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May 18, 2012

Andre Lodemann comes to FACE Meets UBER – Sat 16th June

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ITS OFFICIAL… Uber are back at The Rainbow this June for a huge party alongside FACE that’s long overdue! Their last party in December for The Vocal Booth Weekender Reunion saw 500+ of you coming to party with us in the amazing Rainbow Courtyard, packing it out and creating an unbeatable atmosphere.

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Now FACE invite the guys back to party with them again and we’ve pulled another amazing headliner out the bag in the form of ANDRE LODEMANN, with his first performance in Brum!

Not only has he been releasing the best Deep House tracks of the past 18 months or more, he’s also a killer DJ who will take the roof off that courtyard for sure. We cannot stress enough how excited we are about this one.

Get this one in the diary people…. See you in the Courtyard.

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May 15, 2012

The Rainbow Courtyard is going back to its roots!

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There’s something of a return to the old school in the summer plans at The Rainbow. Back in 2006 the now famed Rainbow Courtyard had palm trees, benches, the smell of an organic BBQ, open air and exposed brickwork with subtle graffiti. Sadly 2010 saw the fun police slap a Noise Abatement order on the place which was the end of the space as it was then known.

Now though, things are returning to how they once were – the natural light is coming back, as are the exposed walls, BBQ, palm tree’s and old wooden benches. To celebrate this there will be four very special events from the June 9th with a Souvenier and VIVa Showcase through to a Fuse special on July 14th, Leftroom v Culprit showcase on August 11th and last but not least – a 5 hour Kerri Chandler set on Saturday 8th September

THE RETURN OF THE RAINBOW COURTYARD

Pt.1 – Saturday 9th June

Souvenier and VIVa Showcase
Tiefschwarz, Sante, Darius, Smak Pony, Scott Bleepz, Elliot Croft

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Pt.2 -Saturday 14 July

FACE presents FUSE
Enzo, Seb Zito, Samu L

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Pt.3 – Saturday 11 August

Leftroom v Culprit
Matt Tolfrey, Shonky, Seuil, Droog, Sam Russo

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Pt.4 – Saturday 8th September

Kerri Chandler 5 Hour Set, Adam Shelton, BBC

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE – CLICK HERE

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FACE & One Records Pool Party announced! – Hideout 2012

Hideout Festival Announces 2012 Pool Parties and Arena Breakdowns After a prompt sell-out last month, Hideout Festival has yet another treat in store for ticket holders with today’s release of the much-anticipated Pool Parties and full set of Hideout Daytime activities. As well as this, attendees now have access to the arena breakdowns for each [...]

Introducing Zed Bias (aka Maddslinky)

On Saturday May 26th FACE teams up with Shadow City once again for another great party in the beloved Courtyard. The party runs 9pm – 4am and will be soundtracked by the usual residents plus on this occasion UK garage and bass legend Zed Bias!! Tasty! – Read on… SHADOW CITY facebook.com/shadow.city At Shadow City [...]

Guti soon come…

Ahead of our next event with Simian Mobile Disco and Guti this weekend, we take a look at the latter. Get your tickets here and get full event details over on Facebook. “Drawing up his own way” is the philosophy of DJ, producer and Argentinian Guti. He shone in the world of Jazz at early [...]

H2 Interview

Ahead of them playing at FACE this weekend, we catch up with fast rising Manchester duo H2. H2 aka Tez Perez and Danny Hevingham are a fast rising production and live performance duo from Manchester. As well as regularly rocking clubs like Sankeys – where they were former residents – and the Limba night at [...]

FACE… Live (002) feat. locals Troumaca & Deep House Duo H2

As you know we like to mix it up here at FACE and cater for everyone in the coolest way possible, mainly because we’re all about different vibes ourselves although we are primarily seen as a House Music night. Anyway, after the success of our first show featuring our friends “Peace’ (who are now currently [...]

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO – UNPATTERNS

James Ford and Jas Shaw. Two men. Three letters. SMD. Electronic pioneers. DJs. Producers. They’ve been tearing up dance-floors around the world for the past few years & were proud to have them making their FACE courtyard debut on Sat 12th May. Especially in the wake of their new album – ‘Unpatterns’ which is gaining [...]

