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PLAYING OUT LOUD!
FESTIVAL FOCUS
Welcome to our guide to music festivals in the South of England
which will be a regular feature right up until October. This is just a skeleton
list, which will be added to on a weekly basis from now onwards, so keep coming
back for more info!
CHELTENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE - FEBRUARY 10 - 12
Artists to be confirmed
SWANAGE BLUES FESTIVAL, DORSET - MARCH
3 - 5
The 6th Swanage Blues Festival will take place on 3, 4 and 5 March 2006.
Admission is free to all venues. Artists appearing include Pete Saunders' Fat
Tuesday Band, Cal Batchelor Band, The Guv'nors, Sonny Black, Robert Hokum Band,
Roland Chadwick, John Crampton, Hollow Bone and The Jives. For further
information see
www.swanage-blues.org or phone 01929 422338.
OXFORD FOLK FESTIVAL - APRIL 7 - 9
The 3rd annual Oxford Folk Festival - artists confirmed include: Bellowhead,
Waterson:Carthy, Andy Irvine, Flook, Steve Ashley, Chris Wood, Rachel Unthank &
the Winterset, Magpie Lane, The Oxford Waits and more....
ISLE OF WIGHT JAZZ DIVAS FESTIVAL -
VENTNOR - APRIL 7 - 9
Amongst the artists already booked are Vortex Foundation Big Band, Rachel Moore
Quartet, Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band, The Bovril Sisters - full lineup to
follow.
GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL -
APRIL 13 - 17
The main events are taking place at Ferneham Halls & Ashcroft Arts Centre in
Fareham
The legendary Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter Janis Ian is to
headline the15th annual Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival. Janis Ian has
received no less than nine Grammy Award nominations in her 40-year career for
songs such as “Jesse,” “At Seventeen” and “Society’s Child.”
Also on the bill is ex-Fairport Convention fiddler Dave Swarbrick with his new
band Lazarus which also features ex-Fairport member Maartin Allcock plus Kevin
Dempsey. Fairport Convention fans will see many familiar faces during the
Festival weekend as other guests include Fairport founder Ashley Hutchings who
will be presenting a special show about Cecil Sharp. Former Fairport drummer
Dave Mattacks and current Fairport fiddler Chris Leslie will also be appearing
as members of Feast of Fiddles, a remarkable ensemble bringing together many of
Britain’ s top fiddle players including Peter Knight (Steeleye Span),Brian
McNeill,Phil Beer and Ian Cutler among others.
Other headline artists include the first family of U.K.folk music
Waterson:Carthy and,from America, Hayseed Dixie who were recently voted Best
Live Festival Band in a poll of British festival-goers following their highly
original barnstorming appearances at many UK festivals during the summer of
2005. Three of Britain’s best solo performers will also be taking to the stage
during the Easter Festival - Scotland’s Brian McNeill will perform a solo
concert as well as appearing with Feast of Fiddles while both Roy Bailey and
Steve Tilston will also appear during the Festival weekend. Some of the finest
young musicians from
throughout the British Isles including the 2005 BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of
the Year Lauren MacColl also appear, while there’s a welcome return for the
sensational young Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis whose star-studded band will
include John McCusker.
The complete lineup can be found on
www.gosportfestival.co.uk
BLUES ON THE FARM, APPLEDRAM NR
CHICHESTER - JUNE 22 - 25
Sherman Robertson & BluesMove are the first band to be confirmed - watch this
space for more details!
SAUL CANAL FESTIVAL & FOLK ON THE WATER
WEEKEND, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - JUNE 30 - JULY 1
Lineup to be announced soon
PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL, SOMERSET - JULY 7
- 9
Lineup to be announced soon
LARMER TREE FESTIVAL, TOLLARD ROYAL, NR
SALISBYRY - JULY 13 - 16
First artists to be confirmed in January 2006
TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE PUMP FESTIVAL - JULY
20 - 23
Here are the performers that have been confirmed so far. Watch this space for
constant updates:
THE WATERBOYS - SUZANNE VEGA - ALTAN - WATERSON CARTHY - ELIZA CARTHY & THE
RATCATCHERS - OSIBISA - GRETCHEN PETERS - THE KARINE POLEWART BAND - SHOW OF
HANDS - HANK WANGFORD & REG MEUROSS - JOI - DOGHOUSE SKIFFLE GROUP - MR. LOVE &
JUSTICE - LAST NIGHT'S FUN - MERV GRIST PLAYERS - ZIG A ZAG CAJUN BAND - LOS DE
ABAJO - WAILIN JENNYS - NINE BELOW ZERO - DANA GILLESPIE & HER LONDON BLUES BAND
- MARY FLOWER - ALLAN YN Y FAN - ZYDECOMOTION - KEITH DONNELLY
EASTLEIGH SUMMER FESTIVAL - AUGUST 3 -
6
First bookings to be announced very soon - watch this space!
SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK, DEVON - AUGUST 4 -
11
Watch this space for artists as they are confirmed
CROPREDY CONVENTION, OXFORDSHIRE -
AUGUST 10 - 12
Acts booked so far include acoustic duo Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh
(the renowned Celtic harpist), Feast of Fiddles and legendary folkrock
five-piece Steeleye Span.
WHITE HORSE FOLK FESTIVAL, WANTAGE,
OXFORDSHIRE - AUGUST 18 - 20
Watch this space for artists as they are confimed |
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