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“Stunning, outrageous and awe-inspiring”

“Truly inspirational”

“Amazing. How do you do that?”

“Beautiful”

“Innovative”

That’s what the first visitors having been writing in the visitors book at

Festoon
the festival of
lost luggage and found music.

The two-week event opened this week with performances of experimental contemporary music, eating of crisps and dressing up.

Festoon mixes music - by many - and art - mostly by Kate - in one big room. The art is mostly made from stuff found by the roadside.

Festoon runs til 7 Sept at Stoke Newington Library Gallery, Edwards Lane, London N16.

See pics below. We’ll be posting some videos soon but there’s no real substiute for being there.

Batman at Festoon

Suitcase & sax

Faces at Festoon

The fabulous Festoon - festival of lost luggage and found songs - is getting sweaty under the belt.

It kicks of proper on Thursday 26 August with a private view (6pm) followed by musical surprises.

Then on Tuesday 31 August there’s a harp workshop, no less, with superstar harpist Oliver Wass. That’s at 6:30pm.

And as if that weren’t enough, check out Thursday 2 September

Comedian Andrew Bailey
Musician and robotmeister Keith Moore
Singer Ruth Theodore
Songster John Zonn
and Her Most Excellent The Good Fairy, accompanied by Diego Brown
will sing and things.

From about 6:30.

It’s free to get in.

Stoke Newington Library Gallery, Edwards Lane, London N16.

Festoon

Tags: live

Part of Diego Brown and the Good Fairy has been performing Frankenmiracles on old suitcases.

Now a migration of suitcases is making its undead way along the conveyor belt of time towards N16’s very own white cube - Stoke Newington Library’s gallery.

It’s an amazing space made even amazinger by the Good talents of La Brown.

Talk about multimedia.

Here lies music, suitcases, old shoes, plaster, nails, bottles - we could go on.

But really you just need to come along and see-hear for yourself.

There will be music of all sorts.

And it’s free to get in.

Young and old. Narrow-minded and broad. Come along.

It’s here

We’ve been looking into the future.
Peckscreen technology. Underwater web.

igaze

And we’ve seen that on 16 July 2010

Diego Brown and the Good Fairy

are performing about 7 songs, with
tunes, words, instruments, the whole shebang.

At the Camden Rock

We’ll be followed by In Maths - sunshine music with some dark bits.

18 Kentish Town Road
London NW1 8NL

Camden Town

Tel: 020 7284 2131

It’s a Club Fabulous night.

Tune in.

Fabulous.

Word of the month is Vuvuzela.

According to the newspapers Fifa is considering banning them because they’re too noisy. Like you go to a football match for a snooze. (Though come to think of it the group stages - with the worrying exception of Germany - have been a bit like watching paint watching paint dry.)

But still seems harsh to ban the entire 70,000 strong tribute band to Diego Brown and the Good Fairy, don’t you think? Especially as the poor dears haven’t even learnt the tune to “Look Basil! There Goes the Titanic”.

We say come on Fifa, play fair. Give our fans break. If they can’t practice over the summer how will they be ready to join us for our Autumn tour?

One bit of Diego Brown and the Good Fairy modelling an early version of the thing Fifa fears

Anyway, let’s assume you’re not actually in South Africa for a moment, presumably you still want a chance to blow you vuvuzela or something like it - eg a kazoo.

So get yourself along to the Islington Ecology Centre on Saturday 9 June at about 8pm for a run-through.

Islington Ecology Centre
Gillespie Park Nature Reserve

191 Drayton Park
London N5 1PH

15 May - Frank L Baum’s birthday.

Yes, the chap who wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.

The man was fond of Zs.

Some of us will have recently elected a prime minister, or not. A man who will teach us courage, give us brains, a heart and tell us how to get home.

And we’re playing the Zenith Bar, London.

In red shiny shoes and tin leggings.

Come and get rusty with us.

The Zenith Bar
125 Packington Street
Islington
N1 7EA

Angel

Tel: 020 7485 4019

Doors: 8.00 pm

Price: FREE

Tags: folk, live

Two gigs for Titanic week.

First port of call: 12 April, Old Queen’s Head, London N1

Second stop: 15 April, West End Centre, Queen’s Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3JD

Watch it:

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6360029

They said she would never float. Then they said she would never sink. What were they talking about?

And what did sink her, it, him?

Was it the sun's fault?

Come and propose your own bonkers theory at
Diego Brown and the Good Fairy’s
Titanic Evening at The Old Queen’s Head,
Essex Road, London N1.

Monday 12 April 2010.

Dress code: Sailor or sceptic.

Dead or Alive presents:

THE OLD QUEEN’S HEAD,
44 Essex Road, Islington, London, N1 8LN
(off Upper Street)
tube - Angel; rail - Essex Rd

Performance times:

DIEGO BROWN & THE GOOD FAIRY: 10.25 - 10.55pm.
ANTO DUST: 9.45 - 10.15pm. THE YUYA: 9.05 - 9.35pm.
JOSEPH COWARD: 8.25 - 8.55pm. MENTAC: 7.45 - 8.15pm

Doors: 7.30pm. £3 with flyer or concessions. £4 without.

Tags: folk music, live, London, Titanic

We can tell you a thing or two. Well, not really. We’re not folk. Well, we are sort of. But not in the way you’re thinking. Oh, just come and decide for yourself. We’re playing some of our songs live at The Haverstock Arms on Saturday 27 February 2010. At 10ish. £6 to get in. Where’s that then? The Haverstock Arms is a cute little pub at 154 Haverstock Hill NW3 2AY Turn left outside Belsize Park tube. Buses: C11 & 168 There are more bands on before us, so if you want to hear lots of music get there early. If you want to save yourselves for us, we’re on about 10pm.

Tags: folk music, live, London