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In Arms Reach Festival uniting the kids in August
DiSvsMatt by Mat Hocking July 29th, 2004
London-based radical arts collective In Arms Reach have announced a nine-day festival of sorts taking place between 6th - 14th August. Following on from a series of one-off shows at their impressive South London squat, that has seen the likes of Hey Colossus, Cat On Form, Trencher and DiS faves The Birds of Paradise grace the stage, the festival will encompass live music, film, workshops, discussions, free vegan food and fair amount of partying!

It all takes place in a certain squatted central london building (zone 1) details of which are available from the collective themselves: info@inarmsreach.org.uk | 0790 999 1778! Punk f**king Rock indeed!

So then, pay attention now:

GIGS!

06th - Five Knuckle, Freaks Union, Twofold, Fireapple Red, Kill The Lights and Navajo Code (doors 6pm, end 11pm, £4)
07th - Candy Sniper, Silent Front, The Dakinis, Among The Missing +2 more tbc
(doors 6pm, end 11pm, £3) 08th - Jets Vs Sharks, Chillerton, Hey Colossus, When All Else Fails, Fucking Big Monster, +2 more tbc (doors 6pm, end 11pm, £3)

COOL STUFF!

[workshops start 12pm, Food 6pm, Film start 7pm]
[all workshops / films FREE / DONATION]

Mon 09th - Zine Making Day [everyone who comes helps make one big zine or a collection of individual zines to hand out in the evening] + Radical Mainstream Film - e.g La Haine, Elephant etc
10th - Screen Printing [make your own patches / shirts etc] + Punk Documentries [Afro Punk, Screams From The Underground etc]
11th - Punk Pizza [bring food to share ^^] + Zombie Horror Movies
12th - Grafitti / stencilling workshops + Skateboarding documentries [Stoked - the rise and fall of gator, Dogtown, Thrashin' etc...]
13th - Info For Action [living for free, squatting, radical cheerleading etc] Protest Documentries [Weather Underground, J18, Reclaim The Streets, Guerillavision, WWIV etc]

PARTY!

14th - Everyone's a DJ! Bring your two favourite tracks on CDr or tape, and during the evening everyone's songs will get played. ACE!
Price tbc. 8pm - 2am

PLUS - a DAILY VEGAN CAFE and attendees are invited to bring their own alcohol! EVEN MORE ACE!



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