Hurray for the Riff Raff at The Trinity Centre
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A gig held at The Trinity Centre on Thursday 16th May. The event starts at 20:00.


Tickets: https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/hurray-for-the-riff-raff/

Alynda Segarra is 36, or a little less than halfway through the average American lifespan. In that comparatively brief time, though, the Hurray for the Riff Raff founder has been something of a modern Huck Finn, an itinerant traveler whose adventures prompt art that reminds us there are always other ways to live.

Born in the Bronx and of Puerto Rican heritage, Segarra was radicalized before they were a teenager, baptized in the anti-war movement and galvanized in New York’s punk haunts and queer spaces. They eventually found home—spiritual, emotional, physical—in New Orleans, realising that music was not only a way to share what they’d learned and seen but to learn and see more.

Hurray for the Riff Raff steadily rose from house shows to a major label, where Segarra became a pan-everything fixture of the modern folk movement. But that yoke became a burden, prompting Segarra to make the probing and poignant electronic opus, 2022’s Life on Earth, their Nonesuch debut.

Presented by Bristol Beacon
Unreserved standing event
Age: 14+ (Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)

Doors: 19:00
Start: 20:00

All timings are approximate and subject to change

Entry requirements: no age restrictions

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