The good people of the Fat Out festival, taking place in Salford between 20 and 22 September, have unveiled the last remaining names on this year’s bill. Joining Brìghde Chaimbeul, Nat Sharp, Zakia Sewell, Angeline Morrison, Nuha Ruby Ra, Electroni Kongo and QUJAKU will be Brazilian producer LYZZA, Kim Lana, Hypersea, “folk-informed collective” Calliope and much more. Hypersea is a new project from Hannah Cobb of Working Men’s Club; Cobb will be doing a 10 day residency in the run up to the festival to develop the one-off performance on the opening night. Hypersea is a project “exploring fluidity, interconnectivity and modes of collectivity as inspired by Shezad Dawood’s artwork Leviathan: From the Forest to the Sea.” This will take place on Friday 20 September at Salford Museum & Art Gallery.
On the Friday night, Fatty Acid will be holding a cabaret do at the Islington Ill, hosted by Violet Blonde and DJ Duckdown and featuring performances by Cabbage The Clown, Lesion, Lionel Bitchie, Palace Plastick and Sam Buttery. Todmorden-based Homoelectric regular Kim Lana will be DJing, and you can pop to the Mirage Bar next door for performances by Manchester rapper Che3kz and Japanese live techno artist s/h/u/y/a .
Throughout the weekend the Islington Mill is hosting an exhibition by queer illustrator and maker Eve Frances, who won an open call competition held as a collaboration between the festival and The Fat Zine. We’re told that “Eve’s tapestry artworks explore themes of Fat Justice and Fat Liberation through positive representation”. The exhibition will be free to view during Mill opening hours. For more information and festival tickets, please visit the Fat Out website.
Fat Out founder Emma Thompson says: “I’m really excited to see Fat Out seep out into more spaces this year, taking our freaky sounds and queer energy further into Salford! There’s so much gorgeous music and visual art to be excited about, which as always has been collaboratively brought together by our amazing programme partners.”
