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If you've been trying to avoid the ubiquitous oversized summer festival this year then look to Tapestry's Wild West Weekender for a weekend with a difference. |
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The spoofy, cultish Bat Boy The Musical opens tonight at Shaftesbury 7:45pm. 210 Shaftesbury Av WC2. £5-28. 0870 154 40 40 or online. |
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| Gypsies - more than usual - take over Trafalgar Sq for Romafest. 5-7:30pm. Free. | ||||
The brainchild of Barry Stilwell, promoter of the cult club night Tapestry (the monthly rock night in a Euston crypt), the festival is held at a Wild West theme park called the 'Spirit of the West' and celebrates alternative country bands (don't worry, there will be no Billy Ray's) and other up and coming acts. Sounds like your average festival so far, but with a site that consists of two towns: the sleepy law abiding Fort Smith and the rockin’ lawless Silver City, both complete with jailhouses, undertakers, stables, courthouses and saloons, this is definitely a different kind of festival. |
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Pure genius: San Francisco's noise-popsters Deerhoof are at ICA. 7:30pm. The Mall, SW1. £8. 020 7930 3647. |
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| The rock gods of Motor City, The Dirtbombs play a gig at Garage tonight. 7pm. 20-22 Highbury Corner, N5. £8.50. 0870 154 40 40 or online. | ||||
The confirmed line-up so far is brilliant and there will be a Saturday trip to Constantine Bay to see the best sunset in Britain and a shoot-out with Sheriff JB and his posse on Sunday. So grab your guns and get a-ridin’ down to Cornwall... Spirit
of the West - August 20-22, 2004 |
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Always a good bet for a mid week tipple & tune:Balearica at The Social. 7-11pm. 5 Little Portland St, W1. Free. |
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X-dressers & Shakespeare at Albery: Twelfth Night has opened previews. 7:30pm. 85-88 St Martin's Lane WC2. 0870 060 6621 or online. |
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Images 28: The Very Best of British Illustration opens at Mall Galleries. 10am-5pm. The Mall, SW1. £2.50. |
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