Mustard Allegro
Thursday 15th August 2024
#PVFF24
We are Mustard Allegro a 4-piece band from Bristol & Somerset. Our sound is an eclectic cocktail of influences. Our high energy live shows are filled with humour, audience engagement and interaction, a hobby horse, and a pineapple named juicy Jon; with tunes such as Have You Ever Been So Bored At The Prospect of Changing Your Duvet Cover That You Have Checked Into A Hotel Instead, A Night Out On The Tiles With 7 Hairdressers and Look At Me, Peasants; I’m Drinking a Cocktail From a Hollowed-Out Pineapple, our aim is to get everyone laughing and dancing in equal measure. The music is created with powerful and versatile saxophone, twanging guitar, throbbing bass and driving drums and topped off with vocals; with influences from reggae to klezmer, balkan to ska and afrobeat to surf; Mustard Allegro aim to give you a night to remember.
Finally, after ten years playing the sleaziest bars in Las Vegas, New York and Intercourse (no really, look it up) Bristol’s 11th best surf band are back in the dis-United Kingdom. With fond memories of cockroach infested motels and the Amish surf scene they have discarded their pants and proudly donned their trousers in order to chase the dream of becoming Bristol’s 10th best surf band.
Formed in January 2006 after Mark E Smith from the Fall failed to arrive at a gig and an impromptu surf set prevented a violent riot from destroying Slough despite the best efforts of ringleader John Betjeman. This triumph promised glory for the future and Mustard Allegro stepped boldly into the blinding light of progress.
Inspired by a whole host of musicians that you’ve never heard of and with an injection of afro-beat, balkan, klezmer & ska music that has outraged UKIP, the band are delighted to be back in the UK after their release from Guantanamo Bay.