Just some reasons to buzz off Showcase this Saturday

In no particular order… * Blend visuals unveil their new video mapping spectacle in the warehouse. Combining live visuals in perfect step with the music and large scale projections covering a giant structure on stage, this will be a treat for the eyes as well as ears. * Debut appearances at FACE in our intimate [...]

Art Department Interview ahead of Birmingham Showcase Festival

For this Spring time Birmingham Showcase Festival blow-out on April 28th, the nearby street will be closed, the whole of the sprawling Rainbow Complex will be take over – all 6 arenas – and there will be live Art Galleries, food stalls, street performers and chill out spaces… basically a full on festival sized bonanza [...]

Shadow City with Hackman & Mele – In The Garden at Showcase this Saturday

In a short time since it’s conception, Shadow City has scoured the UK and further afield to bring the likes of Lunice, Oneman, Deadboy, P-Money, Roska and many more to Bimingham. Music savvy without being snobby the emphasis is on playing forward thinking music while retaining an element of fun. This is reflected at Showcase [...]

Introducing: Jinx

Jinx is a d&b star who will playing a set in the warehouse during the Birmingham Showcase Festival on April 28th alongside the Seedy Sonics residents and in support of Sub Focus and Plastician. As such we thought we’d introduce you to him ahead of the event. Jinx has been in this game a long [...]

Under The Counter shows us how we work the bass!

The Birmingham Showcase Festival is showcasing true bass culture and putting the UK’s second city right back on the map when it comes to those underground beats. UTC will be hosting the street and they intend to nothing more than it says on the tin when it comes to pushing the boundaries within the electronica [...]

We Are Face… see you at Birmingham Showcase Festival

In case you didn’t somehow know, we, Face, are proud to be reppin’ at the upcoming Birmingham Showcase Festival on Saturday April 28th. As well as plenty of urban and drum & bass offerings from other top local promotions, we will be doing our usual underground house and tech thing, with Art Department, Alex Arnout [...]

FACE – Cellar Door NEW Resident DJ Announced – Summer 2012

Down in the Cellar at FACE ME (Tom Shorterz) and a host of friends and guests have been supplying a sound track of House & Bass music every Saturday for almost 2 years. For the summer of 2012 we are glad to announce a new resident DJ ‘Hannah Wants’. I caught up with her for [...]

Interview: Huxley

This Saturday April 21st we welcome Huxley to our party. Releasing on Hypercolour, 2020Vision and his own Saints & Sonnets, the Londoner has been on fire in 2012 blending garage references with his own bass and house templates. He recently mixed it up for Fact Mag (listen here) so we caught up with him for [...]

Set Times for Circoloco in The Arena & FACE Afterparty released!

NOT LONG NOW!!! – CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE SET TIMES… https://www.facebook.com/circolocoarena

X-PRESS 2 take to the Courtyard this coming Saturday + Dj Mag mix

This week the Face collective pair up with Wobble Last Dance and invite house legends X-Press 2 to play with Phil Gifford and Friends. Such is their swashbuckling sense of adventure; it’s hard to believe that X-Press 2 have been at the vanguard of British electronic music for two decades now. Having crafted seminal hits [...]

Mustachio! Returns this Saturday with ‘The Wreckage’

Through the dark stormy sea’s a creature appears… The ship is rocking back and forth as something grabs hold of the main mast and pulls Ye Tashio Ship and crew down, down through the depths of the wild sea’s… Join us through a portal into The MUSTACHIO! World. What explorations await as we sink into [...]

TICKET OUTLETS for our next big one – FACE (& Cream Classics) Sat 3rd March

TWO PARTIES! – ONE TICKET! FACE & Cream Classics Returns for another huge event spread across all of The Rainbow Complex the way we do best. As you must know by now we do this highly anticipated show every March and its always a sell out event. Check out the details below & put this [...]

