Grassroots Weekend
Grassroots club events over the weekend:
Friday 18th
The Welly (Beverley Road, 01482 221113)
Grassroots Launch Night
The Mad Professor Live Dub Show on Tour
Full Flava hosts another wicked night for
the launch of the Grassroots Festival 2006. The Mad Professor and
special
guests returns to
Hull to perform his world wide Live Dub Show on Tour
live at The Welly
Club Hull. Born in Guyana and raised in England, the
Mad Professor’s
Ariwa record label has released over 100 albums since 1981. In addition
to his own dub and reggae work, which ranges from political to experimental
to downright extraterrestrial, Mad Professor has remixed tracks for
Massive Attack, Depeche Mode, Jamiroquai, Rancid, KLF and Perry Farrell.
Doors 10 pm – 3 am. Advance tickets £11.
Sunday 20th
The Adelphi (De Grey Street, 01482 348216)
Grassroots Acoustic Aftershock, Free entry from 6pm, music from 7pm
Pave (Princes Ave, 01482 333181)
Orgatronics - Mutant Latin loungecore 6 piece play PAVE/Grassroots
festival hot on the heels of their acclaimed debut album Moonfruit.
The
new line up features Orgatronics masterminds Sam Bell on percussion
and
Rich Arthurs on guitar along with the ethereal vocals of Emily Levy,
dirty
jazz sax and synth of Angus Crabtree and the solid rhythm section
of Neil
Innes on bass and Gordon Kilroy on drums. Expect funked up Brazillian
beats, down tempo loungecore and reworked Latin jazz classics.
More info at: www.orgatronics.moonfruit.com/
Zest (Newland Ave, 01482 446200)
Full Flava Afterparty – DJs and guest MC’s,
Funk, Reggae and Hip Hop
8 pm, free entry.
The
Lamp (Norfolk Street, 01482 326131)
On the back of some radical changes to the
Lamp in recent months (not least the creation of the new 150 capacity
live venue space),
Lamp’s involvement with Grassroots Free Festival 2006 is
further evidence of the club’s commitment to improve
the quality of musical and cultural entertainment within
Hull. Enjoy.
For forthcoming highlights in Lamp’s summer calendar
and Grassroots weekend check out listings on
www.myspace.com/thelamphull and
www.myspace.com/undertheinfluencehull
Information correct at time of going to press. Call venues for details.
Date for your diary
See you next year in Pearson Park on Sunday August 19th at Grassroots
2007
Peace - The Grassroots team - Dave, Rich and Lou
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