Festival Review: Beat Herder 2015
Beat Herder 17-19 July 2015 With little more than a few friends ranting and raving about this festival I have seen very little about it at all, which is surprising. The reason I say it’s surprising is because it’s easily one of the best festivals I have been to in a long while and yet … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Festevol 2015 Pt1
Festevol 2015 Words: Gary Lambert One of the highlights of the Liverpool Music Calendar is the Saturday shenanigans of Festevol. A music festival put together by Liverpool promoter Evol spread over two Saturday afternoons and nights on consecutive weekends held at the beloved Kazimier and Kazimier Gardens. A Scouse-centric line up as per tradition allows … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Kendal Calling
Kendal Calling 2015 Words: Gary Lambert This year celebrates the tenth birthday of the annual uniting of the musical clans of the north of England that is Kendal Calling. To make it even more special old friends and indie legends James have been invited along to open on the Thursday night and make it a … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Beat-Herder 2015
Beat-Herder Perhaps not our usual kind of festival but when every other person you know is raving about it you have to take a closer look. Beat-Herder has been going a full ten years without me having paid all that much attention and seems we have been missing out. Just look at that line … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Astral Coast
Astral Coast Words: Gary Lambert This weekend sees the third Astral Coast Festival hit New Brighton, but this year as well as sending in the Cavalry (yes, I went there) they are teaming up with Arts and Minds Festival to put on a free event. This joint initiative means that as well as up-and-coming Merseyside … Continue reading
Festival Review: Bushstock 2015
Bushstock London, June 13th 2015 Words: Lauren Grigor Bushstock 2015 was a festival with an atmosphere I was not expecting. The streets were filled with teens and adults checking their schedules, freaking out over clashes and dashing from one venue to the next throughout the quirky West London Shepherd’s Bush. Even just getting off the … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Liverpool Sound City 2015 Part 2
Liverpool Sound City 2015 This year’s Liverpool Sound City is going to be entirely different to anything that has taken past in their 7 year history this time it’s a little less City, a little more Docks. As they began to out grow their city centre shackles a move was imminent and the Sound City … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Evolution Emerging
Evolution Emerging 2015 Evolution Emerging is Generator NE’s day long music festival dedicated to emerging music. The festival takes place on Saturday 23rd of May in Ouseburn Valley Newcastle. Generator NE is one of the UK’s go-to music development agencies for new music, running the Tipping Point, a concept whereby they invite new music experts … Continue reading
Festival Review: Threshold 2015
Threshold Festival 2015 27th-29th March 2015, Liverpool Words: Elena Katrina and Gary Lambert Threshold Festival 2015 wasn’t just about music. It was about music, art and performance too but most of all, what I learnt was, that it was about community and a love for something bigger than itself. I always come away from festivals … Continue reading
Festival Review: Liverpool Acoustic Festival
Liverpool Acoustic Festival is a two day festival based entirely at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre and it does, well, exactly what it says on the tin. The festival celebrates just a tiny fraction of the musical talent in acoustic music in the North West and beyond. Friday saw a relaxed affair with plenty of different acts … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Threshold 2015 – Weekend
Threshold V 27th – 29th March 2015 You may have noticed we’ve already covered a preview on each individual day of this year’s Threshold Festival, Threshold V (it’s its 5th year don’t you know?). But we felt it wasn’t quite right not to give you even more info as this festival isn’t just put on … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Threshold 2015 – Sunday
Threshold V 27th-29th March 2015 Having attended Liverpool’s Threshold Festival in 2014 it was immediately a priority on the Popped Music festival calendar for 2015. This year’s festival is set once again in Liverpool’s creative hub of the Baltic Triangle and will feature and celebrate the best of grass roots and beyond in areas such as … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Threshold 2015 – Saturday
Threshold V 27th-29th March 2015 Having attended Liverpool’s Threshold Festival in 2014 it was immediately a priority on the Popped Music festival calendar for 2015. This year’s festival is set once again in Liverpool’s creative hub of the Baltic Triangle and will feature and celebrate the best of grassroots and beyond in areas such as music, … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Threshold 2015 – Friday
Threshold V 27th-29th March 2015 Having attended Liverpool’s Threshold Festival in 2014 it was immediately a priority on the Popped Music festival calendar for 2015. This year’s festival is set once again in Liverpool’s creative hub of the Baltic Triangle and will feature and celebrate the best of grass roots and beyond in areas such as … Continue reading
Festival Update: Live At Leeds
Live at Leeds was voted Best Metropolitan Festival for 2014 and this year returns with what is already looking like a heavy weight line up for 2015. 1st May – 4th May 2014 The festival has also introduce two exciting opening parties happening this year. Pulled Apart By Horses will play their biggest hometown show … Continue reading
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