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Darren Almond Sometimes Still
5th-10th May
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sunday-Wednesday 11am-7pm, Thursday 11am-9pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
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Brickhouse Darbyshire Incarnation 8: Stroud in 2012
Saturday 5th May 10am-4pm
Sunday 6th May 11am-4pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
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Brickhouse Incarnation 8 will form an assessment of the events of, and eleven months following, Brickhouse Darbyshire Incarnation 5: Stroud. The weekend will see the launch of a new Brickhouse publication and specially commissioned performances. Brickhouse is a short-living gallery conceived by artist and curator Guy Gormley and designer Thomas Bush. which aims to give artists a space to produce fast and spontaneous solo shows. Darbyshire have been sponsoring annually curated group exhibitions hosted by SVA since 2007. Proprietor Mark Darbyshire has worked closely with the London art world over the last twenty years, and so his passion for young dynamic artists’ ideas has become a means of fostering the presentation of challenging artwork in his home town of Stroud

Fast Food Faster Paintings
Saturday 5th May 10am-4pm
Sunday 6th May 11am-4pm 8-9pm
Saturday 12th May 10am-4pm
Performances and events
8th-30th May
Shop window display
Golden Fish Bar
London Road, Stroud GL5 2AA
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Fast Food, Faster Paintings is an exhibition that responds to the aesthetics, architecture and the presence of a building, a building in Stroud that used to sell Fish and Chips. Sam Marsh and George Atherton come together to produce and curate a series of works that takes the brash design of fast food culture and turns it into something gloriously greased up. A series of works will be exhibited throughout a selection of fast food outlets in Stroud town centre for the festival month.

Zen Elephant with Samsara
Sunday 6th May 8.30pm-2am
SVA, John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

Zen Elephant effortlessly blend genres like folk, roots and gypsy jazz, to create a collection of songs which are charming, and above all very accessible. This Bristol based four-piece started out in 2008 in Stroud. Today they are fast becoming one of the most exciting emerging acts on the UK folk circuit. This event is part of an extensive European tour, which will take them to 25 gigs across 4 countries! Brighton-based collective Samsara create an open minded and fresh take on the roots tradition. Their music pays tribute to the original innovators of the sound while refusing to be bound by any stylistic conventions. The result has been described as “a startlingly new angle on the Jamaican sound” which sees the band “taking some solidly ska and reggae influences right to the edge with the kind of abandon beloved of jazz musicians and mixing it with near gypsy levels of passion”.
Tickets: £5 advance, £6 on the door
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Chris Cundy, Stroud Jazz Sessions
Thursday 10th May 8.30pm-11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

The outstanding free off-the-wall impovisational star Chris Cundy on sax and bass clarinet, is special guest this month. Stroud Jazz Sessions is every 2nd Thursday of the month at SVA. Each night features a special guest soloist performance, eclectic jazz records, and a stonkingly energetic jam set. A hub for all Jazz listeners or performers.
Tickets: £4 (£3 musicians) on the door

The Performance Exchange
11th-13th May
Friday 6pm-10pm, Saturday 10am-9pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
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The Performance Exchange brings together an exciting and ambitious weekend of performance art, screenings, discussions and an exhibition of performative works. Curated by Soozy Roberts, the weekend will explore the exchange between audience, artist-led spaces, performers and site. Artist led performance groups will include O U I Performance, Tertulia, CAZ Project Space, tactileBOSCH, ]performance s p a c e [ and Connection/time. Performance works from Poppy Jackson, Paul Hurley, Victoria Gray, Nathan Walker, Phil Owen, Rebecca Weeks and Ian Whitford and many more. Using the Goods Shed as the base for the weekend, performances and exchange will take place throughout the town and in various venues. Visit blog for more details and meet at the Goods Shed at start times.

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