A Midsummer Moog

A magical night of vintage moogs, gifted musicians, Indian street food, psychedelic light shows, shadow puppets and delicious ales await you at CdA next Friday when we welcome a host of wonderful guests through the doors to celebrate summer solstice.

A Midsummer Moog will be an enchanted evening beginning upstairs in the cyclorama with a concert of live improvised music, hypnotic Indian drones, vintage moog synthesizers and dark fairy tales from the Sawtooth Collective.

Curated by musician Jimi Clancy, this concert re-unites performers, Eva Eden, Jason Kalidas who first joined forces over ten years ago from the fringe live music scene in Brixton along with Rob Jenkins and sitar player Garima.

The concert features three main sets with the individual artists collaborating live in each other’s performances. The walls of the cyclo will be bathed in the chimerical shadow projections of artist Jane Fox whose whimsical fairy tale like characters dance and flicker betwixt layers of film and live illuminations whilst the kaleidoscope of pre-recorded loops, live music and film washes over the audience.

Later in the downstairs café there will be an eclectic mix of records spun by Dj’s Funk & Elsie, Dan & Marc and Synthesize Me along with analogue psychedelic light show courtesy of Innerstrings. Yummy Indian street food provided by Jhal Muri Express, delicious local ales from micro brewery Langhams including their seasonal Flor Ale, Halfway to Heaven and LSD. We will also be serving a new cider from Middle Farm made with Champagne yeast and special summer cocktails with prosecco, elderflower and vodka to get us in the moog.

Tickets are selling fast and are available in advance from Union Music Store Lewes or online from wegottickets priced at £10 plus a small booking fee.  Tickets for the concert can be bought on the door at £12 if not sold out.

Best seats are limited so please arrive promptly to secure a place.

Admission is before and after the concert from 7:30pm-8:25pm and from 11pm onwards. Tickets for newcomers after 11pm will be priced at £5.

Glam up and come on down to play with us this Friday!

Perhaps, perhaps…quizas

photo by Marion Sosa

Hello beloved bloggers. If you are still wondering what to do with your Saturday night we can promise that a very enjoyable evening is in store for you at Café des Artistes this weekend. Not only will our wonderful Mexican performance artist Gabby Muñoz be appearing at CdA, now we can confirm that the fantastic gypsy jazz guitar duo “Ultraswing” will also be in situ to fill our hearts with some Djanjo Reinhardt style six fingered riffs before and after Gabby’s show.

Gabby’s performance follows the story of Greta, a girl wishing, waiting and hoping to meet Mr Right. It is a beautiful performance piece which tugs at the heart strings and makes your belly ache with laughter, we can guarantee there will be tears in your eyes of some nature before the evening is over! Perhaps, perhaps…quizas has met with rave reviews all over the world including, New York, Mexico, Sweden, London and now Lewes.

There are more really great events in the CdA diary including the fantastic classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski 25th + 26th May and a really edgy midsummer’s gig in June; think cinematic, psychedelic, haunting sitars and enchanting fairytales….I will update you soon with more details but do follow us on Twitter (@CDALewes) and like our Facebook page Café des Artistes Lewes for more updates.

Really looking forward to seeing you there, it’s been a while since we put on an event and we are very excited about it.

Much love from us at CdA x