FULLY HEATED MARQUEE & EXTENDED COURTYARD SHOW – THIS SAT – FEAT. MAYA JANE COLES + TICKET OUTLETS…

So our first bigger show of 2012 is almost upon us and the buzz for it seems brilliant so here’s a little run down of who’s playing where, what additions we have in place and where you can buy tickets. First off, she has been named as Breakthrough Dj of The Year and Star of [...]

30 New Acts Added to Hideout Festival 2012! + FACE Boat Party!

Hideout Festival is already proving to be one of the most sought after events of 2012 and now we can reveal that no less than 30 new acts have been added to the 3-night line-up, including a string of huge name, world-class artists who are set to make the event even better than it’s debut [...]

Early Bird Tickets for our huge event feat. DJ W!LD & loads more – End TONIGHT…

Early Bird Tickets end TONIGHT at Midnight. Then the price bumps up… https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/cream-classics-and-face/10017392 FACE… With Cream Classics - SAT 3rd MARCH - The Rainbow Complex - 7pm til 6am In its intimate vibing Courtyard, FACE Welcomes not 1 but 3 DC10 residents to the stage!!! Check out their tracks & RA pages here… DJ W!LD http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/djwild SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL [...]

Saturday 21st Jan we look forward to ‘The Voyage’

Press Play on this…

2 minutes in… Wow! WHAT A NIGHT! So then, FACE has now indeed been running for just over 2 years in Birmingham and has certainly made an impact on the music scene here in the city. We’ve seen many a fantastic reactions on the dancefloor but this one in particular will indeed stay in our memories [...]

Extended Courtyard & Heated Outdoor Marquee plus additional soundsystem & Visuals

Well, all we can say is… WOW! and thank you. FACE has indeed experienced such a fantastic year during 2011. It was however something that we kind of expected, due to all of the hard work and effort that so many related people had put in to making our party such a great success. The [...]

TICKET OUTLETS FOR OUR NYE EVENT

Well its just a couple of nights away now and everybody is indeed well and truly gearing up for where they will be spending their time on NEW YEARS EVE. As you know we’ve got a killer party lined up and the word is that a silly amount of you are going to be in [...]

Merry Christmas from FACE!

There really is a lot to be excited about this Christmas. FACE has some niiiiiiice festive events happening with some very toasty line ups throughout and if we know you the way we think we do, then no doubt you’ll be happy to be in attendance come rain or snow! I distinctively remember a certain [...]

Luna City Express

Catch M.Resmann at FACE tonight along with Dan Drastic & local up & coming artist SAMU.L In the meantime have a mooch at this mint podcast and tap that DL button. Tonight is going to be… well, quite frankly, amazing! I saw Luna in barcelona during the summer and it was the best set i [...]

GET YOUR EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW FOR – GLAS + FACE = NYE 2011/12

On New Years Eve, December 31st 2011, 2 of Birmingham’s biggest brands; GLAS & FACE converge, to bring you an event unmatched in both quality and substance. The rainbow complex will play host to an experience second to none, featuring a selection of the worlds biggest DJs across 6 rooms of music, providing a 12 [...]

Its Pay Day! So join us in putting down your £100 deposit this week

Ok right then peoples! Loads of us are booking up this week, particularly as its pay day week and we want to get that £100 deposit down asap. From then on you can all pay whatever you like when you like. Prices vary depending on your accommodation type and location but get in touch with [...]

Forgotten-Vintage

Our friends at Forgotten Vintage have their grand launch of their store this Saturday 26th November and they’ve got loads going on. Check out the details here on their facebook event page… https://www.facebook.com/events/242927375764885/ FORGOTTEN-VINTAGE UNIT 9 GREAT WESTERN ARCADE, BIRMINGHAM SATURDAY 26TH Nov Launch party – with live bands & all sorts of forgotten gems! Go [...]

New Resident Dj’s announced plus a new monthly room swap starting in the new year

Here at FACE we are always looking at introduciing new idea’s to continually keep things fresh and different as much and as regularly as possible. As you know we regularly work with different brands and dj’s from across the world and try our best to differ from one week to the next but at the [...]

