The Final of Playing the field.

Four bands battle it out for a place at Field Day

AFTER FOUR GRUELING ROUNDS..

THE FINAL OF ADVENTURES IN THE BEETROOT FIELD'S

'PLAYING THE FIELD' BATTLE OF THE BANDS IS HERE!

The winner of this final round will get to open the AITBF tent at this years Field Day Festival in Victoria Park London on the 9th August.



ROUND1 WINNER: FORMS FORMS FORMS

ROUND2 WINNER: TOY TOY

ROUND3 WINNER: SOMEBODIES MIND

ROUND4 WINNER: EDWARD J HICKS



www.adventuresinthebeetrootfield.co.uk

DEADLY RHYTHM CLUB presents FLUOKIDS

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after



Pase Rock Dj + Mc

Don Rimini (Mental Groove / France)

Little Boots Dj / Vocals

Fluokids Soundsystem (Pharrell, Guillaume Berg and Casper C)



Deadly Rhythm Club present the first London Fluokids event,
the French music and lifestyle blog which has set the world wide web alight.
Expect a sharply dressed crowd and the newest sounds. Look out for a debut live
vocal performance from Little Boots, who has a massive hit on her hands with
‘Stuck On Repeat’.



Fluokids.blogspot.com

WALK THE NIGHT

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after

TODDLA T (Dj Set)

HTRK (Live)

DDD (Live)

SKULL JUICE (Dj)

THE FANTASTIC (Live)

Skull Juice’s Amersham residency is a brain-melting collision of art-rock

bands, and off-kilter dj sets who know their Arcobaleno from their Elbow. Wig

outs aplenty, and the sounds of tomorrow and NOW! combined.

myspace.com/walkthenightclub

GYPSY/KLEZMER ALL DAYER!



Stranger Than Paradise bank Holliday special Sunday May fourth features 12 piece gypsy sensation The Spanner jazz Punks (a creation that came out Dan Spanners running away with the circus Archaos!) Now operating as a 12-piece band of eclectomaniacs exploring the seedy side of free experimental psychedelic comic funk subversive European folk punkjazz big band swing Balkan tango classical medieval country circus ska klezmer silk road combining ouds hurdy-gurdy's and accordions saws and if luck would have it ariel artist swinging from the rafters.. Next time.



Plus on tour from NZ dark twisted fairy tales with former Dead Brother Delaney Davidson and his Ghost Orchestra! Needless to say he’s a one man band with the dead brothers as his spiritual guides



Flamenco tap dancing sound clash!!



Albanian beauty Nensimillia belly dances her way out of a paper bag!



Norwegian fire breathing snake charming Ane angel



Dj's Mistress Manray Sacha Dieu and Nipper Berrigan call the shots with gypsy Balkan klezmer vaudeville swing!!



Plus films street sellers card tricks and special ?guests ... Yet to be confirmed!



£7 entry

www.myspace.com/gypsymadness

HAPPY MONDAYS COMEDY

Doors 19:30

£6/4



ANDREW LAWRENCE

"The most exciting act around"

Has to be seen to be
believed...formidably funny" Time Out

If.Comedy (formerly Perrier)
Nominee 2006 and 2007

LUKE ROBERTS (Chortle Award for Innovation Nominee
2008)

"The future of British
comedy" The Scotsman

IAN SMITH

The best comedian in New Cross.

MC TERRY SAUNDERS

"A first class storyteller and
raconteur - brilliant" Time Out



Happy Mondays Comedy presents the most interesting and
exciting comedians around, in an intimate and stylish venue in South East
London. In its four years the club has been regularly recommended by Time Out
magazine, and its stage has been graced by the biggest names in comedy –
including Russell Brand, Daniel Kitson, Russell Howard, Simon Amstell and
Stewart Lee to name, but a few.



www.happymondayscomedy.com

KING MONKEY

19:00-00:00

£5/4 With Flyer/NUS



Letters From London Live

The 23 Enigma Live

The Suggestions Live

Mike Brown Band



Local live
rocking talent on the Amersham’s hallowed stage.



Myspace.com/kingmonkeypromotions

BIG IN JAPAN LIVE SPECIAL

£4 advance from www.gigantic.com,
more on the door

Born Ruffians (Warp) live

Panther live

+ More

Big In Japan djs

It’s not
hard to be big in Japan, at least statically speaking. The average height of a
female woman reaches just over 5ft in the land of the rising sun, compared to
the average female height in the UK, 5.4ft. A sparkly new night ironically
named, Big in Japan, has vertically challenged crowds since migrating from the
south coast late last year, and has already forged a reputation for hosting the
most exciting and often downright bizarre live acts at the Amersham Arms. Born
Ruffians are a Canadian Indie Rock three piece signed to Warp Records they have
supported the likes of Hot Chip, Cadence Weapon and Caribou and soon are to be
Big In Japan!

Big-in-japan.co.uk

Myspace.com/biginjapan84

SKA BURLESQUE

21:00-03:30

Free for first before 22:00, £6/5 after



The Scaredy Cats live

Ome live

No 1 Station live

Crimson Skye burlesque

Chiquita burlesque

Bella Besame burlesque

DJ Henry Mac



This
weekend welcomes the London Burlesque Festival, and our very own Ska Burlesque
get in on the action with their special brand of music/performance fusion.
Expect nothing short of debauchery.



Myspace.com/skaburlesque

AITBF Monthly?


ADVENTURES IN THE BEETROOT FIELD

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after



Filthy Dukes dj set

Boy 8 Bit dj set

White Williams (Domino) live

Casper C dj set

The Joy Formidable live

Mirror! Mirror! live

The Dj Half Term dj





Adventures In The Beetoot Field

are know for their big, ground-breaking line-ups of what they consider to be

new and exciting. Tonight they welcome Yeah Yeah Yeahalike buzz band, The Joy

Formidable and ‘the best goddamn party Djs in the country’, the Filthy Dukes,

alongside AITBF and Blogger’s Delight resident, Casper C.



Myspace.com/adventuresinthebeetrootfield

PUB QUIZ hosted by MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS

Djs from 16:30, Quiz 8pm



£2/1 NUS to enter quiz



Moshi Moshi records bring their now legendary pop quiz
south of the river for the first time. after a seven year residency in their
finsbury park local the Moshi pop quiz has built up a cult following and
attracts an intriguing mix of locals, hipsters and minor indie celebrity.



Moshimoshimusic.com

WOLFBOY

20:00-00:00

£4/3 NUS



Tropics live

Le Tetsuo live

Beacons live

Wolfboy djs



Indie poppers, lo-fi folksters, noiseniks and other kindred
spirits are to be found, bopping their way across the dance-floor to DJs
spinning anything from Royal Trux to Slick Rick. Festivies include
louder-than-need-be bands (Yeborobo, Screaming Tea Party, Lets Wrestle)
toffee-apple giveaways and general debauchery. Rejoice in our soirees.



Myspace.com/wolfboyrecords

The greatest pub quiz south of the river!!!

Hosted by Joey Page! (Happy Mondays)

1st prize

£50 cash & bottle of champagne

2nd prize

Meal for 4 up the amersham

3rd prize

Cocktails for 4 up the amersham



STARTS AT 8PM SO TURN UP EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT!

AITBF presents

Doors 19:30

£5 NUS/advance from www.gigantic.com?, more on the door



CADENCE WEAPON live

DELS Live

ROWDY SUPERSTAR live



Fantastic
crossover rap/dance from Canadian Cadence Weapon and the Moshi Moshi released
Dels, who has been produced by Joe of Hot Chip fame. The
insane Rowdy Superstar tops off a great bill.

BIGINJAPAN

20:00-00:00

£3 Entry

Drinks promos



Tired Irie Live

Ezra Bang and the Hot Machine live



Resident
Djs : Playdead, Ste-V, G.I.N Djs

Visuals
by Spektral Pixels



It’s not
hard to be big in Japan, at least statically speaking. The average height of a
female woman reaches just over 5ft in the land of the rising sun, compared to
the average female height in the UK, 5.4ft. A sparkly new night ironically
named, Big in Japan, has vertically challenged crowds since migrating from the
south coast late last year, and has already forged a reputation for hosting the
most exciting and often downright bizarre live acts at the Amersham Arms. Tired
Irie are of the same label that brought us Foals and Blood Red Shoes they
successfully combine electro funk and disco with an indie rock sensibility.



