10 [in advance] |
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JUNGLEDUB - Free entry - 15 July 2009
Jungledub is Edinburgh's freshest weekly club night ... and it's FREE to get in!
Each event consists of dub, dancehall, dubstep + jungle brought together within the established chilled, friendly vibe at the Bongo Club HQ. Every week, we'll feature a variety of different DJ's from across Embra's clubbing community - including artists from XPLICIT, DIRT, MUTINY + COALITION.
If you're a budding DJ or artist, get in contact with a mix at jungledub@hotmail.co.uk to be considered for some forthcoming slots + we'll catch you down at the front!
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £free |
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CEILIDH - 17 July 2009
Back by popular demand after their May Day sell out. Join ’Norman Mackay’s Ceilidh Experience’ one of Edinburgh’s top ceilidh bands for a ceilidh frenzy/ movie premiere extravaganza.
Furious fiddling and a packed dance floor will be guaranteed as their expert caller guides you through the steps
+ premiere screening of the bands new movie ‘The Ceilidh Master’ - a short film about a ceilidh superhero!
www.ceilidhexperience.com
Time: 1900 - 2200 |
Cost: £7 / 6 in advance/concessions |
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SYNTHETIC - 17 July 2009
Techno, electro + electronica, Synthetic is welcomed back to Bongo HQ for another action-packed Friday night
This month, the Elbow Greased Techno crew keeps it local and invites Edinburgh's Tekamine to DJ against the Physicist in a back to back session. Synthetic's resident Morphos & Zuni will also be supplying support back to back
www.myspace.com/elbowgreasedtechno
Time: 2300 - 0300 |
Cost: £4 |
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