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Friday 29th May 2015 - 9pm-2am

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... or - if you’re picking this up in advance or afterwards - welcome to the programme for Bradford Threadfest!

Threadfest started out in 2011 as a way to join up some of the independent live music activity that happens in Bradford. It was aimed at University students and emerged from the Arts on Campus depart-ment and my role as Fellow in Music.

Those of us involved in it knew that Bradford has an exciting and distinctive live music scene but that it can often be hard to find out about and access. On the one hand that’s the exciting thing about underground music scenes - they take a bit of digging to appreciate - but Bradford’s a hilly place with lots of nooks and crannies and it felt like a push in the right direction wouldn’t do any harm.

Over the last few years Threadfest has grown to become of national attention with people travelling from far flung corners of Yorkshire and the UK to get a taste of what’s going on in Bradford. The Guardian, The Wire and The Quietus have been particularly supportive about the festival, listing us as one of their high-lights. It was hard work, but very rewarding and it’s been amazing to see people come out to the city in droves on (mostly) sunny Bank Holiday weekends for a free feast of live music and art.

Now we’re in our fourth year we’re trying something a bit different and bringing it all under one roof at Bradford Playhouse. This’ll give us a bit of a breather - much needed, but we couldn’t bear to have a year off! - as well as make it easier for you to experience the diversity of activity on offer as part of the festival.

What can you expect to see at Threadfest 2015?’In terms of bands we have some incredible visiting acts this year including Circle from Finland, Sir Richard Bishop from America, Jooklo Duo and Father Murphy from Italy and Arabrot from Norway as well as homegrown bands with international reputations including Threadfest stalwart Richard Dawson, Michael Chapman, Vision Fortune and Drunk In Hell. There’s a ton of new and ex-citing bands too including The Wharves, Big Love and Lord Adonis alongside some Bradford legends like Hameed Brothers Qawwal, Dean McPhee and The Family Elan. There’s too many favourites to choose from so check out the artist profiles inside as well as well as info on our partners that include Fuse Art Space, Golden Cabinet, Total World, The Live Room, Voltage and more.

We also have a programme focusing on live art produced by Art in Unusual Spaces and including Rehana Zaman,Laura Milnes, Luke Drozd and the infamous

Dusty Rhodes, who will be providing contributions, interventions, workshops and performances of a discreet and not-so-discreet nature throughout the weekend.

Bare Plume Cafe are providing ethical-but-not-boring food and cocktails to keep you refreshed and refuelled throughout the weekend as well as the excellent Bradford Playhouse bar working with the recently born Bradford Brewery for a special Threadfest ale.

A massive thanks to our partners who have helped the festival happen, espe-cially James Islip from Recon/Lumen and Jono and Claire Gadsby from The Brad-ford Playhouse. Big thanks for the contin-ued support of University of Bradford and City of Bradford MDC. We hope you have an excellent weekend and remember that there’s loads more to explore and find out about in Bradford year round. To help you on your way we’ve created a ‘Beyond Threadfest’ section to this publication.

See you down the front!

Andy AbbottThreadfest Director and Fellow in Musicat University of Bradford.

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Circle by Greg Neate

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CIrCLeFinland’s cult-legendary prolific progressive experimental rock group formed in 1991 and with over 30 albums released. Playful, eclectic and mind-blowing; don’t miss this opportunity to see what Sweden’s leading daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter called “the world’s best band - all categories”.

circlefinland.com

A selection of artists playing this year’s festival. See www.bradfordthreadfest.com for more info.

rIChard daWsoNRichard Dawson’s relationship with Threadfest goes right back to our first edition at which he was so good we billed him twice! In the last year the mainstream media and wider audiences have caught on to the magic of Dawson’s avant-garde folk stylings earning him a Wire cover and five star Guardian reviews. Recently signed to Domino imprint Weird World we couldn’t be more excited to have him return.

