• Balkanic Eruption digs *SEXY WEIRDOS* @ The Cross
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    Live music from...*Johnny Kowalski & The Sexy Weirdos*

    August is set to be an exciting month of Eruptions across the city, and to kick it off we're having another ambrosial, mouth wateringly ravishing evening of Balkan and gypsy sounds.

    'Johnny Kowalski and The Sexy Weirdos' got together after a fight in a music shop, and are coming to zing us up with their hedonistic and eclectic mix of New Orleans brass, reggae, punk and, of course, Balkan and klezmer sounds. A super liiivve treat!

    www.myspace.com/johnnykowalskirocks

     +DJs El Hombre Elastico, Chromatouch & Don Carlo

    +Live visuals by Chromatouch (hopefully to include more Soviet cartoons)

    +Tarot readings by Ayshe and Dreamwolf  (T hey had remarkable feedback last time, and although the readings are £20 each, its definitely worth your money if you are that way inclined)

    + A prize giveaway for the Sexiest Weirdo in the place. (fancy dress please...no bad behaviour)
• Lets Dance I Love 80s! @ THE VICTORIA
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    LET'S DANCE!

    Free I ♥ 80s party

    Upstairs @ The Victoria

    9pm-2am

     

    The delightful Greg from Sunset Cinema Club will be spinning 80s classics all night for your aural delights. So put on your dancing shoes!

     

• Eat It Up - Live Bands @ Island Bar
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    EAT IT UP

    Presents:

    The brilliant Lost on Campus and The Lion and the Wolf will be playing a gig for Eat it Up Promotions on August 12th at Island Bar along with I've Got Pretty Dreams and Eliza Little! Lineup: Lost On campus (http://www.myspace.com/lostoncampus) The Lion and The Wolf (http://www.myspace.com/thelionandthewolfu) Changing Places (http://www.myspace.com/adamwalkerband) I've Got Pretty Dreams (http://www.myspace.com/ivegotprettydreams) Eliza Little (http://elizalittle.bandcamp.com/) Lost On Campus, AKA Rob Lynch, will be promoting the release of his new 5 track EP, "In Pursuit Of Courage & Heart" (LAB Records), following a busy first half of the year which included touring with Sam Little, playing at the Slam Dunk Festivals, and playing support slots for the likes of Jonah Matranga. You can hear new tracks at http://www.myspace.com/lostoncampus The Lion and The Wolf is the new musical output from Southampton resident Tom George. Following the demise of his former bands Waiting For Sirens and Towers, he has now struck out on his own creating beautiful acoustic folk pop that sits somewhere nicely between Bon Iver and City and Colour. Tracks from his new EP can be heard athttp://www.myspace.com/thelionandthewolfuk £5 OTD  TICKETS ONLINE/ADVANCE https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=85634bac-44fe-470a-8f47-1806187f30d6&resellerid=678be2e5-4227-43c6-9aa0-3a7970555b10

     

• ATTA girl - Birthday! @ THE VICTORIA
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    Well helloooo! Our next installment of dancing joyous fun with cake and zines and sweets is August 14th. We'll also have the Central City Rollergirls joining us with a raffle and your £1 entry goes towards them.
    
    What is Roller Derby? - Watch Whip It! It's that without the illegal moves. You can come and learn how to skate with CCR, first session is free just drop them an email and they'll let you know where the next newbie session is. I highly recommend!
    http://centralcityrollergirls.co.uk/about
    
    There wont be any rollerskating on the 14th but there will be lots of dancing. A normal ATTA girl but with special CCR cocktails and a raffle with some awesome prizes (past prizes have been pretty immense!).
    
    What you can expect to hear from us amongst other guilty pleasures:
    
    Dum Dum Girls, Kenickie, Sleater- Kinney, Le Tigre, The Slits, CSS, The Long Blondes, Camera Obscura, Bat For Lashes, Architecture in Helsinki, Amanda Palmer, Strike The Colours, Suburban Lawns, The Gossip, Au Revoir Simone, The Organ, Hot Puppies, St Etienne, The Knife, Fever Fever, Ladyhawke, Scream Club, Huggy Bear, Lush, Ladytron, The Kills, Go Team, Broadcast, Stereolab, Cannonball Jane, Cat Power, Joan As Policewoman, Electrelane, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Feist, The Delgados, The Aisler Set, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Bearsuit, Dressy Bessy, Helen Love, The Icicles, Peaches, The Pipettes, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, The Crystals, The Shirelles, The Supremes, PP Arnold, The Carpenters, The Pretenders, Cocteau Twins, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, Dusty Springfield, The Bangles, Elastica, Kate Bush, The Delgados, Bikini Kill, Emmy The Great, Asobi Seksu, Delta 5, Lili-PUT, The Raincoats, Men, Veronica Falls, Slow Club, The Dresden Dolls, The Smittens, Trash Kit, Rough Bunnies, The Lovely Eggs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    
    http://www.attagrrl.co.uk/ (a new site! With more changes to come)

    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138150139540894&ref=ts

• What Is House Music? @ THE VICTORIA
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    WHAT IS HOUSE MUSIC?

