Fresh from Knockengorroch, June's Limbo event sees Glasgow's much vaunted A BAND CALLED QUINN headline, playing Edinburgh in their own right for the first time in years to showcase tracks from their forthcoming album score for the highly acclaimed Vanishing Point Theatre production of John Gay's 18th Century masterpiece, The Beggar's Opera. The album is due out later this summer but, bar a brief run at The Lyceum Theatre last year, this will be the first time audiences in Edinburgh will have been able to hear these tunes, which earned the band a devoted new fan in celebrated author Ian Rankin (and there's a very good story about Rankin himself phoning in to daytime radio stations personally to harangue music programmers for not playing more music by Quinn!). Quinn have worked with Jarvis Cocker, The Pastels, Alex Kapranos, Kid Loco and Bill Wells, among others, and, with chanteuse Louise Quinn fronting the band, are the closest thing in Glasgow to a 21st Century Blondie.

Support comes from Edinburgh's excellent NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION and new band THE MACHINE ROOM. NAO recently picked up their own high profile fan: BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe made them his Band Of The Week on the show on the release of their debut album in March. The Oscillation have hardly stopped touring the UK since then but, having wowed Limbo with their spectral style back in January, this will be the first Edinburgh show they've done since the album came out (but you can be sure it won't be their last). The Machine Room are a brand new Edinburgh band assembled by John Bryden (ex-bass player in The Vivians) who sound nothing at all like his former outfit and exhibit enormous promise, if the music on their myspace and buzz around their Facebook page is any kind of an indicator...

But wait, there's more, MUCH more. Quinn are also bringing the all-star cast from their Club Tromolo nights in Glasgow through for the event, so, for the very first time, Limbo will also feature host Frank Percy OBE, burlesque artiste Miss Leggy Pee, plus Malcolm The Thespian Gorilla, The Govan Seer and Deadrie The Usherette. It's an unprecedented Limbo and downright sure to be a truly excellent night of entertainment.

DJ support by the Black Spring DJs, as always.