richarddawson.net

hameed Brothers QaWWaLHameed Brothers Qawwal are one of the UK’s original perform-ers of a form of Islamic Sufi devotional music that stretches back over 700 years. Featuring some of Bradford’s premier musicians the band has been playing since the 80s for both the South Asian diaspora community – at weddings and traditional ‘mehfils’ (musical gatherings) – as well as for the wider public, at venues as diverse as the Bradford Mela, Oxford University, and as far afield as the USA, Australasia and the Arab Gulf.

mIChaeL ChapmaNYorkshire-born Michael Chapman is a revered guitarist and singer who has produced over 30 albums since he started playing on the Cornish and London folk circuit in the late 60s with the likes of John Martyn and Roy Harper. Recently the subject of a tribute album on Tompkins Square featuring artists including Thurston Moore, Chapman’s music has found new audiences and continued to pioneer and develop with an LP on Ecstatic Peace and collaborative tours and performances.

michaelchapman.co.uk

CoWtoWN

Long-serving and always excellent Devo-loving skewed pop trio from Leeds recently finished touring with their peers Deerhoof. You may recognise their faces from other bands like Hilary and The Hate Crimes, Monster Killed by Laser and Hookworms. Cowtown are an institution, of the good kind, dependably bringing the party and the catchy hooks wherever they land.

cowtown.bandcamp.com

father murphy

Italian Occult Psychedelia duo/trio/no-band from Venetzia who have toured across the globe to disseminate their Catholic sense of Guilt. ‘A downward spiral aim-ing at the bottom of the hollow, and then digging even deeper.’

fathermurphy.org

sIr rIChard BIshop

American composer, singer and guitarist Richard Bishop is best known as one third of the prolific Sun City Girls. As a solo guitarist he has a ‘maxi-cultural’ approach and has records released by John Fahey’s Rev-enant label. His most recent album is an exploration of a particular parlour style guitar that is over a century old and is released by Drag City.

sirrichardbishop.net

the famILy eLaN

Bradford’s world-spanning psych-folk unit equally breath-taking as a tight-but-free bou-zouki-shredding power trio or in their various collaborations with Bradfordian qawwali musicians and Bollywood brass bands.

thefamilyelan.wordpress.com

JookLo duo

Head and soul cleansing Italian blazing free improv sax and drums duo revered by The Wire, Henry Rollins and all believers in spiritual redemption through ‘the good energy’. Previous collaborators include Bill Nace, Sonic Youth and Merce Cunningham.

jooklo.altervista.org

VIsIoN fortuNeBrighton’s Vision Fortune arean experimental rock outfit who understand the value of repeti-tion. Early gigs involved strobe lighting and endless cycles of stripped down riffs and techno-influenced drumming captured by their debut Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune on Gringo Records. Their fol-low up record Country Music is released by ATP recordings and captures an even more diverse range of influences and ideas.

soundcloud.com/visionfortune

the WharVes

London-based stripped down indie rock trio with a breathtaking mix of 60s girl-group pop and 90s college rock. Their superbly crafted dual-vocal songs are captured on 2014’s At Bay album on Gringo Records.

gringorecords.com

mWstard

From Pembrokeshire come post-pre punk trio Mwstard per-forming avant-disco influenced by The Ex, The Fall, PIL and all that goodness. Featuring mem-bers of linchpins in Bradford’s underground music history including Witchknot, Health Hazard and One By One.

mwstard.com

druNk IN heLL

The sonic manifestation of the grimmer side of life in the North East, Drunk In Hell’s pummelling and bleak-as-you-like repetitious noise rock is executed hypnoti-cally. With a pedigree that in-cludes hardcore legends Voor-hees, performance-noise artists Smell and Quim and recent underground techno luminary Steven Bishop of Opal Tapes and Basic House there’s few out there that can touch them.

drunkinhell.bandcamp.com

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BIg LoVe

New band of familiar faces from Bradford’s indie scene with members of This Et Al, Dolphins, Laboratory Noise, Minus Jack and more doing a shoegazing but undoubtedly rocking take on melodic indie with plenty of volume.

