Local Gigs

6th December 2008

Banda Bacana + Byd Mawr DJ's
Y Fricsan Cwm y Glo

Winter blowout with afrolatin funksters Banda Bacana and the Byd Mawr posse

8pm Free admission

6th December 2008

Mike Peters + Joe D'Urso + Jesse Malin + Willie Nile + Marah
The Interchange, Old Colwyn

Light of Day benefit in aid of Parkinson's Disease research

Tickets £15 Box Office 01492 514021

Doors 7pm

12th December 2008

Edgar Maciás Latin Jazz Quartet
Y Fricsan Cwm y Glo

Quality jazz quartet from Birmingham.

8pm Free Admission

13th December 2008

Leyla Sanai
Y Fricsan Cwm y Glo

Talented singer songwriter from Manchester.

8pm Free admission

2nd January 2009

Parking Non-Stop and friends, with special guest Martin Bramah
Anglesey Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge

Following the success of last years event, local psychogeographical sound collective Parking Non-Stop host the second in their by now almost traditional January 2nd parties. The first confirmed special guest is Martin Bramah, who founded legendary underground groups The Fall and Blue Orchids back in the 70s and 80s respectively. Martin's excellent solo album The Battle of Twisted Heel has just been released and he is subsequently returning to live performance after a lengthy break.

9th January 2009

Kino Ankst / The Penny Dreadful / Annalogue / The Stilletoes
Galeri, Caernarfon

Ankstmusik Records present their three latest signings The Stilletoes, Annalogue and The Penny Dreadful live alongside the first screening of their new film "Saunders Lewis vs. Andy Warhol", an overview of the Welsh language rock scene of the late 80s and early 90s.

16th January 2009

Fflur Dafydd / Gwilym Morus and more...
Anglesey Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge

An evening of music and poetry featuring two of Wales' premier singer-songwriters, presented by Poetry Wales to launch the latest issue of the magazine

www.fflurdafydd.com

www.gwilymmorus.com

www.poetrywales.co.uk

21st January 2009

Ronny Wærnes / Ectogram
Anglesey Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge

Norwegian electronic artist Ronny Wærnes makes the long journey from his icy northern home in the arctic circle to make his first ever UK appearance at the Anglesey Arms in Menai Bridge. The evening will also feature local sonic conundrum Ectogram and several other interesting left-field artists t.b.a.

http://www.myspace.com/ronnywaernes

22nd January 2009

Zoë Skoulding with Ronny Wærnes / Andy Hickie
Y Delyn Wine Bar, King Street, Mold

The Absurd presents.. an evening of spoken word and music.. the amazingly talented Zoe Skoulding will be promoting her latest book - http://www.myspace.com/zoeskoulding - and hopefully will be performing poems from her new book. She will also be performing with Ronny Waernes - www.myspace.com/ronnywaernes. They have done a poetry/noise set together previously in at the Schiphorst Avant-Garde Festival in Germany and we’ll be treated to a live performance of this! To offer you a complete contrast to this we’ve also got folk genius Andy Hickie - www.myspace.com/andyhickie.

Open floor spaces are also available contact andy@theabsurd.co.uk to book a slot

starts: 19.00

admission: donations