I’m back organising gigs in Stoke Newington in NE London and these gigs will have robot fighting as a side attraction.
I hosted 2 of these in 2022 with 6 robots per time and they were nicely-received events. These events will resume on the second Sunday of each month, beginning on Sunday 14 January. Full details are on the Rampage signup pages for each event. Fight videos frrom the first event are here - fights will be soundtracked by a live drummer and there will be a new arena built for January.
Since the roboteers will be classed as performers, they will be entitled to a share of the door takings for the whole gig night.
Right now, I’m focusing my efforts on organising the first 3 dates but we can expect these events to run once a month for at least all of 2024. The first 3 dates are:
Rock & Robots 3: Sunday 14 January
Rock & Robots 4: Sunday 11 February
Rock & Robots 5: Sunday 10 March
The address for all dates is The Others, 6 Manor Road, London, N16 5SA. Likely timings are arrival at 18:00, fights beginning at 19:00 and lasting until 19:45 but these are subject to change. Feel free to stay for the gig and open mic afterwards - there’s a cash bar on site.
@bristolbotbuilders Could I get these dates added to the BBB calendar please? I’d like the links to point to rmpg.ly/events . The logo is included below.
The next Rock & Robots will be on Sunday 11 February - Facebook event here, signups hosted on Rampage or just comment in this thread and I’ll put you in the group chat.
14 April 2024
This was number 6 - at this rate, there will have been more R&R events than AWS by midway through 2031.
Next event 12 May and we’re looking for entrants
I’m meant to be the forum necromancer (though I’ve been sleeping on the job the last year or so)!
But yes very fun time as usual. Even with the added competition from CAT and QRFL (that other London antweight event, I think that’s the abbreviation), we’re still getting decent numbers of 18-24 most of the time. The pre-battle pizza (not included with event) is also yum. We’re rapidly catching up on some major milestones, but it’s at a slow enough rate the 50th event (51st with 2.5) will be when I’m 17.
Hi Alex, it was great to finnaly meet you after seeing you and your bits on the forum so much (although somehow I’ve read through every single bot build to step foot on the forum….)
Ps what’s a Necromancer I looked it up and it says someone who practices magic?