biglovers.bandcamp.com

makaNItza

Eastern European and Roma Gypsy music from members of Leeds’ jazz and improvising community.

makanitza.bandcamp.com

deaN mCphee

Blissful ambient solo electric guitar compositions from Bingley with releases on Blast First Petite and having toured with Thurston Moore and Michael Chapman.

deanmcphee.com

orChestra of theupper atmosphere

OUA are an Improvising rock band referencing Terry Riley, Krautrock, Magma & Sun Ra featuring members of Sheffield and Bradford’s experimental and outer limits music and arts scene. Their two albums released on Martin Archer’s Discus label have been awarded album of the week from the prestigious Aquarius Records of San Francisco.

discus-music.co.uk

ChroNoNautz

Live experimental techno duo from Leeds, beloved of The Quietus and featuring members of Chops and Runners.

chrononautz.tumblr.com

War aLL the tIme

Tight fast no messing hardcore with Scandinavian crust leanings from members of Boxed In, Kito and Sawn Off. WATT’s members have helped keep the DIY ethos alive and pumping for decades, touring hard and wide including South East Asia.

the horse Loom

Incredible Jansch-inspired folk songs with dazzling guitar work from Northumberland’s Steve Malley of The Unit Ama, Kodiak and Crane.

lowpoint.bandcamp.com

CommIseratIoNs

Members of Leeds DIY luminaries Etai Keshiki, Beards and Pifco team up to deliver brutal but achingly catchy post-punk no wave skronk.

commiserations.bandcamp.com

moB ruLes

One of the finest exponents of hardcore punk in the UK; Mob Rules are masters of pummel-ling and cathartic sludge in the vein of My War era Black Flag but equally crushing and precise when they pick up the pace. Their two LPs have been received as modern classics. Live, their intensity is doubled by frontman Tom’s focused vo-cal delivery and stage presence.

mobrulesband.blogspot.co.uk

araBrot (W/ JohN doraN,karIN park aNd aNdreW LILes)

Arabrot is the award-winning experimental noise-rock and metal project of Norway’s Kjetil Nernes. Their sizeable discography includes records produced by Steve Albini and Billy Anderson as well as a number of collaborations and interdisciplinary projects. For Threadfest KN is performing with The Quietus’ John Doran, Norway’s Karin Park and Nurse With Wound/Cur-rent 93’s Andrew Liles for a set of riffs, noise and spoken word.

arabrot.com

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hoWIe reeVe

Hard-touring solo bass ditties and off-kilter songs from Glas-gow’s long-serving rumbler who, if you’ve been around long enough, you may have caught with Maxton Grainger and Tattie Toes. Mike Watt of Minutemen / The Stooges is a fan and that ought to be recom-mendation enough.

howiereeve.bandcamp.com

sophIe Cooper

Other-worldly folk pop from the depths of Todmorden. Sophie’s experimental take on the singer songwriter set-up is disarmingly transcendental, transporting au-diences to a hinterland between realities and dimensions.

sophiecoopermusic.com

gaLaXIaNs

Galaxians are a smooth yet visceral disco boogie duo featuring Jed on analogue synth wizardry and Matt on the super tight acoustic drum set. They’ve been moving the hips and raising the spirits of audiences across the UK and Eu-rope since 2012 and have releases on labels including NYC’s Dither Down.

supergalaxians.com

Bradford has always be central in our musical world. It, and more specifically the 1in12 club drew in diverse malcontents from the UK and beyond (us included), creating a space where politics, art and music cross pollinated and fired out in a hun-dred different expressions. It was the meeting point of multi-ple networks of friends and allies, bands, distros, labels, zines emerged and built links with networks of similar autonomous centres across Europe and beyond.

