The Cellar Arts Club is excited to be part of Worthing Festival 2024. We are proud to host eleven different events, ranging from art to dancing to comedy and beyond. Why not get involved? The events are listed below with their ticket links. Remember, our capacity is 50 - so grab 'em while they're hot!
7:30PM to 12:00AM
PRE-FESTIVAL WARM-UP! Express: Disco/Funk 1974 - 1979
A night capturing the spirit of legendary New York Club 'Studio 54', playing the very best of Disco and Funk from the 1970's. Yes there will be chart classics you know & love, but also great dance grooves and underground gems that may not have entered your consciousness.Expect to hear tracks from the likes of Anita Ward / Archie Bell / Arpadys / Aretha Franklin / Bee Gees / Ben E King / Bohannon / B T Express / Cerrone / Chic / Commodores / Curtis Mayfield / Diana Ross / Donna Summer / Eddie Harris / Edwin Starr / Fatback Band / Gloria Gaynor / Grace Jones / Herbie Hancock / KC & The Sunshine Band / LaBelle / The O’Jays / Parliament / Rick James / Sister Sledge / Sly & The Family Stone / Space / The Trampps / The Undisputed Truth / Wild Cherry , and many many more....It's not a themed period costume night, but in the spirit of the original Studio 54 Club we ask that you come dressed to impress.
DJ Pete Fij (Never Stop & This Is Pop!)
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8:30PM to 12:00AM
Moonya (live)
Followingthree EPs and a new album, the French one-woman band phenomenon returns! She'llbe performing two sets of “lunar and aerial pop music” via guitar, keys, live-loopingand voice. A unique artist, she uses technology to replace the conventional band and present great performances entirely solo.She’s played on bills with Viagra Boys, Fatoumata Diawara, TheOffspring and others, performing music that’s fragile yet powerful, sometimesgraceful, sometimes dark. She loves the Cellar and the Cellar loves her so don’tmiss this.The mood in the room when she plays here is always excellent.
Also DJ'n'dancing 'til midnight.
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7:00PM to 9:00PM
Life Drawing: Worthing Festival Special
For our special Worthing Festival edition, Cellar Life Drawing takes a walk on the wild side. We are super happy to welcome fabulous latex trashcore burlesque babe Carlotta Schwarz as our model for this event. Expect a relaxed, untutored life drawing class with just a little bit of kink. So come along and have a sociable drink and draw with us.
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7:30PM to 9:30PM
Kin (A Play)
Following a successful sell out run in 2023, Twisted Angel Theatre Co are delighted to bring 'Kin', a tale of sibling rivalry, love & reconciliation to Worthing Festival. This funny, moving & honest play, penned by Max Dickins and directed by Russell Floyd. stars Kerri Hedley-Cheney & Jenny Delisle. One night, two sisters, 20 years estranged, finally reunited on the deathbed of their father.
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7:30PM to 12:00AM
The Snakepit: Worthing Festival Dark Edition
Well-loved goth mecca delivers a festival blow-out. Expect to hear the very best goth anddarkwave dancefloor classics along with a few rarities. The Snakepit startedlife over three decades ago at Worthing’s renowned indie-punk venue Carioca andit’s still going strong! Dress Code - BLACK.
Free Entry!
7:30PM to 12:00AM
Heroes of Dance Music: Richard Norris
An evening with Richard Norris of The Grid (and many other musical ventures!): Q&A from 8.00 PM, then Richard Norris DJ set 10.00 - midnight.
Richard Norris is best known as one half of The Grid, alongside Dave Ball (of Soft Cell). The duo had a run of hits in the 1990s, including global smash 'Swamp Thing' and the Balearic classic 'Floatation'. They are shortly to reanimate as a live unit. Norris is also known for his work with Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve (with Erol Alkan), The Droyds and The Time and Space Machine. He was one of the first British producers to embrace acid house in 1988, working with Genesis P Orridge on the 'Jack the Tab' collection . He has collaborated along the way with artists as varied as Joe Strummer, Robert Fripp and David Sylvian.
Richard's memoir 'Strange Things Are Happening' is recently published and copies will be available.
Richard Norris will be in conversation with the writer Thomas H Green.
DJ support from Gazzy T.
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4:00PM to 9:00PM
Punkish/Noisish: Worthing Festival Special
The alternative to the alternative of every alternative. Local alt-culture mainstay Kev Hough presents Worthing's live underground Sunday event in all its glory. Agreat afternoon of the unexpected, the provocative, the searingly strange and the genuinely awesome. Line-up TBA (probably at the very last minute!) but always worth a visit for out-there sounds and visuals. It's what Sundays are for.
Free Entry!
7:30PM to 12:00AM
R.A.W. (with guest author Justin Hopper)
R.A.W. stands for Readers And Writers and this evening is for both. Every month the writer and journalist Thomas H Green talks with a writer about both their work and about the world of writing, not just their process and creativity, but about how they make a living and survive as a writer. Books will be for sale.
This month our guest is Justin Hopper, whose work explores the intersection of landscape, memory and myth. His book The Old Weird Albion looks at the South Downs through a series of poetic essays; Obsolete Spells reveals the work and life of occult landscape poet Victor B. Neuburg. His two albums on cult label Ghost Box Records (Chanctonbury Rings with SharronKraus; The Path with Belbury Poly) combine landscape writing with music.His podcast Uncanny Landscapes provides a forum for in-depth interviews with contemporary landscape practitioners from the arts and sciences.
This evening is not just about books, but about all the places and ways we may write, from poetry pamphlets to online opportunities, from niche magazines to personal memoirs.
The evening opens with readers/writers giving book recommendations, and closes with a book swap (so please, if you want to, bring a book to swap), and reader/writer chat over drinks.
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7:30PM to 10:30PM
Worthing Comedy Cellar: Festival Special
The Cellar’s stand-up night, created by Behind the Wizard Comedy, is still relatively new but, from the opening night, it immediately achieved sell-out status. It’s a chance to catch a selection of the finest upcoming comedians on the south coast before they become famous! Doors open 7:30 PM. Show Starts 8.00 PM.
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7:30PM to 12:00AM
Xylaroo (live)
The harmonic sweetness and perfectlyattuned songwriting of Xylaroo speaks to the fact globe-trotting duo Holly and Coco Chant are sisters. Their 2016 'Sweetooth' is one of the century's greatest but most underheard albums, an amalgam of deliciously bright songwriting, darker lyrical themes and mystical longing. Perhaps as well known for their astonishing covers of 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' and 'I Will Survive', the last few years have seen them explore their musical range on songs such as 'Like Planes Taking Off in the Wind', 'Wild Woman', 'Psalm 23' and 'Motherfa'. For fans of Nick Mulvey, First Aid Kit and Emmy the Great. This will be a stunning evening.
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7:30PM to 12:00AM
Drum & Bass at The Cellar: Worthing Festival Special
Over the last year Basswave Events & Locked Up Music have built a solid reputation for their Drum & Bass At The Cellar nights. Non-stop quality music, friendly vibes and no nonsense. This Festival Special promises to be a banger, featuring a headline set from 'black hole skanker' Glitch City, whose career has taken in labels such as Viper, Ram, and Technique. Also on the bill are Smasha back-2-back with Nu Lo and Exo Avatar back-2-back with Leku, plus a big festival set from resident Section.
Free Entry!