ACOUSTICA FESTIVAL
Exeter Phoenix
17th - 19th September 2010
ABOUT US
This new annual festival presents the best of alt-folk, folktronica and Americana across five stages at Exeter Phoenix and the Cavern Club over the weekend of September 17th - 19th. The festival is building on the gigs that take place over the rest of the year - Noah and the Whale, King Creosote, The Acorn, Woodpigeon etc - as well as regular acoustic showcases, numerous club and bar nights and the work of labels based in the city. The festival is a partnership of the following...
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Exeter Phoenix
Arts and media venue with various performance spaces including the auditorium, Voodoo Lounge and bar terrace. Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS. 01392 667080.
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Birds, Orphan & Fools
South west DJ collective, obscure vinyl junkies and record label - this Exeter-based collective are obsessive un-earthers of obscure music and movies. Regularly DJ'ing out and about, expect a feast for your ears spanning 60's and 70's esoteric, rare and down-right funky, banging beats as well as regular rare movie cinema showings. Obscure funky rare-beats, drum-heavy prog, Turk protest, bollywood-boogie, Wickerman-Folk, punk&global psych, electro-phonic jazz, moog moozuk, post-punk obscurer, Canned Kraut, freak-bubblegum, trash-B-obsolete-bizarre-beautiful soundtracks.
www.birdsorphansandfools.com
Boothill Records
Boothill Records is an independent record label based primarily online and oriented around the genres of country, folk and blues, run for the love of it by good friends Jon, Nick and Tom, aiming only to be a vehicle for promoting the music they feel passionately about. Artists include The Roots Union, Nuala and the Alchemy Quartet and Daddy Ho!
www.boothillrecords.com
Daylight Music
Monthly acoustic-based showcase at Exeter Phoenix.
Sunday Social
An acoustic-based showcase on three Mondays a month at Exeter Phoenix run by Sound Gallery, the recording and rehearsal studio in the basement of the building.
www.sound-gallery.net
Phonic FM
www.phonic.fm
Most of the promoters, DJ's and organisers of Acoustica present shows on Exeter's alternative radio station Phonic FM (106.8FM in the Exeter area or online via the website).
Check out particularly:
Our Monday Show
Mondays, 2.00 - 4.00pm
Slow Afternoon Club
Alternate Mondays, 4.00 - 6.00pm
Roots and Shoots
Mondays, 6.00 - 8.00pm
Sketchy's Sunday Scribble
Sundays, 10am - Midday
CONTACT US
all enquiries to - patrick@exeterphoenix.org.uk.
Facebook - Acoustica Festival 09
MySpace - www.myspace.com/acousticafestival
