The first wave of artists who will be performing at the 1234 Shoreditch Festival 2012 have been announced.  Returning to Shoreditch Park on the 1st September 2012 the festival will be celebrating its 5th Birthday.

Artists to be announced include:

ICEAGE // THE DUKE SPIRIT // DIRTY BEACHES // FRANKIE ROSE // S.C.U.M // GABRIEL BRUCE // VISIONS OF TREES // LA FEMMES // GROSS MAGIC // LET’S WRESTLE // MINNY POPS // EAGULLS // BLEEDING HEART NARRITIVE // THE PROPER ORNAMENTS // SAVAGES // OFF LOVE // OFFICIAL BURNED TOAST // ATOMIC SUPLEX // BORED TEENAGERS // BLACK MOTH // THE PRE NEW // VIRGINIA WING // ARROWS OF LOVE // DEAD WOLF CLUB // VALKARYS // THE DISSIDENTS

We will bring you more details as we get them!

1234 Shoreditch Festival, Shoreditch Park, New North Road, Hoxton, London, N1 6TA
Saturday 1st September 2012

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EDGE MUSIC LONDON hosts at the Wenlock and Essex, nearest tube Angel, on the 3rd Thursday of every month.  This event may be taking place just outside ‘The Ditch’ but it is just done the road from our beloved Shoreditch and it will be broadcast live by our friends over at Hoxton FM.

This month Thursday 19th April, 7.30pm start, we have new music from >>SOLI CATALYST<< (soprano+flute+electronics), >>STEPHEN UPSHAW<< (‘Snapshots’ for one and two violas) and >>SHOALS DUO<< (contemporary improvisation devoted to new sounds on cello+harp)

Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start, get there early and be one of the first 30 in for your free Edge Music G&T – Tix are £5 on the door, £1 off if you ‘like’ them on FB.

Edge Music London Present: The Yellow Stage at The Wenlock and Essex, 18-26 Essex Road, Islington, London, N1 8LN

Line-up:

7:30 – Soli Catalyst

8:30 – Stephen Upshaw

9:30 – Shoals Duo

10:30 close = Party with us!

Contact them:

e: edgemusiclondon@gmail.com

fb: www.facebook.com/edgemusiclondon

tw: @edgemusiclondon

w: www.edgemusic.co.uk

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Shoreditch’s inaugural beer festival will take place on Thursday 19th – Friday 22nd April at Strongroom Bar & Kitchen, 120-124 Curtain Road. Strongroom Bar is THE destination venue in Shoreditch with activities kicking off at midday and going on to late each day of the festival. Live music will be played throughout the festival, in keeping with the musical heritage of Strongroom Bar. Beer lovers and Beer beginners will have the opportunity to come together and taste well-known, as well as up-and-coming beers from all over London, with over 25 being showcased.

Strongroom London Beer Festival takes place from midday until late; Thursday 19th April – Sunday 22nd April 2012 at Strongroom Bar & Kitchen, 120-124 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3SQ.

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The Doctor’s Orders in association with Dephect present

ON THE REAL
With Freddie Gibbs live

10pm-3am Friday 13th April 2012

@ East Village, 89 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HX

Tickets £6.50 in advance // £10 on the door

Get Tickets Here

If you don’t know the name already then get to know it now: Freddie Gibbs. Not your typical rapper’s moniker  but Freddie ain’t your typical rapper!

Born and raised in the Jackson’s hometown of Gary Indiana his distinctive sound and incredible flow have been causing a real stir on the underground scene for e a while now since the realease of his 2004 debut mixtape. Such a sitr in fact that he is now signed to Young Jeezy’s label working on a full length project alongside legendary producer Madlib which includes ‘Thuggin’ which has been blowing the internet up since it the video dropped.

Listing his influences as Scarface, UGK, 2Pac & Ice Cube he is already showing the skills in portraying the struggles and dreams of street life to match many of his heroes and is going to be one of the real names to watch in the next couple of years as the underground takes over.

As ever Freddie will be made to feel right at home by the residents line up London has to offer in the shape of Spin Doctor, Mr Thing, Chris P Cuts and our host MC Prankster.

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Hackney Council has given the green light for the erection of a temporary marquee which will showcase East London investment opportunities to journalists and business leaders from across the world.   Based in Shoreditch on Holywell Lane near Shoreditch High Street Station, Hackney House will host networking events for business and media investors during the period of the Olympic Games.  The venue will also offer exhibitions, conferences and offer live entertainment from early May to Mid September.

News of the plans to put up the structure has been causing some controversy as local residents fear it will become nothing more than a glorified ‘beer tent’.   These concerns stem from the fact that the venue is currently in process of applying for a licence which will allow alcohol to be served on the premises from until 11pm or midnight, 7 days a week.

Are you a Shoreditch resident? What do you think of the proposals for Hackney House?

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Thursday night is Social night

The Screen Social is a music vs film mashup with an extended mix of music videos, animation, shorts, experiments and much more.

