Sprinkle of Fairy Dust Event
Don your shinest sequins & your glitziest glam and get ready to party it up at home Teabirds! Have we got a VIRTUAL event for you!
Together with Fourth World Promotions, we are super excited to bring to you our Sprinkle of Fairy Dust extravaganza.
We simply REFUSE to let Lockdown stop us from celebrating this season of Love, and so should you!
An extravaganza you say?! YES! That's right. We have been craving a good old sing song, our best party outfits (because we are living in our loungewear and PJs these days!) and an energetic dance off after missing so many fantastic events last year
Celebrate the Love is Love season with incredible music, performances and fabulous entertainers from the Brighton Pride LGBTQ+ stage and support artists who have been hit hard by the pandemic.
As we all know, it's been a difficult time for everyone this past year but especially in the entertainment industry. Many of these wonderful artists (some you may recognise!) have really felt their livelihoods affected by the pandemic. So, for our Sprinkle Of Fairy Dust event we have set up a fund page where you will have the opportunity to “tip” these incredible artists who have worked so hard to bring you a smashing performance! And us here at Bird & Blend will match all donations and every single penny will go straight to them.
It's been a tough year eh?! So grab your housemates, your partner, your children or your doggos and party hard with us all to show your support! At the end of the day, LOVE IS LOVE eh? And everyone deserves to be loved!
Take a look at this fabulous line up full of super talented artists! These wonderful performers are guaranteed to get you in the mood to party.
Get it down in your diaries now! Make sure you register now to join the streaming premiere party on our Youtube channel, 6pm on 14th February!
MISS DISNEY
Move over Julie Andrews, take a seat Angela Lansbury, Miss Disney is here to giveyou A Whole New World of camp cabaret crooning. With more sparkle than Tinkerbell and a sense of humour that would make Maleficent blush, Miss Disneycombines all the wonder of our childhood obsessions with the cheekiness of ouradult minds. She’s a vocal powerhouse who is not afraid to turn Disney Princessesinto headstrong queer individuals, there’s a whole other reason Belle doesn’t want tomarry Gaston in Miss Disney’s mind!
JOE BLACK
Gin swilling cabaret darling, musical comedy misfit, drag clown and vaudevillian villain dubbed by Vanity Fair Italia as "Not to be missed".
"Charismatic and downright filthy" by Broadway Baby...
"More seamless than a Venusian onesie" by the Belfast Telegraph...
"Indecent hilarity" by Time Out Melbourne... and "Nothing can detract from his blood curdling brilliance" by the Reading Chronicle....
Joe Black is a constantly evolving cabaret chameleon, blurring the lines of decency within entertainment and continues to drive music and performance into strange new realms.
Check out Joe Black here!
Instagram: @Mrjoeblack
ALFIE ORDINARY
"Dazzlingly sequinned from head to toe", Alfie Ordinary is Brighton's own son-of-a-drag queen. The international award winning drag prince has toured America and Australia with his debut solo show 'Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous', has been named one of the top 20 by HISKIND Magazine, and has recently featured as one of four UK drag artists in Toyota's #goyourownway campaign.
Check out Alfie Ordinary here!- https://youtu.be/CT4lqSGhb3o
www.facebook.com/alfieordinary
Instagram- @alfieordinary
Twitter- @AlfieOrdinary
HANNAH BRACKENBURY
Award-winning musical comedy performer Hannah Brackenbury has been tickling the funnybones of Brighton audiences for almost a decade. Her hilarious and heartfelt original songsare the perfect accompaniment to her clever and ever-popular song parodies, includingclassics such as ‘Cats Together’ and ‘Big Grey Pole’ – a delightful musical poke at the i360!She reached the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards in 2016 and in 2018 she was truly‘Victorious’ – picking up the award for Best of the Festival at Brighton Fringe with her joyfuland poignant tribute to the late, great Victoria Wood.
Check out Hannah Brackenbury here!
www.facebook.com/hannahbrackenburycomedy
Instagram- @_hannahbrackenbury_
Twitter- @hbbrighton
PAUL DIELLO
Award winning singer/songwriter and promoter Paul Diello has been a prominent name in the Brighton music scene for many years. Shortly after the release of his debut album, The Last Green Bottle, in 2009 Diello scooped the best solo artist award at Brighton Music Awards where he performed to an audience including Jimmy Page and Roger Daltrey. His second album, Looking Glass, took him on tour across America, Europe and the UK supporting indie rock band Darling Waste. A move to Berlin in 2016 saw Paul take time out of recording original music to focus on a new LGBTQ musical cabaret called Epicene which has been performed to sold out audiences at festivals for the past three years. Diello has just finished recording his third LP of original music which will be released later this year.
Check out Paul Diello here!
www.facebook.com/pauldiellomusic
Instagram- @pauldiello
Twitter- @pdiello
CATHERINE ALLIN
Astrophysicist by day, musician by night, Catherine Allin is a singer-songwriter, and independent recording artist, based in London (UK). Her compositions are an eclectic and unique blend of electronica-alternative-folk, like Jeff Buckley came back to life, joined Radiohead, and then had a sex change. With expert command of a loop pedal during live performances, Catherine Allin adds colour and intensity to her enchanting songs; her emotive voice sometimes softly delivering the melody, sometimes soaring over layers of driving guitar to build epic soundscapes.
