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The Women’s Performance Tent @ Brighton Pride 2010 Saturday 7th August at Preston Park, Brighton
For the past 10 years a committed team of Brighton Women’s Centre volunteers have produced a successful women’s performance space that has grown from a small gazebo with no stage, a tiny sound system and a handful of onlookers to a large tent with a 6k sound system and a capacity crowd.
The Women’s Performance Tent @ Brighton Pride provides a crucial platform for women performers from the LGBT communities, a safe space and wide variety of volunteering activities for women of all ages, backgrounds and cultures, and an opportunity to experience professionally produced, top quality entertainment from their peers and role-models.
Invite to volunteers
As the Women’s Performance Tent @ Brighton Pride grows in popularity, more volunteers are invited to help Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) organise this successful, satisfying Summer Pride event. If you would like to help at the tent by offering security, decorating, stage management, catering or other practical skills, or are happy to support other volunteers, please contact BWC drop-in manager Sue Shaw on 01273-698036 or sueshaw@womenscentre.org.uk
Sponsorship
The Women’s Performance Tent production team members are grateful to all our tent sponsors. This year’s tent is supported by Brighton & Hove City Council, Pride in Brighton & Hove, g3 magazine, the Grosvenor and Marlborough bars, Women in Tune festival and Barber Black Sheep. We offer all sponsors widespread publicity and community involvement. If you or your organisation would like to offer us sponsorship next year, please contact Sheila McWattie on sheilamcwattie@hotmail.com
About Brighton Women’s Centre
Brighton Women’s Centre is a vibrant hub of creative community activity. Volunteers and donations are always welcome. For details of our support services, counselling, pre-school and community events, please drop in at 72 High Street, Kemp Town, Brighton BN2 1RP, call 01273-698036 or visit www.womenscentre.org.uk For more information please visit our myspace site at www.myspace.com/brightonwpt
Performers’ line-up @ The Women’s Performance Tent
This year’s line-up is more diverse than ever, promising something to tickle everyone’s musical tastebuds. Local talent is well represented, with edgy one-woman acoustic band Amity, alt-country from Danni Nicholls, nu-folk from Lianne Hall, and acoustic rock from Zora and the Tatsmiths. We welcome Sandra MacBeth bringing some dirty pop from Scotland, and the soulful Jess Gardham from York makes a welcome return this year with her full band. From 5.30pm we get ready to rock with killer live band Kenelis, vaudeville punk from Voodoo Hussy (fronted by Big Brother’s Shabby) and back by popular demand, the electronic soul of Heads.Hearts to get everyone dancing. Lesbian feel-good favourites Greymatter close the show.
Compere: Yvo Luna – Kicking off with poetry, comedy, cometry and pomedry…
2pm Amity – Brighton’s favourite one-woman band, with an exciting new edge (www.myspace.com/iamamity)
2.15pm Zora and the Tatsmiths – Awesome vocalist Zora with her alternative folk band from Brighton (www.myspace.com/zorasings)
2.40pm Carly Bryant – Brighton-based acoustic rock: a beautiful must-see must- hear act (www.joogleberry.com/acts/carly-bryant)
Compere: Sharon Tyas – Recent Funny Women Awards semi-finalist
2.55pm Alexia Chellun – Versatile local singer delights audiences with her easy-going acoustic sound (www.myspace.com/alexiachellun1)
3.15pm Qukulele – Mashups and mayhem from Brighton’s own queer ukulele outlaws (www.myspace.com/qukulele)
3.35pm Danni Nicholls – Alt-country/Americana songstress and Brighton’s own rodeo sweetheart (www.danninicholls.co.uk)
4.00pm Jess Gardham Band – Soulful, funky and making waves on the UK music scene (www.jessgardham.co.uk)
Compere: Nicky Mitchell – Rip-roaring vocalist, slide-guitar freak & comedienne (www.myspace.com/nickymitchell)
4.30pm Lianne Hall – One of the late John Peel’s favourites with her new album Crossing Wires (www.liannehall.com)
4.55pm Sandra MacBeth – Sandra and her band leave the boys behind for an acoustic set of dirty pop (www.sandramacbeth.com)
5.20pm Amity – in case you missed her earlier, Brighton’s favourite one-woman band is back (www.myspace.com/iamamity)
Compere: Cat Harding – Golden-toned presenter of Radio Reverb and Loop TV
5.35pm Kenelis – The raw angst of Hole, vulnerability of Placebo and diversity of Radiohead (www.kenelis.com)
6.05pm Voodoo Hussy – Punk rock from the Vaudevillian quartet, fronted by Big Brother’s Shabby! (www.myspace.com/voodoohussy)
6.30pm Heads.Hearts – Dance, girls, dance! Welcome one and all to electronic soul (www.myspace.com/headshearts)
7.00pm Greymatter – Great female vocals and musicianship define this engaging pop/rock band (www.greymatter-music.co.uk)
7.30pm Finale – A few surprises to end the show!
All performances are subject to change. Sign language interpreters available.
Find out more about all our performers at www.myspace.com/brightonwpt
If you would like to perform at the Women’s Performance Tent next year, please contact brightonwpt@hotmail.co.uk
Brighton Women’s Centre website
www.womenscentre.org.uk
