Where: Espace du Lac Bordeaux
Hours: Saturday – 11am until midnight ; Sunday 11am until 7pm
Price: €8 per day
Prizes:

• 2 CORT custom guitars
• 2 x weekend pass for Hellfest 2010
• 2 x weenend pass for Show Bike 2010
• Special Offers on price reductions

There will be animations of tattoo’s and body piercing with special prizes to win. Grab a bite at one of the food and drink outlets proivided or stick around to rock out with one of the bands that will be playing (plus a laser show, wow!)

www.conventiontattoobordeaux.com

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The Causeway Bay Game Center has been modelled on the games rooms you are likely to find in Japan and Hong Kong and try to bring the exciting atmosphere of going nuts on your favourite arcade game.

Not sure if you’ll find Pacman but you’ll deffinately come across Daytona USA,  Dance Dance Revolution and other classics!

The Gamecenter is located right in the heart of Bordeaux and is a large room of 100m².

Drop in and get your game on!

CAUSEWAY BAY GAME CENTER
18 Cours D Alsace et Lorraine –
33000 BORDEAUX
http://www.causewaybaygamecenter.com/

Tram: Line A – Place de Palais

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El Inca was a thriving hub of musical and social spheres, where every night of the week there would be up to three bands playing. The venue saw many years of underground sucess and was a great place for young bands to cut their teeth along with international indy acts being able to connect with a wider audience.
  
The booking for El Inca was handled by Milos Ares, originally born in Pérou, who lived there until he was 10 years old and then travelled to Qatar as a resident for another 10 years… and now he has made his home in Bordeaux for more than 12 years.

Milos started Sea of Flames Records in January 2010, with his main goal being to book and promote artists in and around the city of Bordeaux. The Sea of Flames artist register has a long list of varied and different styles, but when asked what the main problem of his work is he tells me that “there isn’t enough venues, bars, restaurants or appartments to cover all the bands wanting to tour here. The gigs that are available can’t be too loud (noise complaints) so for the moment i am doing a lot of indie folk music, which i am also very happy with…”
    
Since the El Inca days, he is now director and booking agent for the Apollo bar, which prides itself on supplying locals with a tasty blend of soul, funk and jazz music most nights of the week.
    
The Sea of Flames Records also has affiliations with Santosha, Bulle de Fabrique’s, la pharmacie de Garde (ex el inca), Funky Burger, Azuli, le Sqar… He also mentioned that he is looking to open a new venue in Bordeaux, “as soon as I can find a proper place and as soon as I feel the Apollo can fly on it’s own wings, hopefully we’ll see in a year”.

Milos is a man of many talents as he also plays in local bands such as, milos unplugged, Standard flower bomb, Leviathan…
    
If you are an international or local musician and would like to play in Bordeaux, Milos details are below.

Milos Ares
flamesofsea@gmail.com
    
http://www.seaofflames.org/
www.facebook.com/seaofflames
   
www.myspace.com/milosunplugged
www.myspace.com/standardflowerbomb

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This Saturday 29th May, the city of Lormont will hold the annual Féte de l’Alose to celebrate this small aqua little criter. The festival is in aid of bringing awarness to the rescue plan relating to the Alose’s survival and migration which was launched at the beginning of 2008. By decree, professional fisherman will be the only people allowed to fish eel and the Alose just until May 31. The season opens to the public after this..

To celebrate the return of this silvery fish mirgrating up this part of the Garonne, the local council will be putting on a bit of a party in the streets of Lormont.

Program

17:30: Start of events, make-up for children, variety of music all the evening
18:30: Performance of the Steel Band de Bassens, world music (percussion)
19:00: Envisaged arrival of the regatta
19:30: Dinner Time!
20:00: Country demonstration by the Foyer Populaire de Lormont

Large tables will be set up facing the river, offering a magic view while tucking into some grilled fish!


When: 29th May, 2010 @ 5:30pm
Where: Place Aristide Briand, (old) Lormont

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Mark Brenner was born in Norwich, England. He studied at Norwich School and Wymondham College, before turning-down an opportunity to study Drama at Exeter University. Instead, he opted for music, which resulted in lots of ups and downs with a number of bands, and included a spell as a DJ and nightclub manager.

