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Bristol, I Beseech You! #6musicfestival fringe event 13 feb 16

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Whilst the national spotlight is once again shine Bristolwards with the BBC 6Music Festival taking place here, The Fantasy Orchestra have decided to join in and celebrate the magnificence that is Bristol’s homegrown music. We present a set of original tunes by Bristol-based artists such as Rachael Dadd, Andy Skellam, The Precious Mings, Paul Bradley, Rira Lynch, Rozi Plain, Jamie Harrison, This Is The Kit and more!

Expect the exotic; psychedelic loveliness; rousing choral noise; some choice costumes – and possibly a musical saw

Be sure not to miss that gorgeousness that is our opening act…
Yama Warashi; a Fishponds based supergroup led by Yoshino Shagihara who blend a fusion of traditional Japanese melody and harmony, new age and old age sounds, mixed with a rotating smorgasbord of local talent.

£7 in advance from bristol ticket shop (£10 on the door)

Kuumba Centre 20 Hepburn Road, Stokes Croft, Saturday 13th Feb, 2-6pm

The Great Bowie Night – Montreuil, Paris

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Soiree David Bowie – 16 janvier 2016 à l’Espace Albatros, 52 rue du Sergent Bobillot, Montreuil.

En raison de la capacité limitée de la salle de concert (150 places ) Nous allons donner 2 representations le samedi 16/02. L’une à 16h et l’autre à 20h. Pensez à prendre vos reservations:

16h

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20h

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L’inénarrable Fantasy Orchestra–au complet, avec chorale et section cordes–vous invite à une fabuleuse soirée David Bowie en Technicolor –attention les yeux les amis ! (et les oreilles… 😉 )

Une scène ouverte précèdera le concert, venez chanter votre Bowie song préférée !

Come and check out the Fantasy Orchestra doing their bowie set with a full set of strings, horns, and singers. Doin’ it like David never did it before, all the lushest arrangements in full effect with some wonderful talents on guest vocals

Navidad Nuestra: seasonal shows coming up!

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Fresh from our Bowie extravaganza (of which more soon), we’re playing three dates in Bristol over the festive period, reprising the Navidad Nuestra suite from last year plus sundry FO faves.

Sat 19 December: St Peter’s Church, Filton, 2-4pm
Sun 20 December: All Hallows Hall, Easton, 3-5pm
Mon 21 December: St Michael’s Church, Windmill Hill, 7:30-10pm

Poster designed by Melanie Wickham (baritone sax).

Tickets: please email thefantasyorchestra@gmail.com.

 

Halloween: Zombies, ghouls and… er, a druid

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Autumn’s been a busy season for the Fantasy Orchestra. First there was our set at the Priston Festival near Bath, then for Halloween we took over the Kuumba Centre in St Paul’s, Bristol for a night of macabre revels.

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The mostly new repertoire included songs by Dr John and the Specials, and Jeffrey Lewis’ If You Shoot the Head You Kill the Ghoul, which is fast becoming an orchestra favourite.

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Lots more ghastly photos on our Flickr pages.

Coming up on 5 December at the Trinity Centre: our second Bowie Night!

Ghost Town

 

What we did on our holidays

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A quick summer roundup before the new term…

18 July: The day after we opened the Harbour Festival, we played at a wedding in Boiling Wells, St Werburghs:

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Then, after the Fantasy Orchestra summer picnic…

11-15 August: The Devon and Cornwall Tour, largely bicycle-based, taking in gigs in South Zeal and Yelverton:

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…and finishing at the Good Earth Festival, Keveral Farm:

Coming up: A set at the Priston Festival, 19 September!

 

The 2015 Bike Tour

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The Fantasy Orchestra’s 2015 Bike Tour is coming up! We’re heading for the South West, playing a couple of shows in Devon and finishing up at Keveral Farm near Looe in Cornwall for the Good Earth Psychedelic Folk Festival on Saturday 15 August.

See you there — or give us a wave en route…

 

Troopers Hill, 27 June

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A scaled-down Fantasy Orchestra played at this year’s Music on the Hill, organised by the Friends of Troopers Hill in St George, Bristol.

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A sizable audience of picnickers,  strollers, kids, dogs, and other species native to the hill’s protected grassland listened to the FO’s takes on Hendrix, the Beatles, Morricone, Bowie, and Bollywood’s RD Burman.

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Here’s a clip from the set:

Yes, there’s a Flickr album…