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'One of the best festivals I've been to...a real sense of discovery and urgency
and fun, all put together in an attractively haphazard way'
FRANCES MAY MORGAN (editor) PLAN B (Venn 07)
'Very different to the raft of samey indie festivals that now infest the
UK...this is probably their most stylistically broad programme yet'
FLUX (Venn 07)
'One of the most vital (festivals) on the UK circuit'
ROCK-A-ROLLA (Venn 07)
'Everything is happening everywhere at once...there's nothing for it but
to just dive in...Venn gets better every year'
VENUE MAGAZINE (Venn 07)
‘All-encompassingly fantastic...the excitement of bands weird and wonderful
in venues small and large’
DROWNED IN SOUND (Venn 06)
‘A variety of events, workshops, installations and related happenings,
the abundance of which is pleasantly overwhelming...Venn ends on a high note
(with Tony Allen). Too soon’
THE WIRE (Venn 06)
‘The most gloriously bespoke of line-ups...what Venn lacks in history
it makes up for in the bravado and energy of youth’
PLAN B (Venn 06)
‘A whirligig, head-spinning couple of days’
VENUE MAGAZINE (Venn 06)
‘This is what happens when you get a festival right. It's not just
the music but the variety and the imagination, the potential for surprise
and maybe revelation... This is a chance for a cultural derivé of the
highest kind’
INDIE CULT MAGAZINE (Venn 06)
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Down by the river, 2007 was the year that Venn blossomed: four blazing hot days of fluid musical twinology, with two-faced performances, smoke-filled cinemas, gigs innovatively beamed and x-streamed across Bristol. Venn 07 was serious, fun: see the gallery for a tantalising eyeful. 2005 Acts included: |
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In a world way over-compensated for music delivery systems and choice of audio preferences, Venn 2006 took it to the max as ways of having and hearing music got thrillingly tossed up and waved down. It was unfiltered, over-the-top and pushed to the hilt. It made no sense. It was a rave. 2006 Acts included: |
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Venn 2005 was a blast. Featuring hundreds of nomadic artists and thousands of music thrill seekers, all searching for something new, re-discovered, unexpected and off the beaten path. It was 3 days and nights of jumping the train, crossing the line and entertainment trespass. 2005 Acts included: |
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The first Venn was a musical rally of feverishly mad proportions, for four days in many different styles at vastly varied locations scattered excitingly around the Stokes Croft area of Bristol. A proper crossroads, meet and greet. 2004 Acts included: |
