| SUN 18 AUG: 3-11:30pm @KRAAK // Afterparty 11:30pm till late @COYOTES
MON 19 AUG: 7pm-11:30pm @KRAAK // Afterparty 11:30pm till late @COYOTES
Advance tickets (main event at KRAAK): www.wegottickets.com/f/6352 Advance Sunday £6, Monday £8 /// On-door Sunday £7, Monday £9
AFTERPARTY confirmed! At COYOTES BAR (18+) www.facebook.com/CoyotesManchester -- DJs, performance, £2 drinks all night!! Entry £2 / Festival-goers discount £1 (on-door only)
* Any profits go to Pussy Riot direct (via www.voiceproject.org/pussyriot), so spread the word, invite friends and family, bring donations and let's have a Manchester Pussy Riot!!!
* This event is 18+ (please bring ID)
* Lineup details & playlist: www.shatterjapan.com/pussy-riot-commemoration-festival-in-manchester
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LINEUP:
- 15 live bands, 8 DJ acts and 3 sets of performers (all from Toronto, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Warrington and Manchester).
- Direct participation by many local artists including: NAOMI KASHIWAGI (origami workshop, www.naomikashiwagi.co.uk), ROISIN KEOWN (live painting,www.roisinkeown.wordpress.com), ANDREW CHADDOCK (live painting,www.achaddock1.wix.com/fingerpaint), DANIEL GLASTONBURY (contact juggling), CLAIRE KEOWN (poetry).
- Artwork by the following UK artists will be auctioned during the event (in addition to those painted live by Roisin and Andrew) to raise funds: TWISTED DREDZ (www.society6.com/TwistedDredz), DAN BIRBECK (www.behance.net/danbirkbeck), LEE PEARCE (www.leepearceart.blogspot.co.uk) and DAVID LOWTHER (www.facebook.com/DavidLowtherArt).
- Our MCs will be LUKE SLATER (Sunday, www.twitter.com/LukeSlaterSBH) and ZOE IQBAL (Monday, www.twitter.com/zoeIqbal).
SUNDAY 18 AUG:
@KRAAK (3-11:30PM) main
- *Headliner* SOPHIE DELILA (www.facebook.com/SophieDelila)
The high-energy London-based French performer is coming to get us in the festival mood. As well as boasting a successful solo career, Sophie has performed with NOUVELLE VAGUE (www.facebook.com/nouvellevagueofficial) and collaborated with Christophe Willem (www.facebook.com/willemofficiel), among others.
- WITCH HUNT (www.facebook.com/wearewitchhunt)
- ECHO BOOM GENERATION (www.facebook.com/pages/Echo-Boom-Generation/100262346815018)
- ROUGHNECK RIOT (www.facebook.com/theroughneckriot)
- MINUTE TAKER (www.facebook.com/MinuteTakerMusic)
- ILL (www.weareill.tumblr.com)
- HEALD PLACE (www.facebook.com/HealdPlace)
- BAD GRAMMAR (www.facebook.com/badgrammaruk)
- RoBoT//aLiEn (www.facebook.com/robotandalien)
- LIVESTOCK JIHAD (www.facebook.com/LivestockJihad)
- CIRQUE DU MANC MISTRESSES
(www.facebook.com/the.cirque.du.manc.mistresses)
- CHERIE BEBE (www.facebook.com/pages/Cherie-Bebe/204525167387)
- FACTORY ACTS (DJ) (www.facebook.com/FactoryActs)
@COYOTES (11:30PM-2AM) afterparty
- ¡THE BIRDS! DJ COLLECTIVE (www.facebook.com/thebirdsmcr)
- ONE NOTE (www.facebook.com/FreeSpiritedGod)
* Special performances: burlesque from CIRQUE DU MANC MISTRESSES (www.facebook.com/the.cirque.du.manc.mistresses) and drag from CHEDDAR GORGEOUS (www.facebook.com/chachaboudoir)
MONDAY 19 AUG:
@KRAAK (7-11:30PM) main
- *Headliner* PRINCESS CENTURY (Toronto's Maya Postepski of AUSTRA/TRUST)www.facebook.com/princesscentury)
Maya has chosen this event to make her UK SOLO DEBUT!! Her solo album Lossless (released April 2013) was inspired by the Charles Manson murders, lending a distinct intensity and creepiness to its dark synth vibes. She is currently playing to sellout crowds around the world as drummer for AUSTRA (www.austramusic.com).
- DEATH RATTLE (www.facebook.com/deathrattle)
- LETTERS TO FIESTA (www.facebook.com/letterstofiestaprofile)
- FACTORY ACTS (www.facebook.com/FactoryActs)
- TRIPHAZARD (www.facebook.com/triphazardband)
- WITCH HUNT (DJ) (www.facebook.com/wearewitchhunt)
@COYOTES (11:30PM-2AM) afterparty
- PRINCESS CENTURY (DJ) (www.facebook.com/princesscentury)
- LETTERS TO FIESTA (DJ) (www.facebook.com/letterstofiestaprofile)
- SEAWAVES (DJ) (www.facebook.com/pages/SEAWAVES/123947271049023)
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SHATTERJAPAN (www.facebook.com/SHATTERJAPAN) presents this special non-profit festival of music and performance spread over 2 days. Artists from various parts of the UK and beyond are working together at no fee to bring you this special commemorative event.
On 21 February 2012, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot performed a "punk prayer" in a Moscow church for which they were arrested, detained for over 5 months and eventually sentenced on 17 August 2012 to 2 years imprisonment. With two of the three members remaining imprisoned (Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova and Maria “Masha” Alyokhina) in separate and remote penal colonies, SHATTERJAPAN brings you 2 days of entertainment provided by artists from the UK & international music, film and performance worlds, to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the sentencing, to appeal for the women’s release, and to celebrate freedom of expression.
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-- Huge thank you to all bands, performers, artists, techs, venue, staff, visitors, and of course Pussy Riot
-- Special thanks go to multi-tasking genius Lizzy Doe for her amazing design workwww.lizzydoe.co.uk/
-- Stand united, protect your arts communities and FREE PUSSY RIOT!
-- Enquiries & volunteers & donations (in kind or other) please message us atwww.facebook.com/SHATTERJAPAN |