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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Field Notes 7<br />
FIELD NOTES<br />
Find more<br />
music, more<br />
exhibitions, more<br />
of everything at<br />
thenearfield.com<br />
Photo: Xxxxxxxx<br />
LOVE SAVES THE DAY… AGAIN<br />
Team Love are Bristol’s busiest festival throwers right now. In<br />
2024, they’re bringing us the cross-venue eclecticism of Simple<br />
Things (23-29 February), Love Saves the Day (25-26 May) and<br />
Forwards. Co-founder Tom Paine explains what drives them<br />
We try to run the same ethos<br />
through all our festivals. And<br />
that’s sustainability, community<br />
and festivals for good. With<br />
Love Saves the Day we really<br />
focus on sustainability.<br />
The festival pushes the<br />
boundaries of what people<br />
expect from a day festival.<br />
We’re making some changes<br />
this year, including a new stage.<br />
There’s nothing else out there<br />
like Simple Things. In terms<br />
of bands alongside crazy<br />
electronic music, and a huge<br />
range of musical styles and<br />
production. It’s one where I see<br />
the most music, so selfishly<br />
I’m excited to bring it back.<br />
We’re close to confirming<br />
our Forwards headliners. The<br />
feedback we get from bands is<br />
that they love the crowds and<br />
feel aligned with its values.<br />
We love experimenting with<br />
how city centre festivals work.<br />
And how they might help<br />
facilitate positive change. It<br />
might sound grandiose, but it’s<br />
not meant to. It’s just a belief<br />
that doing very small things<br />
can elicit positive change.<br />
nfld.io/lovesavesday<br />
nfld.io/simplethings<br />
DOM-DA-DOM,<br />
DOM-DA-DOM<br />
If the sound of the Doctor<br />
Who theme doesn’t send<br />
you scurrying behind a sofa,<br />
then Weston Museum’s<br />
Adventures in Time and<br />
Space: 60 Years of Doctor<br />
Who Art (until 27 January) is<br />
the place for you. The largest<br />
exhibition of Doctor Who art,<br />
ever, features work spanning<br />
book and VHS tape covers,<br />
paintings, and illustrations<br />
from annuals, comics and<br />
graphic novels. Of course,<br />
the Timelord has visited<br />
Somerset before. Revenge<br />
of the Cybermen was filmed<br />
at Wookey Hole in 1975, and<br />
the exhibition takes place in<br />
the hometown of artist Ian<br />
Burgess, whose portfolio of<br />
200-plus design projects for<br />
Doctor Who includes his first<br />
ever job – painting the<br />
Wheel in Space book cover.<br />
nfld.io/drwho<br />
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