DAMN YOU PRESENTS: THE 10TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COVERS PARTY

… An evening of inexplicable pop hits, drunken dancing and festive frivolity RAISING MONEY FOR NOTTS HOSPICE: http://www.nottshospice.org/

Confirmed Acts: SWIMMING FISTS-O-MAZA HHMYN UNIQUE MOMENTS BLADE RUNNER THE BAND AUGUST ACTUALLY GUILTY PARENTS THE LUKEWARM EQUATION W/ YOUR HOSTS, BURLY NAGASAKI

£6 / Doors 8pm / DJs until 3am

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We’re getting excited already. We’re two months away from our favourite night of the year and would dearly love for you to join us. For those who haven’t experienced Christmas Covers before… it’s the Nottingham music scene’s funnest, silliest, most booze-soaked and most joyous evening. 8 local bands play distinctly unseasonal pop hits in the name of a deserving local charity. Expect the unexpected: your favourite throbbing psychedelic rock band might take on some Prince or your pale skinny indie friends might try their hand at AC/DC. Whether it works or not, it’s always fun. This year will feature 8 of Nottingham’s finest bands including SWIMMING, HHMYN, AUGUST ACTUALLY, GUILTY PARENTS and a couple of specially formed projects featuring members of FISTS, KOGUMAZA, GARRISON, POPPY SEED, SOUVARIS and CANTALOUPE.

THE RULES for those playing: DO NOT tell ANYONE your choices of covers. You may even wish to learn decoy covers for soundcheck purposes as others have done. You may wish to drop hints that throw others off the scent but the only person you can tell is our secret Christmas Covers Adjudicator who will make sure a) No one has already covered the songs you have chosen over the last 9 or so years b) None of the other bands at this year’s event is covering the same song.

For an in depth history of the Covers Party and a list of classic songs already brutally murdered then head over to FACEBOOK GROUP
This year we are raising money for Notts Hospice, a charity organisation who offer much needed care to Nottingham residents in the terminal stages of cancer.

Thanks to The Bodega’s generosity, every penny of your £5 entry fee goes to them.
Your money will have a direct positive effect on local lives.
Please spread the word, come along, and bring all your friends!

Now in its 15th year, Nottingham’s legendary Christmas Covers Party returns to The Bodega on Saturday 17th December, from 7.30pm.

The true launch of Christmas for bands, music lovers and music lovers in bands, this year letting their musical hair down and mauling your favourite pop songs whilst soaked in the spirit of self-deprecation, tomfoolery and festive fun will be:

GREY HAIRS • SOCIETY vs. DEADBEAT AT DAWN • WOLF CLUB • ALICE SHORT • THE CUSP • JUM • ALL 2 MORROWS PARTIES • THE ULTIMATE SOUNDS • TVRXP • and lots more TBC Please scroll down the page for links and more information on all the acts.

As ever it is all to raise money for charity and we’re hoping to beat last year’s record-breaking total of £1,627, splitting it equally between two brilliant local charities:

Nottinghamshire Hospice – providing care for patients with terminal and life limiting illnesses, and their loved ones.

Zephyr’s Nottingham – supporting bereaved parents and families after a pregnancy loss, or the death of a baby or child.

Ticket details will be coming very soon – watch this space.

GREY HAIRS