The second announcement for our Witch Cults event which takes place at the Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne, on July 14th is finally upon us and what a wonderful selection of speakers and musicians we have for your delectation.
Joining our musical programme we have the world’s finest “purveyors of sonic archaeology” The Heartwood Institute.
The Heartwood Institute
Their latest album Secret Rites has been described as “an unholy collision of Throbbing Gristle style proto industrial, kosmiche krautrock and 70’s folk horror soundtracks.” The album’s overriding focus lies heavily on the witchcraft documentaries of the 1970s, Secret Rites, The Power of the Witch, Witchcraft ’70, and The Legend of the Witches, and in particular the prominent stars of the period Alex and Maxine Sanders, the self appointed King and Queen of the Witches. The album is in their own words ” A hauntological delve into a time when the Occult was making inroads into mainstream media, truly the Age of Aquarius…”
For their performance at Witch Cults you can expect a setlist largely fashioned from the material on this album. We here at Folk Horror Revival are very much looking forward to checking them out on the evening.
Hokano
Hokano is the solo project of Andy Hokano, mainly known for his work with the coldwave/neofolk outfit The Psychogeographical Commission and Newcastle based occult drone trio Chonyid. Andy will be performing a set based upon his forthcoming release “Witch Pricker” which is based loosely upon the 1650 Newcastle witch trials.
Gail-Nina Anderson
Gail-Nina Anderson is a cultural historian, lecturer and journalist based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with a specialism in the visual traditions of the Gothic.
She has contributed to the Fortean Times and the Journal of the Folklore Society, as well writing on Victorian art, William Burroughs, fairy traditions, and the Angel of the North. She reviews regularly for The Crack, is an active member of the Dracula Society and is one of the founders/readers for the Lit & Phil’s bi-annual “Phantoms at the Phil” ghost story event. Her third exhibition of weird and wonderful postcards will take place this summer in Newcastle.
We can’t wait to hear Gail-Nina’s talk “Hecate or the Horned Man – was there a God of the Witches?”. How about you guys?
Ok, that’s enough for today’s announcement. So far we have talks from Gail-Nina Anderson, and Darren Charles, Bob Beagrie’s poetry recitals, music from Black Mountain Transmitter, Hokano and The Heartwood Institute, and our first film Simon King of the Witches. We still have quite a bit to come so please stick with us and hopefully we shall have our next announcement up in a few days time.
Tickets are available now from the eventbrite link below, priced at £25 for the full day event and £15 for the evening event alone.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-horror-revival-presents-witch-cults-tickets-45698031041
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Hi, we are really interested in coming. I wondered if you can you recommend any hotels or B&B close by ? Many thanks Shullie
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Hi there, We will be making a post highlighting several hotels in the area. Newcastle does have a lot of choice when it comes to finding a room. What I will say is that the premier Inn is within reasonable walking distance of the venue, and the Travelodge isn’t much farther away. You could also consider University accomodation as the students will have gone home by the middle of July. Northumbria University in particular has a lot of accomodation within a stone’s throw of the venue. Hope that is of some help, and as mentioned we will make sure we write a post highlighting some of the local ammenities.
Also if you’d like any further assistance please email me at folkhorrorrevival@gmail.com and I will see what I can do.
Best wishes
Darren
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