Things to look forward to at this weekend’s Big Chill
Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire
Festivals round-up: Wickerman review, arrests at Global Gathering, Lovebox Weekender gets thumbs-up
- Skiddle.com has a comprehensive review of events at the Wickerman festival where, you’ll be pleased to hear, the food wasn’t “dog shit on a plate”. The Proclaimers must have been relieved
- The Secret Garden Party, whose website so warmed my cockles recently, struck a writer at The Telegraph as an excuse for adults to behave like kids. Like most festivals, then?
- Some people were arrested for drugs offences at Global Gathering. The world continues to turn
- The usually sniffy Drowned In Sound very much enjoyed Lovebox Weekender
- The BBC website has a focus on the up-and-coming young folk acts who performed at Cambridge Folk Festival at the weekend
Madrid’s Summercase festival - Jarvis Cocker, Flaming Lips and no rain
This year, Hippyshopper editor Abi Silvester decided to ditch the Glastonbury mud for sun, sangria and a great deal of dust at one of Spain
In-Tents Questioning: Lovebox Weekender (Sunday) - Glenda Young
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Glenda Young, editor of Shiny Media’s authority on Coronation Street, Corrieblog, attended the Lovebox Weekender last weekend. She kindly answered the Toilet’s questions about the event, which featured Toots & The Maytals and The B-52’s.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you
Cambridge Folk Festival
With the floods getting higher, and the wind getting colder, the festival season marches defiantly on. This weekend’s offering features The BBC Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival from 26th- 29th July at Cherry Hinton Hall. Since its beginnings in 1964, Cambridge Folk Festival has grown to become one of the biggest and sought after folk festivals in the world, regularly selling out well in advance.
With the legendary Richard Thompson headlining last year’s festival, you would wonder how they could surpass themselves, but with Joan Baez, The Waterboys and Nanci Griffith topping the bill, this years festival looks set to be quite a treat!
In-Tents Questioning: Latitude - Kat Brown
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Kat Brown is a new writer here on My Chemical Toilet, bringing with her much experience of gigging, ligging and - quite probably - swigging. That’s her on the left in cartoon form. As an introduction she agreed to share her experience of this year’s Latitude with us. Theft, twats and a star of Spiderman singing about bait all featured.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you
The Electric Gardens - nearly sold out!
The Electric Gardens festival, held at Mount Ephraim Gardens, near Canterbury, Kent from Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of August has added two more acts to the line-up just as the last of the tickets are being sold.
Joining the Happy Mondays, The Rakes, The Young Knives and The Maccabees, will be Milburn, when they take to the main stage on the Sunday of the festival. Also added to the line-up is Newton Faulkner, who will play on the 2nd stage on the Saturday. These are joining Supergrass, The Pipettes, The Young Knives, Plan B, Patrick Wolf, New Young Pony Club and more.
70% of all tickets have sold out and next Thursday (2nd August at 5pm) will be the final day to purchase weekend with camping tickets. Camping tickets will not be available to buy after this time or available to buy on the day. Tickets are priced at
New site proves lucky escape for WOMAD festival
The WOMAD festival, which will be taking place at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire this weekend, looks like it will narrowly avoid the recent awful weather that has recently caused severe flooding across the UK.
The festival has been based at Rivermead, Reading since 1990 (also the home of Reading Festival), and is moving to Charlton Park for the first time this year. According to the BBC, flooding is predicted to start in Reading and Caversham (where the festival was previously held) this evening.
The festival will go ahead as the new site has been unaffected by the floods. It has a clay soil on limestone brash and is on high ground, which allows for efficient drainage. So the ground, including the camping and parking areas, is still solid.
Rolling Stones perform Start Me Up @ Isle Of Wight Festival 2007
You don’t need much in the way of explanation for this. Kings of rock and roll, The Rolling Stones sing Start Me Up at this years Isle Of Wight Festival. I’m watching them in Eire next month. I can’t wait.
Red Snapper reform and play Big Chill
After six years apart Red Snapper have reformed and announced that they will play at this year’s Big Chill festival, which takes place at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire from Friday 3rd until Sunday 5th August.
The group, who are working on material for their 6th album, will headline the second stage on the Friday. Previously confirmed acts for The Big Chill include The Go! Team, New Young Pony Club, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Skatalites, The Blockheads, Seasick Steve, Hexstatic, Tunng, Ojos De Brujo, Norman Jay and Kevin Rowland. Wanna go? Well, tickets are now sold out.
