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busy busy busy
Things are a bit quiet at Wupadupa HQ whilst we all go off for the summer to play at festivals, gigs, peoples houses or just out playing in the sun.
We'll be back in the autumn with some new goodies on the site, more house gigs and Wupadupa gigs in Stroud.
Yay!
Hope you all have an amazing summer!
x
wupadupa house gig, sat 27th feb
our first house gig ended up being very successful with much fun had by all, so we're doing another one with the following artists playing: Dan Addison, Amrit Sond and Pinknruby
There will also be homemade cake and/or cookies. Yay!
It's on Saturday 27th February, starting at 8pm and is in the Kingston Upon Thames area.
The gig is free, but you are invited to make a small donation (suggested amount £5) with all the money going to the artists.
Each act will be playing for about 30/40mins with a short break between each act for us all to mingle and socialise.
Same deal as last time... As space is limited we are unable to give out the location of the gig to everyone, so if you would like to come along:
1. send us an email to wupadupa@googlemail.com saying you would like to go to the gig along with your name, email and your general location e.g. London, Scotland, South West etc.
2. If there is still space on the magical audience list then we will add your name to said magical audience list and notify you that your name has been added to the magical audience list, along with the address of the gig.
That's it! When you get to the gig location your name will be cross referenced against the magical audience list. PLEASE do not advertise or tell others the address as we only have a limited amount of space so any extra people turning up not on the list will simply be turned away.
wupadupa house gig!
We're very excited about our next gig. It's our first official house gig. Here are the details...
It's a gig, it's in a house, it's mainly unplugged and will have a very special intimate atmosphere allowing you to see some very special acts in a very special setting.
There will be cake, it will be free and homemade, and you'll be able to eat it in a house. Yay!
Acts playing on the night are sugardrum, Woodpecker Wooliams and Weston Green.
Oh, and it's on Friday 11th December, starting at 8pm and is in the Kingston area.
The gig is free, but you are invited to make a small donation (suggested amount £5) with all the money going to the artists, unlike many gigs where the promoter takes most of the money even if they don't turn up to the gig themselves!
Each act will be playing for about 30/40mins with a short break between each act for us all to mingle and socialise.
As space is limited we are unable to give out the location of the gig to everyone, so if you would like to come along:
1. contact us, saying you would like to go to the gig along with your name, email and your general location e.g. London, Scotland, South West etc.
2. If there is still space on the magical audience list then we will add your name to said magical audience list and notify you that your name has been added to the magical audience list, along with the address of the gig.
That's it! When you get to the gig location your name will be cross referenced against the magical audience list. PLEASE do not advertise or tell others the address as we only have a limited amount of space so any extra people turning up not on the list will simply be turned away.
We hope to be doing lots of gigs of this nature in the future. In fact, if you or anyone you know have a suitable room in a house that you would like to have a gig in then let us know!
xxx
wupadupa fun at Kingston Amensty Festival!
ye olde) semble steve, beth and matt are combining forces with (ye currente) sugardrum nigel, sarah and danielle for this year's amnesty festival on sunday 25th october at the grey horse, richmond rd, kingston.
we'll be conjoining and playing specially arranged arrangements of each other's songs in a multichoralinstrumentycake-off all for charity!
Also on the bill are two of the three best live acts i saw last year (couldn't get Neil Young unfortunately)
the straw bear band (headline) - wouldn't be too incongruous at some sort of pagan ritual or the type of music an old tree might listen to (?)
myspace.com/thestrawbearband
Kristin McClement - beautifully understated cold warm lulling to sleepy awakefulness sonic medicine kind of voice
myspace.com/kristinmcclement
Homemade cake, projections, cushions and candles.
£5
doors at 7pm music 7:30pm
all proceeds to Amnesty International.
hope thou canst make it!
xxx
wupadupa gig, Thursday 24th Sep 2009
Hi Folks,
the next wupadupa gig is almost upon us...
Tis Thursday 24th Sep, in the evening at around 8pm. Free entry, free cake, suggested donation of £5 with all profits going to the artists.