Those strong bonds built part of a wider web which helps keep the potential of amazing / creative / inspiring things happen-ing alive.  Reclaiming music and culture from the professionals / elite is now more important than ever.  DIY has never been so possible and it’s ace to see it thriving. Threadfest is a bril-liant celebration of the diversity and depth of this. We are dead proud to be playing a small part in it.

Alec of Mwstard

Threadfest 2015 continues to showcase the diverse and pro-gressive spirit of the DIY underground music scene. The festival provides examples of local acts/musicians as well as UK and foreign exponents of some of the best independent music currently being produced. Long may it continue to enrich Bradford’s music heritage.

Gary Cavanagh

The 2015 Threadfest lineup evokes memories of the legend-ary 1in12 festivals of the mid 1990s. A time that (aside from by a few dinosaurs that inhabited the bar floor of the club) was celebrated as a true meeting of artistic minds under the banner of hardcore, punk and DIY in the north of the UK.

Rob of War All The Time

Bradford’s DIY music scene makes the area one of the most open minded and supportive places you can play in the UK. I had my first solo gig here supporting The Family Elan and despite my reputation in this town for my equipment being a bit wild, I keep getting invited to come back and it’s always a pleasure. Looking forward to finally seeing Richard Dawson play at Threadfest this year.

Sophie Cooper

gerrard BeLL-fIfe

One of Bradford’s ‘best kept secret’ singer songwriters, Gerrard has been performing locally to dazzled audiences for the last few years with a melancholic voice and mature songwriting that is barely reconcilable with his young years.

gerrardbell-fife.bandcamp.com

Lord adoNIs

Gus from Mucky Sailor andGurgles gets electro-dream-funky with his solo tunes.

JuNg WItChes

Open-ended art-rock trio from Bradford mixing and mashing post-punk styles like they’re going out of style.

Art in Unusual Spaces is a Community Interest Company based in Bradford and Leeds. We programme the use of public, underused and temporary spaces by artists. We believe that art and culture are sites for experimentation with new ways of thinking about, and experiencing, the world and act as a first stage in helping people engage and make positive transformation to their lives and surroundings.

In 2014 we programmed an art strand as part of Bradford Threadfest in a temporary gallery in Oastler Market called The Dark Matter Institute. This year for the condensed version of Threadfest we are happy to include three elements: an exhibition of prints by Drew Millward and Ben Holden at The Sparrow Bier Cafe; commissioned and invited performances as part of Threadfest that will occur on the Priestly Lounge bar area; and guest comperes for the acts performing upstairs in the Playhouse as part of the festival. You can also pick up a copy of Javaad Alipoor’s The People Want pamphlet that was developed from his commission as part of Threadfest 2014.

BeN hoLdeNBenjamin James Holden is a designer and musician from Bradford. Has been heavily involved in the local music scene for many years, being in bands and putting on gigs, and initiated ‘No Hands’; a local collective / zine / club night / gig and general consensus to make good things happen. Previous work has included posters, fanzines, record sleeves, logos, magazines and festival branding. Ben has been responsible for the design for The Mirrored Hammer and associated projects including the branding for RECON Festival and Bradford Threadfest.His favourite things are typography, screenprinting, loud music and ale.

bjthebear.com

In the build up and during Threadfest 2015 Art in Unusual Spaces present an exhibition of prints and illustrations by Ben Holden and Drew Millward, both of whom are best known for their work in gig posters or design for musicians and bands and both of whom live in Bradford.

e X h I B I t I o N a t t h e s p a r r o W

As part of Threadfest 2015 Art In Unusual Spaces have asked a number of artists working with live art or performance to come up with a piece as an intervention in the bar area of the Playhouse. These pieces are designed to be come across as much as they are observed from start to finish but keep an eye and ear out for exact timings so as not to miss out!

