WC1B Area Guide

“Authentic and real, Redfern impresses with pure organic rock & roll.” – Rock and Blues Muse “Redfern has written excellent new songs that define his unique style as one of the most exciting blues artists in Britain.” – Raw Ramp “Troy Redfern is dynamic, powerful and one of the best slide guitarists around today. Couple that with his live set, he’s developing into a serious artist.” – Music News Critically acclaimed British slide guitarist and singer songwriter “Troy Redfern” will embark on “Troy Redfern “Invocation” Headline UK Tour” on June 17th. The 11-date UK tour will showcase tracks from Redfern’s forthcoming studio album Invocation, plus songs from his extensive back catalogue. Tickets are available from www.troyredfern.com. The highly anticipated concerts will showcase Redfern’s three-piece band comprising Troy Redfern (guitar, lead vocals), Keira Kenworthy (bass, backing vocals), and Nicky Waters (drums, percussion). The headline tour follows the release of Troy Redfern’s latest recently singles “The Strange” and “Getaway” which are both taken from Redfern’s highly anticipated new album Invocation. The album is available to pre-order from www.troyredfern.com/shop. Presented by New Cross Live and On Point Touring. This is an 14+ event

Nearest tube Kings Cross, 7 minutes walk. Doors open 7.30 pm, music from 8.15 pm sharp. Described as a unique and exciting indie voice (Shane Dunne - Sigrid), Irish singer-songwriter James Or has shared the stage with Frank Turner, Grant Lee Philips, The Pogues, and more across his career to date. James beautifully melodic, introspective indie-rock songwriting, drawing from the same wells as compatriot Glen Hansard and Elbow's Guy Garvey, has been praised for its authenticity, earning him numerous plaudits, including include a place on Irish music bible Hotpress's Ones to Watch listings. Ireland has a fine heritage of producing great popstars, and here we have another. Phil Taggart (BBC RADIO 2, SLACKER PODCAST) Powerful Ed Smith (Today FM)

Three sets exploring the friction between electronics, physical media, and acoustic performance. Laura Phillips presents an expanded film performance inspired by her time in Rome, telecommunication & automobile accidents. Joe Bates & Amalia Young build complex, glistening harmonies through instinctive processes, stacking strange chords between Joe's custom synth, the Hyasynth, and Amalia's violin. Lara Agar & Rosalie Warner use violin, voice, and electronics to create a careful constellation of sound. Laura Phillips is a non-smoking, Sagittarius, working with 16mm photochemical film processes and field recordings to explore the intersections of visual music, expanded film, and performance. Her work engages with themes of obsolescence, the commons, and information infrastructures. Her most accomplished feats include climbing Aran Fawddwy and making it past 35. She had played with numerous improvisation musicians and was a key part of Viridian Ensemble, an audio visual improv group. Last autumn she undertook a research residency at the British School at Rome, where she continued her practice through loitering & listening mapping the pastoral, the sonic, and the shifting hinterlands of the city. To writer Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Joe Bates's music evokes the court music of a short-lived empire, finding ceremony in looping phrases and novel tuning systems where strange chords sound like home. He works with choirs, orchestras, and chamber musicians, and builds new instruments from glass vessels, broken pianos, and circuit boards. Amalia Young is a violinist and improviser specialising in classical and experimental music. Her ensemble projects include concert and recording projects with Apartment House, work with the Kavinsky Trio, and the Komuna Collective, who have brought programmes of contemporary and avant-garde string quartet music to nightclubs in Oxford and London. Lara Agar's music blends electronic soundscapes and sampled material with traditional acoustic and classical instruments. Taking a homegrown and intuitive approach, Lara's interests lie in the accidental, the found, messiness of stuff, experimental music making, going with mistakes, (Beckett - Fail again, fail better), not knowing Rosalie Warner is a mezzo soprano and vocalist who moves between folk, opera, improvisation, contemporary, composition and more. She is a member of vocal ensemble HOWL, singer-composer collective Yolk, and SpiralArts, a cross generational and multi-disciplinary community of artists. HOWL recently released Night Creatures, written with Robert Macfarlane and Yuvan Aves, on Cosmo Sheldrake's Tardigrade Records.

Get ready to step back in time and relive the golden era of hip hop & R'N'B! We're taking it to the Kings Cross where the beats will be fresh, the rhymes are classic, and the vibe is nothing but nostalgia. Whether youre a b-boy or just a fan of real hip hop & R'N'B, this night is for you.

Witness some of the best comedians in the UK, seen on Live at the Apollo, Taskmaster, Mock the Week, and more Prepare to laugh your socks off.

Join Tom Lucy (host of smash hit podcast ‘Private Parts’ and TV shows such as ‘Roast Battle’ and ‘Stand Up For Live Comedy’) as he tries out brand new material ahead of an upcoming tour.  Tom Lucy has established himself as one of the most exciting new comedians around. Starting at just 16, Tom quickly rose through the comedy club circuit to become one of the youngest professional stand-up comedians in the UK.  “WATCH HIM LIVE AND YOU’LL UNDERSTAND THE EXCITEMENT”  - The Guardian  “BELIEVE THE HYPE, THIS GUY IS HILARIOUS” – Jack Whitehall