Dorset Radical Bookfair Presents Boscombe Rising!

Event Date: Sat 17 January 2026

Dorset Radical Bookfair Presents Boscombe Rising!

Boscombe Rising benefit gig, featuring:

All in Vain - Banjo-driven Folken Crust, Anarchist.
Dan Kemp - Insurrectionary folk-punk, traditional and modern.
Tabitha Wild - Ukelele-driven comedy festival tales, with double entendres and rude words.
Ancient Hostility - Modern stories of resistance, grief and direct action in traditional English close-harmony style, anarchist. (Party like it's 1829)
Millie Watson - socially conscious local acoustic singer-songwriter, festival favourite.
Call in Sick - proper antifascist Oi! From Portsmouth (Party like it's 1979)
Uncivilized - Fast-paced danceable Pompey post-punk.
Traffic cone Wizard - Local favourites, psychedelic post-punk goth with wide-ranging influences.
Spanner - Anarchist ska-punk from Bristol. Always antifascist!

Roots reggae with D.J. Ranking T and late night set from D.J. Mike.

Door time: 3:00pm, start time: 3:30pm

Address

  • Underground
  • 560-562 Christchurch Road
  • Bournemouth
  • Dorset
  • BH1 4BH