BASS Music Festival
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Punch Records
BASS Music Festival
1st June - 1st July 2006
Venue: Various venues across the City. Please check the BASS website for full venue details
www.bassfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0121 224 7444
Short for Birmingham Art and Street Sounds, BASS covers around 30 events across the whole of June and in a variety of venues across the city. This is about truly representing the creativity of the Black music scene in Birmingham. One-off seminars exploring the role of Black British Music in the education system will support the professional development of young people by giving them a solid platform to explore new and provocative work.
Mastrerclasses supported by Urban Fusion:
Production Masterclass Charlie Dark with DJ Moyma
June 5th 6pm – 8pm at Ikon Gallery
The Seminar exploring the role of British Black Music within the Music Education Syllabus has been postponed until later in the year. New dates will be announced in due course.
MC Masterclass Ty & Professor Green
June 27th 6pm – 8pm at CBSO Centre , Gas Street.
DJ Masterclass Tigerstyle & Woody
June 30th 1pm – 3pm at Symphony Hall, Centenary Square.
All above Masterclasses are free. Please contact Punch to register.
The festival comprises a range of arts activity including events in genres as diverse as gospel, grime, hip-hop and disco, a new photography exhibition charting Birmingham’s hip-hop history, seminars and masterclasses, the Birmingham leg of the V&A’s Black British Style exhibition and a new commission showcasing the region’s finest grime MCs. For a comprehensive list of events and venue details, check www.punch-records.co.uk
We’ve managed to put together a fantastic array of artists for this project including Mark de Clive Lowe, Charlie Dark, Tigerstyle, Snowboy, Shortman, Ras Kwame, Tor, Toni Kofi, Ty, DJ Woody, Fumin and many more.
