Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd Sunday 24th MAY 2009   

                 FEATURING  

           From Nashville Tennessee

        VAN PRESTON

         Reviews

Every so often you'll hear a singer with so much joy in her voice you can't help but smile, Van Preston will hit you this way with well crafted lyrics to match her sassy soprano.

Preston's self-titled release has a decidedly classic country flavour along the lines of Dwight Yoakum or Loretta Lynn,sweet fiddle and pedal steal add just enough sparkle without detracting from the lyrics.

Highlights include what goes around, comes around and fast paced Heartbroken for the last time but the cherry on the top of this musical sundae is " Bought me a toy" when I'm missing you i just snap that baby right out of the case and it gets rid of my blues.

Mark Wakefield: Performing songwriter

 

  From Fremantle, Western Australia

  THE MONICANS

The Monicans are a 3 piece Alternative Rock Band from Fremantle Western Australia who having created quite a storm down under have now decided that the time is right to bring there unique brand of rock to the UK.

With Lew providing a solid beat on drums, Heather Lonie on bass and Paul Beard up front on guitar and vocals they produce a sound described as sometimes sweet and often not with hints of country, folk, punk and pop unique but always interesting.

 

  From Londonderry Northern Ireland

  THE HOVERCRAFT PIRATES

Since the Hovercraft Pirates united in March 2007 they have made it there purpose to make a dent not only in the Irish music scene but across the world.

With a mixture of folk, punk and ska the band fills in the blanks where no one has gone before. The Hovercraft Pirates recorded there EP ALWAYS CALM" in June 2007 and there debut album MIXTAPE in September 2007.

There EP and album are attracting attention on a worldwide scale. They published an interview in the last issue of skratch magazine in California, there music opens the first scenes to new snowmobile film Vertical ascent by LA based 509 films and they keep on growing with plays on myspace and Radio (including Radio 1)

           From Neath South Wales

       LETHARGY

From the deepest darkest depths of South Wales come Lethargy a band whose gritty grunge-addled debut, 2005s Road to nowhere self financed at a cost of £3000 went largely unnoticed among much of the main stream hard-rock press untill that is it was picked up by Geoff Barton at Classic Rock, described as reminiscent of Temple of the dog on a budget the subsequent exposure along with an intensive touring slog the length and breadth of the British Isles allowed the Neath foursome to gain the interest of David Prater(the man responsible for Dream Theaters opus Images and Words) they subsequently recruited and flew him over to Wales to record PURIFICATION over four weeks in a remote studio in Mwnci.

With the input of the heavily respected enigmatic producer behind the decks the band have now taken there first steps towards presenting themselves to the masses gaining the thumbs up from no-less than Bruce Dickinson(Iron Maiden) along the way who gave album opener "Stealth" an airing on BBC Radio 6 Rock Show.

Extract from an article by Mark Vincent of Sonic Dice New Music Review.

        Plus a huge variety of music

           from unsigned bands

                  FORTH STREET TRAFFIC

                          THE HAPPENING

                      THE BUFFALO KINGS

                                  KANED

                                   SAKA

                                      Etc

                  Plus  Tribute Bands

         SPIRIT OF SANTANA

           (A full 9 piece band including  Congo's, keyboard, guitars drums etc)

                             ART OF QUO

 

                     LIZZY

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                     PLUS

There will be free camping in near-by field, free entry to the pub and all entertainment, Food vans on site, Trade Stalls and much more

 

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