Mark eventually left Britain (for entirely personal reasons) in a tiny two-seater Cessna light aircraft. After stopping-off at Cherbourg to buy a pack of Gaulloises (“the taste of France”), the plane finally landed at La Teste, in the south-west. That’s how Mark Brenner arrived in the Bordeaux region of France. He sold the plane, grabbed his acoustic guitar and began busking in Arcachon and Cap Ferret (two popular seaside resorts). By late September 1995 he realised to his horror that the weather had become pretty much as bad as in his native Britain, and he launched what is probably one of the most unlikely of any international pop singers’ careers.

Combining a wide range of influences (from pop, rock, jazz and world music), mixing his own excellent songs with a number of carefully-chosen covers, Mark has become a kind of International star within his own chosen circuit. He could have become any number of things, but thanks to his talent and charisma, watching him in action on stage with his superb band of musicians, you can tell he’s picked the right vocation.

Article taken from Mark-Brenner.com 

www.facebook.com/mark.brenner

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With this intention, several cameramen traveled to 75 countries in 4 years to interview the inhabitants of the Earth. The questions which were retained are those which touch Humanity, everywhere, and since always. These portraits are so individualistic that highlight the universality. They provoke, touch and push to self-questioning. These meetings add great value because of their diversity, reflections and perspectives, which they open.

The visitors can then go to the meeting of “6 billion Others” by listening to their filmed testimonies in their original language (translation in French and English of the whole of the interviews).

The heart of the exhibition consists of projections of faces on a central mosaic or, in a more intimist way, in spaces of projection including 1 to 14 screens, propitious places for confidence. The visitor discovers the whole of the lightest to the deepest words collected (convictions, beliefs, laughter, songs, moving anecdotes…).

Article taken from: www.goodplanet.org
 
When: Until the 26th September, 2010
Where: Base sous-marine, Boulevard Alfred Daney, 33300 Bordeaux
Cost: Free!

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The Cow Parade is an international public art exhibition that has been featured in major world cities over the past twelve years.

Since the 1st of April, the cows in resin of « Bordeaux & Cow 2010 » had entered their workshop in order to be customised by selected artists and prepared for the private inauguration at the Bordeaux City Hall on the 3rd of June. They have been bighting up the streets, squares and parks of the city ever since and will remain there until the 14th of September.

At the end of the public exhibition, the painted cows will be put up for auction and 50% of the total will be donated to charity.

The concept of a ‘Cow Parade’, was born in Zurich and has had a significant impact on tourism. The parade has attracted more and more visitors, up to today roughly 100 million people have admired more than 5,000 cows from the different parades.

Designers, painters and photographers were jumping at the chance to express their art and decorate the cows keeping the in theme to represent the diversity and riches of Aquitaine.

You better get a MOO’ve on, before these cows are put out to pasture… (I know, but it had to be said!)

When: Until the 14th September, 2010
Where: Bordeaux Centre and around
Cost: Free!

http://www.bordeauxandcow.com/

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The project ‘Bordeaux Digital City’ includes a set of new e-services to accompany the urban development of the city and digi vibe of the residence. From the development of things like smart phone apps, public Wi-Fi access points, fidelity cards and large outdoor building projections.

I reckon it’s a step for the city of Bordeaux to step into the technology age and here’s a week to try to rally troops.

When: 21st – 26th March
Where: City of Bordeaux **
Cost: Free!

** Special note: There will be a digital projection on the facades at the Place du Palais from 8pm onwards.

http://semainedigitale.blog.bordeaux.fr/english-contents/

http://citedigitale.bordeaux.fr/

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So the season is moving into the tail end of the season with only a little over a month before we hit that wonderful time of year which is FINALS FEVER!!

Obviously after last weekends’ drumming of the French national team by the Italians, there maybe a few less supporters out there… in saying that, club Rugby in the land of the tri-colours is undoubtedly able to weather the storm.

So firstly, I wanted to bring to people’s attention that the Union Bordeaux-Bègles has made a stark turnaround from their mid-table finish in last year’s Pro D2 competition. After a few notable signings for the start of the new season (QLD Red’s, Blair Connor & Kiwi, Matthew Clarkin) the team has really seemed to gel and are sitting fourth from the top of the ladder.

So what I suggest is to get along and cheer the lads on… you never know, they may even end up in the 
TOP 14 next year?!

Secondly, I’ve come across this great blog for French Club Rugby. It seems to be regularly updated and has some interesting articles. Sign up to their mailing list here. Check it out!


Ruck on…


MikeeFos.

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• An application form (download here) 
• Stage plan (description and positioning of your gear) 
• Recording of your material (preferably a CD) 
• Artist/Group photo 
• For minors, a letter from parent/guardian authorising you to perform

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