PREVIOUS EVENTS

2008

March 21st
The Geordie Approach
Swift are the Winds of Life
Sunshine Panic
J.Fox and L.Calow
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Feb 10th
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MV & EE with The Golden Road
The Doozer
Feb 15th - details
Theo Travis
Mahood
Raagnagrok
Martin Archer
JAN 18th
The Tajalli Vortex
Mick Beck & Phil Marks Duo
Jesus is Angry & GEN26
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2007

Freaction Festival 21 Dec 07
2 - 12pm
Sonny Simmons Trio
Z'EV
Aufgehoben
...coverage!

Nov 23rd
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
+ Steffen Basho Junghans
+ Beachfuzz
£6 / 5 (NUS)
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Nov 15th
DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) with Mick Beck’s amazing 15 head improv tribe GATED COMMUNITY, Freenoise "house-band" THE TAJALLI VORTEX and Sheffield’s brilliant avant-indie CHAMPION KICKBOXER (Thee SPC / Wrath). Early booking advised WEGOTTICKETS.COM
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Oct 18th
Pat Thomas Quartet w/ Mick Beck, John Jasnoch and Rob Dainton. Pianist since age 8rs, Thomas has played with Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Phil Minton and many more. His conspirators for this occasion are all renowned and accomplished musicians in their own right.+ Raagnagrok (London electronic mystical raga rock team) + Glynn Heppenstall (The Anti Group / The Tajalli Vortex solo debut) + DJ Kosmische! £5 / 4

Sep 20th
Paul Hession & Hans Peter-Hiby
"His torrential polyrhythmic style and his ability to raise the stakes in formidable company establish him as a prime mover in the attempt to inject excitement and power back into total improvisation" - The Guinness Encyclopeadia of Popular Music.
Army of Briars - Folk prog in the classic British tradition. Martin Archer, Julie Cole, Time Cole, Keith Jafrate. listen
ParaMusic Ensemble
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Aug 16th
Astral Social Club
Newly signed to Important Records, Neil Campbell's compelling psychedelic white-out returns with John Clyde Evans. Support from
Sub-Merged + Martin Archer & Elizabeth Wheelbarrow.
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July 19th
Graham Clark (Gong / Jah Wobble violinist) with Black Galaxy + The Tajalli Vortex feat. Martin Archer
"Listen to Clark wind polyrhythms around the beat with bursts I would describe as Ornetteish except for the fact that this man can really play violin" - All About Jazz
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June 21
Tatsuya Nakatani & Neil Davidson
Fantastic Japanese percussionist and pioneering free guitarist plus Martin Archer & Jez Riley French + Collins/Drury/Beck.
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April 26
Damo Suzuki / Gated Community / The Tajalli Vortex. pics / video

EARLIER EVENTS
( 2006 / 2005)

FREENOISE
2008 - Gigs now usually every third Friday

			Whitehouse poster gone?
	FIRST FREENOISE 19.1.06 Wire magazine write up by Martin Lilleker here

The Abbeydale,
Abbeydale Rd (A621), Sheffield, S7 1FS. UK
All events usually under £5. 8pm (8.30 start) and late bar til 12.
Visuals / DJs / Secure parking / Good vibes...
Non-profit & grass roots - all your money to musicians and charity owned venue (Friends of Abbeydale Cinema).
Tel: 07754 910156

Abbeydale Picture House website

Nationally the Abbeydale Picture House is one of the few cinemas of its age still standing today.
Friends of Abbeydale Picture House are a charitable organisation raising money to restore and re-instate the picture house to it former glory, as a multifunction venue for the whole community. With your patronage the dream can become a reality.
Abbeydale Picture House (later Abbeydale Cinema) was opened by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield on 20 December 1920 the picture house was the largest and most luxurious cinema in Sheffield. The first film shown was The Call of the Road (IMDB entry). The cinema had seating for 1,560 people and also included a ballroom and a billiard hall (the latter is still in operation). The cinema closed on 5 July 1975 and was used as an office furniture showroom until 1991. In 1989 the building was given a Grade II listing by English Heritage. In 2003 the Friends of Abbeydale Picture House—boasting patrons including Michael Palin, Peter Stringfellow and the John Lewis Partnership—was formed to "restore and manage the 'Picture Palace' as a community centre for the performing arts and visual media." They officially became the owners of the building on 21 December 2005. is a landmark on the southern approach into the City of Sheffield. For over 80 years this magnificent 1920's 'Picture Palace' entertained generations of cinema and theatre audiences, with silent movies, cine-variety shows and wide-screen spectaculars and more recently many nights of dancing and enjoyment for the population of Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Nationally the Abbeydale Picture House is one of the few cinemas of its age still standing today.

Friends of Abbeydale Picture House are a charitable organisation raising money to restore and re-instate the picture house to it former glory, as a multifunction venue for the whole community. With your patronage the dream can become a reality.

Info poster here
Hi-res version here