Concrete and Glass - culture, innit
By: Chris Helsen
The idea of a music festival is a pretty fluid concept these days. You've got your big ones, your small ones, your boutique ones, your comedy ones, your ones with controversial hip-hop headliners and your venue-hopping urban extravaganzas to name but a few.
October's Concrete and Glass is the latest many-venued London adventure to be announced, but promises to bring something a bit different to the table. Centred on Rough Trade East on Brick Lane, the 2 day Shoreditch event aims to showcase not only the best current music, but also the best contemporary art.
No acts have yet been announced but Tom Baker from Eat Your Own Ears will be curating the music, with the help of these stage hosts and co-hosts:
John Kennedy (xfm)
Time Out
Steve Lamacq (6Music)
The Stool Pigeon
Young Turks
Drowned In Sound
Rough Trade Records
The art side of things sounds just as interesting, with Flora Fairbairn Projects curating over 20 artist, performance and film projects in disused warehouses and empty shop spaces, with the following collaborators confirmed:
Measure
Kinetica
Reconstruction
A Foundation
Artwise
Riceboy
Artprojx
Iain Forsyth
Jane Pollard
Gerry Fox
Late gallery openings, emerging artist competitions, internationally acclaimed bands and cutting edge talent are all promised for what is shaping up to be an interesting couple of days in Shoreditch. The following venues have so far been confirmed for the festival, and we think it sounds pretty damn great:
Hoxton Bar & Grill
Rough Trade East
93ft East
Cargo
The Griffin
Tea Building
Favella Chic
Catch
The Legion
The Strongroom
Café 1001
The Macbeth
Zigfrid
The Old Blue Last
Electricity Showrooms
Plastic People
Whitechapel Gallery
Can't you just feel the culture?
ncrete and Glass takes place on October 2nd and 3rd. More details at http://www.concreteandglass.co.uk
Artists in this article: Concrete and Glass