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You can buy tickets for all Bongo Club events here.

A 10% booking fee is applied to online bookings to cover the cost of administration and Paypal charges. 

WE DO NOT POST TICKETS OUT!

Your tickets will be waiting at the box office when you arrive for the event.

Just turn up with your Paypal transaction ID or the credit card with which you bought the tickets.

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

CONFUSION IS SEX - 3 September 2010

Gamma Ray Presents..

CONFUSION IS SEX!
"Where the weird is normal"*****

END OF FESTIVAL ROCK OUT WITH YOUR COCK OUT ARTY PARTY!

(Main room)
DOLBY ANOL DJ SET (4 hour set)

Compere: Female Erection

Acts....
(on from 11.30pm)

Pokerface strip off performed by The Freaky Brides
PLUS Rockout with your cockout milkshake dance


COMPETITION onstage 11.50pm-
Best Tina Turner lookalike
&
Best Mel Gibson lookalike


Win special tonic plus free tickets to the next 2 Confusion is sex shows


(Upstairs)
The Dirty Red Diamonds tonight turn to punk and sexual rock to free the best from its cage
(Resident Upstairs DJ’s) THE DIRTY RED DIAMONDS....
Oly (White Heat/Hobo), Luke (Ride this Train) Jake (Multiple Maniacs)


DECOR BY The Lynch Mob
Art work and installations created by a group of Edinburgh artists who design and create a play ground in a David Lynch meets The Residents fantasy land style.


*Dress-up - Mad Max
On the door entry: £6 / £5*
Advance tickets will be sold at £4 online FROM THE 14TH AUGUST at The Bongo Club and in person from Electric Cabaret & Ripping Records.


The Bongo Club
37 Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8BA
Tel: 00 44 (0) 131 558 7604
www.thebongoclub.co.uk


WEBSITES
www.confusionissex.com
www.thefreakybrides.com
www.gammaraydali.com

MYSPACE ADDRESSES
www.myspace.com/confusionissexclub
www.myspace.com/thefreakybrides
www.myspace.com/gammaraydali  

MYSPACE EVENT PAGES..
www.events.myspace.com/Event/View/6682373 

UTUBE Confusion is sex channel
www.youtube.com/user/confusionissexclub 

Cis Confusion is sex Facebook Friend Page
www.facebook.com/cis.confusion.is.sex?ref=mfb 

Facebook Confusion is sex Group
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72774457720 

Facebook The Freaky Brides Group
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27921682251 

The Freaky Brides Facebook Friend Page
www.facebook.com/thefreakybrides

 





Time:    23:00 - 03:00
Cost: £6 5 in costume
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THE NATURE BOYS - live - EP LAUNCH - 4 September 2010

The Nature Boys will be unleashing their fantastic new 'Pretty' EP

The Nature Boys specialise in post-punk odes, sound tracking danceable tunes that channels their fuzzed-up, lo-fi brand of alternative punk.

They're made up of wild front-man Cameron Shiels who leads the band through their buzzing live shows, often leaving the audience awe-inspired with his eccentric dancing with Mark Cooper (guitar and backing vox), Ben Irvine (bass), and Andrew Howden (drums and backing vox).

The Nature Boys have been trailblazing venues up and down the country generating wide acclaim and swooning hordes of fans into submission with their fantastically raucous, exciting legendary live shows.

The Nature Boys have recently graced the stage with such luminaries as The View, Twisted Wheel, and The Paddingtons.


"The New Wave of the New Wave of the New wave; Fantastic Stuff!"
- Jim Gellatly -

"Frantic, Energetic indie punk"
- The List -

"A chaotic energy which ensures the band provide an unforgetable visual expereience, as they do a musical one... Always entertaining"
- Edinburgh Spotlight -

"A must see act"
- Jam the Box -

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thenatureboysontour  

Support comes from :

THE HERETICS   www.myspace.com/thehereticsmusic

THE LAYMANITES  www.myspace.com/thelaymanites

 


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Time:    19:00 - 22:00
Cost: £5
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DEVIL DISCO CLUB feat Epic 26 live - 4 September 2010

Trouble is back 'n' black!

