Mould Monthly : Davy McGuire

SVA Thursday 1 March 6-8pm
Tickets: £3 on the door

You are invited to Mould youth artists group's first Mould Monthly event. This month it is screenings and a talk from award winning film artist Davy McGuire. Come for free pop, free cake and a chance to learn more about Mould, get involved, get your voice heard. See you there.

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Disfrutar Seminar 2: Little Sparta, 1967-2012
SVA, Saturday 3 March, 2pm
The Museum in the Park, Stratford park, Stroud, GL5 4AF
Speaker: John Phibbs Principle of Debois Landscape Survey Group, working in the field of historic landscape. Little Sparta, or Stonypath, is a tiny croft in the Pentland Hills where Ian and Sue Hamilton Finlay have made one of the most influential British gardens of the second half of the twentieth century. (http://www.littlesparta.co.uk/). This is essentially a garden of ‘poems’, which is unique because of Ian Finlay’s exhaustive and lifelong exploration of ways in which artworks, gardens and nature can be brought together. John Phibbs is currently working at Little Sparta writing a master plan for its conservation and development.

Free event. Refreshments available to purchase. This is the last weekend to see the exhibition.
For bookings contact: office@sva.org.uk 01453 751440

Keith Allen presents: Mik Artistik Ego Trip

SVA Saturday 3 March 8.30pm-1am

Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip is a strange and beautiful beast of a band comprising Mik Artistik on preposterous posturing and vocals (no grandad should be able to move like that!), Benson Walker – a big beaming lighthouse of rockabilly funkiness – on bass and vocals, and the boney sonic dabbler Johnny Flockton on guitar. The act juggles rock n’ roll, stand-up and performance art without tears, and is “bloody funny and poignant in equal measure”. With blistering performances at Glastonbury, Latitude and a string of other festivals in the last two years, the band has accumulated a disparate bunch of fans including the likes of Faust, Keith Allen, Kaiser Chiefs, Zodiac Mindwarp, Barnzley, Tom Hodgkinson and the Idler magazine. In Benson’s own immortal words, “cor blimey get bloody goin n see them”.

Plus Eatonsquare with Matt Eaton and Keith Allen who will be performing the next of their monthly operas.
www.mikartistik.com

£8.50 advanced from Trading Post 01453 759116
£10 on the door

Stroud Jazz Sessions with Dom Franks

SVA Thursday 8 march
8.30pm-11.00pm. £4 (£3 musicians) on the door

Awesome sax player Dom Franks, fresh from launching his Strayhorn album, is special guest this month. Dom is director of music at Rendcomb College near Cirencester. He studyied at London’s Guildhall with sax giants Jean Toussaint and Stan Sulzmann. He formed the StrayHorn quartet in 2010 to play his compositions – a lean, melodic and groove-driven take on contemporary jazz.
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, and acts as a hub for those interested in listening or performing jazz to come together.

Hawker’s Pot “as gay as larks, as wild as hawks”

SVA, opening on Friday 9 March 6-8pm
continues Sat 10-Sun 11, Fri 16-Sat 17 March 11am-4pm

A work-in-progress exhibition of drawings, poems, puns and other shocking nonsense by Bill Jones. The show features: some rather distressed angels; the adventures of a mysterious hawker; what Genghis Khan worries about; and other recent jokes. There will be short readings at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm on each day. Come along for some hawking and potting. Things may never be the same again ...

Bill Jones is an artist and writer working at SVA. His fiction has been published in magazines in Britain and America, and his hand-made books are in various collections in the UK.

Visit: www.hawkerspot.com

Sound Clash Music lounge

SVA Friday 9 March
9pm-1am. Free to members.

A series of sonic upsets. Every month. In Stroud.
That’s right, it’s Soundclash time again. Come down early for a selection of weird and wonderful cover versions, then stay to experience the strangeness and charm of
Rebecca’s vintage vinyl archive!

Negative Space presents ‘Please Give’

SVA Thursday 15 March 8pm-11pm
Tickets: £4 (non-members) £3 (members) on the door

A satirical comic drama by writer-director Nicole Holofcener which focuses on the aspirations, and neuroses, of a well-off New York couple as they interact with the - notably less well-off - family of an elderly neighbour whose apartment they have bought. Starring Holofcener’s regular muse Catherine Keener, it’s a typically wry, sharp-edged work from a filmmaker who has been hailed as “the female Woody Allen”.“Few American filmmakers create female characters as realistically funny, attractively imperfect and flat-out annoying” - The New York Times
Open for drinks at 8pm; film starts 8.30pm.

Resound Bites

SVA Wednesday 28 March 8pm
Tickets: £3 on the door

Resound bites continues this month with a performance by Lund Quartet. Heavily influenced by the Scandinavian jazz scene and turntablism, alongside a more traditional jazz line up of piano, drums and double bass. Their sound morphs effortlessly from gentle and reflective, to heavy grooves with a definite emphasis on subtlety and space. This is elegant and captivating music. Theremin, turntables, piano, space and sonic experimentation.
“Hypnotising, entrancing jazz tinged with hip hop and electronica – ideal for dark evenings and a glass of something strong.”

