Schwetfest 12.0 at Strange Brew
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 20th June. The event starts at 19:00.


You are cordially invited to SCHWETFEST 12.0: A DIY SCI-FI FUTURIST MUSICK BALL!

Live sets Das Kinn, Zohastre, Foudre, Kou, Drainolith, GGED plus backroom aktion from So Low DJs for the creatures of the night! +++ EXTRA SPECIAL AMAZING SPECTRAL GUEST!

From Canada, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Scotland and across France and England come a cohort of Global Sonic Miscreants converging for One Night Only!

Attempting to address the approaching wave of l'appauvrissement culturel, we offer up 8 acts that defy, counter and negate the purveying, perverted trends of today.

All out-of-towners, EIGHT Bristol debuts!
Familiar faces in formations unforeseen. No "headliners" (ALL HEADLINERS!).
0% compromise utmost aural freakishness from the get-go 'til the curtain call.

Limited £12?! LO/NO WAGE TIX available via Headfirst only.
Please consider buying an Average Schmuck ticket at £15, or perhaps even paying more if you are able to and wish to support sonic miscreancy in your area.
More £ on the door.

NEW WAVE KARAOKE warm-up event on the Thurs 19th TBA with 1 live act.
Book the Friday off (call in sick) and get down early. Dinners served from 7.

This may be the only Schwet event of the year, act appropriately...

Rest assured, if yr into anything from;
Fragmented Future Shock Rock, Maximal Wave Synth Punk, Cryptic Post No-Wave Outsider Murk, High Voltage Tantric Hypno-Techno, Art Damaged DIY Lofi Folk, Tradcore Kraut Noise Witchery to Gothic Minimal Synthesis and Apocolyptic Body Musics...
YR IN SAFE HANDS!!!

Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio

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