October Listings 2015

Click Here to view SVA's October and November Programme

 

 

 

 

Weekly at SVA

John Street Cafe

Every Friday  11am - 4pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm 
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Open every Friday and Saturday for drinks and eats plus live acoustic sessions. Bison Kitchen will be chefs in residence on Saturdays.

Art Hub at the John Street Cafe
Every Friday 11am - Noon free
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

Regular Friday morning coffee breaks for artists and friends. Meet up, make connections, talk projects.

Free

 

John Street Social Club

Every Friday 7pm - 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

John Street Social is a series of weekly Friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities... Bison Kitchen will be our resident chefs.

£1 membership on the door

 

Life Drawing

Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA 

Back with improved lighting these are informal, untutored, drop-in classes available for all levels of students. Please bring all your own equipment. We have a good mixture of models, both female and male.

£4 on the door

 

 

Bison Kitchen

Every Friday from 7pm and every Saturday 10am – 3pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Throughout October and November, Bison Kitchen are going to be keeping us well fed! They’re here on Friday evenings and Saturday daytime at John Street but also hosting our Members Supper and providing food at the Goods Shed events including Sunday lunch sessions on the last sunday of each month. For those who are unfamiliar... they’re the Cotswold’s original peddler of American street food. Specialising in real American BBQ and southern soul food, taking the freshest of local British produce and give it the ol’ stars and stripes treatment!

Full October Programme

 

 

Jacqueline Kroft & The Sensations
Fundraiser for Syrian Refugees 

Thursday 1st October 8pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Jacqueline Kroft is a classically trained jazz singer/songwriter, pianist and composer based in Stroud. We welcome her back to the SVA with her all new line up (Robert Holmes, Josef Kaspar, Senan Robinson) to play songs from their new album and help raise money for Syrian Refugees. “Living with a Ghost’ will be out before Christmas.

All of the tickets sales will be donated to help Syrian refugees. 
Tickets: £5 on the door

 

 

Cut and Stick

Private view Friday 2nd October 6pm - 9pm
2nd- 25th October
Friday and Saturday 10am – 5pm

Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk

The Line Gallery's debut exhibition 'Cut and Stick' explores the diverse medium of collage. Collage, defined as an assemblage of diverse fragments in  juxtaposition to one another.  This exhibition aims to create a dialogue around this subject. Artists include Lucy Irwin, Ben Lewis Giles, Sean Heather, James Green and Jude Tedaldi. 

Artist talk Saturday 3rd October 11am-12 noon
Collage workshop Saturday 24th October 11am-3pm

 

Disco Sucks

Saturday 3rd October 9pm - 3am
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Lose yourself in the smoke and light as Disco Sucks returns to the SVA. The full crew will be in attendance, Rosco, Deano, B'Man & Tim, plus Black Box soundsystem.

This event is likely to sell out so grab your tickets from Trading Post to avoid disappointment!

Tickets: £6 advance from Trading Post and £8 on the door

 

 

Stroud Jazz Sessions presents Kevin Figes

Thursday 8th October 8.30pm - 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Our favourite special guest who is absolutely bebop-squiggly-tastic and has appeared more times than anyone - it’s none other than Kevin Figes. 

Kevin is a fine saxophonist from Bristol, appearing prolifically with his Quartet or Octet and showing a growing penchant for Latin to mix in with his well-tuned ear for bop. Kevin’s playing soars and dives and always entertains. It’s a delight to have him back!

Tickets: £3 / £5 on the door

 

 

Camilo Esteban Martinez host John Street Social Club

Friday 9th October 7pm – 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

 

 

Camilo Esteban Martinez take us on a Journey through South American Cumbia sounds from it’s roots in slavery and indigenous music of Peru and Colombia to it’s present use in electronica and hip hop.

Bison Kitchen will be providing cuts from the grill so arrive early to get yourself well fed! 