You can be sure the Devil Disco Club DJs - Hobbes & Erik d'Viking [Trouble], Simonotron [Club for Heroes] and Kris Wasabi [Wasabi Disco] - will cover all the bases from soul and rap, myriad strains of vintage disco from New York, classic eighties boogie, cosmic, italo and other rarities, not to mention some poppin' electro-funk and proto-house gems.  You know where it's at!

Tonight's special guests are Edinburgh electro-indie band Epic 26

The Devil Disco Club is a new party about going back to basics, embracing your dark side and letting it all hang out. It's about listening to some of the most exciting new dance music out there alongside the classics and it's about checking out a buzzing new live act that will move your feet and engage your mind.  It's about doing all of this alongside some of your favourite people in one of Embra's favourite venues: the Bongo Club.

Music: soul, rap, boogie, italo, cosmic, disco, electro-funk, acid & early/proto-house: re-edits, remixes, extended versions etc

www.getintotrouble.com  

http://epic26.com/



Time:    23:00 - 03:00
Cost: £4 Before midnight 5
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Edinburgh Skeptics - The Sunday Sermon - 5 September 2010

An opportunity for rational thinkers to meet and discuss all things skeptical, as well as having a montthly presentation by a reknowned skeptic [or even a believer] followed by a Q&A

Skeptics in the Pub began in London in 1999, providing an opportunity for rational thinkers to meet and discuss all things skeptical as well as have a monthly presentation by a renowned skeptic or even believer followed by a Q&A. There are over a dozen Skeptics in the Pub in England, but this is only one of two groups in Scotland [the other being Glasgow]

Currently, our socials are held upstairs in the Bongo Club Gallery Bar.  Events are irregular, but join our mailing list to be kept informed of when and where.

For more details feel free to contact us, or just pop along to the next night

http://edinburgh.skepticsinthepub.org/  

 



Time:    14:00 - 16:00
Cost: £FREE
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JUNGLE DUB - free entry - 8 September 2010

Jungledub is Edinburgh's freshest weekly club night, with free entry and boss dubby tune - age from some of the finest local DJs every Wednesday night in the established chilled,  friendly vibe at the Bongo Club HQ.

Each event takes the Jungledub faithful on a journey through dub reggae,  dancehall,  dubstep and jungle courtesy of a variety of different DJ's from across Edinburgh's clubbing community - including artists from Xplicit,  Dirt,  Mutiny and Coalition - alongside up-and-coming local talent.  We'll catch you down at the front!

email: jungledub@hotmail.co.uk 

join the Jungledub Facebook group

www.myspace.com/jungledub






Time:    23:00 - 03:00
Cost: £FREE
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WONKY - 10 September 2010

Trouble presents 'Wonky'- for all you bass 'n' beat freaks -  playing dayglo hip hop, beats and bass, uk funky, 2step, dubstep, dancehall, afrobeats and electro

With DJs Hobbes & D' Viking [Trouble], Wolfjazz [Trade Union, Stepback], plus special guests Dead Boy Robotics bringing their own heavy bass, beats and wonky vox live on stage at midnight

www.getintotrouble.com

 www.myspace.com/deadboyrobotics

 



Time:    
Cost: £3 before midnight, 5 after
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MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM - 11 September 2010

Roots reggae rocking - foundation tune, fresh dubs, vibes alive, rockers, steppers, rub-a-dub

Scotland’s original [and biggest] roots and culture rasta reggae sound system, Messenger has been spreading the word on their own custom built bass-heavy rig since 1987, with a flame burning brighter than ever today

Playing conscious reggae music, militant or mellow, from foundation revival tone to brand new dub plate exclusives - with a cultural MC making things proper on the mic [MC Ras Echo ] - the Messenger is always one of the best, blissful club events in town, playing sounds to make you dance an' swing

www.myspace.com/messengersoundsystem  




Time:    
Cost: £6 before midnight 7
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Edinburgh Fortean Society - 14 September 2010

Alison Rutter will be talking on 'The Scottish Mermaid Flap'.  In the early 19th Century, there were a number of 'mermaid' sightings around the Scottish coast

Charles Fort is the father of the study of the strange and bizarre, hence the Edinburgh Fortean Society.
The Society meets on a regular basis, on the second Tuesday of every month, upstairs in the Bongo Club Gallery Bar at 8.30pm.