Bradford sCratCh orChestra

Bradford Scratch Orchestra is an open musical group, for players regardless of skill level, for-mal musical knowledge or instrument played. They meet every Monday at 7pm till 9pm for participant-led improvisation at the Tasmin Little Music Centre on the Bradford University campus. The group is open to non-students and students alike, people of all ages and any musical back-ground. Participants are invited to bring some-thing to play (it needn’t be what would tradition-ally be classed as an instrument) or come along and use what instruments are available (piano, upright bass, electric guitar and bass, percus-sion). For Threadfest BSO will hold an informal drop-in workshop in the bar area that will give a taste of some of the exercises and approaches they use for collective improvisation.

rehaNa zamaN

Rehana Zaman is an artist producing perfor-mance, video and text based works which examine the possibilities for agency within social structures through both the invention of fictions and the exploration of individual accounts of isolated moments in history. Her recent work includes Some Women, Other Women and all the Bittermen; a fictional soap opera about a corporate takeover from the perspective of its employees collided with documentary frag-ments filmed by and about female migrant work-ers from the self led organisation Justice for Do-mestic Workers Leeds (J4DW Leeds). Rehana will be producing a new work for Threadfest 2015.

dreW mILLWard

Drew Millward was born in 1981 in Coventry; he grew up in Bolton, studied and lived in Leeds for many years and now lives in a quarry in the Aire Valley. He has been drawing pictures since around 2004. Drew likes to draw ‘the old fash-ioned way’, using pencils, pens and a love of the craft of illustration. While his subject matter can vary dramatically, he hopes that the attention to detail and the love of drawing is apparent throughout his work.

He has exhibited throughout the US, UK, Europe and beyond, as well as having the pleasure of creating work for an ever growing international client base.

drewmillward.com

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paNeLak

Panelak is the performance name of musician Pascal Ansell. For Threadfest 2015 he will re-present QUATSCH a spectacular and exciting NOISE-FASHION SHOW. Pascal made lots of dresses from billboards which 3 international models will parade in slow motion to his live noise show comprising ‘terrifying child noises, contact mic abuse and waves of ecstatic guitar drones.’

Laura mILNesLaura Milnes works collaboratively in the arts, across disciplines and in different roles including performer, writer, facilitator, curator, producer and artist. Her interests lie in live art and perfor-mance, visual art, installation and site-specificity. She makes performance based art works that explore, expand and explode her autobiography through personas, perception, perspective and prejudice.

Luke drozd

Luke Drozd is a London based artist and illustra-tor who likes using his hands. Luke’s work takes a range of forms but is mainly routed in sculp-ture, print and drawing. His illustration work includes the production of screen-printed gig posters, T-shirts, comics and more, for clients ranging from Jameson’s Whiskey to comedian Stewart Lee. He also is also the mouth part of [performance duo Reet Maff’l and is one half of curatorial team 38b, and is petrified of death.

dusty rhodesWith a career spanning 40 years in the arts, Dusty Rhodes has been central to Bradford’s cul-tural development. With an early love of Choral and Light Opera, Dusty was a founder member of Mr Spooners Magic Theatre during his stu-dent days’ Following this he was an actor and musician in the pioneering General Will Theatre Company during the 70s. He went on to join Allan Brack in setting up the Bradford Festival Company in 1989 and remained a Director until 1997. Today he is Artistic Director of Raise The Roof who produce and facilitate arts events all over the UK.

For the Auditorium stage Art In Unusual Spaces has invited three of our favourite artists to act as comperes and let you know what’s up next in their own inimitable style.

Commissions, Performances & Interventions Contd.

g u e s t C o m p e r e s

We’re very lucky in Bradford to have individuals, collectives, organisations and venues putting on great and distinctive live music and art week in week out - many out of the goodness of their heart and a pas-sion for both the music and the city. On the surface it can be a bit tricky to find out about but once you have a way in there’s all sorts to explore from alternative rock nights at The Mill, to Ethiopian folk singing at The Latvian Club, to head-cleansing power electronics in temporary galleries on North Parade and community centres in Shipley, to qawwali nights in shisha lounges, to jazz and folk nights in Grade II-listed business centres. In this section we have given a glimpse of some of the people and plac-es that are helping make Bradford’s music and arts scene so characterful. It’s far from a comprehensive list but hopefully it’ll lead to you finding out even more. Also worth checking out for anyone interest in Brad-ford’s music scene local music historian

