NF01 November/December 2023
Issue one of nearfield celebrates new beginnings across the region. We get excited about the reopening of Bristol Beacon, meet the hardy dippers revelling in the cold waters of the restored Cleveland Pools, find out what the Bristol Old Vic's new artistic director has planned; and explore the vintage shops, upcycling workshops, and reclamation yards breathing fresh life into old. We also keep readers moving through winter with a guide to indoor and outdoor activities, and meet the Icebreakers in our first community takeover. Plus we round up all the best events, experiences, and food and drink in the southwest this winter.
Issue one of nearfield celebrates new beginnings across the region. We get excited about the reopening of Bristol Beacon, meet the hardy dippers revelling in the cold waters of the restored Cleveland Pools, find out what the Bristol Old Vic's new artistic director has planned; and explore the vintage shops, upcycling workshops, and reclamation yards breathing fresh life into old. We also keep readers moving through winter with a guide to indoor and outdoor activities, and meet the Icebreakers in our first community takeover. Plus we round up all the best events, experiences, and food and drink in the southwest this winter.
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24 The List<br />
PROMOTED<br />
Trip the Light Fantastic<br />
Bristol Beacon<br />
Witness a space reborn, as sound and light<br />
collide in this extraordinary show. Produced<br />
by Paraorchestra in collaboration with Bristol<br />
techno artist Surgeons Girl, conductor Charles<br />
Hazlewood, and light artists Limbic Cinema,<br />
this audio-visual experience has been specially<br />
commissioned to reopen Bristol Beacon.<br />
30 <strong>November</strong> bristolbeacon.org<br />
LIVE<br />
Hoptoberfest<br />
Propyard, Bristol<br />
Bring on the bratwurst,<br />
the lederhosen and<br />
the oompah band:<br />
Bristol’s best Bavarian<br />
celebration is back<br />
by hop-ular demand.<br />
Serving up steins<br />
full of locally brewed<br />
craft ales and ciders,<br />
and soundtracked by<br />
thumping headline<br />
DJ sets from house<br />
legend Norman Jay<br />
MBE on Friday and<br />
IDLES’ energetic<br />
frontman Joe Talbot<br />
on Saturday.<br />
10-11 <strong>November</strong><br />
nfld.io/hoptober<br />
New Soundz<br />
Festival<br />
Arnolfini, Bristol<br />
Prepare for an<br />
auditory awakening<br />
at this celebration of<br />
South Asian music.<br />
Witness jaw-dropping<br />
performances from<br />
sound artist and<br />
beatboxer Jason<br />
Singh, and sitar player<br />
Roopa Panesar, plus<br />
a brand-new piece<br />
from sarod virtuoso<br />
Soumik Datta. The<br />
artists will also be<br />
discussing their<br />
creative journeys.<br />
10-12 <strong>November</strong><br />
nfld.io/newsoundz<br />
Photos: Bristol Beacon<br />
Sound Records:<br />
Flamingods<br />
The Goods Shed,<br />
Stroud<br />
Sound Records have<br />
something special<br />
lined up for their fifth<br />
birthday celebration<br />
– and it arrives in<br />
the shape of genredefying<br />
psych-pop<br />
travellers Flamingods.<br />
They’ll be dropping<br />
by with a synapsefrying<br />
blend of musical<br />
influences that<br />
includes psychedelia,<br />
1970s rock ’n’ roll and<br />
ravey electronica…<br />
and that’s just the<br />
first song.<br />
18 <strong>November</strong><br />
nfld.io/flamegod<br />
Gorilla Tactics<br />
Xmas Party<br />
Cheese & Grain,<br />
Frome<br />
Join Gorilla Tactics<br />
for a proper West<br />
Country dub session,<br />
with original reggae<br />
selector and legendary<br />
broadcaster David<br />
Rodigan MBE<br />
headlining the annual<br />
festive party. More<br />
than capable support<br />
comes in the bass<br />
bin-rattling shape<br />
of Prince Fatty<br />
& Horseman. Oh,<br />
and don’t miss the<br />
afterparty at 23 Bath<br />
St either.<br />
22 <strong>December</strong><br />
nfld.io/gorillatacs<br />
The Women Who Gave No F*cks<br />
Front Room Theatre, Weston-Super-Mare<br />
Be inspired by Irish pirate queens, Japanese<br />
sun deities, Greek pig-wife belly goddesses, and<br />
Magyar domestic warriors on this whistle-stop<br />
tour of history’s most imperfect females, who use<br />
their wit, cunning, courage, righteous rage and<br />
(occasional) superpowers to reach greatness.<br />
A theatrical demonstration of exactly what can be<br />
achieved when women give absolutely zero fucks.<br />
1 <strong>December</strong> nfld.io/nofks<br />
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of<br />
the Baskervilles<br />
Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol<br />
Get lost on the moors with this eerie retelling<br />
of Conan Doyle’s spine-tingling mystery. The<br />
atmospheric Anglican Chapel at Arnos Vale will be<br />
transformed into 221B Baker Street, where Holmes<br />
and Watson will bang their heads together to solve<br />
the mystery of the diabolical supernatural hound.<br />
15 <strong>November</strong> to 1 <strong>December</strong> nfld.io/sherlock<br />
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