Big-in-japan.co.uk

Myspace.com/biginjapan84

NO PAIN IN POP vs DEADLY RHYTHM CLUB

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00,
£6/5 after



Benga Dj

Kode 9 Live

Oneman Dj

NPIP djs

DRC djs



No Pain In Pop is a label that
releases music your parents will hate them for. They also throw parties that
your parents would love, assuming they’re the types that like their music loud,
lairy and with an arty bent. They’re very pleased to announce two dubstep
figureheads tonight, including Benga, who recently released the first true
breakthrough track of the scene, ‘Night’.



Myspace.com/nopaininpop

Myspace.com/deadlyrhythmclub

ALLEZ ALLEZ

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after



Chris Clark / Clark (Warp) live

Pivot (Warp) dj set

Allez Allez Djs



Allez Allez are Sam and Steve. Their blog / podcast
(located at www.allez-allez.co.uk)
is rapidly gaining a reputation as the UK's answer to DFA dude Tim
Sweeny's?infamous Beats In Space show, peddling all things weird,
wonderful and danceable (think krautrock /minimal /industrial / house). Past
and future guests at their Amersham residency include Optimo, Shackleton, and
Fourtet. And the rumours aren’t fake, their will be a special guest in the
house tonight, weighing in with a rare dj set.



www.allezallez.co.uk

Sensible Sundays

From 16:30

Free Entry



Live acoustic acts TBA

Tom Frog & Danny Shamone Djs



Tom & Danny’s ‘sensible’ afternoon / night session of live music has
become the stuff of legend. At the time of going to press they were still
confirming a lineup, but with past guests like Florence & The Machine, Kid
Harpoon and The Holloways you can be sure is going to be good. Check websites
closer the time for a full listing.



myspace.com/sensiblesundays

THOMAS WHITE (ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE/BRAKES) SOLO LIVE

CHRIS T T LIVE

+ SUPPORT



£4 Advance Tickets from Gigantic.com

The
Big Amersham Quiz

Doors
19:30, Quiz starts 20:00

£1
entry



General
knowledge quiz for all levels, hosted by comedian Joey Page. With SUPER cash
prizes!

Line up TBA . . .

AITBF presents

20:00

£tbc



Special Guest TBA

The Bumblebeez (Modular) live

+ djs TBA

AITBF vs NPIP

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after



Very Special Live Guest (Announced 1st May on
www.amersham-arms.co.uk)

Telepathe Live

Gentle FriendlyLive

The XX Live

Crispin Dior Dj

Stop Making Me Dj

NPIP djs



No Pain In Pop is a label that
releases music your parents will hate them for. They also throw parties that
your parents would love, assuming they’re the types that like their music loud,
lairy and with an arty bent. Guests don’t come much more than grime kingpin,
Wiley at the moment. His electro-crossover masterpiece ‘My Rolex’ is being
rinsed out from the pirates all the way up to Radio 1. It’s gonna be a hit,
people!



Myspace.com/adventuresinthebeetrootfield

Myspace.com/nopaininpop

SQUARE ROOTS vs RHETORIC

21:00-03:30

Free for first 50 before 22:00, £6/5 after



Jimmy Edgar (Warp) live

Si Begg dj

Ben Pest Dj

Casio Movement dj

Square Roots djs



Rhetoric is a New Night with a New Approach in New Cross.
Organised by the same people behind Rhetorical Beats, the aim of the night is
to showcase high quality, underground, forward thinking electronic music. The
tunes will always be varied with no commitment to any genre, but with one main
consistency...quality.



Myspace.com/rhetoricalbeats

Myspace.com/square_roots

STOP
MAKING SENSE BANK HOLIDAY PAYBACK

19:00-03:00

Free
Entry

?

