Caturday every day: Music Tourism

From A Green Cat:

Once upon another time
of song and dance and beat and rhyme
Of lyrical, literal, literate rap
Of romantic skies and chuckles on tap

Audiovisual visions of magical musicians
as whimsical musical real life magicians
A Moon Faeries friend, a green rebel cat
Went gigging and giggling in a red hat

Since millenium eve in The Land Of Song
Planet Water dimension exists all along
The green cat found fairyland on New Cross Road
Where friendly was fun: Eccentricity flowed

Stardust was sprinkled by art punky stars
Charisma was twinkled in small music bars
By poetic souls, with romantic hearts
Because heroic spirits inhabit the arts

In turn evolution becomes (r)evolution
and peace makes a much cheaper final solution

This is a true story of aiming for ease
For clean air and water, for the size of the sighs of the seas
A whisper through forests, a love of the trees
The laughter of children, the buzz of the bees

It's not much to ask to retain sanity
To care about all of our humanity
Verminous, hate-waging nazitoff trolls
Gas light mental health with their naff mind controls

But, phew…

The awake are not falling for cosplaying lies
Even as global democracy dies
The fact is the devil ain't got the best tunes
They belong to the angels, Moon’s lovable loons,

The sweary, contrary or gentle dear soul
Our real super heroes who help us to feel whole
Kind, questioning, day dreaming, nurturing friends
Whose ancestors flavoured all of our Earth’s ends

Ladies, Gentlemen and the rest of us
Take the ride, hop on our bus, no fuss
To reach this virtually parallel situation
Come into a small venue, that's the location
of the fertile environment experience
Let live music excitement make total sense

Veering daily from the ridiculous to the sublime
Whimsical situationism, once upon another time

The Music Tourist Board

Moonpuss of the Music Tourist Board

By fervent request: The Brighton Mix-Up, Vol.3!

Thursday 11th May to Saturday 13th May 2023

Kick Out The Jams x The Songbird x Bubblebrain Records present

The Brighton Mix-Up Vol 3

Free Entry alternative rock and pop music festival.

Thursday: After London, Creeping Jean, Currls, Dum Fun, Just Kids, Kopper, Mango In Euphoria, Sasha Assad, Shady Baby, Sour Kicks, Sovereigns, The Velvet Hands, This Is War

Friday: Ahsoka, Alien Chicks, Jean Genie’s Massive Hugs, Kill The Icon, London Ghost, Martha Makes Mistakes, Snake Eyes, Soaked, SONS, The Red Stains, Tom Lumley and the Brave Liaison

Saturday: Adult Trauma, Breakup Haircut, Cavalcade, Cross Wires, DAAY, F.O.E.S., The Gulps, Low Girl, The Novus, Sarpa Salpa, Scrounge, Sunday Club, Vixey, YUKE

Running orders and updates nearer the time.
https://linktr.ee/kickoutthejams

Arcobaleno, 120 St Georges Road, Kemptown, BN2 1EA.

Music, Food, Drink, Joy… at Brighton's newest LGBTQ+ Bar & Restaurant. A proper treat!🌈

This event is extra special because of how this documentary rolls, amidst what’s happening right now. This is one of the interdependent music industrious that seed the Fertile Environment.

In December 2022, rock n roll live music promoter, Kick Out The Jams i.e. Roger Kent of Kent had to stop presenting joyful entertainment because of the financial climate that our new music world finds itself in.

Major events need a “pipeline” of fresh talent to exist in the future. In turn, that pipeline, The Grassroots Circuit needs the oxygene of cash, faith and exposure to be the early doors enablers for the artists to take a next step. It’s a struggle tho - see Music Venue Trust etc for more on that!

It’s extra heart warming then, to see the #BrightonMixUp festivity of noisy fun return for a third time lucky.

A select line-up, that we highly recommend to our friends - and you should, too. Sparkly, funny, inclusive crowds. Afternoon to evening showing off (on stage and otherwise!). Credible quality, mind. Some faves are returning to the KOTJ stage for this show amidst new stars joining the extending family.

Come with mates. Come solo. Bring your groovy moves, laughter and stage style while mingling with key scouts and music documentarians or just chill and enjoy in a safe space.

No tickets, badges, laminates or wristbands are needed (though this event is consistently attended by sussed music industry and media from other events happening in Brighton over the same weekend).

Not surprising really…

…Kick Out The Jams has previously also presented A Void, Aargh Kid, Anna Wolf, Avalanche Party, Bang Bang Romeo, Berries, BLAB, Blackwaters, The Blinders, Bugeye, Calva Louise, Coach Party, Cross Wires, Cruel Hearts Club, Enjoyable Listens, False Heads, Fontaines D.C., Hawxx, Healthy Junkies, The Institutes, Jekyll, Mango In Euphoria, MOSES, Nadia Sheikh, Rews, Saint Agnes, Snayx, Trampolene, Vanity Fairy, The Velvet Hands, Voodoo Radio, Weekend Recovery, Wynona Bleach and MANY more names to KNOW since 2017!

Often needing a bigger venue.

We bear witness.
Mid May 2023, you can, too. It’s time to KICK OUT THE JAMS!, m…

#BrightonMixUp