Get Well soon Dave!

News reached these parts of the "not-as-well-as-he-could-be-ness" of one of our big mates from up North, no less than one of THE original BlokeFest Workshop Leaders, the Magnificent Dave Stewart, as seen here conducting the assembled blokes in the open air.

We wish him a very swift and full recovery from some major surgery and would like to dedicate the following song to him that he taught us at the BlokeFest 2013 and has become a firm favourite with us and our audiences ever since.

This one's for you Dave.

Well done the few

The Blokes warm up back stage at the Colston Hall

Well done to the "few" who made it to Bristol's Colston Hall to play our part in the inspiring Bristol Festival of Song.

Wading through big city Bristol traffic on a midweek school night is not for everyone but a valiant and sufficiently large enough number of the gang were able to get there in time to witness The Gasmen and The Filtonaires entertaining the early evening crowd.

As we were on stage, a mystery announcer voice told the gathering throng that the doors for the Steve Earle concert taking place in the main hall would not be open till 10 past 7, which to our benefit meant that some of that crowd started milling about on the stairwell to watch us whilst they waited.  The fact that most of them hung around to listen to us well after the doors opened is valediction of the entertainment value of the blokes in full flight.

Thanks again to Hannah the Director of Bristol Festival of Song for inviting us back again.

Our next scheduled public appearance will be at Cirencester's Sundial Theatre on Friday 27th November and will be a DOUBLE HELPING, double the number IN the group, double the numbers FROM as we do a two full length feature sets - it is shaping up to be a "MONUMENTAL" show.  Already 20% of the tickets have been sold and the best seats are disappearing FAST so if you are thinking of coming, book now to avoid disappointment.

Bristol Festival of Song

An excellent Triple Bill for a Wednesday night as part of the wonderful Bristol Festival of Song brings together, long standing stalwarts and BlokeFest attendees The Gasmen, and also The Filtonaires as we return to Bristol's Colston Hall, scene of one of most epic man-moments early last year.

This time we will be taking stage in the Foyer as part of the many acts performing there.

More info about the whole event can be found at http://www.festivalofsong.org.uk/voices-in-the-hall/ if you scroll down the page a bit.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sound advice from The Axis of Spook

Well, we hope those who were at the awesome Spooky Men's Chorale gig last night in Bristol's Colston Hall have managed to come down off the ceiling! 

To help ease you off a Spooky high we offer a couple of photos from last night and a some sound advice - Wear your wonderful "Axis of Spook" T-Shirt with immense pride and make sure you wash it inside out to preserve the wonderful work of one Bill H.

Spooky Phil R and Bates do a quick hat check (above) as the mighty Axis of Spook assemble behind them (below).   More pics as they come back from the developers.

And another nudge to have a listen to the rough recording from the performance.

Spooky, Magnificent, AWESOME

Well, what can we say...?  2015 has been a pretty epic year already on the Magnificent front (our first tour, starring roles at Voices Now at THE Roundhouse, singing inside the inner circle at Stonehenge) and now many of us singing with The Spooky Men's Chorale as we return to the Colston Hall.

And what an awesome sound the 180 strong troupe made for the final pieces before the encore.

Not bad for one rehearsal - think what they could do with a couple more . . . (sounds of plot hatching).

Judge for yourself.

People of Note in full flight at Gurt Magnificent People

Passing on to our second installment of excerpts from the wonderful "Gurt Magnificent People" evening, we have the people part, namely People of Note.

Opening the show with great enthusiasm the massed ranks of PoN entertained the audience with obvious enjoyment and extremely tunefully too!

Now you can judge for yourself with this four and a bit minute snippet of their first half set, culminating in a heart warming rendition of the Beach Boys classic "God only knows".

Gurt MAGNIFICENT People - what a show!

Every once in a while one has those very special days that shall be remembered and treasured for many, many more days to come.  

Saturday 8th February 2014 was one of those days for us in The Magnificent AK47 with our premier performance at Bristol's Colston Hall as part of a triumphant multi-choir event that was "Gurt Magnificent People".

Many lovely compliments have been made to us since the performance and you can hear some of it for yourself with this edited version of our 2nd half set.




And not forgetting a massive thank you to all at Gurt Lush and People of Note for inviting us in the first place.

Gurt MAGNIFICENT People

Blimey, the blokes are only going to be performing at Bristol's Colston Hall, one of South West England's biggest venues, with two of the largest and best community choirs around . . . 

If you are interested, there will be a coach leaving from Ashton Keynes about 12:00 on the day, passing through to pickup at Cricklade Town Hall and the Sun Pub, Coates, Swindon on their way to the gig.  Tickets £10 per person, email themagnificentak47@gmail.com to make enquiries.

To book tickets and more info, visit http://www.colstonhall.org/shows/gurt-magnificent-people/