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6 Music Festival Fringe

Everything you need to know about the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music Festival Fringe

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music Festival Fringe is a separately ticketed free event running during the daytime on both days of the Festival, next door at the Victoria Warehouse hotel.

Tickets for both the Fringe and the main festival are now all gone.

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music Festival Fringe will run in two sessions each day between 12-3.20pm and 3.40-7pm.Ìý

There will be several rooms to discover, named in honour of some of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music’s favourite bands.

Listen to 6 Music from 1pm on Friday and Saturday as we broadcast live from the heart of the Fringe - and you can watch all the action on the 6 Music website too!

TALKING HEADS

A spoken word stage featuring interviews, poetry, readings and some intimate performances:

FRIDAY Ìý

Session 1:Ìý

  • in conversation with John Robb
  • in conversation with Lauren Laverne
  • in conversation with Shaun Keaveny

Session 2:

  • in conversation with Mary Anne Hobbs
  • - acoustic set
  • in conversation with Rob Hughes
  • (live broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4)

SATURDAY

Session 1:Ìý

  • in conversation with Gideon Coe
  • : Scary Fairy
  • in conversation with Mary Anne Hobbs

Session 2:Ìý

  • – acoustic set
  • in conversation with Shaun Keaveny
  • in conversation with Steve Lamacq
  • in conversation with Don Letts

Ìý

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD

A photographic exhibition by Jason Joyce, who documented some of 6 Music’s most important moments from the last year.

Plus, .Ìý

There is also a stage featuring performances by:

FRIDAY

Session 1:Ìý

  • Radiophonic Workshop
  • Live band karaoke

Session 2:

  • Radiophonic Workshop
  • Live band karaoke

SATURDAY

Session 1:

  • The Part Time Heliocentric Cosmo Drama After School Club: A Sun Ra Tribute
  • Live band karaoke

Session 2:

  • The Part Time Heliocentric Cosmo Drama After School Club: A Sun Ra Tribute
  • Live band karaoke

CORNERSHOP RECORD FAIR

A record fair featuring stalls from independent record stores from across the UK:

  • Action Records (Preston, Lancs)
  • Beatnik Record Shop (Altringham, Manchester)
  • Pie & Vinyl (Southsea, Hampshire)
  • Piccadilly Records (Manchester)
  • Pop Recs Ltd (Sunderland)
  • Rough Trade (London)
  • The Music Exchange (Nottingham)

FIGHTING TALK

On Saturday morning, England cricket legend Freddie Flintoff hosts a live panel of guests from the world of sport, music and comedy for a special edition of