Here at Blazing Minds, we were very upset when the news came in that this coming weekends SFW XI was being postponed until 2021 because of COVID-19, but never fear those awesome folk at SFW have set up the next best thing SciFi in the Sky.
The love and passion for SFW surpass most live events in the country and the team over at SFW have asked themselves, “What have we done?!”, they’ve told us that in a moment of drunken Lockdown madness it appears they’ve decided to try and bring us a virtual edition of the Legendary Sci-Fi Weekender!
Rescheduled to Saturday 2nd May the team will be bringing us a special live edition of the Dark Room and an exclusive set from Level Up Leroy. They’ve even got some awesome stuff from Blues Harvest, Professor Elemental, Paddy Steer, Graham Graham Beck and Experimental Sonic Machines.
Tom Paton has jumped on board, and Andrew Lee Potts will be doing a live Q+A and screening of his film Kindred. There will be author panels with Ed Fortune during the day and we’ll be going live with Doctor Squee and Dacre Stoker. Jim Credible will be hosting the day and of course his quiz – plus you can get involved in our virtual Cosplay competition! On top of that, they have a few short films and video treats from some very familiar faces popping up throughout the day and night.
SciFi in the Sky will start at Noon, and go on as long as they can – just like the real SciFi Weekender, so thankfully we can all the fun that we have at SFW and we can get tipsy in our own homes without stumbling to our caravans at 4 am.
SciFi Virtual Weekender (SciFi in the Sky) Schedule
12:00 – 1:00 – Welcome, live to Ibiza and videos
1:00 – 1:50 – Author panel – Fantasy World Building
1:50 – 2:00 – Chris cross Magic tutorial
2:00 – 2:30 – Graham Graham Beck – LIVE
2:30 – 3:30– Outrageous liars – comedy panel show
3:30 – 4:00– Death Ingloria – LIVE
4:00 – 5:00 – Andrew Lee Potts and Tom Paton – screening followed by Q&A – LIVE
5:00 – 6:00 – Dacre Stoker Interview – LIVE
6:00 – 7:00 The Jimcredibly rubbish quiz – LIVE
7:00 – 7:30 – Jollyboat – LIVE
7:30 – 8:00 – Paddy Steer and Cosplay competition
8:00 – 9:00 – Level Up Leroy – LIVE
9:00 – 10:00 – John Robertson’s the Dark Room – LIVE
10:00 – 10:30 – Professor Elemental
10:30 – 11:00 – Blues Harvest
11:00 – 11:30 – IntellyGents DJ set – LIVE
11:30 – 12:00 – Darth Elvis
12:00 – ????? –AFTER PARTY! And favourite videos of the day.. until we collapse
Throughout the day the team will be slotting in an amazing variety of videos, web series and contributions from some familiar faces who have all got behind us in a truly amazing way!
Much better viewed on; https://www.twitch.tv/scifi_in_the_sky
There should also be some Facebook / YouTube stuff going on, but Twitch is faster and better – and no delay for your comments… so watch there for best results!!
SCIFI_IN_THE_SKY is their live Twitch stream, and they hope to share simultaneously to Facebook and Youtube also!
So see you there folks, virtually anyway.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
