Continuing the Southsea Fest build up, you can now get warmed up for the day with a Spotify playlist with songs from many of the acts performing tomorrow. Simply click the link below (if you have Spotify) and away you go.
Southsea Fest Spotify Playlist
Captain Josie Curtis of Southsea Fest very kindly hooked me up with a huge bag of badges today. Cheers Josie, really appreciated. I’ll be distributing them where ever I roam over the next few weeks, then they will be available to grab for free at our 2nd Birthday Party on the 30th September at The Belle Isle, Southsea.
Josie has also had bags of fridge magnets & single stickers made up. These are currently available in Bored of Southsea. The magnets are £2 a pack, so grab ‘em whilst their hot. More will be available during Southsea Fest from various points & shops. The Bronx one is a banger.
Cheers Captain. See you soon.
Captain Josie is running around the deck like a drunken Pirate making sure everything is ship shape for this Saturdays annual Southsea Fest. With more bands than you could shake a Cutlass at, this year is going to be HUGE.
All the information you need regarding bands, times & tickets can be found over at southseafest.com and Facebook.
Remember to keep Albert Road tidy & enjoy it. With loads of love form cap’n n crew at Southsea Fest.
Desparado Beer is not only one of the sponsors for Southsea Fest, but are also kindly donating to the Strong Island Birthday Party Raffle. Cheers to Andy at Desparado Beer for hooking us up. ANother great prize is added to the pile.
The motley crew lead by Captain Josie have just launched their new Southsea Fest Website at www.southseafest.com. A great way to help you keep up to date on all things Fest for this coming September 18th. Also, I you have a bit of hangover on Sunday the 19th a few of us might go for a Bike Ride…interested?
Josie and her band of Southsea Pirates are getting all set to shiver our timbers once again this September 18th with Southsea Fest, One Day, One City, One Street!
Southsea Fest is an independent music festival, which came about to help a young artist (The Unknown Soldiers) with lymphoma to produce and record a studio album, as well as raising treasure for the Ellen McArthur Trust, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with cancer. Formed in 2007 (originally as a two venue event) Southsea Fest has transformed into a project encompassing Albert Road, showcasing unsigned and newly established musical talent (both local and regional), with poets, DJs and artists.
The good ship Southsea Fest is now sailed by a scurvy crew of enthusiastic individuals incorporating promoters from across the south coast including Josie Curtis / David Ball / Chris Whitear / Kate Griffiths / Lora Kirk / Sarah Parham / Ally Wolf / Nick Courtney / Abby Walker / Gentle Bren / Abbie Eales / Simon Pykett / El Morgan / Lara Lovatt & Vicky Halliday.
Tickets are available now from The Wedgewood Rooms Box Office, Albert Road : 02392 293301 and www.wegottickets.com at £15 adult, £8 child and under 12′s go free (entry subject to individual venue rules).
Plenty more acts are to follow so make sure you keep yourself up to date over at www.southseafest.com, Facebook and also Twitter.
Josie and her band of Southsea Pirates are getting all set to shiver our timbers once again this September 18th with Southsea Fest, One Day, One City, One Street!
Southsea Fest is an independent music festival, which came about to help a young artist (The Unknown Soldiers) with lymphoma to produce and record a studio album, as well as raising treasure for the Ellen McArthur Trust, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with cancer. Formed in 2007 (originally as a two venue event) Southsea Fest has transformed into a project encompassing Albert Road, showcasing unsigned and newly established musical talent (both local and regional), with poets, DJs and artists.
The good ship Southsea Fest is now sailed by a scurvy crew of enthusiastic individuals incorporating promoters from across the south coast including Josie Curtis / David Ball / Chris Whitear / Kate Griffiths / Lora Kirk / Sarah Parham / Ally Wolf / Nick Courtney / Abby Walker / Gentle Bren / Abbie Eales / Simon Pykett / El Morgan / Lara Lovatt & Vicky Halliday.
Tickets are available now from The Wedgewood Rooms Box Office, Albert Road : 02392 293301 and www.wegottickets.com at £15 adult, £8 child and under 12′s go free (entry subject to individual venue rules).
Plenty more acts are to follow so make sure you keep yourself up to date over at www.southseafest.com, Facebook and also Twitter.
More news about the upcoming Southsea Fest, Hong Kong Gardeners Club have announced the line-up for their stage in The Loft (above The Kings – Saturday 18th September 2010):
North Atlantic Oscillation
Islet
Bright Light Bright Light
Lets Buy Happiness
Run Toto Run
Cats in Paris
Hold Fast
The Notes
Aeroplane Attack
Waking Aida
ColOuRmAsKs
Watashi Calcutecs
Waking Charred
Tickets on sale online.
More news concerning the line-up for Southsea Fest, the confirmed list so far is:
Cranes, SixNationState, Cats in Paris, The X-Certs, Shoes and Socks off, Stage Coach, Revere, The Dawn Chorus, The Bad Paws, Luke Ferre, Montage Populaire, Talons, Tall Ships, 6 Day Riot, Elephants, Aeroplane Attack, Belligerence, Waking Aida, Will Mcnicol, Run Toto Run, Auction For The Promise Club, Hold Your Horse Is, Enochian Theory, Kills Kasper, Kyla La Grange, Dirty Sky Jones, Ottesgear, Beau Brummel, Rob The Rich, Clayton Strange, Lucifers Gold plus lots more to be added soon.
Early bird tickets are currently £12 and available online now.
Personally, very stoked that Crane’s are on the list. Cranes originally formed in Portsmouth back in the mid 80s (the name is derived from the cranes at the docks) and have over the years created some amazing shoe-gaze/dream-pop albums featuring Alison Shaw’s rather wonderful voice. Have a listen below to ‘Particles and Waves’ from the awesome album of the same name and check here for free MP3s to download:
I’m sure you are all aware it’s Southsea Fest this Saturday. Hitting Albert Road hard Josie and her rag tag band of pirates have organised one hell of a day out. Check the Southsea Fest Website for more details. I saw Fresh Legs at Bestival last weekend and must say they are a must see. Very impressed. Also the Kry Wolf guys will be playing in the evening who also played at Bestival and are really making a name for themselves.
Anyway, you know the deal. Get your tickets, get the beers in, and watch some great local bands. Tickets are available now and on the day from LJRs, The Fat Fox, Dead mans Glory, The Wedgewood Rooms and online at www.southseafest.com
Highly recommended by Graham & Steve.
Quick reminder that it’s Southsea Fest this weekend plus the Hipshaker DJs will be playing at the Wine Vaults from 8pm, be sure to include them in you day/evening’s must watches.
More info and links over at the Facebook event.
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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