 

£1 membership on the door 

 

Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff featuring John Osbourne and Molly Naylor

Saturday 10th October 8pm
SVA, 4 John Street GL5 2HA

We've reached number 10! A birthday of sorts. And our Autumnal Penny Gaff is gonna be a good 'un, featuring a Stroud stop on the little tour of John Osborne and Molly Naylor...

John Osborne and Molly Naylor are two of this country's most innovative and original voices. For the past five years they have both been performing poetry and theatre shows and they decided to come out on tour together. Come and hear a selection of their best material; accessible, funny, life-affirming poetry and stories from the creators of John Peel's Shed and Sky 1's After Hours.

Tickets: £8.50 advance online dev.sva.org.uk or from Trading Post or £10 on the door

 

 

SVA Members Supper Club 

Wednesday 14th October 7pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

These regular supper clubs bring members together in a convivial atmosphere hosted by specially chosen culinary experts… for this super club: A night of Latin American cuisine hosted by Bison Kitchen:

The menu will include Beef/Vegetarian Tamales and Churrros with caramel and chocolate.

Supper clubs are open to full and associate members only. Associate Membership is open to everyone. To become a member, please visit dev.sva.org.uk 

Tickets: £16 online dev.sva.org.uk Advance booking essential

 

 

Mister Messy & Cyrilaffort host John Street Social Club

Friday 16th October 7pm – 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Mister Messy and Cyrilaffort will be playing a selection of Dub, Reggae and related styles with a selection of videos.

Bison Kitchen will be providing cuts from the grill so arrive early to get yourself well fed! 

£1 membership on the door 

 

 

Albert Lamb and Studio Nine presents Safety Last

Saturday 17th October 7.30pm
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud, GL5 3AP

Albert Lamb and Studio Nine presents Harold Lloyd’s great THRILL comedy ‘Safety Last’ featuring red hot & swinging live piano playing.

Tickets: £5 advance from Trading Post and £6 on the door

 

ListenIn - Poetry Slam

Sunday 18th October 7.30pm

SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Slam poetry champion Eley Furrell hosts ListenIn poetry punch-up round 2! Featuring contenders from Notts, Ash Dickenson and Simone Estridge. From the south-west the Bristol belter Angie Belcher and the counties own Prime Position. From another world comes the Cardiff clubber, Zaru Jonson. Join us to see which of these wordy heavy-weights is last standing.

Tickets: £5 on the door      

 

 

 

Hot Brew present the John Street Social Club special

Friday 23rd October 7pm – 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

‘Hot Brew’ are Oona and Crispin Wheatflake; a folk duo who’ve taken to the stage, after ten years’ absence, to bring their own blend of nonny song and New Age ‘wisdom’ to the people once more. (Played by none other than Alice Lowe  and Antony Elvin.) They’re bringing their spoof folk duo to you... so come and have your root gently tugged! They will also be showing some short films and spinning some vinyl!!

Bison Kitchen will be providing cuts from the grill so arrive early to get yourself well fed! 

Tickets: £5 advance from Trading Post and £6 on the door, discounted members tickets will also be available

 

 

 

Bison Kitchen

Sunday 25th October 12 noon – 4pm
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud, GL5 3AP

Bison Kitchen is the Cotswold’s original peddler of fine American street food. Specialising in American street food, real American BBQ and southern soul food, they take the freshest of local British produce and give it the ol’ stars and stripes treatment.

Their real American chef ‘Cookie’ likes nothing better than to slowly smoke a big slab of meat and serve it up with some U.S. of A classics like Mac 'n' Cheese or soft fluffy cornbread. Drop in to the Goods Shed for some home comfort food and some chilled Sunday tunes.

Free Entry

 

Bandit

Thursday 29th October 7.30pm
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud, GL5 3AP

BandiT is a three day rock and pop workshop for 40 students aged 8 to 17 held at Maiden Hill Scool. Students throughout the community come together to form bands and to be creative in writing, recording and performing.The prime function of the workshop is to give young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to gain experience in musicianship, creative song writing, recording techniques and performance skills.

