If you're stuck without a date in the world's city of love, simply wait till the weekend for Club Velocity's various flavours of punk at The Rising Sun Arts Centre.
Folksters Burnt Tomorrow are headlining. The obvious comparison is Billy Bragg, but without the politics. So, I guess not at all like Billy Bragg. Fans of Frank Turner prick your ears up.
Sly and the Family Drone will be bringing their brand of percussion heavy feedback drone music. Catching them live is always a good idea; they regularly give bits of the drum kit to the audience turning their last song into a mass participation drum circle. And yes, it is every bit as insane as that sounds.
Fans of Sham 69 and Cockney Rejects will enjoy Oi-Punks The Cottonettes and New Puritans (nothing to do with similarly named These New Puritans) bringing enough UK styled overdriven guitars and shouting for everyone.
It's all also a birthday celebration (Happy birthday Matt Unwin!) so rumor has it free cake and balloons are included in the five pound entry fee (four pounds if you're savvy enough to buy online). Not a bad Saturday night for fans of birthday cake or any type of punk rock.
