This time next week Day 2 of Harmonic will be being set up. There’s a lot of different gigs going on in lots of different venues at the MAC so we’ll break it down for you by venue here.

Theatre
The MAC Theatre will be host to three fantastic gigs on Day 2. Firstly at 3.30pm the Mike Fletcher Quartet, a band of great young players from the Birmingham scene playing some of Mike’s ever joyful compositions. At 6pm we present a new project from one of our festival directors; Percy Pursglove’s Enchanted Heart. Percy will be playing both bass and trumpet and will be joined by long-standing friend Hans Koller on piano as they play new compositions from them both. Finally at 9pm will be Anglo-Norwegian band Food with special guest Bjørn Klakegg on guitar. Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen’s creative approach to composition and improvisation perfectly fits the ethos of Harmonic and we are very excited about this one.

Hexagon Theatre
Throughout the day in the Hexagon Fizzle’s Mike Hurley will be curating four sets of free improvisation on a theme of taste with some very special guests. Simon H. Fell, Shabaka Hutchings, Tony Marsh, Gail Brand, Miles Levin and Raymond MacDonald will, amongst others, be joining Mike to explore the flavours: Spicy (12.30pm), Sweet (3.00pm), Sour (5.30pm) and Savoury (8.00pm). One ticket will get you entry to all four sets at £12 (£9 concessions).

Cafe
The best of Cobweb Collective will be performing in the Cafe at MAC throughout Saturday for free. The Lydia Glanville Quartet kick us off at 12pm with music inspired by the classic Coltrane quartet and Kenny Wheeler. At 2pm Elda will be interweaving composition, free improvisation and electronics for an open, exploratory sound. The Matt Ratcliffe Quartet will be at 5pm playing piano/organ wizard Matt’s compositions. Finally at 7pm the Greyish Quartet led by pianist David Grey playing his cinematic compositions with Sam Wooster, Nick Jurd and Jim Bashford.

Arena Gallery
From 12pm until his fingers work no more, Steve Tromans will be giving a mammoth solo performance. You can listen to the pianist as you explore the MAC on wireless headphones or suggest ideas for him to base his performance on via Twitter: @stevedirections or #directionsinmusic