All are welcome

www.edinburghforteansociety.org.uk

 



Time:    19:30 - 23:00
Cost: £ Free
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THE VASELINES - live - 15 September 2010

DF Concerts present The Vaselines - they're alive!  Yaaaay!

www.thevaselines.co.uk

www.myspace.com/thevaselinesband

The music pouring out of Scotland in the mid 1980's was a primitive force that could be just as naive as it was brilliant.  The Vaselines brought Eugene Kelly's edgy, scratchy guitar work together with Frances McKee's poetic melancholia.  Their vocals were a shining light with Eugene's dry monotone trading off Frances's more charming female voice.

The Vaselines carnal obsessions were given as much time as their off-kilter pop experiments.  While sexual candour has rarely been the preserve of emotionally sensitive indie types, drawing on the Velvet Underground's rhythmic down-stroke and lustful subject matter, The Vaselines' sense of brazen mischief is exemplified by their very name.

Though they have only one album to their credit and broke up the week that album was released in 1989, The Vaselines have etched a special place in the hearts of many.  Chief amongst them was Kurt Cobain who with Nirvana covered three of their songs on their Incesticide and MTV Unplugged albums

While founder members and songwriters, Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly, have collaborated intermittently in the intervening years (they toured jointly and played a few Vaselines’ songs together in the wake of their respective solo albums in 2006) ,an unannounced appearance at a fundraiser in Glasgow's Mono for Malawi Orphan Support was the first evidence of new activity.  This was the start of a journey that has taken them to New York & Seattle, Sweden, Glasgow's ABC and festival appearances in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paolo and Goiania, appearing with artists as unlikely as Flight of the Conchords and Helmet along the way.

The show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on July 9th 2008 was the band’s first in America, and one of two over-subscribed shows in the New York area before they played at a festival to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Sub Pop label, which released the definitive collection of Vaselines’ work, ‘The Way of the Vaselines’ in 1992.

Both Kelly and McKee remained musically active throughout the intervening years - the former with Captain America, Eugenius and finally as a solo artist; McKee with Suckle and ultimately on her own for 2006’s ‘Sunny Moon.’

And while both continue to work on their own projects, the success of the Vaselines’ shows in 2008 has offered the possibility of more appearances in the future.  Their concert at the Forum in London will be the first Vaselines show in the capital for twenty years and their biggest headline show.

Since reforming in 2008 The Vaselines have continued to tour and have played the Primavera Festival Barcelona, Latitude Festival Suffolk and Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka,Japan.

The new album... [sex with an x]    out: Mon Sept 13



Time:    19:00 - 22:00
Cost: £12.50
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JUNGLEDUB - free entry - 15 September 2010

Jungledub is Edinburgh's freshest weekly club night,  with free entry and boss dubby tune - age from some of the finest local DJs every Wednesday night in the established chilled,  friendly vibe at the Bongo Club HQ.

Each event takes the Jungledub faithful on a journey through dub reggae,  dancehall,  dubstep and jungle courtesy of a variety of different DJ's from across Edinburgh's clubbing community - including artists from Xplicit,  Dirt,  Mutiny and Coalition - alongside up-and-coming local talent.  We'll catch you down at the front!

email: jungledub@hotmail.co.uk

join the Jungledub Facebook group

www.myspace.com/jungledub






Time:    23:00 - 03:00
Cost: £FREE
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