Now in its third year, the Mathew Street Fringe event, which takes place in Liverpool, celebrates the city’s original musicians in the venues that support new music all year round.
From Saturday 28 to late on Monday 30 August, venues taking part in the Fringe will be buzzing with the sounds of the best up and coming Liverpool bands. From all day gigs at the Zanzibar and Heebie Jeebies on Seel Street, acoustic sessions at the world famous Parr Street Studio 2 to music and film with Urban Strawberry Lunch in St Luke’s bombed out church.
And if seeing the latest acts live isn’t enough, all the venues will be giving away a special limited edition Fringe CD containing 20 tracks by the city’s most talked about acts including The Delta Fiasco, Wave Machines, The Bo Weevils and Slopes.
Organisers are also setting creative festival-goers a cinematic challenge – 48 hours to script, shoot and edit a film capturing the spirit of the Fringe Festival and four other elements which will be revealed on Sunday 29 August. To scoop the £250 prize, interested filmmakers should meet at the café in FACT at 11am on the Sunday.
Anyone taking part in the 48-hour film challenge must return their completed films (in DVD format) to FACT by 11am on Tuesday 31 August.
Judges from FACT, North West Vision and Media, Canvas and Mathew Street Fringe will judge each entry and the winner will be announced on Saturday 5 September and all the films will be shown in the Box from midday.
For more information, please email 48hour@creativeuniverse.co.uk or go to www.mathewstreetfringe.com.
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The Fringe festival is funded by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)