Mezz #17: Her Noise

SVA Thursday 29 March 7.30pm
Tickets £4.50 on the door

For Mezz #17, Electra's Fatima Hellberg and Irene Revell will talk about Her Noise, an on-going project focused on exploring and developing emergent feminist discourses in sound and music. Over the years, Her Noise has grown into an archive, encompassing material by and interviews with female artists who use sound as a medium alongside pioneering musicians and composers. The intention of Her Noise is to challenge standard readings and approaches to feminisms and the sonic, and for Mezz these ideas will be explored through a listening exercise and a talk. Here the vocal innovations of Meredith Monk and Pauline Oliveros' theories on 'Deep Listening' are a particular point of focus, especially in the form of sonic meditations, exercises which Oliveros likened to the experience of walking at night so silently "that the bottoms of your feet become ears". This event precedes the upcoming Her Noise: Feminisms and the Sonic symposium at Tate Modern, 3-5 May. Electra is a London based contemporary art agency which specialises in curating, commissioning and producing ambitious
cross-disciplinary projects by artists working across sound, moving image, performance and the visual arts.

http://www.mezz.info

Zen Elephant

SVA Saturday 31 March 8pm
Tickets £5 in advance, £6 on the door

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. 2011 saw Zen Elephant assert themselves as a mainstay on the UK festival circuit, with appearances at 10 festivals, exposing their music to thousands of new listeners. 2012 is set to be an exciting year with their much anticipated new single set for release soon. This event is part of an extensive European tour, which will take them to 25 gigs across 4 countries!

Advanced tickets from Trading Post 01453 759116

BandiT

SVA Wednesday 4 April 7.30-10.30pm
Tickets: Adults £7 Children and concessions £5

BandiT is a three day rock and pop workshop for 40 students aged 8 to 16. Students throughout the community come together to form bands and to be creative in writing, recording and performing.The prime function of the workshop is to give young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to gain experience in musicianship, creative song writing, recording techniques and performance skills. The Workshop project will be held at Maidenhill School on 2-4th April with the final performance at SVA.

www.banditmusicprojects.co.uk
Advance tickets from Kanes Records & Maidenhill School

Stroud Jazz Sessions with Matt Morris

SVA Thursday 12 April
8.30pm-11.00pm. £4 (£3 musicians) on the door

The most excellent bari sax player Matt Morris, is the special guest for our April event.
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, and acts as a hub for those interested in listening or performing jazz to come together.
For more information join the ‘Stroud Jazz Sessions’ Facebook Group at on.fb.me/ey856j

CJB’s Funk Club Parrrt Free:Jazz Funk Giants

SVA Saturday 14 April 9pm-2am.
Tickets: £5 advanced or £6 on the door

When Jazz legends Donald Byrd and Herbie Hancock both came under the influence of the James Brown groove, Jazz Funk was born. Prof. CJB follows his successful club nights of Chronological P-Funk and Solid Brown with a third parrrty focusing on the heavy Funk cuts of the original 70s Jazz Funk scene before it became too polished and smothered by too many velvet jackets! A night of non-stop dancing to a mix of esoteric and classic vinyl gems of both Funk from the Jazzers – like Byrd, Hancock, The Mizell Brothers, The Crusaders, Ronnie Laws & Roy Ayers – and Jazz from the Funkers including James Brown’s J.B’s and George Clinton & Bootsy’s Horny Horns: the hallowed blows of Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker.Bring your whistle.
Advanced tickets from Trading Post 01453 759116

Negative Space presents A separation

SVA Thursday 19 April 8-11pm
Tickets: £4 (non-members) £3 (members) on the door

Remarkable - and, more recently, Oscar-winning - drama set in contemporary Tehran, Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi conjuring a compelling study of a disintegrating marriage which analyses issues of class and gender against a multi-layered backdrop of personal crisis and a bureaucratic nation-state. “Complex, painful, fascinating” - The Guardian.

Open for drinks at 8pm; film starts 8.30pm.

Keith Allen presents Vic Godard and Subway Sect

SVA Saturday 28 April 8.30pm-1am
Tickets: £10 on the door, £8.50

Pop, singer/songwriter Vic Godard is renowned for fusing the spirit and attitude of punk with the style and sophistication. He formed the Subway Sect at the suggestion of Malcolm McLaren in 1976. Vic has worked with Edwyn Collins, Jazz outfit Working Week & as a member of The Long Decline. His recorded output has ranged from Jazz-lounge, Northern Soul, Britpop as well as being one of the architects of British Punk. Most recently releasing an EP with Irvine Welsh & a new Long Player 'We Come As Aliens'. Plus Fit Les with Matt Eaton and Keith Allen who will be performing the next of their monthly political olympic operas. After discovering the government's plans to ban organised demos and protests during this summer's Olympic Games, Keith Allen has revealed his intention to spread a bit of anarchy with a Fit Les unofficial olympic song.
Tickets in advance from Trading Post 01453 759116

Site Festival Procession and Battle For The Winds:
Launch Of The Wind Vessel

Saturday 28th April 1pm-9pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
www.battleforthewinds.com

The Carnival Procession leaves Stroud Valleys School at 12.30pm and winds it’s way through town finally finishing at the Goods Shed where festivities continue followed by live music from 1pm-8pm featuring the Uplifter, Hot Feet, Laerie Fairies, Le Vamos and Rinky Dink.

The Battle for the Winds performance will be at 2pm. With help from Stroud College, artist John Tucker has created a massive wind vessel which will join six other sculptures on the beach at Weymouth in July to herald the beginning of the London 2012 sailing events. Old Mother Gloucestershire and her Wind Gatherers will launch the vessel here in the county for the first time, accompanied by wind song, percussion and dance. Afterwards there will be time to explore poem, story, sound, textile and tents full of terrifically tasty food from Star Anise, Girish Patel, Sweethearts plus a beer tent in the colourfully transformed Goods Shed.

An event with something for everyone.