Sunday
Wolfs stage
11:00 Blackrock Sound System
12:00 The Crusaders Cheer and Dance
12:10 Audacity
12:30 Funk it Up
12:45 Let Go and Dance
13:25 SJB Belly Dancing
13:50 South West Dance Theatre
14:15 Hype Dance Company Bristol
14:45 Xclusive Dance
15:00 Mr Motivator – That’s right, the one and only! Doing a full on keep fit class from the main stage!
16:00 Lady Nade - Blue in tone, jazz in flavour
18:00 Ten Pound Suit Band – The best swingabilly in town.
19:00 Rinky Dinks – Bristol’s first ukulele supergroup! Comprising musicians drawn from a number of Bristol bands past and present and representing musical genres as diverse as hip hop, metal, house, punk and pop
19:00 Phantom Limb – A seamless amalgam of classic, southern soul, country blues and gospel, this is intelligent music-making with impeccably high standards and the unmistakably magnificent voice of Yolanda.
20:00 The Carny Villains – 7 piece show band presenting a rip roaring, foot stomping mash up of musical genres hailing from Bristol’s explosive Invisible Circus
21:00 Zen Hussies – With shades of big band swing, gypsy jazz, 50’s rock’n’roll and ska they deliver infectious rhythms as we dance out Brisfest for another year.
Weapon of choice stage
12:00 Opr8 – the production side of Sickman D, expect garagey, funky dubstep and house
13:00 Dub Revolution – a radical collective engaged in education and organisation around Bristol
13:45 Relly– Positive conscious hiphop from Bristol’s enigmatic rapper
14:15 Blacksmith– One of Bristol’s most accomplished producers creating polished hiphop and soul
14:45 Dutty Gal– Collective of female producers, djs and artists spanning all manner of urban genres
15:45 Anima Circus– fusing ska and reggae sounds, these guys will get the harbourside jumping
16:30 Kelz – Legendary Bristol Mc who’s toured with Smith & Mighty among many other classic acts
17:15 Dub Pistols – Genre mashing festival favourite guaranteed to get you skanking!
18:15 Gorgon Sound – Side project from Sureskank’s Kahn & Neek. Dubstep meets digi-dancehall
19:15 DJ Dazee & MC Carousel – DnB’s no1 female DJ combines forces with a top up n coming MC
20:00 Run Tingz – This new Bristol label & crew have been taking the jungle world by storm
21:00 Congo Natty aka Rebel MC, Tenor Fly, Congo Dubz, Nânci and Phoebe – When it comes to jungle, it doesn’t get much more legendary than this! We say goodbye to the Amphitheatre with one almighty dance off.
Gryphon tent workshops
11:30 Join artist Michelle Cioccoloni and Bristol Drawing Club for their workshop ‘Every eye sees differently – Sketch the festival!’ kicking off with a brief introduction to different approaches to sketching and capturing environments. Help will be on hand and art materials provided throughout the day, plus a chance to win some fantastic art materials. Alternatively just pop along to our Portrait Parlour to pose for your very own portrait!
12:15 Learn2Animate brings you “Animation & Creative Sound” with Mark Davies & Tom Bennett. During a two hour session children can work together to produce short Pixilation animations and create their own sound effects. Once complete the films, sounds and live recordings created in these sessions will be hosted online at the official Learn 2 Animate Club website www.learn2animate.com
Gryphon Heavy Stage
Programmed by Medium Head
14:45 Tides
15:25 Kill the Conversation
16:05 Lost Laika – Paul Collier Likes This. Deathcore Kids Don’t. CHUG LIFE! Don’t listen to this if you’re nice. We are shy. Honorary Goonies and junk…
16:45 To The Wolves
17:25 Nervous Endings
18:10 Roads to Nowhere
18:55 Acorah
19:40 Continents
20:25 I Defy – I Defy are a five piece metal/hardcore band hailing from the Swindon, Wiltshire. Members come from prestigious bands like Eternal Lord (Golf Records), Machine Made God (Metal Blade) and Romeo Must Die (IATDE Records).
21:10 Hold To This – Combining Southern Rock with Groove Punk/Hardcore
Access to Music Tent Music Industry Talks
12:30 Demo session – bring your music along on Cd on MP3 to have it heard by our panel of music industry professionals including local record label bosses and radio show hosts to receive professional feedback and advice.
14:30 Panel discussion on the subject of Setting up and Running a Record Label, with a panel of top local label bosses sharing their ups and downs as well as top tips.
Access to Music Tent
Young bands Programmed by New Generation Takeover
16:00 Why Kill Ian? – The intonation in his voice is a bit like The Wombats & yet then they break into a bit of guitar that sounds very summery & dancey, a little bit salsa’y & then they go for a big kinda chorus from a rock band, so there’s a bit of everything in there…
16:45 Tainted Orange – Diverting rhythms overfold onto epic capability; Tainted Orange itemize blissful chaos.
