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DJ’s at Vibe Bar!
Vibe Bar
91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL
10.00pm – The Doctor and The Pencil (DJ)
9.00pm - Filthy Dukes (DJ)
8.00pm - Future Cop (DJ)
7.00pm – Brendan Long (DJ)
Running Schedules – 93 Feet East
So we will be posting the running schedules for each venue at various points today so keep your eyes peeled!
93 Feet East
150 Brick Lane, E1 6QL
10.00pm - Frank Turner
9.00pm – Sam Isaac
8.10pm – Dave House
7.25pm – Citadels
6.35pm – Bright Light Bright Light
5.50pm – Danny and The Champions of the World
5.05pm – John Lillis
TICKET INFO
Please Note:
Tickets will be available to purchase on the day at all venues and at Spitalfields market. You will be given a wristband which will allow you access to all 7 venues.
Current/advance ticket holders will exchange their ticket for a wristband at the wristband exchange point in Spitalfields market.
24 Hours to go – More Bands Announced!
With 24 hours to go to the BLT, several more great bands and artists are joining in with what promises to be an incredible afternoon and evening of the best music around the Summer…
Former Fleeing From Finales Sam Little’s new project Eat Sleep Attack will be performing catchy acoustic-pop songs at Spitalfields.
Flood of Red’s ‘must see visual performance’ will be on at The Macbeth, and ‘acousmatic’ trio, Tape the Radio, will be hitting the stage at Cargo followed later in the evening by the energetic This City with their irresistible package of indie, pop, hardcore and dance punk.
The much talked about Brixton popster Mpho (pronounced mmmm-poh) who has strolled onto the scene with radio hit Box N Locks will be supporting Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip at The Old Blue Last.
Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding & Dave Brown to debut their new DJ act ‘Doctor and the Pencil’
One of the latest additions to the line up is mysterious Mighty Boosh DJ project The Doctor and The Pencil. The blood-smeared doctor (Fielding) will ‘be released’ from The Sunnyvale Institution for the Criminally Insane along with his fellow lead-filled inmate (Brown), for their debut set at Macmillan’s Brick Lane Takeover.
Other artists recently joining them on the BLT line up include electro hip hop duo Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, synthpop Londoners Filthy Dukes (DJ set), Indie pop rock Scots The Xcerts, singer/songwriter Dave House, surf pop heroes The Good The Bad and punk’n'roll Watford rockers Blackhole.
You can also expect some alternative riff-heavy indie from 12 Dirty Bullets, gruff punk rock from Spy Catcher and alternative psychedelic folk from Magic & Fur. Providing the post punk jagged anthems will be The Dead Formats and there will also be some Irish tinged folk from John Lillis.
There are still loads more great acts to be announced so watch this space!
Macmillan launches music festival on Brick Lane
On Thursday 13 August 2009 Macmillan Cancer Support will be taking over Brick Lane and the surrounding area in London’s vibrant East End for our first ever large scale music event.
Some of the best music venues in the area have come together in support of Macmillan to provide a range of performance spaces for this credible addition to the London music scene. Venues include 93 ft East, Cargo, Café 1001, Vibe Bar, The Macbeth, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen and also outdoor space at Spitalfields Market.
Tickets purchased will be exchanged for wristbands on the day, giving you access to all the venues to see a great line up of well known and up and coming artists who will be performing from 12pm to 12am.