What: A festival in Falmouth
When: 9th April 2022
Where: Falmouth
Tickets: See here
The orchestra will be taking a trip to Falmouth to play in this exciting festival!
What: A festival in Falmouth
When: 9th April 2022
Where: Falmouth
Tickets: See here
The orchestra will be taking a trip to Falmouth to play in this exciting festival!
What: A return of our celebrated Bowie party!
When: Friday, 25 February 2022, 19:30 (Rescheduled!)
Where: St Michael’s on the Mount Without
Tickets: £10 adv (early bird) or £15 on the door
Age restriction is 14+
See also the Facebook event
What: The fantasy orchestra christmas concert
When: Friday 17th December, 19:30
Where: St Stephen’s Church
Tickets: (coming soon)
Details coming soon!
What: An evening of music by visionary composers Sun Ra and Moondog
When: Wednesday December 1st, 19:30
Where: Bristol Beacon
Tickets: (coming soon)
For more information see the the Facebook event.
What: Our first gig in ages!
When: Sunday 15 August 2021, 7pm
Where: St George’s Bristol
Tickets: £10, £12 on the door
For more information see the St George’s website
What: A tour around France with instruments on bikes
When: 7-16 August
Where: Various locations around Normandy
Tickets: –
This event is happening in a reduced form, but may not be accessible to the public.
The orchestra’s annual bike tour will this year take in the sights of Normandy/Brittany. There will be lots of small gigs along the way.
What: Radiohead’s Moon Shaped Pool in Paris!
When: Please note this is postponed until further notice (Was Saturday 18th April)
Where: La Marberie, Paris
Tickets: TBC
It’s the Paris orchestra’s turn to play Radiohead! Possibly featuring musicians from Bristol too.
What: Playing in a record shop
When: Monday 2nd March, 7.30pm
Where: Rough Trade, Nelson Street, Bristol
Tickets: Free / info here
In celebration of our recently released debut album, The Bear and Other Stories, the orchestra will be playing a short gig at Rough Trade, a record shop in Bristol. Entry is free but you are enthusiastically encouraged to buy the album while you’re there! See the Rough Trade website or the Facebook event for more information.
What: Gig for the FO album release, in London
When: Saturday 15th February, 8pm
Where: The Old Baths, Hackney, 80 Eastway, E95JH London
Tickets: £8 Early Bird / £10 Late Bird / £15 Door Birds
Following on from last year’s successful album launch at St George’s in Bristol, the orchestra will be playing at the Hackney Old Baths in London ahead of the album’s release.
The album ‘The Bear’ features an eclectic mix of music by diverse artists such as Sun Ra and Caetano Veloso, folk musician Richard Dawson, Brooklyn-based post punk duo Buke and Gase and electronic composer Disasterpeace, as well as local composers. Tickets are available from Fatsoma
Here is the music video for the album’s first single, Empty Boat:
From the Bristol album launch:
What: Gig for the FO album release, in Paris
When: Saturday 8th February, 7pm
Where: La Marbrerie, 21 rue Alexis Lepère, 93100 Montreuil, Ile-De-France, France
Tickets: 8.49€ Early Bird / £12.49€ Other birds
As well as the London launch, the Fantasy Orchestra’s first album, ‘The Bear’, is being launched near-simultaneously in Paris, by the Paris Fantasy Orchestra – in collaboration with guests from the Bristol orchestra.
Tickets for this special event are avilable here
Here is the music video for the album’s first single, Empty Boat:
From the Bristol album launch: