IT'S DOUBLE '0' FUNTIME - 1st Birthday & James Bond Special

Licensed to fun ...  It's Funtime celebrates it's first birthday with a James Bond - themed special! 

Teams required!  Come one, come all, and set your watches to Funtime; for we shall rendezvous with every species of game, quizzling, puzzlement and surprise!  An evening of fun and games unsurpassed in their gaiety!

www.its-funtime.com

TAKE A LOOK AT PHOTOS FROM PAST FUNTIME EVENTS www.flickr.com/groups/funtime-club/pool/  

STAY IN TOUCH WITH US BY JOINING OUR FACEBOOK GROUP  www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113602122952  

It's Funtime now starts at 7:30pm, and then after 10pm the fun and games carry on upstairs with Funsize Funtime til late.

Dare you look upon the Robot-Men?  Have you the brawny arm for the Tower of Strength, or the nimblest fingers to Make and Do?  Will your eardrums solve the Tortured Tunes or your eyeballs recognise the Filleted Films? Have you the disposition of iron it takes to play the climatic thrill of Kerrchinko?

These and many more puzzlements await, as we cordially invite you to an evening of wonders unsurpassed.  A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

Ladies and gentlemen are invited to submit a ‘nom de jou’ for their federation of acquaintances, and once this team name is officially registered here, it cannot be adopted by other parties, no matter what nature of blandishments offered

REGISTER YOUR TEAM ONLINE AT   www.its-funtime.com  

Novice funsters are hereby notified that this evening of puzzlements involves several startling appearances of Robot-Men, which may cause palpitations of distress to those with weak nerves

email: wilson@its-funtime.com  

MUMBO JUMBO - feat DJ Twitch

Enjoy your perfect party soundtrack at Mumbo Jumbo

Mumbo Jumbo is a night with a mix of musical styles from funk and hip hop to house and electronica care of resident DJs Trendy Wendy [Tackno / Playgirl Mansions] and Steve Austin [Headspin]

Tonights guest DJ Twitch has been at the forefront of forward-thinking dance music in Scotland for over 20 years.  First with Pure in Edinburgh, then Optimo in Glasgow.

He has an impressive back catalogue of original productions and remixes for the likes of Florence and the Machine, The Gossip, Pharoahe Moneh and The Glimmers [who count him as their favourite DJ], as well as internationally acclaimed mix CDs for Kill The DJ and Walkabout.

He's just rocked Australia and China and we can't wait for him to bring his original mix of underground sounds and cheeky goodtime curveballs

The MJ residents play the biggest tunes to get your party started alongside special guest DJs and live acts in the main room, plus some special hand-picked musical treats in the upstairs bar area

www.myspace.com/mumbojumboclub

You'll also find us on Facebook

SALSA CELTICA - live

Salsa Celtica drop in for a one off gig at the Bongo Club to celebrate the release of their first live album "En Vivo en El Norte"

Salsa Celtica's synthesis of Scottish and Irish traditional music with all the Latin American elements of salsa has taken them and their music all over the world.  Having started in Edinburgh back in 1995 they have gone on to play some of the biggest salsa, folk, jazz and world music festivals around the globe. 

Their albums have topped the New York and L.A. salsa charts and European world music charts, the band has been nominated for folk music awards and even appeared as themselves in a feature film. 15 years down to road they release their fist live album "En Vivo En El Norte. 

Their lineup combines some of Scotland and Ireland's most exciting traditional musicians together with a stellar group of world, jazz and salsa musicians from the U.K. and Latin America.  Salsa Celtica is a stunning combination of virtuosity and energy, making them one of the most exciting groups on the world music circuit today.

www.salsaceltica.com  

ZUMBA with Joanna

CLUB FIT with Cath

JUNGLEDUB - free entry!

NOIZE:TEK

Noize:Tek is proud to present a Scottish debut from Toronto junglist 0=0 who is celebrating his upcoming album release on Planet Mu Records, along with Wrong Music founder Ebola who has recently released on Combat Recordings and collaborated with Neil Landstrumm.

