Dance First, Think Later – Acid Brass

A free Acid House Brass Band gig for Preston Featuring the Fairey Brass Band (with warm-up DJ Dave Haslam)

Friday 28 April 2017
7.00-9.00pm

Acid Brass visits Preston for a special one-off performance of
Acid House classics.

Acid Brass is the brainchild of Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller. It’s an imaginative and wonderful fusion of Acid House anthems with the sound of a traditional British Brass Band.

This joyous project is arriving in Preston at a free show on Market Square performed by the award-winning Fairey Brass Band who have won many accolades, the most recent a winning place at the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2016 and Qualification for the 2018 European Brass Band Championships as highest placed English representative.

Jeremy Deller imagined and devised the concept of acid house music played by a brass band in 1997 in a flow chart entitled ‘The History of the World’ (1997). Since then, the Fairey Band have taken the idea and the music to Paris, Berlin and throughout Britain (including Tate Modern).
http://www.jeremydeller.org/AcidBrass/AcidBrassMusic.php

Dave Haslam is a DJ, journalist, author who DJ-ed over four hundred and fifty times at the Hacienda, and has since played all over Europe and America. His gigs with bands include shows with the Stone Roses and New Order. He will be warming up for the Fairey Band and providing a short spoken-word intro.
http://www.davehaslam.com/

Where? Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library Balcony (view from Market Square)
What time? 7.00-9.00pm
Cost? Free
Do I need to book in advance? No, just come along with friends and family.

Dance First, Think Later

This exhibition is part of the Harris Museum’s Dance First, Think Later programme of contemporary art which has been supported by the following funders: