aaamusic | On 07, Jun 2012

1 day cultural event running in Newport on 30th June 2012
featuring Scritti Politti, Anna Calvi and more!

Busk on the Usk is the Welsh Contemporary Music contribution to the London 2012 Festival. It takes place in several locations – the Riverfront Theatre, the University of Cardiff Newport City Campus and in spaces along the Usk. It will offer a program of events that includes gigs, discussions and lectures organized by the Green Man Festival -Wales’ leading contemporary music and arts event – with help from the people of Newport as well as contributions from a collective of many of Wales’ most important cultural organizations including Swn Festival, the Do Lectures, the Laugharne Weekend, the Bevan Foundation, the Centre for Regeneration Excellence Wales, Riverfront Theatre, University of Wales Newport and Arts Council Wales.

Over the day, there will be live performances by bands and speakers alongside street theatre along the riverfront Newport’s long-established Big Splash Festival and a wide-range of stalls serving locally sourced street food.

Best of all – every Busk on the Usk event is FREE from:
http://www.newport.gov.uk/theRiverfront/index.cfm/showBookTickets/

Although the riverfront entertainment outside is accessible by anyone, tickets for gigs and talks in the Riverfront Theatre and University of Wales Newport Campus are limited. Each individual music act has a separate free ticket pass (it’ll work like as if you were going to the cinema and there’s a number of films in the same building – you can only see one at a time!) Simply chose which act/talk you want to see and request your free ticket pass from the Riverfront Theatre Box Office.

Busk on the Usk Schedule:

In the Riverfront’s Main Theatre, Green Man Festival presents four must-see shows:
Scritti Politti (20.00-21.00)
Anna Calvi (18.30-19.30)
Cate le Bon (15.30-16.15)
Jon Langford (14.30-15.00)

In the Riverfront’s Studio Theatre, Swn will present a bill made up of fast-rising local talent:
Fist of the First Man (13.30-14.00)
Zervas & Pepper (14.45-15.15)
Kutosis (16.00-16.30)
Samoans (17.15-18.00)
Dirty Goods (18.45-19.30)
The Boy Royals (20.15-21.00)

Cerebral stimulation on the day comes in the form of a series of seminars and talks on local regeneration and business.
Speakers include David Hieatt (Huit Denim/the Do Lectures), Richard King (author of How Soon Is Now?), Dave Robinson (Stiff Records), James Lynch (fforest Farm), Owen Hatherley (Militant Modernism/Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain), BBC journalist Gareth Jones, Professor Dave Adamson OBE (Chief Executive of CREW) and Bob Croydon (one time representative of Princes Charles’ Foundation for the Built Environment). These seminars will run from 13.00 in the riverside University of Wales Campus.

Finally, the people behind the Laugharne Festival will present an afternoon of readings.
Jon Langford (Skull Orchard Revisited – 13.00-13.45)
Pauline Black (the Selecter, Black by Design – 15.00-16.00)
Malcolm Pryce (the king of Welsh Noir – 17-00-18.00)
These talks take place in the riverside University of Wales Campus.

 

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