CVGBs presents:

From the UK, guitar and avant garde legend

FRED FRITH 

with special guests from San Francisco

PHIPPS PT.

& from Cumberland

Devils Club

Friday May 1, 2026      6:30 PM       Comox Valley Curling Centre

CVGBs is excited to welcome renowned avant-garde guitar player Fred Frith for a very rare show on Friday May 1. Frith who has an illustrious career dating back to England in the 1970’s, notably with Henry Cow, Art Bears, Skeleton Crew, Massacre, and countless more. His unique style has provided him the opportunity to play a veritable who’s who of innovative artists such as Brian Eno, John Zorn/Naked City, Mike Patton (Faith No More), the Residents, Richard Thompson, Bill Laswell, KK Null, Jad Fair, Tom Cora, Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Kaiser, Hans Reichel… This list could go on for pages… Frith provided iconic guitar work on two of Eno’s legendary records “Music for Films” and “Before and After Science”.

Understatement: Fred Frith is a legend of improvised and experimental music, and beyond being one of the world’s most iconic and most renowned avant garde guitar players, he is a truly inspirational artist. While improvised music has been the common thread throughout his career Frith has actively engaged in theatre and dance work, providing accompanying sounds. Frith has appeared on over 400 recordings and continues to actively tour. He is the subject of the 1990 feature length documentary Step Across the Border.

https://www.fredfrith.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Frith
https://www.discogs.com/artist/78003-Fred-Frith

Joining Fred on this tour is Phipps PT. which is an electronic experimental folk duo consisting of Lovage Sharrock and Jon Leidecker (Wobbly). Sharrock is a native of the Comox Valley while Liedecker hails from San Francisco. Leidecker is best known as a member of seminal experimental art band Negativland and part of Thurston Moore’s Ensemble. Moore is best known as the guitarist/leader of Sonic Youth. Wobbly has also collaborated with artists including Matmos, Dieter Moebius (Cluster), Tania Chen, Fred Frith, Tim Story, David Toop, Zeena Parkins, and People Like Us. Free improvisation, acid folk and ambient electronics, the music Sharrock and Leidecker create is a conversation between two artists and long-time friends.

https://phippspt.com/
https://phippspt.bandcamp.com/
https://lovagesharrock.com/

Opening the show will be the debut performance of new Cumberland experimental duo Devils Club. Two members of Vancouver’s legendary Sex Church, Devils Club will bring the weird with their new Basement Kosmiche project Devils Club. Half of Devils Club also happens to be behind much of the great beer from Land and Sea!
https://soundcloud.com/devilsclub6

Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fred-frith-with-special-guests-phipps-pt-tickets-1982758565243

https://www.facebook.com/events/1446894333662271/

Comox Valley Curling Centre, 4835 Headquarters Road, Courtenay

Doors 6:30 PM     Tickets $30 Licensed, All Ages welcome