Tonight we have an evening of live music, dancing, suprises and special guests. Come dressed to impress and with a mask to hide who you really are. The place will be decorated to transport you to the Venice Carneval.

Doors open at 8:00 at there willl be two stages with live music/DJ set: The Bar stage and the Cinema stage.

DJ Calculus will warm our souls with reggae vibrant sounds in the Bar stage. Then to follow..

Mutandi, drums band from newcastle

The 10th avenue band, energetic brass local band

No fit state, local feminist punk band

SeClecting, a mix of gypsy rock masked folk hip hop funk DJ

The Banana Sessions, from Edinburgh

Diddley Squat (part of it), Newcastle based gypsy reggae band

Urban Geisha, DJ

While in the cinema you will appreciate a warmer sound and atmosphere created by the following musician:

Lorraine McCauley, acoustic folk from Edinburgh

Machar Granite, acustic folk from Edinburgh

The mass acoustic ensamble, local acoustic jazz band

Endostoma, esperimental ambient local band

During the night, amaizing cocktails will be served by a professional crew, and fruit refreshments will be available throughout to keep you warm and happy.

Tickets £5, £4 unwaged.To reserve your ticket email kirsty_hughes at yahoo.com or send a text to 07890 809 143

You can see the pictures from the last Masked Ball, two years ago, at http://www.flickr.com/groups/starandshadow/pool/tags/maskedball.