Their first Thursday Screen Social rolls into Ole London Town on April 12th at The Book Club EC2.  The new extended mix will feature even more content than before and steadily builds from 7pm starting with shorts and experiments through music videos, a soundtrack soup from DJs The Sound of Film, showcases from outstanding production collectives Bullion & Canada… a live set from Franz Kirmann, complemented by Cosmo Disco and a crescendo of sound & vision which will ignite the soul!

SPECIAL GUESTS
Music video production collective BULLION
Although barely 2 years old, Bullion Productions are proving their worth in the world of music promos.  Having produced videos for a wide-range of artists including Summer Camp (left), Radio Soulwax, Moby, Professor Green and The Maccabees, Bullion’s value is growing exponentially!

FEATURED SHOWCASE
Directing collective CANADA
Quirky, cool, Spanish, are all words which might describe our second director’s showcase, from the three-man team who make up Canada.  Their irreverent style has charmed acts like Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines and Battles (left) and they’re represented by the production behemoth, Partizan.

LIVE ACT
FRANZ KIRMANN
Franz Kirmann is a London based French electronic musician. Having worked as a film editor, Franz has kept a strong cinematic sensibility that’s reflected in his music. According to Franz, he has a weakness for walls of sound and fragile melodies, which to him are the sonic equivalent of the slow-motion sequences and landscapes in cinemascope.  His live set unites with his own unique synced projected visuals on our 4 screens.

DJs
THE SOUND OF FILM
The Sound of Film bring their soundtrack soup to Screen Social every month, with selections ranging from the anthemic to the obscure. There is always something to stir the soul taking you to a place you thought you’d forgotten and something else to hit that euphoric spot in your nostalgia.

COSMO DISCO
A long-time friend and sometime collaborator of Screen Social, Cosmo Disco spins a select set of electro breaks and atmospheric beats, matching the mood of SS content to a tee. Look out for some hard-to-find tunes you’ll want to take home with you. He can also be found playing out on Space Invader Radio.

FEATURES
FILM FREESTYLE
Screen your music promo/film/experiments in the Film Freestyle ‘window’… Turn up with a Vimeo or YouTube link to your film and we’ll screen it on the night. No submission process, just a) give us the  link around 9pm b) wait for our FF screening window around 10pm and c) introduce the film really fast! Films must be no more than 5 mins & brave ‘Film Freestylers’ get a Fujifilm Shorts DVD on the night!

11:59
Beginning appropriately with the first extended mix until 2am, 11:59 is the point in the evening they do something cool.  It might be something simple like screen some classic music videos, a special late-night live performance, or  something else.

SOUNDTRACK HIDE & SEEK
WIN WIN WIN! by guessing the 5 movie soundtrack tunes hidden in a certain part of the evening. There’s a bar tab up for grabs but be warned, The Sound of Film don’t make it easy!

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Tony’s Gallery on Scalter Street is currently presenting the “Smiling Since 1999″ exhibition by Spanish street artist Pez, for his first solo UK exhibition.  Jose Sabate (Pez) which means fish in Spanish started painting his smiling fish logo in the streets of Barcelona in 1999.

Zosen & Pez. Sant Adria del Besos (Barcelona). 2011

He has since established a worldwide reputation with exhbitions in Europe, America and Asia. Pez now brings his ‘Happy Style’ to London for his exhbition at Tony’s which celebrates his work and brings some much needed vibrant colours to the capital. The exhibition features the instantly recognisable fish jumping out from canvasse within the gallery alongside some limited edition screen prints.

Look out for Pez popping up around all different places in Shoreditch

Pez “Smiling Since 1999″

Solo Exhibition 6th April – 6th May 2012

Tony’s Gallery, 68 Scalter Street, London, E1 6HR

020 3556 5201

info@tonysgallery.com

Tony\’s Gallery Website

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Frame Shoreditch is a dance, fitness and holistic studio located in the heart of Shoreditch.  Frame was created so getting into shape doesn’t become a chore and to put the fun back into fitness.  The general approach and ethos of Frame Shoreditch is to be more laid back with classes designed to so you can drop by anytime and try something new.

Contact Frame:
29 New Inn Yard,
Shoreditch, London,
EC2A 3EY

Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri: 7am – 10pm
Sat: 10am – 5.40pm
Sun: 10.30am – 5.30pm

Frame Shoreditch Website

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Rivington Grill focuses on the best of British food and cooking.  They offer a broad seasonal menu which reflects the heritage of Britain and they use ingridents sourced from small independent suppliers, where possible.  As we are now firmly in Spring, signature ingridents include, new turnips, wild asparagus, cornish new potatoes, Jersey Royals, spring greens, wild sea kale and St George’s mushrooms.  The spring lamb comes from the British fields and they have short gull’s eggs until 15th May.

Rivington Shoreditch

28 – 30 Rivington Street

EC2A 3DZ

020 7729 7053

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Contemporary artist Andrew Curtis is currently exhibitiing his second solo show with PayneShurvell.  Using a blend of photographic images, enamel paint and ink to demonstrate a suburban and domestic enviromental experience.  The show is currently running at PayneShurvell on Hewitt Street in Shoreditch until 21st April.

PayneShurvell
16 Hewett Street, London, UK EC2A 3NN

Opening Hours
Wednesday -Saturday 11:00 a.m – 6:00 pm

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