Gary Cavanagh’s Bradford’s Noise of The Valleys publications. Gary’s spent countless hours digging back through the archives as well as interviewing local musicians and promoters to start to document the city’s

rock and pop scene from the 50s to the current day. As Gary points out, despite having some notable and pioneering acts,

Bradford’s never had a ‘sound’ attached to it in the same way other cities have - there’s no Bradford equivalent of Merseybeat or Madchester or even the ‘New Yorkshire’ tag that was applied to Leeds and Sheffield in the mid 2000s. Bradford can’t be that eas-ily pigeon-holed; it’s too diverse and poly-morphous. If anything does join Bradford’s music scene together it’s less a sound and more of an attitude and an ethos; one of collectivism, co-operation, passion and graft in the face of adversity. Pick up a copy and find out for yourself, or even better, get involved in shaping the Bradford music scene of today!

Bradford can’t Be that easilypigeon-holed;

it’s too diverse and polymor-

phous

Here are some of the characterful and idiosyncratic venues that offer independentlive music and art in Bradford centre.

1. 1 IN 12 CLuB 21-23 Albion Street, BD1 2LYA members owned and run gig venue, cafe, library and social centre.

1in12.com

2. aL’s dIme Bar 10 North Parade, BD1An NYC style ‘dive’ bar that specialises in cocktails, craft beers and Rock & Roll music.

alsdimebar.com

3. BLaCk sWaN 150 Thornton Rd, BD1 2JHAn independent free-house that offers real ales, a varied jukebox, DJ and band nights and karaoke.

4. Bradford pLayhouse 4-12 Chapel Street, BD1 5DL An independently run theatre with five spaces ensuring access to the arts.

bradfordplayhouse.org.uk

5. gLyde house Glydegate, BD5 0BQA business centre with cultural events,entertainment and live music

glydehouse.co.uk

6. the NeW BeehIVe INN 169-171 Westgate, BD1 3AAA unique, historic pub with real ale, gas lit rooms and eclectic live music offering.

7. deLIus arts aNdCuLturaL CeNtre29 Great Horton Road, BD7 1AAA Grade II listed church, the venue offers a unique space for events.

artworkscreative.org.uk/our-venue

8. deLIus LIVed NeXt door8-10 Claremont, BD7 1BQ A pub close to the University with food, drink and live music.

deliuslivednextdoor.co.uk

9. fuse art spaCe 7 Rawson Place, BD1 3JPA gallery, artist book and record shop and performance space.

wearefuse.co

10. the sparroW BIer Cafe32 North Parade, BD1 3HZ Real ales and craft beer plus events and exhibitions.

thesparrowbradford.co.uk

art IN uNusuaLspaCes

Art in Unusual spaces is an organisation active since 2009 based in Bradford and Leeds that programmes the use of public, underused and temporarily dor-mant spaces by artists. AIUS believes that art and culture are sites for experimentation with new ways of thinking about, and experi-encing, the world and act as a first stage in helping people engage and make positive transformation to their lives and surroundings.

artinunusualspaces.com

m@Bu (musIC at Brad-ford uNIVersIty)

The M@BU programme aims to bring innovative, experimental, challenging, critical and diverse approaches in music to Bradford and celebrate the richness and diversity of home-grown, grass-roots and self-organised music in the area. This includes city-wide festivals, one-off events and col-laborations, commissions, research projects, seminars and conferenc-es, workshops, radio broadcasts and publications.

brad.ac.uk/music

Bare pLume

Club night collective offering vegan food, cocktails, eclectic DJing and live bands ‘expanding minds and indulging the senses on a shoestring.’

