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Music festival with a difference lands in Bristol
A music festival with a difference is set to takeover the country this summer, and unsurprisingly Bristol venues are getting stuck in.
Everywhere At Once has been devised by the Music Venue Trust (MVT) charity to celebrate the grassroots venues that prop up the country’s music scene.
Taking advantage of the weekend left vacant by Glastonbury Festival‘s fallow year and encouraging fans to “forget the trek, the traffic and the campsites,” it will bring live music of all genres out of the fields and onto the doorstep across June 26-28.
More than 2000 artists will unite in one weekend of sound with performances at over 400 independent venues.
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“This is a hugely significant moment for the grassroots music sector,” said MVT CEO Mark Davyd.
“Seeing hundreds of venues come together across one weekend shows the true strength and scale of the network that underpins live music in the UK.
“Together, this sends a clear message: live music doesn’t just happen in major cities or festival fields – it happens on our high streets, in our towns, and in the spaces communities rely on. This is what solidarity looks like in action, and it sets a powerful benchmark for what we can achieve when venues move forward together.”
The lineup includes major artists, touring acts and emerging talent, with Becky Hill and Tinie Tempah taking the ‘headliner’ spots of the weekend.
The Jam Jar and a wealth of other independent venues in Bristol are taking part in the nationwide festival – photo: Jam Jar
The Bristol arm of the festival lineup includes live African dance from Afriquoi, an act pairing kora, Congolese guitar and mandinka percussion with electronic elements, at Strange Brew, and Ghanaian kologo player King Ayisoba at the Jam Jar.
The Exchange hosts Ivor Novello winner Master Peace bringing his blend of indie sleaze, punk and pop and local scrappy ska-punk collective Fidget & the Twitchers play at the Old Market Assembly.
Knees-up folky big band the Balkanoes appear at the Canteen and QWAK club’s Summer Party at the Cube cinema off Stokes Croft features music from Erosion Control and the Sprigs.
Master Peace will be showing his respect for the grassroots by dropping in for a gig at the Exchange as part of the festival weekend – photo: Master Peace
Bristol flute-led Gypsy-swing act the Djammy Dodgers play No1 Harbourside and the Fleece round off a weekend of events with a grassroots all-dayer on Sunday.
Clubnights on the programme include Bass of Bengal at Club395 in St Jude’s, Something Lovely at Trinity on Old Market, a yet-to-be-announced Shangri-La presents showcase at Lost Horizon, a dub night at Loco Klub and a weekend of events at the Boxing Gym in collaboration with grassroots campaigners Save Our Scene.
Lost Horizon, one of Bristol’s many proudly independent venues and run by Glastonbury’s Shangri-La team, always manages to create a festival-like atmosphere – photo: AIF
Find out more at everywherefest.com
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