{"id":7501,"date":"2025-02-21T16:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7501"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:02:41","slug":"2025-friday-8pm-late-lounge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7501","title":{"rendered":"2025 Friday – 8pm Late Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Monty Lit Fest Late Lounge with Jon Savage<\/span><\/p>

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Date: Friday 6th June 2025<\/strong><\/p>

Venue: Montgomery Town Hall with bar<\/strong><\/p>

Time: 8.00pm ’til late<\/strong><\/p>

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Join author, broadcaster and journalist Jon Savage and Welsh music legend Rhys Mwyn for a Monty Lit Fest Late Lounge that\u2019ll live long in the memory. Jon will be discussing his writing life \u2013 from sleevenotes to bestselling books about punk rock, teenagers and, most recently, the role gay performers have played in popular culture.<\/p>

The Secret Public<\/em> looks at key moments in music and entertainment history between 1955 and 1979 which helped move gay culture from the margins to the mainstream and changed the face of pop forever – from the ambiguous sexuality of Little Richard in the 1950s through David Bowie and glam rock to Sylvester’s You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)<\/em>.<\/p>

Don\u2019t miss this chance to meet one of the UK\u2019s top music writers.<\/p>

Jon Savage<\/strong> is a bestselling author, broadcaster and journalist. His books include The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture<\/em>; This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History; England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock<\/em>;Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945<\/em> and 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded<\/em>. He has written sleevenotes for Wire, St. Etienne and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include: Meridian 1970<\/em> (Heavenly\/EMI 2005); Queer Noises: From the Closest to the Charts 1961 – 1976<\/em> (Trikont 2006); and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87<\/em> (Domino 2008).<\/p>

Rhys Mwyn<\/strong> is a musician, archaeologist, writer and broadcaster. As a music manager, agent, publicist, Record Label and promoter, he has worked with acts as varied as Catatonia, The Rich Kids, Viv Albertine (The Slits), Y Cyrff and Datblygu. He previously played bass guitar in the Welsh Punk band, Anhrefn and established the record label Recordiau Anhrefn. Rhys is a regular contributor to Yr Herald Gymraeg and Llafar Gwlad, has published his autobiography Cam i\u2019r Tywyllch<\/em> (Y Lolfa) and written several Welsh language books on Welsh Archaeology (Carreg Gwalch). Montgomeryshire born, he now lives in Caernarfon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Monty Lit Fest Late Lounge with Jon Savage in conversation with Rhys Mwyn Date: Friday 6th June 2025 Venue: Montgomery Town Hall with bar Time: 8.00pm ’til late Tickets: \u00a39.00 Join author, broadcaster and journalist Jon Savage and Welsh music legend Rhys Mwyn for a Monty Lit Fest Late Lounge that\u2019ll live long in the …<\/p>\n

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