Saturday 21st June 08 - Metalore's Midsummer Metal Madness at Expression Nightclub at The Dorchester Hotel

Come Saturday 21st June, Hull is to be privy to the country's first Summer Solstice Pagan Metal Festival. Headlining shall be Irish Rockers Sirocco, who could well be the finest band to come out of Ireland since Thin Lizzy. As well as maintaining a strong folk element, Sirocco can thrash with the best of em. This band is not to be missed and it's a true exclusive for the city as it's only the 2nd time they've graced our shores with their presence. Supporting Sirocco will be local 5 piece Ravenage, who are beginning to make a name for themselves up and down the UK due to epic displays of sword-wielding Dark Age Metal.

Special mention must also go to Swansea based Celtic Folk Warriors Annwn who play in a melodic style that is usually only found on the content. The rest of the line up hosts Northern Oak from Sheffield, Aesir from Cornwall, Shallow Intentions from Weymouth as well as a special acoustic set from Heathen Foray. Spokesman for Metalore and Festival Organizer Marc Ollis states, 'This is the first time an event like this has taken place on English soil, though they are widespread in Germany, Northern and Eastern Europe. In March I attended the Ragnaroek Festival which is now in its 5th year and attracts over 5,000 people.

I befriended Ivo the organizer, and he told me the first Ragnaroek begin with half a dozen bands and 120 people attending, in just 5 years to build up to a 5,000 people festival is simply phenomenal. I'd dearly love in 5 years time for us to be looking at bringing a thousand people'. Summer Solstice Festival Expressions Nightclub - Dorchester Hotel 3pm till Late £5 Entry www.myspace.com/nightoftheheathen www.myspace.com/fibbers www.myspace.com/siroccoband www.myspace.com/officialravenage www.myspace.com/annwnofficial

Coming Up - 20th June 08 - Yo-Yo Indie Club Night Launch at Fibbers, York
	The Yo-Yo Club night was founded in 1995 and has been hugely successful ever since on Saturdays in Hull and Lincoln. Not only popular with Indie clubbers, Yo-Yo has a whole host of celebrity fans who include Pete Doherty, The Cribs, The View, The Strokes, Kate Nash, Steve Lamacq, Shed Seven, The Enemy and The Holloways Read more...

Coming Up, Education - Thursday 26th June and Monday 30th June 08 - Sexual Health Course
	A need assessment was carried out by Cornerhouse with both parents and workers earlier this year to explore some of the issues that prevent parents from talking to their children about sexual health. On the back of this research a course has been developed to equip workers with the skills to enable parents to talk to their children about sexual health. Read more...

Coming Up, Community - June 18th to 21st - Lajee Center UK Arts and Culture Tour
	The thoughts and voices of the new generations of Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine, have been spreading across the world through their photographic exhibitions, dance, films, and books. They are speaking out to the world through their art. Their exhibitions have been shown in Palestine, UK, France, Holland, Italy, Australia, and the US. Read more...

Coming Up - Tuesday 24th June 08 - Just a Lizard Talking at Hull University
	An evening of rehearsed readings as part of The Humber Mouth Literature Festival to celebrate the work of students on the part time Creative Writing degree course and to launch the anthology, Just a Lizard Talking, produced by students. 7pm at the John McCarthy bar. Admission Free. For further information please contact the Creative Writing Team on (01482) 466605 Read more Coming Up ...

Coming Up, Community - 15th to 21st June 08 - Refugee Week 2008 Events Throughout the Week
	The Land of Green Ginger - A participatory art project by Fabiane Perrella / Flour at Paragon Station Open to Public 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd June from 10am until 6pm. The Land of Green Ginger will explore spaces of encounters between refugees who have moved into Hull and their host communities and aims to promote mutual Read more...

Coming Up - Thursday 26th June 08 - The Humber Foul Mouth at The Square, Springbank, Hull
	Poetry Is Dead is the debut show from Hull poets Joe Hakim and Mike Watts. Tonight is your chance to see them perform at The Humber Foul Mouth ahead of their first appearance at The Camden Fringe in August this year. Taking performance poetry by the throat, this show is an unflinching observation of life in the twenty-first century, Read more...

Coming Up - Thursday 19 June 08 - Yorkshire Independent Music Network at The Adelphi Club
	Are you a musician/DJ, promoter, record label , manager, venue manager, publisher, writer, composer, music shop, music educationalist ...? Would you like your chance to form a large music network and awards ceremony that will support and strengthen the whole music sector in Yorkshire and the Humber? Read more...

Going Down - And Finally ... Last Words of 2006 From thisisUll.com By Cilla (editor)
	So we're celebrating - it's been a great year for the site - we've had a wealth of stunning pieces to publish and a significant increase in the number of people from all over the globe who regularly visit the site; over 1.3 million in the last 12 months. This month shows a record number - 120,000 which is incredible because December is usually Read more...

Going Down - Sunday 27th August 06 - Concrete Jam at East Hull Skate Park By Dick Spring
	With pretty much most people who would have been interested in an event like this decamped to Leeds Festival, it could have been deemed a major faux pas on the part of the organisers of the first Concrete Jam, to hold the event on this particular weekend. Concrete Jam was a one day festival of music and sport incorporating competitions for both inline and Read more...

Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Urban Artz Festival at East Park By Quiffy
	What does it take to get people to come out in Hull? A free concert and hundreds, not thousands, came out to enjoy the bands and sunshine. The event had a great ambience to it and everyone there seemed to enjoy the day. Paul from the White Room held things together with some in between band chat and introductions. The opening band were pretty hardcore Read more...

Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Urban Artz Festival at East Park By Michelle Dee Photo Gallery by Mo and Tony
	I arrived at East Park at around two in the afternoon just in time to catch Nat from the Johnny Go Go Go's finishing her set at the acoustic tent. She was singing about empty food cupboards, slugs and tight-fisted bosses. The three go hand in hand quite nicely if you think about it a minute. Natalie has been bathing her toes in the bohemian stream for the past year, Read more...

Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Foghorn Sound System at the Urban Artz Festival By Benjamin Woodling Photographs by Barry Thompson, Focal Image
	Seemingly beamed down from a parallel planet of sound, the enigmatic Foghorn Collective deliver an afternoon of house music, deep and progressive and trancey and trippy, to the good people of East Hull. Lee is scattering beats into the sunshine when I arrive. His set has an energised party vibe. Next door a younger crew have established their own dance tent Read more...

Going Down - thisisUll.com 2005 in Pictures.
	thisisUll.com wants to thank all the contributors for their work in 2005. Without their participation this website could not be possible. Over 100,000 people a month from over 100 countries are seeing Ull at it's very best with over 4,000 pages of superb content. Check out this 7 page picture gallery of home page pictures for January to December 2005 for you to enjoy. Read more...

Going Down - Hull Mela Festival Sunday 31st July 2005 by Jane Foster
	This year saw Hull's first ever Mela festival held at Pearson Park. A Mela is a traditional festival which originates from India. A welcome event (especially as there was no Grassroots festival this year), it brought together and celebrated the diverse communities of Hull. It was a successful day, well attended and enjoyed by both the public and the performers. Read more...

Going Down - Ella Street Festival Saturday 9th July 2005 by Jane Foster
	As a resident of Ella Street I was pleased as punch to hear that this year we would be holding our very own festival, open to everyone. A group of residents had got together and organised this - well done to them all. About a week ago the banner and bright bunting went up, and the street held its breath waiting for this very special event... Read more...

Going Down - Cycling into Poverty History Monday 27th June 2005 By Martin Deane
	"Don't tell the other towns, but Hull was the best reception we ever got!" Bright and early, by some measures - ok, 9am - 24 cyclists from Hull gathered by the café and then made their way over the Humber Bridge. The River Humber, she what drains a fifth of the country and puts more freshwater into the North Sea than any other, looked absolutely Read more...

Going Down - The Make Poverty History March, in Retrospect By Bill Linton
	Well, the G8 season seems to have kicked off to a good start this year with Live 8 concerts internationally. Predictably, the Hyde Park concert gained almost wall to wall coverage on television and in the news, although media interest in the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh was somewhat less Read more...

Going Down - Make Poverty History Demonstration in Edinburgh 2nd July 2005 by Rich Mills
	Having been a political activist for many years now, when the Make Poverty History demonstration came around, we just had to do something about it. The result being that with a lot of work from Martin Deane collecting money in, we managed to send a hundred people up to Edinburgh for the day. Along with another hundred or so who made their own way up to Scotland, Hull was well represented. Read more...

Going Down - G8 2005 Demonstration in Edinburgh by Mike Rose
	On Saturday 2nd July we joined what turned out to be the biggest political demonstration in Scottish history. I've been on G8 demos before (Prague 2000 - Genoa 2001) but this one was the most diverse I have ever witnessed. The response from the churches was stunning. We had socialists, environmentalists, Christians, students, pensioners, and babies! Read more...

Going Down - Make Poverty History March In Edinburgh By Sarah Golightley
	There is nothing I loathe more than the sound of one of those wretched free ring tones on my mobile twanging away at 5 o'clock in the morning; especially when 5 o' clock is only three hours after I went to sleep following a night of clubbing at Fuel and accidentally locking my friends out of their own house. And then trying to let them in Read more...

Going Down - Make Poverty History Demonstration in Edinburgh 2nd July 2005 By Mo
	Martin Deane invited me along with 2 full coach loads of people from Hull to the Make Poverty History Demonstration in Edinburgh on the 2nd July 2005. It was an early start, 6am, because we had a long 6 hour trip up to Scotland (and another 6 hours back which I tried to forget) as we hopped aboard that drizzly morning. I'd packed my sandwiches, water etc and had a flask of hot coffee prepared for me by Cilla Read more...

Going Down - World Music Day at Queens Gardens Saturday 18th June 2005 By Mo
	This year's Hull World Music Day saw another impressive array of artists from across the globe. A warm sunny day was the perfect setting for various performances. These included the Shyani Ngcobo Band from South Africa, Persian band Flame, the Zeela Women's Choir from Liberia, Allah Lake Afro Mandinka from the Gambia, Shantha Rao of the Annapurna Indian Dance Company, Hako from Kurdistan Read more...

Going Down - Overnight Investigation of the Paranormal with The Spiritual Renaissance Group By Blair Ashworth Photos by Mo
	Insomnia must be a real advantage when you're investigating the paranormal. At least, it would have been if the night at Holmpton had passed slowly - but for me, and for Mo, it was an amazing and unforgettable experience, and I for one intend repeating it as soon as the opportunity next arises. So, there we were, the car drawing up to the guardhouse of the Holmpton bunker near Withernsea. Read more...

Going Down - Isn't 'Ull Brilliant! Hull Aid Tsunami Benefit Event By Cilla, 11 page Photo Gallery by Darren Rogers.
	After the unbelievable response to the Hull Aid Tsunami Benefit Event, where hundreds of you turned up to be entertained by some of the fabulous talent from in and around Hull, we can announce the current total donated by YOU! Together with collections at Yo-Yo Read more...

Going Down - thisisUll.com Tuesday 11th January - Hull Aid Tsunami Benefit Gig By Daniel Laney.
	It is 5am, I am with three proud members of thisisUll.com, sitting back and reflecting on eight hours of music. I have to break myself from conversation in order to put together my own thoughts of this magical event. In the background of the room I can hear Read more...