Support comes from DnB monster Spitting Vitriol and Noize:Tek resident and label owner Vinyl Vandal

www.noizetek.co.uk

FOUR CORNERS

Good time soul music for dancing, the perfect start to your weekend, Four Corners serves up another rapturous blend of soulful dancefloor music, new and old, from right across the map

Residents Simon Hodge, Astroboy, Johnny Cashback and recent recruit Wee G pride themselves on maintaining an honest and dependable get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats - all making for an evergreen blend of outernational soul ... and one hell of a party

www.myspace.com/clubfourcorners  

NEXT DATE: FRI 4th JUNE

BIG N BASHY feat UNCLE DUGS

Tonight we welcome a true junglist:  Uncle Dugs [Kool FM, Revival, Jungle Fever]. 

Uncle Dugs has been a DJ on Londons longest-running jungle and drum'n'bass pirate radio station Kool FM since 2006, as well as working at Rinse FM alongside household names in the UK music scene.  Dugs recreates the original jungle spirit at his own night 'Revival' in Shoreditch, ensuring this visit is gonna be grand.

Big N Bashy is one the hottest nights to hit Edinburgh’s Saturday night club scene in recent years, which has already gained a steady and loyal following amongst Edinburgh’s clubbers for its up-to-the-minute, bass-heavy sounds.

Resident DJs:  Beast & Faze [jungle],  David George [dubstep],  Deburgh [grime],  Decoy Roy [reggae].

Bored of the usual one genre per night ethos of most nights, the Big N Bashy team plays the finest reggae, grime, dubstep and jungle through a monster combination of the Bongo Club's in- house sound system and an extra six subs care of the well respected dub reggae sounds of the mighty Messenger Sound System.

With this great combo of musical styles and a killer sound system Big N Bashy delivers the biggest beats and bashiest basslines, while The Messenger ensures the good vibrations all night long!

www.myspace.com/bignbashydub  

www.kool946fm.com

www.myspace.com/uncledugs

NEXT DATE:  SAT 5th JUNE

ZUMBA with Joanna

A weekly Zumba fitness class, every Monday at 6pm, with Joanna

The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin and International rhythms and easy-to- follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away.

Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked.

Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

DITCH THE WORKOUT, JOIN THE PARTY!

info@fitnessaroundtheworld.co.uk  

NEXT CLASS: It's not next week, because there's a gig here, so we'll see you again on Mon 24th May at 6pm

CLUB FIT with Cath

Workout to your weekend soundtrack!

A new weekly dance and workout class, every Monday at 7pm with Cath

This is an aerobic/dance style class set to club music; styles include house, electro, techno, hardhouse

You can get further details from Cath via phone: 07718 93 22 32 or email: cath@clubfit.uk.com  

There's no class next Monday, because there's a gig on - we'll see you again on Monday 24th May at 7pm

JUNGLEDUB - free entry!

CONFUSION IS SEX with Randy Twigg live

GAMMA RAY PRESENTS ...
RANDY TWIGG
LIVE AT CONFUSION IS SEX!
"Confusion is Sex, a multi-sensory clubbing experience" *****

ENTRY: £8 / £5*    *Dress-up - Ghetto fabulous

Advance tickets available online at the Bongo Club
and also in person at Ripping Records
City Cafe and Electric Cabaret

THE GLITCH 11-11.30
Main Room Resident DJ's playing Electro, White Trash & Glam Techno.

RANDY TWIGG LIVE 11:30-12:10
http://www.myspace.com/randytwigg  
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Randy has risen to the top of Berlin's unique underground music scene with her no holds barred, below the belt, power rock electronic sound and concerts. Playing bass with André in Mt.Sims (Hungry Eye, Gigolo), collaborating and sharing the stage with such artists as Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps), Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop, Jessie Evans), Stereo Total, T. Raumschmiere, and Jessie Evans, this act is not to be missed. With propulsive punk sensibility, it is a bold, lyric driven collision of pop consciousness and dance floor balls served hot with plenty of molten rock and analogue bubbles to keep things niiiiice and slippery.

“a musician at the top of her game, an ace of
bass with a raw and wry honesty.”
David Selden, Dorfdisco.

“This woman embodies what I can proudly hope is the future of Riot Grrrl!” Echo Danon, East Village Radio.

THE FREAKY BRIDES ..Vanilla Ice tribute
- Ice Ice Baby 12:25-12:30
"We make it hype and you want to step with this…."VI
Word to your mother

THE GLITCH 12:30-1:00

THE FREAKY BRIDES .
MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This 1:00-1:05
Will perform a dance tribute "and show you how to
Break it down, Stop, Hammer time" MC

THE GLITCH Till 3am

THE DIRTY RED DIAMONDS
11:00-03:00 Upstairs - The Resident DJ's playing - Surf, Rockabilly, Garage, Country, Old School Punk & Rock N Roll
The Dirty Red Diamond DJ's are...Oly (White Heat/Hobo), Luke (Ride this Train) Jake (Multiple Maniacs)

DECOR BY The Lynch Mob
Art work and installations created by a group of Edinburgh artists who design and create a play ground in a david lynch meets the residents fantasy land style.

NEXT DATES !!!
11th June:Dress up: Mad Max
9th of July: Dress up: Madame butterfly
6th of August (Festival Extravaganza!!)

WEBSITES
http://www.confusionissex.com  
http://www.thefreakybrides.com  
http://www.gammaraydali.com  

MYSPACE ADDRESSES
http://www.myspace.com/confusionissexclub  
http://www.myspace.com/thefreakybrides  
http://www.myspace.com/gammaraydali  

UTUBE Confusion is sex channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/confusionissexclub  

Cis Confusion is sex Facebook Friend Page
http://www.facebook.com/cis.confusion.is.sex?ref=mfb  

Facebook Confusion is sex Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72774457720  

Facebook The Freaky Brides Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27921682251  

The Freaky Brides Facebook Friend Page
http://www.facebook.com/thefreakybrides  

THE DOORS ALIVE - live

The Doors Alive - the No.1 tribute band to the legendary sixties, Californian rock guru's The Doors - playing live tonight.  Support comes from Missing Cat and My Electric Love Affair.

The Doors Alive re-create the sound, look, presence and feel of a real 1960's Doors concert perfectly and effortlessly, transporting the crowd back in time with such classic hits as Light My Fire, When The Music's Over, Riders On The Storm, The End and many more

The singer, Willie, captures the attitude, look and voice of the late, great Jim Morrison, and the other band members have honed the other Doors members playing styles note for note.  To achieve that authentic Sixties sound, the band use the very same instruments that members of the Doors originally used.  These include a vintage Fender Rhodes Bass keyboard, a vintage Vox Continental keyboard and a vintage Gibson S.G. guitar

They have wowed audiences all over Europe and the U.K, from Orkney to Berlin and back again, and have played - and filled - some of the most respected venues around.  In short - they don't disappoint!

Here are some of the songs you can expect to hear/see at a Doors Alive show .... TOUCH ME,  5 TO 1,  PEOPLE ARE STRANGE,  HELLO I LOVE YOU,  LOVE STREET,  UNKNOWN SOLDIER,  20th CENTURY FOX,  RIDERS ON THE STORM,  DOWN SO LONG,  WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER,  ROADHOUSE BLUES,  LOVE ME 2 TIMES, LOVE HER MADLY,  STRANGE DAYS,  BREAK ON THROUGH,  THE CHANGELING,  ALABAMA SONG, BACKDOOR MAN,  L.A. WOMAN,  LIGHT MY FIRE,  THE END, etc

www.thedoorsalive.co.uk

www.myspace.com/missingcats

www.myspace.com/myelectricloveaffair

HEADSPIN feat KRASH SLAUGHTA

Headspin is a four-deck mix of beats, funk, hip hop, house and more, with live percussion

Tonight we welcome back the sublime skills of our old friend DJ Krash Slaughta

Known as a turntablist extradordinaire who mixes up funk breaks and hip hop, he will be celebrating the release of a new 12" EP.  This will add to his "Plans For An Interplanetary Bust" EP and his track "The Posse Is Large",  released on Smoove's Wack label,  as well as his work with Monkey Mafia,  Silvah Bullet and II Tone Committee

www.myspace.com/krashslaughta

Meanwhile the Headspin residents still manage to winkle out the best selection of up-front party tunes there is to be found.  Now one of the longest-lasting clubs this city has ever seen - and still going strong - just what is the Headspin secret?  Look no further than damn good tunes, sick skills and knowing what you want to hear, before you know

Resident DJs - Allan Dunbar / Steve Austin / Dava with live percussion from Bongo Dave and visual projections by Foundlight

www.myspace.com/clubheadspin

next Headspin:  Sat 12 June

ELI Paperboy REED & The TRUE LOVES - live

DF Concerts present the American soul sensation Eli 'Paperboy' Reed and The True Loves, with support from Keith Douglas.