Its Movember! Lets give! and party at the same time the way we know best

It seems that everybody has been making such an effort for Movember this year!… Well ok maybe not everybody but the amount of fresh moustaches i have seen this month is pretty impressive to be fair and massive hats off to all you guys! Your rockin some right corkers! Now then, this Saturday night see’s [...]

THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF QUARTERLY EVENTS

TICKETS (You’ll feel like you robbed us) – £5 Students / £7 Adv / £10 Door https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/face-presents-this-is-england/10018330 This is the first in a series of quarterly events that specifically showcase the best in current British talent. Its fair to say the U.K’s Producers & Dj’s (especially of late) have indeed been killing it big time [...]

F.A.C.E

Definetly not an original idea but something to do at 6am on a Thursday morning when you’ve received a new costume through the post. Big thanks to ‘High-Vis’ Passmore, Guillaume & Callum for assisting in making this last minute video. Press play if you like. Maybe see you on Saturday? Dressing up is encouraged, massively. [...]

Seedy Sonics!

Our friends ‘Seedy Sonics’ who have indeed been promoting some extremely successful parties at The Rainbow in Birmingham in recent times have a new promotional video. Check it out and for more details about what their up to in the near future you can read all about them here… http://seedysonics.wordpress.com/

WHAT DOES FACE HAVE IN STORE FOR THIS AUTUMN?

FACE MEETS SNOWBOMBING CLUB PARTNERSHIP / TOUR EVENT RELEASED

After FACE completing 3 sell out warehouse shows this summer, we are pleased to introduce to you to a new season and indeed we have a right whopper of a show for you. This Autumn your gonna be blown off your feet with a series of venue swaps where we take over The Rainbow Warehouse [...]

Showcase & FACE B’day / Annie Mac Presents… Tickets now available at

A lot of you have been asking where you can purchase tickets for our 2 big warehouse shows this month. Well as a result we’ve now increased the number of outlets due to the demand and to make it easier for you to buy & collect. You can of course by them online but some [...]

FACE announced as a Club Partner for Snowbombing 2012

We are extremely pleased to announce that for next years Snowbombing event, FACE will be an official club brand partner in the festival which takes place in the glorious resort of Mayrhofen in the Austrian Alps from Mon 9th – 14th April 2012, the week that follows Easter bank holiday. We have had a nice [...]

1ST ANNOUNCEMENT OF FACE 2ND BIRTHDAY

Please note this is a pre-press release, LOTS more to be announced next week. FACE 2nd BIRTHDAY – SAT 15TH OCT FACE are pulling out all the stops for their 2nd Birthday taking over The Warehouse & The Garden for one massive show! In The Garden we currently have guests… DANNY DAZE who is gaining a [...]

FACE PRESENTS… MULLETOVER

Such a great line up and we’re pleased to working alongside Mulletover in presenting this in Birmingham. Check out their website at – http://www.mulletover.co.uk/ You can get tickets here… https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/face-presents-mulletover/10016933

Set Times Announced! – FACE & Cream Ibiza Classics THIS SAT!

So its only a few days away now and it certainly seems that people are really starting to get themselves ready for our biggest event to date. Tickets are flying out to be fair and we are working very hard this week to ensure that this event turns out to be the best summer party [...]

List of full ticket outlets for FACE & Cream Ibiza Classics Street Carnival

So then our biggest show to date is now fast approaching and many of you are wondering where you can also purchase tickets besides those found online. Here’s a list of the shops we are working closely with and where you can locate them. ALL early bird tickets are now sold out. Tickets are £20 [...]

Meet the dj’s hosting The Garden at our biggest event yet

As you may know by now we have a fantastic line up of acts across the whole event & hosting The Garden stage throughout the night from a summery 7pm start will be a collection of our very good friends too. Let us introduce them now if you dont know of them already, but chances [...]

Early Bird Tickets End – MIDNIGHT WEDS 29TH JUNE – you must use this special code…

Hey peoples, we are notifying you of this because its always good to get your tickets earlier as it saves money and isnt so painful later on when you end up having to pay more. So just to let you know then, that the EARLY BIRD tickets will end at midnight on Weds 29th June [...]