Come at watch the final performance at SVA Goods Shed!

Tickets: £12 adults / £6 childeren and concessions, from Trading Post

 

Miserable Poets Café

Thursday 29th October 8pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Miserable Poets’ Cafe – the Open Mic’ night purely for miserable poems - returns with the same rules as before: “No Positivity”, “No Glimmers of Hope” and “No Looking on the Bright Side”. This is your chance to read your most depressing poems to an appreciative audience, and is hosted by Stroud’s resident poet of the morose, Miserable Malcolm. 

As usual, there will be prizes for the most disheartening poems, opportunities to mingle with other disconsolate souls, and a selection of dispiriting spirits and whines at the bar. There will also be a melancholic performance by Uta Baldauf.

So dig out your poems of heartbreak, agony and existential angst and share the despair at Miserable Poets’ Cafe.

Tickets: £4 on the door, readers get in free

 

Vine Club presents The John Street Social Club

Friday 30th October 7pm – 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA 

Killer Vinyl all night… The Vine Clubs residents Ollie and Harvey host ‘John Street Social Club’

John Street Social is a series of weekly Friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...

Bison Kitchen will be providing cuts from the grill so arrive early to get yourself well fed! 

£1 membership on the door

 

Mockers

Saturday 31st October 9pm - 3am
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

With Halloween approaching its time for a “Mockers Party”. Join the campaign to keep music evil… “vote mockers with your feet”. With DJs Pavinl & Nick Solid Kick! Expect a night of debauchery, Hammer visuals and the wildest range of vintage beats played by any club in the west! Rare 45s from the fringes of RnB, Mod Beat, Garage, Ska, Blues, Northern & Club Soul, Popcorn, Titty Shakers, Rockabilly, Frat, Surf, Wild Rockers, Latin and so much more!

Thee classy night of excellent vintage.

Tickets: £6 advance from SVA or Trading Post, £8 on the door

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile residencies in empty shops

Since 1997 SVA have used over 40 properties as temporary spaces for exhibitions and events, working with local property owners and property agents. 

 

UP This Way 

Fridays and Saturdays 9-6pm
or by appointment: 01453 297260

56 Merrywalks, Stroud GL5 3DA

UP This Way is an outlet within the Merrywalks highlighting the work of furniture and accessory makers within the broader Stroud area.

 

Fungusloci

Open for sales Saturdays 10.30-1.30pm
or by appointment email: fungi@cscic.org

Unit 23, Merrywalks, King Street, Stroud GL5 3DA 

Artist and permaculture practitioner Dominic Thomas has designed and built a sustainable urban micro-farm in which oyster mushrooms are cultivated on spent coffee grounds from local cafes. Fungusloci is a project of Sustainable Creativity CIC with the help of Stroud District Food Grants.

 

 

The Weaving Shed

29 High Street, Stroud
drop in or by appointment

Sally Hampson, an artist and weaver, is back in SVA’S project space bringing Weaving workshops and events in the coming months.  Tim Parry Williams will be guest weavers in the Weaving Shed during the Autumn.

 

 

 

 

Coming up in November at SVA... 

Wednesday 4th November: Melancholia, a Pudding and Film night

Saturday 14h November: Blurt live at the Goods Shed 

Friday 20th November: Eraserhead screening with live overdub from Sheena 

Saturday 21st November: From Ska to Dub Fundraiser 

Saturday 28th November: Grasscut, Bodyclocks, From White To Gray 

4th – 24th December: Nothing But Navy at the Line Gallery 

5th-6th December: SVA Open Studios 

Saturday 5th December: Get The Blessing 

12th-21st December: The Goods Shed Christmas Market 

Sunday 20th December: Christmas Banquet at The Goods Shed 

Christmas Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

SVA is an artist led project for the promotion of contemporary arts. 

Supporting artists through an information network, studio space and project space facilities.  Check SVA website for more information and to find out about joining as a member.

SVA 4 John Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2HA

dev.sva.org.uk

01453 751440