What: A street stall selling gin and jam, with orchestral accompaniment

When: Sunday 1st December, 2pm

Where: Hopetoun Road, St Werburghs, BS2 9YI

Tickets: Free, but do buy some stuff 🙂

Join us once again for the annual “nearly famous” gin and jam sale, in support of refugees and asylum seekers, on Hopetoun Road (opposite The Farm pub). This is part of / alongside St Werburghs City Farm Winter Fair.

What: Our annual Christmas concert

Where: St Stephen’s Church, St Stephen’s St, Bristol BS1 1EQ

When: Friday 20th December

Tickets: TBA

Join us for our annual Christmas concert, at the lovely St. Stephen’s church, just off Corn Street in the centre of town. We will be playing a selection of Christmas music plus some favourites from the year.

What: Part of Fair Saturday, a global movement to generate positive social impact

When: Saturday 30th September, 7.30 pm

Where: The Folk House, Park Street, Bristol

Tickets: £3 in advance / £4 door

The Fantasy Orchestra is joining forces with local wind orchestra Westerly Winds for an evening of music from cinema, musicals and theatre. This is part of the Fair Saturday, a celebration of artist and culture and promoting good in the world. Funds raised from this concert will help those who can’t otherwise afford it to attend courses at the Folk House.

For more information see the Folk House website

What: A performance of A Moon Shaped Pool in full!

When: Sunday 24th November

Where: St George’s

Tickets: £15 (£12 adv) – nearly sold out! Go to Headfirst or Bristol Ticket Shop or the < St George's website

The orchestra will be playing a lot of Radiohead, plus other songs, in this very exciting gig at the wonderful St George’s Hall.

The evening will consist of a musical journey from Duke Ellington to Radiohead, “Exotica, Electronica and the Retro Futuists”, featuring music by Les Baxter, Moondog, Stereolab and Tortoise amongst others, followed by a performance of Moon Shaped Pool in its entirety. Tickets are becoming very scarce so book now!

What: A Festival in Kent

When: Sunday 1st September, 2pm

Where:  Near Deal, Kent

Tickets: £117.50 (for the whole festival) – see here!

The orchestra will be playing at this festival in Kent, alongside Rozi Plain, Alabaster de Plume, Yama Warashi and many others.

More more information see the event Facebook Page

What: A party in Thornbury Sailing Club

When: Friday 23rd August

Where:  Thornbury Sailing Club

Tickets: Probably free!

This will be the culmination of a week-long camping even for the orchestra, so expect lots of happy musicians playing lots of happy music.

What: A festival!

When: Sunday 16th June

Where: Candlestone Campsite, Merthyr Mawr, Wales

Tickets: ?

The Fantasy Orchestra are playing at a fantastic music festival in south Wales, alongside artists including Richard Dawson, Snapped Ankles, Rozi Plain, Kathryn Joseph, Lisa O’neial, Pictish Trail, Yosi Horikawa, Juan Wauters, Sarah Neufeld, Ben Vince, Maria Somerville, Alabaster dePlume, Wave Pictures, Seamus Fogerty, Cosmo Sheldrake, Ishmael Essemble, Flamingods, Michael Chapman, Leaf Cutter John, Pete Wiggs DJ Set, Sam Lee, I see Rivers, Anna Muller, Haiti’s Noit, James yorkston, Beak, Audiobooks, Stealing sheep, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Will Burns x Hannah Peel, Trevor Moss + Hannah-Lou, Rachael Dadd, Ichi, Mary Waterson, Modern Nature, BC Camplight ,Else Hewitt, Gruff Rhys.

Hopefully the orchestra will be collaborating with a few of the above 🙂

What: The orchestra playing at Bristol’s refugee festival

When: 3.30 pm, Sunday June 23rd

Where: Queen’s Square, Bristol

Tickets: Free!

The Fantasy Orchestra will be furthering their support of the plight of refugees, at the flagship ‘Celebrating Sanctuary’ event, part of Bristol Refugee Festival. More details on the festival are available here, and the event here. This is a free event, so come down and see us play and stay for other events, including more live music, children’s events and various information stands from associated organisations.