The Fly53 in assoc. with Vice Magazine tour is well and truly out of the way with things coming to end on 31st May at Birmingham’s Rainbow club. Although we never managed to make it to any of the dates ourselves reports are that all three dates were bangers, attracting droves of happy happy dancey people.

The Fly53 blog has posted a gallery of images from the nights so for those of you unlucky enough to miss out check them out at www.fly53.com/fly53_tour.

On the 3rd July Newcastle’s Electrik Sheep will play host to the third solo show from UK art collective Prefab. The show entitled ‘Enemy of Promise’ will see a fresh new selection of original paintings, limited editions and hand finished prints hot of the heels of their sell out Covent Garden show.

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If you’re at a loose end this Saturday 17th May (and lets face it who isn’t) then you might want to rush down to Newcastle’s Digital nightclub to catch mix master DJ Yoda live and in full effect with his ‘Magic Cinema’ show. Featuring a piece of kit, the Pioneer SVM-1000, developed by Yoda and made available to only a hand full of DJ’s the world over, the show promises to be a audio-visual extravaganza featuring sound tracks and film clips galore.

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We’re a little bit late on this but if you’re in the Manchester area tonight then you should definaltly mosey on over to the opening event at the brand new Carhartt store on Oldham Street.

Running along side the store launch there will be an exhibition of work by one of the UK’s best illustrative talents Guy McKinley, titled ‘Black Rust’ and in addition to this there will also be music and live PAs from Broke ‘n’ English and Trus’ Me…and as always ‘Free Beer & Geer’, details after the jump.

But wait that’s not all….

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Don’t forget ladies and gents tomorrow sees the launch of the first Jam Factory x Crazy Label vinyl toy, ‘Droplet’. The show is taking place at Birmingham’s Go Go Plastic toy store and will feature not only the product launch but also a selection of customs from the likes of Mr Jago, 45RPM, China Mike, Richt, Klingatron and Doktor A..

As always there’ll be free drinks and treats laid on and the work, we have no doubt, will be nothing short of awesome. Check the flyer and details after the jump.

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One of the Britain’s best loved street brands Fly53 had teamed up with one of Britain’s best loved culture mags Vice Magazine to hold 3 date whistle stop tour this May across 3 UK cities. Featuring the likes of Buraka Som Sistema, Mapei and Bumblebeez the Fly53 Tour will be calling at Newcastle’s The Other Rooms, Birmingham’s The Rainbow and London’s Mint Lounge from the 29th May until 31st, and the best thing is it’s all free!

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Saturday 5th April saw the opening of Format, one of Newcastle’s newest contemporary art galleries and the launch of their first show Defector. Curated in league with North East based art/music collective The Ghetto Method, the show featured work from some of their flag ship artists including Mr Guy, Creative Ginger and Ben Lawson with a special appearance from Edinburgh resident illustrator Magda Boreysza.

Images from the night after the jump.

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