Saturday 12th August
Happy Valley Pride Presents:
David Hoyle (The Divine David) + Wobbly Bob + DJ Kim
Tickets £6/£8 [+10% Booking fee]
Doors 7.30pm
An evening of live music and performance art at the legendary Trades Club. Huddersfield-based Ska-Rockers Wobbly Bob will be headlining the evening alongside the legendary anti-drag queen David Hoyle, with DJ Kim Lana playing a boundary-hopping house set.
Dress Code – extravagant and fabulous is encouraged – be loud and proud at the most fabulous party in town.
Tickets just £8 (£6 for Trades Club members) available online, at The Trades Club or from the Happy Valley Pride Box Office, Hebden Bridge Town Hall w/c 8th August (10am till 2pm).
WOBBLY BOB
Wobbly Bob are all about the party. Having shared a stage with bands such as Suburban Legends, The Toasters, Sonic Boom Six, Kava Kava, Upbeat Allstars, Billy No Mates, Fandangle and Jaya The Cat to name but a few, the chunky Ska-Poppers from Huddersfield have accumulated a far reaching fan base and a high energy show to match.
DAVID HOYLE
The legendary, anti-drag queen, David Hoyle presents a very special performance. Expect polemic, pathos, provocative politicking and high comedy.
Hoyle came to prominence in the 1990s as the Divine David, a kind of anti-drag queen whose lacerating social commentary – targeting both bourgeois Britain and the materialistic-hedonistic gay scene, which he called “the biggest suicide cult in history” – was offset by breathtaking instances of self-recrimination and even self-harm.
Following a couple of outré late-night Channel 4 shows and a cameo in Velvet Goldmine, Hoyle killed the Divine David off during a spectacular show at the Streatham Ice Arena in 2000 and retreated to Manchester for “a period of reflection”. He returned to TV screens in 2005 in Chris Morris’s Nathan Barley, then began performing live again, under his own name. This time round, the chances of serious injury in any given show seemed greatly reduced, but Hoyle’s biting satire, bravura costumes, wicked comic timing and compelling charisma remained intact.
As well as the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), with which he is most closely associated, he’s performed at the Soho Theatre, Chelsea Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and most recently at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. Hoyle has also made a return to the world of cinema with the award winning Uncle David and recently released Set the Thames on Fire.
KIM LANA
Kim is a proud transwoman and fierce DJ local to Hebden Bridge. Throughout her incredible journey over several years she has developed a deep passion for house music.
Introduced to its powerful transcendent euphoria at the Automatique nights at the Trades Club just a few years ago run by her now good friend and mentor Antony Ellis, it has been a therapeutic focus and a fun creative outlet. After hosting and playing at her popular ‘secret parties’ Kim’s style has evolved into an expansive repertoire.
Rather than being locked into one sub-genre of house music, she loves nothing more than to cross boundaries between them taking those on the dance floor on an adventure with her! From old school piano sounds to New York house, sumptuous deep house to techno Kim likes to mix things up, an ethos that was inspired by her all time heroine Honey Dijon.
Bookings are not currently available for this event.