You may or may not have heard about our biggest show to date! So here it is…

FACE & Cream Ibiza Classics Present… THE RAINBOW STREET CARNIVAL BIRMINGHAM SAT 6TH AUGUST 2011… Wow! This is what we have to offer for our next BIG ONE! We are sure you will not be disappointed. With a capacity of over 2500 across The Rainbow Street closure, Warehouse & Garden. We have spared no expenses [...]

London’s newest house talent steps up

Maya Jane Coles is a 23-year-old London-based house producer whose recent work under her own name has been a point of intrigue for those in the wider dance music community. Club-going folk in her hometown may actually have been acquainted with Coles for a while now. Despite her relative youth, she’s been playing DJ sets [...]

Seems like everybody is talking about this and we can understand why

Dont miss it peoples! Its a real one-off! Here are the set times so your all fully aware of how this 15 hour day & night rave is going to pan out… YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS HERE IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY… (This ticket also includes FREE entry to see LUCA LOZANO at FACE this [...]

PEACE

This band rules and they live at FACE. Come say hello. http://www.peaceforeverever.co.uk/

Announcement of FACE Presents… VIVA MUSIC – The Home Coming

FACE Presents… VIVA MUSIC – The Home Coming SUNDAY 1st MAY – Bank Holiday Special Exclusive Day & Night Beach & Warehouse Party 15 Hour Rave! 3pm – 6am The Rainbow Warehouse 149 – 150 Adderley St, Digbeth, B’ham, B9 4ED ************************************** YOU CAN GET TICKETS HERE… https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/face-presents-viva-music/10015729 ************************************** **In The Warehouse** STEVE LAWLER http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/stevelawler [...]

More guest dj’s announced for Spring & Summer

Here’s a sneak peak of those fully confirmed, although it doesn’t stop here. More to be announced soon. We’re in for an amazing summer!

What a night!

WOW! 2000 people spread nicely across the various rooms at The Rainbow Complex on Sat 5th March 2011 and we have never seen so many happy faces all night long! Claude was buzzing after the gig too. What a night!…

Cause & Effect Inna Da Cellar!!

Cellar vibes is becoming a bewildering experience every Saturday. While the courtyard is the ‘Cherry’ on the cake ,we supply the unprecedented ingredients of Bass, Bass & Bass from many genres of music but as long as it rumbles the dancefloor …… We play it !!! This week we introduce our NEW resident DJ’s joining us [...]

Black Keys

Well I know I had a good time when Claude Vonstroke came to FACE this weekend, hope you all had an awesome night! My blog posts will be about music but maybe of a different mood than what you would hear in the main room at FACE of course, perhaps in the bar though where [...]

Local up & coming support guests at FACE during March

FACE prides itself on variety and catering for all sounds across its 3 rooms. Along with this comes those that support the main guests and residents. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the more local dj’s that will be playing our floors during March. Check out their pages, mixes and when they will be [...]

The 2nd Catz’ n Dogz album on Mothership Records – Escape from Zoo

This album is so good, check it out, buy it and give your ears to it. You can catch these guys playing a live set at FACE on Saturday 9th July. Now that will be a treat! Artist: Catz n Dogz Title: Escape From Zoo Cat-N°: MSHIP033 Catz ‘n Dogz are back with their second [...]

Listen to the latest Claude VonStroke Mix via our Soundcloud

Claude VonStroke – March 2011 Tour Mix by Rainbow Venues Tracklisting: 1. Bird Whale – Joe Stawarz – Soma 2. Friends – Sascha Braemer & Philip Bader – dirtybird 3. Rock Me Danger OMG EDit – J. Phlip Bootleg – no label 4. 1.4.7 – A1 Bassline – tighten Up Records 5. Batty Knee Dance [...]

soonnight.com – Review of FACE Presents FILTH 4th Birthday Tour

Another weekend, another killer party for Birmingham favourites Face, and Leeds legends Filth, who tonight heave teamed up to offer an underground party like nowhere else in the city. It’s no wonder there are already people queuing at the door when we arrive, given that tonight’s headliner is Lauhaus – a Dutch producer and DJ [...]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

So the big weekend is fast approaching and we are extremely excited, along with so many of yourselves. The buzz is huge and if you havent already got your ticket we suggest you do so asap this week. We have now sold over 1100, with it contiually rising especially in this last week but fear [...]