Check out Catherine Allin here!
www.facebook.com/catherineallinmusic
Instagram- @catallinmusic
Twitter- @catherineallin
SHERIKA SHERARD
Prepare to be challenged and positively moved as you experience the infectiouscreativity of Sherika Sherard. With a voice like velvet to deliver her robust personathis artist never fails to warm the hearts of listeners. She has had her music pickedup by Spike Lee to feature on his Netflix Series of “She’s gotta Have It” and was alsoasked by British soul star Seal to open for him on his tour after his mobile phone clipof Sherika busking on the south bank went viral!
Watch Sherika Sherard here!
www.facebook.com/sherikasherardmusic
Instagram- @sherikasherard
Twitter- @sherikasherard
DRYADIC
Dryadic boast an impressive mix up of rhythms which underpin candid, heartfeltlyrics, traversing an acoustic spectrum with Eastern European influence at one end,and British trad-folk at the other. The Brighton based duo masterfully commandtheir audiences with an inimitable balance of trad, new, alternative, romantic andpolitical. Songwriters Zora (vocals, guitar), and Joanna (fiddle, guitar, vocals) formedthe outfit in 2017 following the breakup of the gypsy folk-roots 5 piece - TheTatsmiths who were well known for their kicking performances at Glastonbury,Boomtown, Brighton Pride, Brunswick Festival, Shambala and more.
Check out Drydic here!
www.facebook.com/dryadic.music
Instagram- @dryadic_music
Twitter- @dryadic_music
BEE & JACKRABBIT
Bee & Jackrabbit are an alt-folk duo who play intricately arranged songsabout...everything and nothing! They met at someone else’s gig whensinger/guitarist Piper was feeling particularly lonely as a performer and had alwayswanted some cello. They got far more cello than they’d ever imagined so it seemedwrong to just be called, “Piper F Murray featuring Robin Squirrell” hence “Bee & Jackrabbit” was born. The name is from a book called “Woman on the Edge ofTime”by Marge Piercy.
Check out Bee & Jackrabbit here!
www.facebook.com/beeandjackrabbit
Instagram- @beeandjackrabbit
ALAN BONNER
“Alan Bonner has the means of a pauper but sings with the heart of a king” is whatone critic wrote in review of the English musician’s 2012 self released Balladeeralbum.
Since then his starving artist status hasn’t changed, but his postcode has. Recentyears have seen him playing the bars of Berlin, tread the boards at London’s RonnieScott’s, top bills at music festivals in Italy, busk on street corners in Dublin and tourthe United States supporting American rock band Darling Waste.
www.facebook.com/alanbonnermusic
www.youtube.com/alanbonnermusic
Instagram- @alanbonner
Twitter- @ALANBONNERMUSIC
UNSUNG LILY
Imagine Florence & The Machine sat around in a room writing songs with ChrisMartin, and Elizabeth Gilbert…with Adele stepping in on vocals… and you might getan idea of the (r)evolutionary sounds of Unsung Lilly! The delicious concoction that isSera and Frankie, a multi-talented and just-married couple, make up the British (butcurrently LA based) music duo.
Check out Unsung Lilly here!
Instagram- @unsunglilly
Twitter- @UnsungLilly
LMR
L.M.R (winner of London Pride's Got Talent) and university student at ACM (The Academy of Contemporary Music) is a 19 year old androgynous artist. Unapologetically himself, he engages with his audience through his passion for performing and stage presence as well as his unique choice of self-expression.
LàMont has not only opened for Alexandra Burke but has performed at Sinitta’s launch party & the Amazon HQ. The young, RnB/Hiphop artist is now in the works of finessing his own, distinct fresh sound as he and his band prepare to take on the O2 lounge and many summer festivals and Pride events in 2019!
www.facebook.com/lamontmricketts
Instagram- @lamontricketts
Twitter- @LamontRicketts
ESME ANDERSON
Esme is a queer, non-binary harp player with a passion for the creative. They write original songs on the harp with lyrics based around gender, intimacy and mental health. Esme is also a visual artist and throws all of their queer power into creating powerful, sensual pieces of art.
Check out Esme Anderson here!
www.ehkoplexsound.bandcamp.com/album/stabbing-things
Instagram- @esmedoesmurals
Instagram- @sekinue
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LORRAINE BOWEN
Let's step into the wonderfully eccentric world of Lorraine Bowen, where catchy melodies, A line dresses, polyester and Casiotone organs collide.
Fabulously quirky Lorraine Bowen wowed the nation when David Walliams hit the GOLDEN BUZZER during her legendary performance of The Crumble Song on Britain’s Got Talent. Since then it has been viewed over 12 million times on YouTube.
Lorraine is a talented entertainer, songwriter and performer with over 25 years experience bringing her unique brand of infectious comedy and fun to audiences of all sizes.
Check out Lorraine Bowen here!
Instagram: @Lorrainebowen707
AIDEN BEX
Brighton-based poet and spoken word artist Aiden Bex is originally from the North of England. Following Aiden’s own experiences living with depression, he took to performing his own writing through spoken word and poetry examining mental health within the LGBT+ communities. He has been described as Both angel and devil rolled into one heavily-tattooed package and he is also one of the founder members of Spit The Ink, a Brighton based LGBTQ group who deliver a mix of poetry, comedy and spoken word.
Check out Aiden Bex here!
Instagram- @Aidenbex
SNOW WHITE TRASH
Snow White Trash is the UK’s ‘saxiest’ drag queen! Beautiful, talented, and extremely humble, she knows how to blow and she knows how to finger!
Check out Snow White Trash here!
Instagram- @snowwhitetrash