bareplume.com

No haNds

No Hands has been putting on live music, DJ’s and fun old nights for about six years. We haven’t stopped but we have taken a little break since Autumn of last year. We’ll be around at Threadfest ‘15 and are happy to accept drinks. See you soon.

fuse art spaCe

Fuse Art Space is a gallery, art space, performance venue and shop in Bradford city centre. They host exhibitions, gigs, artist talks, film screenings, workshops and performances, and stock a wide range of art books, magazines, prints, cassettes, vinyl, CD’s and other objects of artistic merit.

wearefuse.co

BLaCk dogs

Black Dogs is a DIY (self-organised and not-for-profit) art collective whose activity spans exhibitions, events, publications, educational projects, public interventions and the production of records.

black-dogs.org

NortherN LINes

Northern Lines is a participatory theatre and arts project. We work collaboratively with our local com-munities; discovering unknown possibilities, unleashing unknown talents.

northernlines.org.uk

Bosh!

BOSH! is a DJ collective based in Bradford. We also run BOSH! and Bradford Soundclash club nights at legendary underground venue The Mill.

facebook.com/boshevents

orIeNtaL arts

Established in 1976, Oriental Arts brings people together to celebrate, participate and learn through art deriving from the South Asian sub-continent. Our passion is community art and in 1988 we set up the Bradford Mela, which now attracts an audience of 200,000 people from all kinds of back-grounds.

orientalarts.org.uk

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Bums

Bradford University Music Society is a member-led society that exists to create and share opportunities for music makers and music lovers in the University and make connec-tions with the region’s music com-munities.

www.brad.ac.uk/music

pLeasure grouNds

Pleasure Grounds organise regular gigs at The Caroline Street Social Club in Saltaire offering an afforda-ble glimpse into the eclectic going-ons of the DIY and independent underground with acts ranging from wonky electronica and indie pop to psychedelic sludge and mathrock. DJs and Live Visuals are also regular features. facebook.com/PleshaGrowwndz

souNd shaCkreCords

Sound Shack Records is a Bradford Based Independent Record Label. We specialise in producing CD and Vinyl Recordings of Bands & Artists.

hoWdo?!

HowDo is a not-for-profit or-ganisation that looks to promote Bradford, communicate cultural happenings, inform, discuss, and celebrate its unique identity.

howdomagazine.co.uk

goLdeN CaBINet

The Golden Cabinet mission state-ment is “We organise gigs at The Kirkgate Centre in Shipley for peo-ple with taste”.The gig collective formed in 2013 after many years of its individuals being previously involved in pro-moting gigs, primarily at the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford. Our continuing plan is to promote regular monthly gigs at a local community space in the market town of Shipley.Between us we have an eclectic taste in musical genres and our intention is to demonstrate this by mixing each gig line-up with a variety of music out there that also incorporates crazy projected visu-als. Whether it’s ambient doom, progressive psychedelic rock, soundscape DJs, ethereal shoe-gaze, noise-rock, electronica or drone sludge.

goldencabinet.co.uk

the LIVe room

The Live Room is the brainchild of Ron Dukelow and Hilary Booth pre-senting live folk, roots and acoustic music featuring a challenging and stimulating mix of artists, some with world-wide reps, some cult heroes, others up-and-coming, but all out-standing in their field.

theliveroom.info

totaL WorLd

Bradford has a long history of musical diversity. Total World Productions aim to add to add to, and build upon this legacy provid-ing top class quality music events across various venues in the Brad-ford area.

totalworldproductions.co.uk

reCoN

Recon is a programme of events and commissions exploring pio-neering, innovative, experimental, collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches in music, art, film and performance. We have an annual festival held across multiple sites and venues in Leeds and Bradford.

reconfest.co.uk

Jatp Jazz

JATPJazz is a not-for-profit organi-sation, the aim of which is to pro-mote live jazz and its performers primarily in the Yorkshire and Hum-ber region for the benefit of all.

