It started this June 14th, and will continue until July 20th, BOtanique 2024, the festival par excellence of the Bolognese summer, which with a single entrance ticket of 10 euros allows you to access all the events of the kermesse and experience a (hot) summer in the city under the sign of culture.
Among the names that have already graced the Emilian scene this year, Nobraino, Killabeatmaker, Officina Della Camomilla, Arab Strap, Tangerine Dream, Parbleu, La Crus and Train To Roots. Now it's road to July 12th, when JoyCut, who were formed in Bologna, will play in the learned & gluttonous city.
After the first EPs (whose publication began in 2003), the album arrives in 2011 GhostTreesWhereToDisappear. In 2013 it was the turn of PiecesOfUsWereLeftOnTheGroundwhich opened a new phase in the project's adventure, between international tours, TedX, the debut at the Venice Biennale with the “opera” in six acts KOMOREBIbut also with the “descent into the streets” in favor of the Sardines movement in January 2020. The last (for now) studio album, however, dates back to 2022, TheBluWave.
Always inspired by environmentalist themes, the band formed by Pasquale Pezzillo, Gaël Califano and Matilde Benvenuti speaks a language made of post-rock, strong and deep percussions, cinematic drones and orchestral arrangements.
In September 2023, JoyCut played at the Teatro Manzoni with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna and recorded a sold out that was important for the relationship between the group and the city. In October and November of the same year, they toured Europe with Archive for a total of 11 concerts in 14 days between Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary and Italy. In July 2024, they were the only non-American band (and the only Italian band ever) to be invited by Seattle radio KEXP to celebrate the legendary DJ Kevin Cole's 50 years on air.
The appointment is for July 12th at the gardens of via Filippo Re, in the Emilian capital. These are the other remaining dates of BOtanique 2024:
05.07 Bandakadabra
06.07 Out of Control Army
11.07 Balkan Paradise Orchestra
12.07 JoyCut
13.07 Cimini & Light Orchestra
17.07 King Hannah
20.07 A Toys Orchestra
All the info on https://www.botanique.it/
These are the next appointments with the JoyCut:
19/7 Banffy Castle (RO) – Electric Castle
7/27 Seattle (US) – KEXP
24/8 Villotta di Chions – Sexto N Plugged for Convergenze
11/9 Florence – Forte Belvedere