    A unique form of music that gives complete freedom of expression!

    Inspired by LONDON, IBIZA & MIAMI

     

    First of all big thanks to all who supported the launch night! Cool to see the dance floor buzzin till after 2am!!!

    Can remember people jumpin on the stage at one point!

     

    We’re back UPSTAIRS at ‘The Victoria’ Saturday 14th August for our second party!

    
    

    DJ’s

    JD Bleakman (Deep House)

    Rousy (Rare vinyls past to presant)

    Richard Yates (Uplifting Tech House)

     

    Music styles: chillout, soulful, dance, electronica, vocal, deep, tech, minimal, tribal & progressive

    Intimate & social venue! Technic Decks & Pioneer CDJ‘s! Cool System!

    Bottles of Carlsberg £1.50 (upstairs bar only)

    
    

    FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT!

    http://www.myspace.com/richardyates

    
    

    http://bit.ly/cls6qd

• African Connection - Hip Hop and Reggae @ The Hare & Hounds
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    <p><br></p><h4><a href="http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10012211&amp;ref=let_aft"><img alt="hasim.jpg" src="http://www.friendlyfiremusic.com/content/images/hasim.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="416" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="300"></a>A
    night of Hip Hop and Reggae from Africa to the UK, featuring Hashim
    straight from Tanzania for an exceptional one off show in the UK.</h4><p><br><font size="3">HASHIM</font> (Tanzania / Native Arrangements) <br><span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">the finest rapper ever to come from Dar es Salaam, Hashim has been rapping since the early 90s. <br><br><font size="3">Mike Forte</font> (Louis Den)<br>Sounds of Myke Forte with live mpc performance, giving you that raw sound.<br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mykeforte" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), " ed243="" ,="" event);="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.myspace.com/myk</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>eforte</a><br><br><font size="3">DJ Cro</font> (Crate Escape Records)<br>DJ / Producer / Label owner / and Hip Hop encyclopedia. <br><a href="http://www.crateescaperecords.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), " ed243="" ,="" event);="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.crateescapereco</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>rds.com/</a><br><br><font size="4">Jam Jah Sound ft Pablo Rider </font>(Friendly Fire)<br>South Brums number one Reggae Collective, fronted by the fastest mouth in the West Midlands.<br>www.jamjahsound.com<br><br>Hosted by:</span></p><p><span class="text_exposed_show"><font size="3">KOSYNE </font>(Louis Den/ Eat Good)<br>Beatmaker/ Emcee / Producer-Engineer / Host / Vinyl Head run the Louis Den beat making website/nights.  <br><a href="http://www.louisden.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), " ed243="" ,="" event);="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.louisden.com/</a><br><br>Streamed live on www.rhubarbradio.com<br><br>9pm - 2am - Extremely Limited £3 advance tickets from <a href="http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10012211&amp;ref=let_aft" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), " ed243="" ,="" event);="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span></span></a><br></span></p><div align="right"><a href="http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10012211&amp;ref=let_aft" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid white;" src="http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/sell_tickets/logos/tts_logo_24h_rect_small.gif" alt="Buy Tickets for African Connection from TheTicketSellers.co.uk" border="0"></a><br></div><h6><span class="text_exposed_show">£5 on the door.</span></h6><h6><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></h6><span class="text_exposed_show"><br></span><address><span class="text_exposed_show">@ The Hare and Hounds, </span></address><address><span class="text_exposed_show">Kings Heath High Street, </span></address><address><span class="text_exposed_show">Birmingham B14 7JZ</span></address><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br><br><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
    
• Juniper Cinema present Crime Capers @ The Jekyll & Hyde
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    The Jekyll & Hyde presents some classic crime caper films for its August Juniper Cinema programme.

     

    This month's lineup:

    4th August - Ocean's 11 (1960)

     

    11th August - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

     

    18th August - To Catch a Thief (1955)

     

    25th August - Topkapi (1964)

     

    So if you fancy catching a classic film in the splendour of the upstairs Gin Parlour come on down.  Entrance is FREE, popcorn is provided.  Films start at 8pm with an interlude half way through to allow you to top up your drinks.  Food is also served until 8pm so you can make a night of it if you wish.

     

     

• OAD - Blitz Club Special feat Rusty Egan @ The Sound Bar
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    The legendary Blitz Club DJ Rusty Egan - who defined the soundtrack for a generation - will be my very special guest playing a 3 hour set during Only After Dark.
    
    Rusty will be playing a combination of tracks from his original Blitz Club play lists and some new re-mixes of classic songs from the period.
    
    PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT !!!
    Standard Ticket £10 plus booking fee.
    
    Student Ticket £5 plus booking fee, but you must produce your NUS card on the night of the event.
    
    TO PURCHASE CLICK ON THE TICKET SELLERS LINK BELOW
    
    SPECIAL TICKET OFFER !!! - Anyone who attends Only After Dark at the Red Lion in Shirley on 30th July or Zombie Club at the Sound Bar on 6th August can buy them off me for the Early Bird price of £8 (cash only)
    

    Further info/tickets

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    www.myspace.com/onlyafterdarkevent

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    http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10011993

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