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Ahoy there, music lovers. We have a little treat for you in Liverpool this coming Saturday in the guise of Above the Beaten Track Festival, taking place at the Bluecoat on School Lane. The festival is a showcase of the creative grass roots scene of Liverpool, featuring live music and DJs, performance art, poetry and audio-visual spectaculars.

Some of Liverpool’s hardest working promoters have been booking the acts for the all-day festival, including Lazy Genius, Liverpool Acoustic, Bagism and Culturepool. There is also an outdoor BBQ and food and drink served upstairs in the restaurants. The Facebook event is just a click away.

Line up as follows:

OUTDOOR STAGE

DJs: Richie Vegas, Jonnie O’Hare, Bugsy, Monkey, Ian Knowlson

14.00 – 17.00 – Culturepool’s 4th Birthday Party
14.00 – Claire Mooney
14.30 – Tom George
15.00 – Patrick Dineen
15.30 – Paula Simms & Andy Frizell
16.00 – Dan Wilson (The Cubical)
16.30 – John “The Man with the Silver Spoons” McGuirk
17.00 – 22.00 – Mellowtone & Beaten Tracks presents
17.00 – Andy Steele
17.25 – Dave Owen
17.50 – Eva Petersen
18.15 – Jeff Jepson
18.40 – Ragz
19.10 – Misery Guts
19.35 – 15 Storeys
20.10 – Emily & the Faves
20.40 – The Wicked Whispers
21.15 – Atlantic Massey



GALLERY STAGE

Liverpool Acoustic

14.00 – Matt Swift (Feat guest vocalist Barry Briercliffe)
14.25 – Avant Gardner
14.50 – Paul Donnelly (Strawhouses)
15.15 – Stuart Todd
15.40 – Joe Keelan
16.00 – 17.00 – Lazy Genius Hour 16.00 – We Walk In Straight Lines
16.30 – The Grande
17.00 – 18.00 – BAGISM – hosted by Tom George (see partners’ info below for more details)
followed by a performance by Loved Ones feat. Nik Glover


Liverpool Acoustic & Guests 18.00 – Rob Clarke
18.20 – Laura James
18.40 – Jez Wing
19.05 – Tony Kehoe
19.30 – The 10p Mixes
19.55 – Stuart Anthony
20.20 – Carrie Hayden
20.40 – SJ Downes
21.00 – TJ & Murphy
21.25 – Daniela Bove and The Belongings (Feat. Nicole Collarbone)


BEATEN TRACKS BAR AREA

An installation, a journey, an exploration into the history of black music, curated by the Beaten Tracks DJs. Featuring documentaries, film footage and visuals created by DJs and artists, plus selected photographs from Terry Cryer ‘the dean of UK jazz and blues photographers’ (MOJO magazine), accompanied by a sonic journey from the Delta to Detroit, starting with blues and jazz and moving through reggae, dub, soul and funk and more…

Jonnie O’Hare: 14.00 – 15.00 • In Dangerous Rhythm: 15.00 – 16.30 • Mike Stout: 16.30 – 18.00 • Lord Borthbury: 18.00 – 19.00 • Toxeth Rebel Alliance 19.30 – 20.00 • K Marley 20.00 – 21.00


HUB / FOYER

DJs: Clutterfunk, Paul Maguire & Eat Your Greens and a host of other DJs
14.00 – 22.00 Draw the Line

Oh dear, has a year really passed since the last Matthew Street Festival? Time to look in the mirror on this inevitable slide towards mid-life crises, expanding waist-lines and balding… and that’s just the cover bands…

Yes, the 18th Matthew Street Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. Taking it’s place alongside Liverpool SoundCity and Liverpool Music Week as Liverpool’s premier band showcases, the Matthew Street Festival will also roll out the world’s best cover bands beside Liverpool’s hottest up and coming original musical talent. The focus of the 2010 fest will be the decade of the 70s, so you are under strict instruction to pull on those platform shoes and don those afro wigs for the August bank holiday weekend… though you wouldn’t catch Hatters Liverpool indulging in such exhibitionist acts; no, no.

There is a Live-Aid stage, announced to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Bobby G’s one-man crusade to rid Africa of starvation and this will feature – of all things – a Status Quo cover band (Stayed as Quo – ho ho, what fun), a U2 cover band (Elevation…hmf) and EVEN a Boomtown Rats cover band (The Rats) – quite what they will play other than “I Don’t Like Mondays” 10 times is a cause for intrigue in itself. There is also the 70s stage featuring more artists who paid no mind to Mama Cass , namely: “Too Rex”, “Roxy Magic” and, “The”… wait for it…”Rawmones” – yikes, I think that one actually touched on Hatters Liverpool’s young, raw nerves.

But it’s not all adequate reimaginings of old favourites, or graveduggery, if you like – The Matthew Street Fringe is setting out to champion all things fresh and new in the shadow of the main festival. Cool hangouts like Studio 2, The Shipping Forecast and LEAF are delivering Liverpool’s bright, pale young things on that same weekend. Keep an eye out for CLAUDE @ Studio 2 on Friday 27th August, which has We Walk In Straight Lines and The Moguls headlining. Seel Street will also be a hive of activity and overrun by camera crews taking part in the Fringe 48-hour film challenge, with a £250 prize on offer for the winning crew. See http://www.mathewstreetfestival.org for more details.

So, there you have it. This is Hatters Liverpool signing off with an obligatory: please book your stay at Hatters Liverpool early if you seek to avoid a dose of that pesky disappointment that this young man knows all too much about.

Until next time.

Just a 10min tramride outside the city centre on Lancashire Couty Cricket Club. Come join this amazing trio in a punk rock and roll fest. SPECIAL!!!! FIRST TEN PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR BEDS FOR £10EACH * dorms only

For the Architecture in it self is worth going

But if you need to be lured some more here is the type of shows they provide:

Asian Events, Audio Described Events, Ballet, Blues, Captioned, Children & Family Shows,Circus, Comedy, Contemporary Dance, Drama, Folk, Jazz, Musicals, Opera, Operetta, Other Dance, Popular Music, Sign Language, World Music. Not such a bad way to spend a few days over the holidays eh?