Thursday 5 September 2024, 7.30pm
Doors are at 7:30pm and music starts at 8pm.
Robyn's Rocket is when artist Robyn Rocket turns Cafe OTO into a homemade spaceship. Things area a bit different at a rocket:
- there are always artists with and without Learning Disabilities and Autism
- there is a timetable with artists being represented by a shape and colour on the timetable, stage and merch table
- active hosting and crew; Robyn and crew all wear bright yellow crew t shirts and want to welcome everyone
- you can feedback on card stars in pictures or words; we also have a survey monkey
- gigs are streamed with at least 2 cameras and videos etc between live acts, aiming for the at-home audience to have a more TV-like experience
- Cheap ish tickets £10 on the door , £8 in advance £6 for cafe OTO members ( free to join if your on a low income or unwaged).
- we can lend you ear defenders and sunglasses
- we can provide good quality ear plugs you can take away with you
- we have a range of sitting options include cushions at the front in our squish pit
- Rocket communication badges: up = happy to talk to anyone, sideways = only want to talk to people i know, down = don't want to talk to anyone – everyone gets a rocket badge
- chat points with prompts to help those who may need help with communication
- actively trying to improve - we wont get it right for evreyone all the time but we are doing our best
- live visuals on the walls and celling so there's another way to experience the gig
Robyn's Rocket Social Story: https://www.robynrocket.com/s/7624social-story_final.docx
ALTERNATIVE TICKET LINK: https://wegottickets.com/event/631668/
STREAM THE EVENT HERE:
Robyn Rocket : "Hi I'm Robyn Rocket I play space trumpet which is trumpet through guitar pedals. I am supported by arts Organisation Heart N Soul who believe in the power and talents of people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic people. I love making visual art too and make comics/zines and also enjoy making radio. I have a radio show on resonance fm called Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom and podcast series Robyn Rocket Zoom Zoom . I like playing with other people and making it up as we go along , because I think its a really honest way to make music your just responding to each other in the moment , rather then trying to play something perfectly , I am disabled and my disabilities inform my practice, both in the way I play , I have a very short , short term memory so cant really learn tunes by ear , but I can use a loop pedal to be like a extension of my memory But also I can use my creative practice to include more people firstly informed by my own experiences of feeling unwelcome in a space and then trying to change things to address the barriers I faced and then by actively trying to welcome people in who may not normally feel welcome in a space, and ask for their feedback on how to be more welcoming and try to do the feedback. I now provide access consultancy for promoters, venues and festivals. You can hear my music at https://robynrocket.bandcamp.com/"
MF Tomlinson with a 6 or 7 piece band performing new songs from his new album.
Daylight Studios are a studio inside a day centre for people with Learning Disabilities. Three artists from the studio will be performing https://open.spotify.com/track/2MzvtSIJkivZiBdsoNnDlg?si=9c152a3cc47b4148
The 4th EP from Robyn Rocket and people you may of heard of; a project bringing together people from Cafe OTO, Total Refreshment Centre and the Learning Disability autism community into 3 groups on 3 different days with the only constant being Robyn playing space trumpet.
