The Fantasy Orchestra

Sweaty greetings, y'all! Richard has confirmed our bookings for the Summer Term; Mondays @ Desperate Men, Mivart Street, Easton July: 2nd, 16th & 30th. September: 10th & 24th. (usual times of 7 - 9.30pm) And Anthony has the following dates booked: Tuesdays @ Phoenix Social Enterprise, 5 Russell Town...

Hi all, We are apparently playing the Amphitheatre Stage at 1-2pm on Sunday 22nd July. Setlist to follow. Please bear in mind how limited parking will be and it's unlikely we'll be allowed to drive kit that close to the stage. I'll be around with my bike trailer and am happy to shuttle drums/percuss...

Hi everyone, In case you haven't heard, we can't rehearse at Kuumba tonight (or for the foreseeable future) so we're booked in to the Malcolm X Centre, BS2 8YH at the usual times. We're not in the main building but the smaller one that faces it. If I'm not around when you arrive, Amirah will be ther...

Greetings everyone! Richard has confirmed our bookings for the Spring Term; Mondays @ Desperate Men, Mivart Street, Easton April: 9th (HT3/2) & 23rd (HT4/3) May: 7th (HT6/3) & 21st (HT2/4) June: 4th (HT4/4) & 18th (HT6/4). (usual times of 7 - 9.30pm) I've texted Nwayi about the Kuumba dates but no r...

Hi all, Next year's Jan-March rehearsals are all booked. The brackets refer to "Half-Term" and "Session" designations - one "half-term" rehearsal payment entitles you to six "sessions". @ Kuumba Centre, Hepburn Street, St Pauls January: 9th (HT1/1) & 23rd (HT1/3) February: 6th (HT1/5) & 20th (HT2/1...

UPDATE!!

Jesse posted on Facebook to say that, due to the lack of public interest, this gig's been cancelled!

Please forward the news on to all and sundry......

Yes, the 25th Sept will be at Mivart, as usual!

Are we minibus-ing down again?

I'm happy to drive, if so.

Ole

Hi all! Continuing with the usual rehearsal format - alternate Mondays @ Desperate Men, Mivart St, Easton and Tuesdays @ Kuumba, Stokes Croft. The Desperate Men rehearsals will be: October 23rd November 6th & 20th December 4th & 18th Kuumba will be: October 3rd, 17th & 31st November 14th & 28th Dece...

Rehearsal Update! I've cancelled the August 28th booking for Mivart Street. We WILL rehearse at Mivart Street on Monday July 17th for the Leonard Cohen gig, on Monday 31st July (Valley Fest attendees only) and again on Mon 14th August (only Green Man Festival attendees). The next Kuumba rehearsal w...

Greetings all!
Is anyone planning on driving to and from the Frome gig on Saturday 8th (coming back that night)?
If so, would you have room for a not-so-small one?
Road snacks and "witty" conversation a speciality......
Cheers! xx

Bristol Fantasy Orchestra AGM - 16th June 2017 Welcome to the group from Jesse and presentation of awards. Review of the Year since our last AGM; Discussion of our favourite gigs and suggestions for moving forward - “It would be nice to do the Wardrobe Gig (04.06.17) ensemble tunes with the whole or...

The usual format, Monday evenings @ Desperate Men Studios, Mivart Street, Easton, from 7.15 to 9.30pm:

July: 3rd, 17th, 31st.
August: 14th, 28th
September: 11th, 25th.

ADDITIONAL REHEARSALS!!!
For the Wardrobe Theatre gig on June 4th.

Saturday May 20th - 12-3pm

Saturday 3rd June - 12-3pm

Both @ Kuumba.

Excellent!

Murgh har harrrr!

Hi Jesse!

Do you know what time this gig is?
It's the same day as the Bristol World Naked Bike Ride and, ideally, I'd like to do both!

Cheers, Ole

Greetings all - here's the schedule for our Spring term rehearsals..... Desperate Men Studios, Mivart Street, Easton, Mondays from 7.15 to 9.30pm: April 24th. May 8th and 22nd. June 5th and 19th. Kuumba, off Stokes Croft, Tuesdays from 7.15 to 9.30pm: April 18th. May 2nd, 16th and 30th. June 13th an...

Hi Jesse and all, Happy new year! Regarding the Acoustic Electronica set/recording/festival gig opportunities, it's worth looking at other groups who are doing similar things at the moment; The Heritage Orchestra have recently toured with Goldie doing Timeless (which was brilliant) and Hacienda Clas...

Yes!

See the new thread....

Greetings all! For our Desperate Men Studio rehearsals, we've kept the same every-other-Monday format; January 16th and 30th, February 13th and 27th, March 13th and 27th. These are all confirmed and can go in the diary. I haven't booked the Kuumba dates yet, but will be asking for these Tuesdays; Ja...

Anyone coming on the FunBus -

To leave enough time to get there, we'd better leave Bristol before 2pm.

If I start picking people up from 12.30 and aim to be on the motorway by 1.30 at the latest.

Sound reasonable?

Ole

Greetings all! This season's rehearsals start the Monday evening after we return from the bike tour - Mon 5th August @ Desperate Men Studios, Mivart Street, Easton - 7.30-9.30. They then follow the tried-and-true format up til December 12th; Desperate Men Rehearsals (all Mondays): September: 5th & 1...

So we still need to sort gigs for Wednes 31st and camping for Tues, Wednes, Thurs and Friday?

I'll chat to my godmother and aunt who are both in the area.

Cool!

In the diary.

Ole