You'll find us all tucked away in the snugness of the Ram Jam Club behind the Grey Horse Pub in Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, listening to the beautiful music and poetry of Carrie Tree, Jono McCleery and Paradox, as we feast on the free cake provided. Whilst there we will also leave a monetary donation in the magic hat, filling us with a warm fluffy feeling inside with the knowledge that our coins and notes will go straight to the artists that played for us so beautifully, so they can afford to do more lovely evenings such as this.
Join us!
xxx
wupadupa night, 2nd July 2009
Hey cake eating music lovers!
It's nearly wupadupa night again...
Our cake tasting trio of fab musicians this month are:
Freddie Keen
Finger Pickin joyness, folky brilliance.
www.myspace.com/freddiekeen
Nathan Ball
http://www.myspace.com/nathanballacoustic
Little Sister Blue
Beautiful female vocals, a guitar, possibly a Ukulele, some percussion and groovy songs.
www.myspace.com/littlesisterblue
Storm
Some Kora geniuses to end the evening with.. lovely.
When is this musical evening of special cakey delights? I hear you cry!
Thursday 2nd July, in the Ram Jam, doors at 8pm, evening starts at 8.30/45pm
and.. we're doing the same deal as the last 2 gigs where the gig is free, and we ask you to make a donation if you like what you see/hear and can afford it. Our suggested amount is a fiver and all profits made go towards paying the artists and fueling everyone there in homemade cakey goodness.
We're on Facebook, and gigging again!
Hey cake eating music lovers!
wupadupa night returns!
This time at the Ram Jam club behind the Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston Upon Thames.
There's the usual amazing music, new acts every month, free cake and as an experiment we're knocking down the door price to free! FREE!
All we ask is that you make a donation sometime during the evening (if you can afford it) into our special hat for special things and that way we can pay the artists a fee and afford to put on more special lovely gigs with free cake and lovely music. Our cake tasting trio of fab musicians this month are:
Davey Stenhouse
(of the Big Hairy Band and The Hat) One man, big hair, big smile, big talent.
www.myspace.com/thebighairyband
Woodpecker Wooliams
"an enchanting ethereal folk act featuring clarinets, harmonium, whistles, omnichord, bells, recorders, woodblocks, celtic harp... She recently performed a stunning live session on BBC Radio Devon. Woodpecker Wooliams is signed to Autumn Ferment Records, a label ‘dedicated to foraging the musical hedgerows for unique and captivating music’... marvellous. "
www.myspace.com/woodpeckerwooliams
sugardrum
A boy covered in sugar and drums filled with beautiful musicy goodness.
www.myspace.com/sugardrum
When is this musical evening of special cakey delights? I hear you cry!
Thursday 30th April, in the Ram Jam, doors at 8pm
Click on the thumbnail to download flyer.
Yay! x
We've also just joined Facebook, do a search for wupadupa and you'll find us on there. Become a friend and throw donuts at our wall or whatever it is you crazy kids do for kicks these days :)
link : gigs.php
New Pinknruby Album - Queen Kale
Pinknruby are proud to present their new album Queen Kale (named in honour of the wondrous brassica of the same name). It's another journey into ethereal pinknrubiness and you can get a copy at the Wupadupa shop. You can also hear extracts from the album at the link below.xx mihaela and paul
link : http://www.pinknruby.com/cdsqk.htm
2008 kingston amnesty freedom festival
The website for this years Kingston Amnesty Freedom Festival is up and running, crammed full of juicy gig size nuggets of information about the 3 day gig thing going on at the Grey Horse in Richmond Road, Kingston.
The dates to put in your diary are the evenings of Fri 26th - Sun 28th September.
There'll be cake, there'll be music, there'll be comedy, some more music, some poetry, more music and then more cake. All to raise funds for Amnesty International. Yay!
x
link : http://www.amnestyfreedomfestival.org/
Martha Tilston gig at the Rose Theatre
There's a very special Martha Tilston gig going on at the Rose Theatre in Kingston Upon Thames this coming Sunday, 31 August. It's to raise funds for the Kingston Green Fair.
Support is from acclaimed London born Irish Singer / Songwriter and Martha's Step Mother, Maggie Boyle.
Tickets available from http://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/