17:30 Branches – mammoth walls of alternative post rock bliss, soaring guitar riffs and atmospheric soundscapes.
18:15 Hello Lazarus – an explosive alternative rock band from Bristol creating “one hell of a sound for just a trio”
19:00 A Day At The Races – Cheeky chappy charm coupled with explosive, energetic tracks and great vocal hooks can never really be described as a bad thing and they drip charisma by the bucketload
19:45 Little Victories – Boys and Girls playing Orchestral Post-Pop
20:30 In Your Honour - Precise, athletic and dramatic, their effect sounds something like Adele fronting a math rock ensemble.
21:15 The Hit Ups – a unique collision of Party-core electrock’n'roll has been tearing up dancefloors over the past year, make sure you don’t miss out! Come join the party!
Acoustic Stage in the Beer Garden
Programmed by Jelli Records
11:00 Open Mic Hosted by Mark Venus
14.15 Sadie Fleming – soft, calm melodies from this young songstress.
15:00 Suizie Latham – Welsh born singer songwriter she cites her influences as Shawn Colvin, Indigo Girls and Tracey Chapman.
15.45 Sam Payne – The cool jazzy music has a harder undercurrent mirroring Sam’s slinky voice.
16.30 Vapor - Onika (aka Lady Posh) has her musical roots in Dancehall, Bashment and Roots Reggae with hit remixes with Ms Dynamite and Tubby T… But recently developed a great passion for Acoustic Soul and Country music Since she met Mark Venus.
17.15 Locks Geary-Griffin – looks like a character from Skins and sings her Belle and Sebastian-influenced songs in a beautiful, ululating warble.
18:00 Rosie Garrard – A great artist who combines guitar and vocals with ease
19:00 Sarah Menage – Part cabaret chanteuse, part torch bearing diva
20:00 Matt Woosey – acoustic bluesy folk rock artist whose life changed after discovering Led Zeppelin
21:00 Ian Perry - a stunning musician…easily stroking tumbling contrapuntal lines from his guitar, and with a refined and nimble tenor
RFID Dome
12:00 RFID residents – the crew that have been taking the UK festival circuit by storm including Tronson, Vilhelm and Oblongoldfish.
15:00 Hicha – local dubstep producer influenced by Pinch, Peverelist, Appleblim, Headhunter and more.
16:00 King Midas – (formerly known as DJ Midas) has been rocking the free party scene from LDN to Brizzle for the last 10 years. Get ready for the finest selection of reggae, hip-hop, mash ups, jungle and more.
17:00 Dan Fix – Former Jungletek Movement label boss and [dissident] soundsystem veteran Dan Fix taking his characteristic tech sound down to 108 BPM for a booty bouncing take on the Moombahcore genre.
18:00 Patrick Coughlan – killer tunes with a hint of the absurd. Lock up your lobsters & prepare to get trouser-pressed.
19:00 Dylan Debut – A regular contributor to ornate, universal ear & proper drop records Dylan plays deep pumping house. At BrisFest this year he plays a live set of his own material fresh from Ibiza.
20:00 Returning for a second year, Bristol techno label Apologue recordings showcases its sound at Brisfest, with DJs Jamie Curnock, Patrick Bolton, Jobody and Truss.
Kids Area
Complete with playground equipment, crafty fun, storytelling and circus skills the all new expanded kids area is open 11am- 6pm Saturday and Sunday and has plenty of seating for parents too. Don’t forget there are also the dance classes and the workshop tent for more activities to do with the nippers too… Check out the animation and drawing workshops!
Captain Harry Horne from Bristol Pirate Walks will be here on Sunday morning 11:00 – 11:30 for pirate stories and adventures too!
Street Theatre and Walkabouts
There will be a variety of interesting walkabout characters around the festival to entertain and delight. As you enjoy wandering around the festival or relaxing on the lawn, they will be sure to bring a smile to your face. Look out for impromptu performances from Step Up performers!
Oxjam Stage
The Oxjam stage in Anchor Square, in conjunction with Artists Studio Bristol, will be playing an eclectic mix of local music across the weekend with poetry, spoken word and more thrown into the mix.
This stage is raising funds for Oxfam and raising awareness of the Bristol Oxjam festival due to take place on Saturday 22 October at venues on Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road. Come find out more!
Sailor Jerry’s Boat Parties on board the Matthew
18:00 Sunset cruise on board magnificent replica ship with music from Sound of the Sirens, an all female acoustic trio, and Slam Butler playing Funk, Soul & Disco . Setting sail from directly within the main festival site £10.
After Party – come and party with the artists and crew for a spectacular finish to the weekend. Look out for posters around the site for info on artists and special guests!
Line Up
18:00 Aztech – This young local producer opens up with fresh heavy beats.
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