Ibiza-Voice.com

Here’s a nice little review that we received recently about the Russ Yallop event that we had on a couple of weeks ago. Please have a mooch yeh… http://www.ibiza-voice.com/story/news/3011

The Moon Can’t compete with your beams

It was DC10 in 2007 when I first heard this enchanted like vocal bellowing from the speakers. Its now 2011 and this track still gives me that same feeling it did back then. Think Acid , think Roland 303 , think Larry Heard! Sure to be a timeless classic?

An Interview with Claude VonStroke

So with the buzz for Saturday 5th March gaining a HUGE amount of momentum especially as its now just around the corner, FACE caught up with Claude for a mini interview to learn more about him, his views on music and of his plans for this year… Can you remember the first time you heard electronic [...]

Coming up in FEB and MARCH

See our event section for full details.

An interview with Lauhaus

Lauhaus is an Amsterdam based dj/producer who has been active in the Dutch scene for 10 years now. Late 2004 Lauhaus started the “Polder” project together with David Labeij, with great success. April 2008 their first album is released on Shindoe’s Intacto label. Next to this he is also one of the members of the [...]

Data Transmission Top 40 Dj Poll – Local Hero WIN!

Written By: Ben Gomori (Data Transmission)… Where would this country be without its resident DJs? The ones who faithfully warm those ‘floors up and down, week in, week out? It’s often said that the warm-up in particular is the most difficult and most important set of the night – but a good resident DJ should be [...]

Hercules & Love Affair – My House

Such a good track & video. “Mmmm Pica Pollo Famoso!!”

Urban Screen

Pretty cool yar! Read more at GBC… http://grievousbodilycharm.com/2011/02/04/555-kubik-building-projection/

RUSS YALLOP – Ibiza Voice Podcast…

RUSS YALLOP & his unique sound has been causing a bit of stir just lately, together with his recent release “I Can’t Wait” on Crosstown Rebels charting high on most respected download sites – 2011 is looking to be his best year to date! Were are buzzing to have him make his debut for us [...]

Home Grown Produce

Saturday only comes once a week but when it does FACE likes to dust down its underground basement which we call the Cellar and play host to those alternative bass vibes which cause havok on the floor !! With L.E.D lighting , function 1 sound system and 2 rundown chesterfields for those more sociable sit down [...]

Marc Spence… Brings the Goods (Free Music)

Face/Cellar door resident Marc Spence brings some serious fire power now. He’s gave us full FREE usage of some of his latest tracks. So if you like things that shake with bass then be sure to check these out!

Lee Foss: Your Turn Girl EP

The first month of 2011 is so close to an end , What better way to finish it off . Lee Foss brings yet another ground breaking EP this time on Droog’s Culprit records. Enjoy!

FACE DO SNOWBOMBING 2011 – Mayrhofen, Austria

FACE resident dj’s SCOTT BLEEPZ, ELLIOT CROFT & BUNNY (along with one or two very special guests) have been booked to play & will be hosting one of the many venue’s at the biggest snow & music festival on the planet! The greatest show on snow & coming with us is alot easier than you [...]

FACE announces its first International Resident DJ… EDU IMBERNON (Noir music / Space, Ibiza)

We are ecstatic to announce our first international resident is none other than… Edu Imbernon, who will be making regular appearances at FACE throughout the year. Edu was definetly one of the highlights of last summer when he played his debut set for us back in August. The atmosphere was electric and the crowd was vibing [...]

Claude VonStroke to play FACE

Here at FACE we are extremely pleased to announce that San Francisco based artist & dj Claude Vonstroke will be taking to the stage, along with Shonky, in The Rainbow’s intimate vibing Courtyard at one of this years main events – FACE meets Cream Classics on Saturday 5th March. Claude is an artist we have been [...]

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