jatpjazz.blogspot.co.uk

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topIC foLk CLuB

The Topic Folk Club is the longest running surviving folk club in the world. Formed in 1956, it still brings to Bradford the best in local, established, up-and-coming, na-tional and internationally renowned artists on a weekly basis, inter-spersed with informal singers and musicians’ nights, when anyone is welcome to come and play or listen in a welcoming atmosphere. The club meets every Thursday at 8.30 pm at Glyde House, Glyde-gate, Little Horton Lane, Bradford BD5 0BQ. Entry is £6 (£5 for Topic members).

topic-folk-club.org.uk

VoLtage studIos

Voltage Studios is celebrating over 25 years in business in the UK music recording studio industry. We have a professional digital & analogue recording suite, purpose built rehearsal studios, equipment repair & hire, video production studio and an independent record label with worldwide distribution through PHD. We have produced work for numerous major & inde-pendent record labels, attained UK top 30 chart positions and worked with many high-profile artists in music, radio, television, film and theatre, including: Marmozets, Paradise Lost, The Music, Dragon-force, members of Duran Duran, Killing Joke, Feeder, Housemartins also Sam Riley, Natalie Ander-son, Neil Buchanan and even the Chuckle Brothers!

voltagestudios.com

traINer trouBLe

Regularly Trainer Trouble parties at The New Bradford Playhouse feature funk, soul, hip hop, reggae and breaks mixing DJs, live acts and breakdancing.  New project ‘Listen up’ at the New Beehive Inn with the Dig Jazz crew is a free late night hang out a short stroll from the lively North Parade area of Bradford.

facebook.com/listenupbradford

Every Thursday from 8:30pm Glyde House, Little Horton Lane,

Bradford, BD5 0BQ

www.topic-folk-club.org.uk

Local, national and international folk musicians perform at this weekly club. £6 entry

Informal monthly Singers & Musicians night - free

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frIday 22Nd may

AUDITORIUM (UPSTAIRS)

19:00 Jung Witches20:00 Orchestra of The Upper Atmosphere22:00 Circle

THE BURNEL ROOMS

18:30 Charles Hanson 19:30 Big Love 20:30 Cowtown21:30 The Wharves22:30 Vision Fortune

PRIESTLY LOUNGE BAR

23:00 Lord Adonis and No Hands DJs

saturday 23rd may

AUDITORIUM (UPSTAIRS)

17:00 Sophie Cooper18:00 The Horse Loom19:00 The Family Elan20:00 Sir Richard Bishop21:00 Hameed Brothers Qawwal22:00 Michael Chapman

THE BURNEL ROOMS

18:30 Commiserations19:30 Mob Rules20:30 Mwstard21:30 War All The Time22:30 Drunk In Hell

PRIESTLY LOUNGE BAR

23:00 Galaxians plus guest DJs

suNday 24th may

AUDITORIUM (UPSTAIRS)

18:00 Arabrot (feat/ John Doran and guests)19:00 Makanitza20:00 Jooklo Duo21:00 Richard Dawson

THE BURNEL ROOMS

17:30 Gerrard Bell-Fife18:30 Howie Reeve19:30 Local Improvisers20:30 Dean McPhee21:30 Father Murphy

PRIESTLY LOUNGE BAR

22:00 Chrononautz and Trainer Trouble DJs

the VeNue :the Bradford pLayhouse

For Threadfest 2015 we will be using multiple spaces across The Bradford Playhouse. Situated in the historic and architecturally stunning Little Germany area of Bradford the playhouse has a long and rich history as a cultural venue for all manner of activities including theatre, music, film, art and performance. As well as The Main Auditorium which was a fantastic venue for the headline gigs of previous editions, Threadfest 2015 will also open up new spaces including The Burnel Rooms and The Priestley Lounge Bar area to accommodate the diverse range of styles and atmospheres of this year’s festival

4 - 12 Chapel St, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5DL

bradfordplayhouse.org.uk