Join us at the second Punk Edition in our series of Free Community Music Festivals!
Presenting 5 awesome bands across 2 stages, this mini festival will run from 5:45pm - 10:15pm and is open to all ages (with under 16s to be accompanied by an adult).
On the bill: Heavy Lungs, PEACH, Bureau De Change, Kill Mirror Image & Paper Crowns
We’ll have a fully stocked bar with amazing local beers and ciders from Bath Ales, Korev Lager & Rolling Hills Brewery.
THE LINE-UP
Heavy Lungs
Heavy Lungs bring raw, loud and uncompromising energy to their shows taking influence from the rowdy and liberating gigs of the 80s and 90s. Rising brutally fast from the get-go, they have shared stages with comrades IDLES, The Oh Sees, METZ, JOHN and more. The band are now touring their explosive, furiously fun and unique brand of punk extensively across the UK and Europe.
Fresh off the back of their 2023 critically acclaimed debut album 'All Gas No Brakes' released with Alcopop! records, they have gone on to receive significant attention from the likes of Steve Lamacq and Iggy Pop.
Heavy Lungs is a rock'n'roll sandwich you didn't know you needed, but now it's in your lunchbox every day. Tinnitus or a relentless earworm for days to come, a Heavy Lungs show is one to remember.
'A real Whammerbanger!' - IGGY POP
'Biting powerful punk that seeing frontman Danny nedelko snarling' - DIY
'Chaotic brilliance, made up of tempestuous distortion and hellish wails' - Stereoboard
'Their music taps the same vital energy as the pioneering post-punk of Joy Division, rambunctious squall of Iceage, and uncompromising attitude of IDLES' – Bristol In Stereo
'Imagine going toe to toe with Minor Threat and early Black Flag, this is raw, uncompromising punk rock.' - HMV
PEACH
Dread and shout, from Bristol. Taking influence from early Desert Rock, Punk & Grunge ideologies.
Bureau De Change
Bureau De Change, the rambunctious and loud local crime syndicate that no one asked for.
Flora, Will, Connor, and Louis have been playing all over the UK and Europe with other industry darling projects and have come together to create a sound that truly stands out amongst the ever-growing and developing UK post-punk scene.
The band's recognizable writing style full of sardonic humour and decisive political messaging is carried by their strong feminist undertones, using striking imagery to draw idiosyncratic parallels to the world around them and the romanticized version of femininity. This is juxtaposed by the disjointed musical prowess (or lack of) to create a definitive sense of dissonance. The group has worked together to create a melodic and striking wall of sound that fills your entire body, a band that's strength come through in their love of performance both live and recorded.
Kill Mirror Image
Fast & Loose Post-Punk-Jank Trio, all fighting for the role of frontman. Formed in 2020, the band sing and shout about the disparity and reality of living in a post-modern world and frantically aim to keep distance from others, like a musical kind of agoraphobia. Kill Mirror Image are releasing an album at the end of the year, their first as a Trio.
Paper Crowns
Paper Crowns returns - a welcome assault of heart racing feedback, trance inducing loops and primal unhinged grooves, now with six members and a raging attitude. Bringing a dynamic sound and lyrics that sway between angst and romantic poeticism, Paper Crowns take performance to a new level; and display their genre influences clearly, from jazz to post-punk.
Funded with support from Bath Spa University.
General Information:
This is a free event but we ask that you book tickets so we can best manage the evening for you, and to guarantee entry before 8:30pm.
This event will have a British Sign Language interpreter on stage for all three Main Stage performances.
Standing // Doors: 5:45pm // All ages welcome (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