Following the April release of new album, 'Come And Get It' on Parlophone Records, you'll hear songs from the latest LP at the heart of his electrifying live show.  Unmissable!

www.elipaperboyreed.com

www.myspace.com/elipaperboyreed

"A voice to rival the greats"  WORD magazine

The WAILING SOULS - live

Live and direct roots rock reggae from Kingston, Jamaica - The Wailing Souls with support from Robigan & I-tal Faya Sound

Fusing the harmonies of Motown with the roots and dancehall sounds of reggae, The Wailing Souls have ridden the crest of Jamaica's music for more than four decades.  Nominated for Grammy awards three times, the group scored hits with classic roots reggae tunes, War and Bredda Gravlicious, Firehouse Rock, and 1992 album and title track All Over The World.  Additionally, the group scored number one hits with Things and Time, Jah Jah, Old Broom, and Shark Attack.

The duo recording career has been nothing short of historic.  Vocally trained by Bob Marley and the Wailers' teacher, Joe Higgs, they worked with legendary reggae producers including Coxson Dodd of Studio One, Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, Channel One Studios, Delroy Wright, Lloyd 'King' Jammy’s, as well as recording several early tunes at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Studio.

They attracted global attention when their music was featured in the 1993 Disney film, Cool Runnings.  The soundtrack album was an international hit, selling nearly half a million copies worldwide.  The Souls had three songs on this soundtrack including the hit Picky Picky Head. 

Formed in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica, in the late-1960s, The Wailing Souls have experienced numerous transformations.  Their discography (over 26 albums to date) includes singles recorded as The Renegades, Pipe & the Pipers, and Atarra.  Sly & Robbie and the Roots Radics are only a few of the stellar musicians who have worked with them.

Still one of the most powerful forces in reggae, the band continue to tour globally and record new songs with the vigour that they had singing in Kingston's Trench Town decades ago

www.thewailingsouls.net  

www.myspace.com/robigan

www.myspace.com/italfayasound

JUNGLEDUB - free entry

TAIKO DRUMMING Workshop

Learn to play the taiko drums with the UK's top instructors and experience the energy and thrill of playing these beautiful instruments.

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the basics of taiko drumming, taught  by experienced instructors from Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers.

The session is suitable for complete beginners to experienced drummers and percussionists;  all welcome!

Check out our website for more info, performance dates, newsletter, cds, dvds: www.taiko.co.uk

Contact:  Lynn 01357 522 008,  or email  MTD@taiko.co.uk

NEXT WORKSHOP:  Here at the Bongo Club on Tuesday 15 June 2010, 7:00 - 9:00pm

SOULSVILLE

Featured in this months "THE LIST" magazines HITLIST - TOP 9 CLUBS IN EDINBURGH & GLASGOW (MAY/JUNE)

FUNK / SOUL / SWING / DOO-WOP / ROCK N' ROLL

Music with soul spanning an entire century. Soulsville DJ's Argonaut and Tsatsu will take clubgoers on a musical journey from the swinging big bands of the 1930's, through the Doo-Wop, Rock & Roll and Soul of the next 50 years to the Funkadelic electricity of the 80's. A night not to be missed.

DEVIL DISCO CLUB feat Horse Meat Disco & RBRBR

Trouble is back 'n' black!

You can be sure the Devil Disco Club DJs - Hobbes & Erik d'Viking [Trouble], Simonotron [Club for Heroes] and Kris Wasabi [Wasabi Disco] - will cover all the bases from soul and rap, myriad strains of vintage disco from New York, classic eighties boogie, cosmic, italo and other rarities, not to mention some poppin' electro-funk and proto-house gems.  You know where it's at!

Tonight's special guests [making a return visit 'cause they were brrrrrilliant last time] are ace London DJ blokes Horse Meat Disco.  Making their live debut at um Bongo tonight are Embra electro rockers RBRBR

The Devil Disco Club is a new party about going back to basics, embracing your dark side and letting it all hang out. It's about listening to some of the most exciting new dance music out there alongside the classics and it's about checking out a buzzing new live act that will move your feet and engage your mind.  It's about doing all of this alongside some of your favourite people in one of Embra's favourite venues: the Bongo Club.

