Centre for Music

Battle of the Bands

Join CfM and BBC Introducing's James Threlfall for this annual competition.

Key Information:

Date and time
Mon 11 December 2023
17:00 - 23:00
Location
Students' Union, Union 2, Frenchay Campus, Further info
Contact
Centre for Music cfm@uwe.ac.uk +44 (0)117 32 82067
Cost
Free
Attendance
Booking not required

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Description

Join Centre for Music as we present some of the very best UWE bands and singer/songwriters. With the unique opportunity to win a recording session at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios, the competition will be judged by BBC Introducing's James Threlfall.

Solo acts will perform first with the award-winning UWE Big Band bringing the festive joy afterwards. Finally our bands take to the stage. An awesome night of live music.

Free pizza on offer for early birds.

Performers

Location

Students' Union, Union 2
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY
UK

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Accessibility

  • Disabled parking: Yes – on campus
  • Step-free access: Yes
  • Automatic doors: Yes
  • Accessible toilets: Yes
  • Induction loop: No
  • Guide/assistance dog-friendly: Yes
  • Quiet spaces available: Yes
This relates to:
Frenchay Campus UK Music Current students Staff

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