CACOPHANY ARKESTRA
Formed in 2013-14 the Arkestra has grown from strength to strength being awarded 3 ACE GFTA's , 5 ACE NLPG's, an HLF grant for our participation in Peterloo 200 commemoration event in Manchester & many smaller grants to perform at Caribbean carnivals and other festivals. The group is flexible and can perform on stage, on foot, or on a truck...We have a wide range of PA and costume options.
The group performs a mixture of Jazz tinged Soca, Morricone-isms and Afro-beat with or without self-penned lyrics.
BLACKPOOL CARNIVAL 2017
July 2017
Cacophany Arkestra perform at Blackpool carnival 2017 using mobile PA.
TIME TUNNEL LIVERPOOL MAY 2018
May 2018
Cacophany Arkestra perform with festival organiser/artist John Hyatt as the Club Big Band to commemorate then student uprising of May1968
CLUB BIG
May 2018
Cacophany Arkestra became the House Band for John Hyatt's Club Big and have since played at ten events recreating Three Johns tunes and interspersing these with their own mix of Jazz tinged Soca, Morricone-isms and Afrobeat
BREXODUS COSTUMES IN HUDDERSFIELD
July 2017
Brexodus Carnival costumes on show at Huddersfield Carnival
THE LAST BATTLE
November 2015
Cacophany perform at the Last Battle in Preston as the Jacobite entertainment to commemorate the anniversary of the last Battle fought on English soil in November 1715
CACOPHANY PLAYÂ CLUB BIG @ THE BOO WATERFOOT
June 2018
Photo by Neil Winward
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
Images from Arts Council England funded Carnival tour 2019
Cacophany Arkestra went on the road with Action Factory community group, playing tunes from their album Brexodus and a series of new tunes from forthcoming album No Man is an Island
CRAIG SHAW PHOTO OF CACOPHANY ARKESTRA AND ACTION FACTORY COMMUNITY GROUP AT WATERFOOT WAKES JULY 2019
BLACKPOOL CARNIVAL JULY 2019
BACUP & STACKSTEADS CARNIVAL JUNE 2019
NORTHERN GRIP MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL JULY 2019
VARIOUS GIGS
STEVE BRAYSHAW JOINS CACOPHANY AT KENDAL ON DRUMS
September 2017
CACOPHANY ARKESTRA WITH JOHN HYATT AND AISLING DAVIS AT CLUB BIG @ HOME MANCHESTER MARCH 2017
March 2017
LANCASHIRE ENCOUNTER
September 2015
Cacophany Arkestra Perform at Lancashire Encounter in Day of the Dead costumes Sept 2015
TURNPIKE GALLERY LEIGH
July 2018
Cacophany play at the opening of Dave Pearson Return to Byzantium exhibition