Music:  soul, rap, boogie, italo, cosmic, disco, electro-funk, acid & early/proto-house: re-edits, remixes, extended versions etc

www.getintotrouble.com  

www.myspace.com/horsemeatdisco  

www.myspace.com/rbrbr  

MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM

ZUMBA with Joanna

CLUB FIT with Cath - not on today

CLUB FIT with Cath

JUNGLEDUB - free entry

SPECIAL TANABERE & GOUDI GANILA

Arame Thioye - the rising star from Senegal will ensure a night of leumbal and thiedu jeun

Medoune NDiaye and Ensemble

Samba Sene & Diwan - mbalax fusion and hi-energy afrobeats www.myspace.com/sambasene

DJs Ndiok Malik & Julo - spinning the decks with the latest Ndaga vibes

DELTA MAINLINE - live

Psychedelic rock from Delta Mainline, with support from The Lucid Dream & The Machine Room

http://www.myspace.com/deltamainline

http://www.myspace.com/theluciddream08

‘Epic rockscapes that have mainlined on Morricone soundtracks, Spacemen 3 singles and Sparklehorse LPs. A bliss-inducing band if ever you heard one. Bring them into your world and onto your stereo.'  Phil Istine.
Shindig! Magazine

‘One of the best live bands I've seen this year...'
Jim Gellatly XFM Scotland

‘A spacey sonic exploration that recalls The Doors or early Verve.’
Edinburgh Evening News

'Psychedelic rockers rise above their peers, quality songs that live up to the hype…’
The Scotsman

'Delta Mainline do not make music - they create spiritually staggering sound.’
Skinny Mag

‘The psychedelic power that oozes from this ... could well prove that we’ve come across the band to rival Kasabian as the UK’s leading light for unconventional rock.’
High Voltage Review

'If you like your music high on the epic and psychedelic scales, then your advised to check out Delta Mainline...a breath of fresh air in a musical climate where seemingly every new band want to sound like The Libertines. Very impressive.’
Heathenangel.co.uk

'Delta Mainline close the evening with Spacemen 3 shamanic drone rock versus a boogie-woogie blues band in a late night mid-western truck stop, all, trust me, good things.'
The Leither (@ The Leith Festival)

'A wonderfully woven piece of psyche-drone-brilliance for those needing aural stimulation whilst on a particularly sedated session.’
Subba-cultcha.com

'...this is a band who cannot be missed.  Had the whole of Dry Bar (Manchester) in awe.  Go check them out!'
Imagine Records

XPLICIT

BOO HEWERDINE - live

Fallen Angels present our favourite domicile, the guitar-playing, ace songwriting dude Boo Hewerdine, plus special guest Ben Glover

www.boohewerdine.net

www.myspace.com/boohewerdine

www.fallenangelsclub.com

MUMBO JUMBO

BURLESQUE WORKSHOP

Miss SassyKat, Edinburgh's Finest Alley-Kat will be hosting and running a burlesque workshop at the Bongo Club to teach all you fabulous people the history of burlesque and the art of teasing and peeling .......

There will be no nudity as being comfortable and confident is the aim of the game, so please wear clothes that are comfortable that you can wear burlesque clothes on top of!

There are 20 spaces for this workshop and it costs £10 for 2 hours [4-6pm] and free entry into 'Eclectic Cabaret' gig after at the Bongo is included, which starts at 7pm.

Please contact Miss SassyKat on 07890 75 28 35 for bookings

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE BANTER BENCH FUND - a collection to buy a bench for a friend who is sadly missed but not forgotten. 

See here for more details  http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=380650408703&ref=ts

ECLECTIC CABARET

ECLECTIC CABARET ....... presents a night of eclectic music, games and performance, all in the style of a 1920's speakeasy for your Bank Holiday Sunday Funday!!'

Featuring-
Burlesque from Miss SassyKat and Teniah Twisted,
Open Mic with Stacey Crighton presenting 'All That Jazz',
MC's, Poker, music from Tamobanter [Ghantin/Jungledub] and finishing off the night with 'RAGE'- Edinburgh's finest Rage Against The Machine Tribute Act !
MORE TBC

Dress code - charleston, gangster, molls n dolls

All in aid of the Boss Mans Banter Bench Fund

THE BOSS MANS BONANZA

The WrongKore Conga presents 'The Boss Mans Bonanza' - all in aid of the Big Mans Banter Bench Fund

The after-party for the Eclectic Cabaret, a night of face-melting beats like the Boss Man would've wanted

Featuring DJ's

Apeshit  [metal mash up ]
Biff Webster  [techno mash-up]
Terek  [React-ing techno]
Ma Bla [tek away 666bpm]
Toster [Bassassault] .... all the way from Szczecin, Poland!

and visuals from VJ Mavdog

ZUMBA with Joanna

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