The Bristol Festival Launch Tickets at Unity!!!
THE BRISTOL FESTIVAL JULY NEWS [/u]
Its all looking good for the first Bristol Festival, a new community festival for the Southwest to be held on September 20th and 21st 2008, being organised entirely by volunteers (The Bristol Festival Community Group, Registered Charity no. 1124722). Its to be based at Bristol’s renowned Amphitheatre and across various city centre locations with at least 6 stages, circus shows, art exhibitions, cabaret, live art and more… all showcasing southwest talent! Not to be missed!
This year’s festival comes in two parts:
"Brizzolfest" is the main event location based in the Amphitheatre and Waterfront Square. This is where the main festival buzz will be with stages, tents, workshops, art installations, crazy costumed walkabouts and a whole host of unexpected delights. 11am-10pm both sat and sun.
"Rave-on-Avon" is the club night programme and the ticket will gain you entry into 10 different night clubs on Saturday night so you can carry on until the early hours of the morning and experience the best of the regions electronic music scene from drum and bass and dubstep, to house and electro. These tickets are only available in conjunction with Brizzolfest to over 18’s.
We are currently putting the finishing touches to the line ups (which are looking gert lush!) so don’t panic if you haven’t heard from us yet, all applicants will be notified either way within the next 4 weeks. Having said that there is still time to apply should you wish to perform. We are especially looking for more circus and street performers, cabaret acts and people to run workshops of any kind. Do drop us a line if you are interested to
perform@thebristolfestival.org.
Also we are currently recruiting more volunteers to help with anything from sales and office admin to stewarding at the event. With a new office in Bristol’s Old Vic building we have some fantastic space available so if you’d like to get involved in this rewarding project please email
getinvolved@thebristolfestival.org. More information about this year’s new festival can be found at
www.thebristolfestival.org.
Advertise With UsAs I’m sure you’re aware projects like this cost a lot to stage, with toilets, first aid, security, power, marquees etc, yet we are endeavouring to keep entry prices as low as possible. One of our main income sources comes from sponsorship, advertising sales and the selling of trade pitches at the event. To keep this festival and the dream alive the best way to support it is to help us raise the needed funds this way. So… if you or anyone you know would be in a position to sponsor the event, take out an advert in our programme or come and sell your wares please do get in touch! Your support will be greatly appreciated and go a long way to safeguarding the future of the festival, whilst also benefiting yourself or your company.
The printed programme will be available free and go out across the Southwest (20,000 copies) as well as online from the beginning of September. Adverts start at just £250 and there are discounts available to charities and small companies, please email
info@thebristolfestival.org but hurry as we go to print in a couple of weeks! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to reach a wide and interested audience.
Trade pitches range from small blanket pitches to large catering van spots at a variety of prices to suit.
For more information and a full list of the superb benefits please email or phone us (07790 538768) ASAP. This is the best way you can show your support for the Bristol Festival Community Group, our yearlong charitable work supporting arts and music in the Southwest, and help sustain the festival for everyone to enjoy.
The Bristol Festival Launch Tickets at Unity!!!Unity: Saturday July 26th
Lakota 10pm-5am £5
Unity is the country's biggest collaborative party, established in 2005 as a goodwill protest against the lack of local promoters at Bristol's annual community festival and as a celebration of the region's club culture, raising much-needed funds for local music-related charities.
This year's profits will go to support the Basement Studio (
www.basementstudio.co.uk) and the new Bristol Festival (
www.thebristolfestival.org), which has re-embraced dance music with a night time programme of 10 venues all covered by the festival ticket!
Bristol Festival tickets start at just a fiver a day and will exclusively be available first at Unity, with no booking fee and free postage! Don’t worry about losing your ticket at Lakota… it will be posted out to you later. From Monday tickets will then be in Bristol Ticket Shop and online subject to booking fee and P&P until they sell out. Bristol Festival members will also be at Unity if you want to pick our brains about line up, acts or getting involved! Look out for our stand
Unity IV is a colossal party and features more than 30 Bristol club nights and countless, artists, DJs and VJs at the city's historic Lakota for a multi-room, multi-genre megarave.
Unity with…
Best Before, BlowPop, The Blast, Break, Buoyancy, Byte, Bump, Club Dave, Detectives Of Perspective, Dissident, DMT, Dub From Atlantis, Dutty Girl, Duvet Vous, Digital, Electroquisite, Empathy, FreeJive, Funk From The Trunk, Giant Robot, H.E.N.C.H, Intrigue, Juke 2000, Kingpin, Leisure, Liquid Lounge, Loco, Monkey Knife Fight, Penguin Dance, Ruffnek Diskotek, Rukus, Signal, Socialism, Switch, Subloaded, Tape, We Don’t Play, We Like To Party
and many more...
Unity IV
Lakota, Upper York St, Bristol
Saturday, July 26
10pm-5am. £5
Get there early to avoid the queue!
Bristol Festival Tickets, there are two types: -Brizzolfest plus Rave-on-Avon weekend tickets at £16.50 each, over 18's only. This is for a full two days and one night's entertainment!!
-Brizzolfest Only weekend tickets at £10.00 each; that’s just a fiver a day!
Weekend Kids tickets are FREE (12 years old and under only) but they must have a printed ticket. Only available when purchasing at least one adult ticket, up to three may be requested per paying adult.
All tickets are for 2 days; Saturday and Sunday.
The Bristol festival Community Group (Registered Charity Number 1124722) would like to thank the following sponsors for their kind support:City of Bristol College
City of Bristol College offers 100's of full and part-time day and evening courses throughout Bristol. Improve your skills, gain a qualification or learn for leisure with us.
www.cityofbristol.ac.uk Redrow Homes
Redrow is a proud sponsor of the Bristol Festival and supports the community ethos behind the event. The award-winning housebuilder is creating a whole new community at the urban village of Cheswick, in Filton, and is also building new homes in Stoke Gifford.
www.redrow.co.uk Mainline Employment Ltd
Independent recruitment consultancy celebrate opening their new city centre office by proudly supporting the new festival and the region's community.
www.mainlineemployment.co.ukYaoh
Local small business Yaoh supply the finest in organic hemp seed oil bodycare and food. Not only were they one of the first companies to show their support, they also organise the Bristol Vegan Fayre (May 31st and June 1st 2008, see
www.bristolveganfayre.co.uk) and sponsor many other independent events. Top dudes! Yaoh's range of fresh and funky pampering products is available in independent wholefood stores as well as online at
www.yaoh.co.uk Veale and Wasbrough
Local legal firm Veale and Wasbrough have been simply superb. Their friendly team have been on board since our first steps and are as excited as us about showcasing the Southwest's finest. Glad to have you on board! See
www.vwl.co.uk for more info
