Merchant City Festival (Glasgow)

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http://www.merchantcityfestival.com/

2005 Dates:
21st - 25th September

The programme of events is out in August but anyone looking for a weekend break in September would do well to check this wee gem out. Have a browse through last year's programme to see how interesting a time day you can have, followed by what I can only describe as raves in caves to some cutting edge acts like Future World Funk, Panjabi Hit Squad and Future Pilot AKA.
Besides the obvious draw a place like Glasgow has, this street festival ensures that this particular weekend is a wee cracker.


Here are some snippets From Last Year's Programme, this doesn't even scratch the surface, especially the Fri/Sat/Sun events:

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Friday 24th

BACCHANAL - Festival Club
Festival Club
8.00pm - 2.00am : £7.00 / £5.00 concession
Author, academic and musician, Pax Nindi will kick off the
evening with a presentation on local and international
Carnival celebrations. The Carnival Club then goes into full on fiesta mode with samba drummers, flamenco dancers
and costumed performers. Expect the unexpected!
Entertainment comes from Europe's leading global beat
deejays - Future World Funk, Tropicalia-style Brazilian live
act - Cafe Carioca and Belmondo (Mr Peaches). Traditional Feijoada and cocktails.

FUTURE WORLD FUNK
Pioneers of global beats and world/dance music crossover, Russ Jones and Deejay Cliffy are now recognised Europe-wide as the leading purveyors of the global-dance genre. Mashed up Brazilian 2-step, Arabic hip hop, Afro-house, vintage reggae, Latin ragga, Japanese funk, all of these and more find pride of place at Future World Funk.




Saturday 25th

ORIENT HOUSE - Festival Club

Festival Club
8.00pm - 2.00am : £7.00/5.00 concession
An evening dedicated to Eastern culture with Arabic
drumming and belly dancers, urban bhangra beats from
DJ Shandy, Desi Beat Bhangra and DJ Asif, Global Fusion Beat UK. Sushil Dade presents his experimental project, Future Pilot AKA, a blend of sweet folk and psychedelia with an Indian twist and co-founder/frontman of Asian Dub Foundation, Deeder Zaman brings his polemic new live act, Rebel Uprising to the Merchant City Festival for a rare performance. Young Scottish writer, Suhayl Saadi also reads exerpts from his novel 'Pyschoraag' (in association with Clyde Literary Festival.)




Thursday 23rd

AFRIKAN ROOTS - Festival Club
Festival Club
8.00pm - 2.00am : £7.00 / £5.00 concession
Recognised for his distinctive concoction of Afrikan Reggae
rhythms with thought provoking lyrics, Zimbabwean born
and Malawian bred, Harare Dread moves reggae into
musical territories mapped out by the sounds and rhythms
of Afrika. A special one-off performance will see Harare
Dread backed on-stage by Scotland's own roots reggae
outfits, the Wee G3's and Sweet T and the Section.
Expect a high energy set from Djembe drummers, Ayawara
and turn up early to hear two African interactive tales that will captivate and inspire.
Traditional food prepared by Ghana Welfare plus tunes from
Unity Reggae and Tchico.

MUSIC STAGE

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER
Lemonescent
Chocolate Monday
Samantha Seth
The Acoustic Love Experience
Johnny's in the Basement
The Sham
Chris Field
TIPPI
Hazey Janes
The Grim Northern Social

SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER
Peter Andre
Noise Next Door
Stoneylacuna
Loganstone
Piney Gir
Earth The Californian Love Dream
Shrinking Violets
Mydas
KT Tunstall
Lucie Silvas
Darius

Friday 24th

BONITA
Glasgow Print StudioGallery III
6.00pm - 8.00pm : FREE
(Screening 6.45pm,Q&A with Jan Nimmo 7.15pm – 8pm)
Screening of "BONITA" documentary about the banana workers strike filmed in Ecuador by artist Jan Nimmo. Refreshments served.

Saturday 25th

LIVE MUSIC STAGE - In Association with Cuba Norte
John St
1.00pm - 8.00pm : FREE
John Street will become a hive of activity with street theatre as well as a live music stage with all your favourites and a little bit opera!

Saturday 25th

BBQ & LIVE MUSIC
Bargo
2.00pm - 12.00am : FREE
Spend a lazy afternoon and lively night catching some great live bands and some of Glasgow’s favourite DJ’s. And if that is not enough, they are even putting on a BBQ!

Saturday 25th

RED BULL RAIL STORM
George Square
3.00pm - 6.00pm : FREE
Bringing snowboarding from the mountains and taking it to the streets, ‘Red Bull Rail Storm,’ takes over Glasgow City Centre, as the UK’s biggest urban rail snowboarding event. Rail riding is a particular discipline of snowboarding that requires extreme technical skill, precision and control as boarders negotiate steel rails and other unusual objects.
Free tickets are available from www.redbullrailstrom.co.uk


Saturday 25th

PIANO
CORINTHIAN-PIANO BAR
9.00pm - 12.00am : FREE
Special guest pianist playing the best easy listening, jazz and contemporary classics.

Sunday 26th

AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND TRADITIONAL GAMES
Trades Hall
1.00pm - 5.00pm : £1.50
Sunday is Funday with Traditional Parlour Games and children's workshops with the Scottish Mask and Puppet Theatre. Wear painting clothes as things could get messy! From 1pm – 3pm Kitty Lester and Ethel Rushforth play a selection of songs from your favourite musicals. Tickets from £1.50 Book early to avoid disappointment on 0141 552 2418 or email info@tradeshallglasgow.co.uk


Sunday 26th

UTTER NONSENSE
Tron Theatre Foyer
2.00pm - 3.00pm : £3.00 / £2.00
Blueboat Theatre Company present Utter Nonsense. Join Tum Tum Tinker as he tells the tale of Uncle Henry, a scientist who worked so hard, for so long, he lost his Sense of Humour! Seriously silly family fun, featuring puppets, pop-up illustrations, special effects and a magic wheelbarrow. Designed for families and children aged about 4 – 10 years.Tickets £3.00/£2.00 available from The Tron box office 0141 552 4267