On Saturday evening, join us on The Mothershed - your ride into intergalactic unknown. Don your most futuristic gear for our otherworldly late-night party featuring incredible music and activities, straight out of space - with prizes awarded to the best dressed. All the events in our Fun Palaces Weekend have been conceived and inspired by you and your brilliant minds and it's totally FREE to step aboard! With so much on offer, beam up whenever you like. Here's what to expect from Saturday's trip:

Bristol 2214 Flash Fiction Workshops

Waterside 1 13:00 - 15:00 (for 14-18 year olds) 15:00 - 17:00 (for 18+)

Can you tell a story in 400 words or less? What will Bristol look like in 2214 and how will we live work and play? Young people aged 14-18 and 18-24 can free their minds at by creating super short sci fi stories at our free Flash Fiction Workshops on Saturday afternoon led by acclaimed writer Courttia Newland.

The Cube Cinema Orchestra

Café/Bar 17:00 - 17:45

To kick off our intergalactic weekend, we've got The Cube Cinema Orchestra opening the airlock and welcoming you inside. Shuttling you past the idea of a traditional orchestra and embracing both composition and improvisation - from John Murphy's score of 28 days later to the electronic resonances of Vangelis - this extra-ordinary orchestra will transport you with the live sound of cult sci-fi.

Blind Date With Sci-Fi Screening

Cinema 1 - 18:00 - 21:00

Fun Palaces is all about what you, our audience, really want to see, which is why tonight you are programming the cinema. In response to what we found in our Fun Palace suggestion box, we've put four films out to the public vote with the surprise Sci-Fi movie winner screening on the night. Will your favourite film make the cut? Join us to find out.

Memotone Sound-scapes + Party

Café/Bar 21:00 - 23:00

After the Blind Date screening, join us for a party in The Mothershed's bar. Instrumentalist and producer Memotone will perform a set created especially for your journey to the stars. Memotone creates astral sound-scapes by building up layers of guitar, keyboards, electric drums and a whole host of strange noise-making machines. The set will begin with an interactive session where you can step up to the control panel, sculpt samples and loops, and generally play around - co-creating in true Fun Palace fashion. Culminating in a solo set of Memotone's signature sci-fi sounds, our final session for Saturday night's trip on The Mothershed will leave you mesmerised.

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