Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions

13/12/2024

Check out our latest showreel.

Featuring the fabulous
Suspire - https://linktr.ee/suspiretheband
George Draper - instagrasm.com/georgedrapermusic
Elsi - https://elsi.uk/

Huge thanks as always to Florence Park Social Club and Bar, our amazing volunteers:
instagram.com/keikoikeuchiphotography/ 📷
Alan on sound
Alan D for the lighting and this this wonderful show reel
Jo and Laura for🕯️🪑
And our wonderful audience!
Paul and Helen 💕

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2X6ecmsOeQ

A show reel featuring clips from Mechanical Animals Vol 7 on Weds 20 November 2024.Featuring00:00 Intro00:06 Elsi - https://elsi....

04/12/2024

Mechanical Animals Session Vol 7

Thanks to all the artists and to Alan on sound, Alan D and the lovely, audience for listening so attentively to all the performers ✨

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04/12/2024

Thanks so much to Elsi for your performing your brilliant set for on Nov 20.
Photo thanks to

04/12/2024

Thanks so much to for your performing your wonderful set for on Nov 20.
Photo thanks to

04/12/2024

Thanks so much to for your performing your awesome stripped-back set for on Nov 20.
Photos by the fabulous

20/11/2024

Super cool shots by from last month's Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions which featured The Velveteen Orkestra and 🔥

Tonight we will be featuring Suspire,
George Draper and Elsi✨ Well worth bracing the ☃️ and you are sure to be toasty warm inside Florence Park Social Club and Bar with all the good vibes, beautiful music and welcoming bar! See you there!

13/11/2024

...and be sure not to miss the incredible Suspire on Wednesday 20th November. Members hail originally from Newcastle to Devon and they will be performing their own, infectious melodies and lyricism that dovetails direct social commentary with ambiguous introspection so get yourselves down to Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 7!!!🦒🐍

Doors open at 8pm

8.10 - 8.40pm Elsi
8.50 - 9.20pm George Draper.
9.30-10pm Suspire

Wheelchair access
No flashing lights
Fabulous bar
Intimate atmosphere 👂🐰✨

Pay what you can on the door (£10 suggested - all money goes to the performers and Florence Park Social Club)

Programme detail thanks to Keiko Ikeuchi

13/11/2024

And do not miss the sublime George Draper on Wednesday 20th November at Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 7 performing his own indie folk compositions with his distinctive sound.

Doors open at 8pm

8.10 - 8.40pm Elsi Elsi
8.50 - 9.20pm George Draper
9.30-10pm Suspire

Wheelchair access
No flashing lights
Fabulous bar
Intimate atmosphere 👂🐰✨

Pay what you can on the door (£10 suggested - all money goes to the performers and Florence Park Social Club)

Programme detail grateful thanks to Keiko Ikeuchi

13/11/2024

Don't miss the incredible Elsi on Wednesday 20th November at Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 7! Elsi is a wonderful, young folk musician heralding from the serene landscape of Norfolk!

Doors open at 8pm

8.10 - 8.40pm Elsi
8.50 - 9.20pm George Draper
9.30-10pm Suspire

Wheelchair access
No flashing lights
Fabulous bar
Intimate atmosphere 👂🐰✨

Pay what you can on the door (£10 suggested - all money goes to the performers and Florence Park Social Club)

Programme detail with grateful thanks to Keiko Ikeuchi

20/10/2024

Check out our latest show reel! Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 6 https://youtu.be/ECwkPi0rT7U?si=quiX5yGLx_0rzRHg

Featuring these three stunning artists:
instagram.com/flamingo_project/
instagram.com/josephineillingworthmusic/
The Velveteen Orkestra

Huge thanks to all the fantastic volunteers who turn up every time and help make our evenings so magical:

instagram.com/keikoikeuchiphotography/ 📷
Alan on sound
Alan D for the lighting and this this wonderful show reel
Jo and Laura for🕯️🪑

And our wonderful audience!

You are all amazing
Paul and Helen 💕
Paul Lodge and Helen Pearson Music

A showreel featuring clips from Mechanical Animals Vol 6 on Weds 16 October 2024.Featuring00:00 Intro00:01 Velveteen Orkestra htt...

20/10/2024

And more huge thanks to Flamingo (instagram.com/flamingo_project/) who blew us away with her performance Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 6 on Wednesday 16th Oct

And more thanks to Keiko Ikeuchi (keikoikeuchi.com) for these stunning photos

20/10/2024

Massive thanks to Josephine Illingworth (instagram.com/josephineillingworthmusic/) for her mesmerising performance on Wednesday 16th Oct at Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 6

Thanks again to Keiko Ikeuchi (keikoikeuchi.com) for these beautiful images.

20/10/2024

Huge thanks to The Velveteen Orkestra who wowed us with their stripped back performance on Wednesday 16th Oct at Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 6

Keiko Ikeuchi (keikoikeuchi.com) thank-you for these incredible photos, too

16/10/2024

And finishing off our selection tonight is Italian-born, Oxford-based (aka Lavinia Siardi who also sings for the local emo band ). She will be bringing some of her most intimate songs to the Mechanical Animals stage tonight. Again, not to be missed!

Doors open at 8pm. Music starts at 8.10pm and finishes at 10pm.

16/10/2024

And be sure not to miss Josephine Illingworth tonight! A long-distance hiker and chronic wanderer, she constructs her songs as journeys, weaving stark poetry, folklore, glimmering guitar and field recordings into a soundscape that feels almost tactile.

Doors open at 8pm. Don't miss this! Music starts at 8.10pm.

16/10/2024

First up tonight! All the way from London and Brighton! We will be presenting a special, duo line up of the Velveteen Orkestra in the form of Dan Shears (vocals and guitar) and Mishkin Fitzgerald (piano and accordion).

Doors open at 8pm. Don't miss this! Music starts at 8.10pm.

15/10/2024

Hey! It won't be a late night! STARTS at 8pm FINISHES at 10pm! So why not get yourselves down to Florence Park Community Centre tomorrow evening for the 6TH MECHANICAL ANIMALS ACOUSTIC SESSION?!! It's going to be another cracker!

We have three incredibly talented artists and , all for a donation on the door, every penny of which is split evenly between the performers and FPCC.

Music starts at 8.10pm.

Not-for-profit. Wheelchair access. No flashing lights. Support live music.

Thank-you again to for the gorgeous artwork.

24/09/2024

Flights of Helios at the Midnight Riyaz bringing their tabla-driven acoustic psychedelia direct from the Green Gathering and SeptemberSong festivals to Mechanical Animals Acoustic Sessions Vol 5 at Florence Park Social Club and Bar on Weds 18 September 2024

Photos courtesy of Keiko Ikeuchi