The Lanes Summer Cider Festival on Sunday 28th and Monday 29th August 2016
Posted on: 21 Aug 2016Pop quiz. Can you think of a better way to spend part of your Bank Holiday weekend than eating great food, bowling, watching animation, being dazzled by magicians, listening to live music and DJs whilst washing it all down with several pints of heartily quaffable cider? We're scratching our heads too - which is why you want to make a pretty pronto dash to The Lanes Summer Cider Festival on Sunday 28th and Monday 29th August 2016.
Entry is free - another enticement if ever there was one - and there will plenty of the apple-fermented beverage on offer. 30, in fact, among them the whole gamut of dry, medium, fruit, pyders, perries and the entire cider-based kit and kaboodle in between.
Flames will be licking up from the BBQ for top-notch tucker, and there will be loads of outside games, DJs, discounted bowling, screenings of short animated films courtesy of Bristol-based Rumpus Animation, and illusions and sleight-of-hand galore thanks to magician MagicMarc. The event will be family friendly until 6pm.
Lots of details are still to be confirmed and acts to be announced, but what we do know is that Kotch, most famous for his Bucovina remix and one half of The Phunk Junkies, will be there. Fresh from Barcelona, The Neighbours will be spinning the vinyl will an unmissable selection of Rock 'n roll, rhythm and blues, punk, ska, rocksteady, reggae, soul, funk, disco and Latin with a double-bill of one-hour sets.
Bristol beatsmith and The Lanes' regular, Scott 'Boca 45' Hendy (who has also collaborated with the likes of The Nextmen, DJ Format and Craig Charles) will be scratching a selection of 45s covering soul, funk, hip hop, motown and more. Bristol's rock 'n roll queen, Dollsnatch, will be thrashing out two mesmerizing sets of wild rock 'n roll, rockabilly, psychobilly, blues and a mind-blowing load more, while DJ Funkfire will be getting the party started with an A-grade blend of funk and soul.
The festival kicks off an 12 midday on Sunday 28th, with the irresistible mix of fun, frolics, craziness and inevitable, partying hedonistic debauchery running all the way through until 3am the early hours of Monday 29 August.
With such a jam-packed, breathtaking line-up of talent, acts and performers, The Lanes Summer Cider Festival has to rank as one of the essential must-go-to weekenders of the entire Bank Holiday.
For more information and details about the acts as they're announced, go to the event's official Facebook page. To keep up-to-date with all the gigs, events, music and club nights, food, drink and bowling offers at The Lanes, head to the website www.thelanesbristol.co.uk.
The Lanes is located at 22 Nelson St, Bristol, BS1 2LE. Tel. 0117 325 1979
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Jamie is a writer, blogger, journalist, critic, film fan, soundtrack nerd and all-round Bristolian good egg. He loves the music of Philip Glass, the art of Salvador Dali, the writings of Charles Bukowksi and Hunter S Thompson, the irreverence of Harry Hill, and the timeless, straw-chomping exuberance of The Wurzels. You can sometimes find him railing against a surging tide of passing cyclists, or gorging himself senseless on the Oriental delights of a Cosmos all-you-can-eat buffet.
