Colston Hall to celebrate 150th anniversary with Bristol harbour concert
Posted on: 22 Mar 2017The star-studded concert, which features the likes of Roots Manuva and Loyle Carner, will take place on the 21st July 2017 to coincide both with Colston Hall’s birthday and the beginning of this year's Harbour Festival.
Happy birthday, Colston Hall! Where have the years gone? This year will see the hallowed hall hit the big 150, and it would be remiss not to properly celebrate the century-and-a-half of musical history that the venue has contributed to Bristol’s cultural landscape.
To aptly recognise their milestone, Colston Hall is throwing a party a stone’s throw from the venue, in the Lloyds Amphitheatre on Friday 21st July. The concert will feature a performance from The Outlook Orchestra, a collective assembled specially to celebrate soundsystem culture with a 100-minute live mix, which includes artists like Loyle Carner (below), General Levy, Congo Natty and Roots Manuva - who will also play a full-length live set.
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The guests confirmed for the festival thus far (with more to still be revealed) are as follows: Roots Manuva, Horace Andy, Dawn Penn, Loyle Carner, General Levy, Congo Natty with Nanci & Pheobe, Newham Generals, Killa P, Foreign Beggars, Jehst, Flowdan, Jenna G, Ruby Wood (Submotion Orchestra), MC Jila (Gentleman's Dub Club), Jesse Appiah, with live effects and dub mixing from Mad Professor & Adrian Sherwood.
Gentleman’s Dub Club’s Tommy Evans, who is leading the orchestra, said: “After an extraordinary night at the Royal Festival Hall in January we can’t wait to play in Bristol in the summer! We’ve got a massive new extended line up and a set list that is going to go off! But what makes this gig so unique is that it specifically aims to recognise and acknowledge the huge contribution Bristol has made to the history of sound system culture and bass music in the UK. It’s going to be really, really special.”
Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday 24th March. Limited first release tickets will be available for £19.50, with standard price tickets available priced at £25.50 including the booking fee.
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