Graffiti
Island live

Caspa
Codina (Spektrum offshoot) live

Hooligan
Nights live

Disco
Bloodbath djs

Andy
Blake (Dissident) dj

Stop
Making Sense Soundsystem (Leaf & Ian)

?

As a special bank holiday treat, we present
to you, for the sum of ZERO pence a circus of surprise and impropriety...

Featuring live music from GRAFFITI ISLAND,
CASPA CODINA (Spektrum off shoot) and HOOLIGAN NIGHTS, records to dance to spun
by the fabulous DISCO BLOODBATH, LEAF, NASTY McQUAID and a couple of our famous
(and, shhhhhh, for contractual reasons, secret....) friends, all topped off
with performances presented by RUBY BLUES, glamourgutter queen and master of
Glastonbury's Trash City field... expect filthy chavvy burlesque, drag queens
spitting spleen and dancers beautiful and deformed ushering in the
Spring...?

?

Myspace.com/stopmakingsenseclub

EAT YOUR OWN EARS & AITBF present


£6.50 advance from www.gigantic.comor www.ticketweb.co.uk



The Ruby Suns Live

Micachu and the Shapes Live



New Zealand’s The Ruby Suns formed in Auckland in 2004, lead by principal Ruby Sun Ryan McPhun and ably abetted by Amee Robinson and Imogen Taylor. Although New Zealand is somewhat isolated in the southern most part of the Pacific ocean, Ryan has remained true to his buccaneer instinct. He and his Dictaphone have ventured into the wilds of Africa, the ancient monasteries of Thailand, and the haunting landscapes that surround his everyday. Recorded almost entirely in McPhun’s basement, the melodic musings of the album, ‘Sea Lion’ found inspiration in the natural world and his travels within it, with some tracks sung in indigenous tongues, other s as odes to native Kiwi forests. An African influence also exerts a strong presence in the form of Kenyan traditional music and modern day hip-hop.



eatyourownears.com

adventuresinthebeetrootfield.com








****CANCELLED!!****

The
Big Amersham Quiz

Doors
19:30, Quiz starts 20:00

£1
entry



General
knowledge quiz for all levels, hosted by comedian Joey Obvious. With SUPER cash
prizes!

FANTASTIC ARTISTS & AITBF present

Doors 19:30

£7 advance from www.gigantic.com



Danny and the Champions of the world Live

Peter and the Wolf Live

Revere live

Rod Thomas live

Djs

SKIP!

A night of nonsense based on the poems of Lewis Carroll



PERFORMANCE FROM

SKIPtheatre

Lost & Found

Basics Theatre

and more....



Special Guests (LIVE)

The Broken Hearts (DJ)

Twee as Fuck (DJ)

The She Set (DJ)


Theatrical Bursts Live Art Visual Surprises


A
fresh and exciting new club concept from a collective of former Goldsmith’s
students, with performance artists, live art, burlesque dancers, installation
work, film projections, interactive skipping(!) games and theatrical
environments. All combined with a selection of the hottest bands and Djs around!



Myspace.com/fillupfullstop

BEER AND RAP

21:00-03:30

£4 before 23:00, £5 after








Durrrty Goodz live

Mystro live (EP Launch)

The IRS live




DJs : Guide One, Newborn, Steve Clear




Hosted by Stig Of The Dump & King Kai














A
new hip-hop night for the Amersham which firmly puts the emphasis on good times
and big smiles.



myspace.com/beerandrapentertainment

A NIGHT DEDICATED TO KISSING AND DANCING

ALL PLAYING LOVE THEMED PARTY RECORDS:

line up:

QUEENS OF NOIZE

PLAYDEAD (Big In japan)

DANNY BOY

THE VOGUETTES

ALL ABOUT ME

DRESS UP BOX , VIDEO BOOTH & MAKE YOUR FACE

www.myspace.com/smashandgrabclub?

WILL YOU SMASH AND GRAB??

*IF YOUR NOT KISSING YOUR NOT TRYING*

In the words of Henry Holland, “It’s like being at the best family
wedding you have ever been to, without the Kerry Katona style relatives.”