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Gate To Southwell Festival

Thursday, 6 June 2019

Time
12:00 - 23:30
Venue
Southwell Racecourse, Southwell, NG25 0TS
Price
Various

MUSIC STARS SET FOR SOUTHWELL IN JUNE

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young are among the headline names at this summer’s Gate To Southwell Festival in Nottinghamshire (June 6th to 9th). Joining an eclectic international line-up that already includes Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Skipinnish, Nancy Kerr, Blue Rose Code, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys and many more brilliant folk roots and acoustic music artists, Paul Young - one of the UK’s best-loved vocalists (“Wherever I Lay My Hat’, ‘Love Of The Common People’, ‘Every Time You Go Away’) - has been the charismatic front-man of the highly-entertaining Tex-Mex show band Los Pacaminos since 1993. Steve Harley, famous for worldwide hits such as ‘Judy Teen’, ‘Mr Soft’, ‘Sebastian’ and ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)’, has been producing great albums for over 40 years. Both play Southwell for the first time.

This year’s festival kicks off with a wildly western theme on Thursday June 6th. A host of top Americana acts will get the party started at Southwell Racecourse. Topping the bill will be Los Pacaminos and supporting them, tall in the saddle, there’ll be the award-winning young Californian bluegrass band Blue Summit, featuring acclaimed female vocalist AJ Lee and guitarist Sullivan Tuttle, plus last year’s festival favourites, Truckstop Honeymoon from New Orleans. Also returning will be rootsy rock & roll Californian Joshua Cook. Building on this theme, Gate To Southwell will also be marking the 50th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Festival of Summer 1969; a specially created 'house' band plus guests will perform iconic songs from the ground-breaking “peace love and music” festival. Plus there’s Sunjay’s Tribute To Buddy Holly and a special Continental celebration featuring diverse European acts such as Mallorca’s brilliant BOC, Spanish Basque folk dance band Korrontzi, Austria’s acclaimed Hotel Palindrome, the beautiful Dutch harmonies of SYA (Suddenly Years Align) and French-born favourite Flossie Malavialle.

The increasingly-popular festival at Southwell Racecourse welcomes back Leicester’s “woke folk” activist Grace Petrie, Brighton’s young folk stars Hickory Signals, Jim Causley (“the finest singer of his generation,” according to Mojo) and the multi-instrumental virtuosity of Ranagri. Plus “Princess of Cajun” accordionist Sarah Savoy, the fantastic folk rock dance band Blackbeard’s Tea Party, famous punk veterans Otway & Barrett, Nottingham’s own gypsy jazz hot clubbers Maniere Des Bohemiens, world fusion crowd favourites The Activators, the highly-acclaimed Bird In The Belly folk collective, the rich harmonies of Norwich’s Alden Patterson & Dashwood and the vibrant young Welsh band Calan. And there’s more: Irish bluegrass from Jigjam, 3 Daft Monkeys (acclaimed as one of the highlights of Glastonbury 2016 by Mark Radcliffe), BBC award-winners Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Yorkshire singer-songwriter Katie Spencer, Liverpudlian troubadour Rosenblume, Canadian folk-meets-bluegrass from Jessica Pearson & The East Wind, Nottingham’s rising star Ruth Notman, Kim Edgar (singer-songwriter from Scotland’s multinational folk band Cara) and the sweet-voiced addictive songs of pop rockers Morrissey & Marshall.

New additions to the line up include rising Danish indie-folk star Ida Wenoe, Scottish singer-songwriter Kim Edgar from Cara and The Burns Unit (described as “a heady cocktail of Carole King and Regine Spektor” by Spiral Earth), the Indian-influenced global sound of Mishra (featuring Kate Griffin, Ford Collier and jazz-folk bouzouki/bass player Joss Mann-Hazell), Southwell favourites and regulars such as Pete Morton, Keith Donnelly and Winter Wilson, Eabhal bringing traditional South Uist folk from the Outer Hebrides, The Hunch led by Michael Doonan (formerly of 70s folk-rockers Hedgehog Pie) plus three finalists from the New Roots competition: Sam Brothers, Lizzy Hardingham and Clarke Camilleri.

Over the four days, Southwell will present a perfectly eclectic mix of more than 50 roots, World, acoustic and folk acts across four stages plus ceilidhs, dance sides, comedy, street theatre, poetry and, of course, top class children’s entertainment. The great improviser and stunt juggler Dan The Hat returns again to build on last year’s success with the Ring of Fire, the London Bus Jump and Boxing Glove Alley. And master storyteller, Mark Fraser of Walk The Lines, will also be back with original and classic stories. Throw into this festival pot regular features such as Jan’s Van, music workshops, Toddle Bops and, of course, Keith Donnelly – with his highly interactive stories and imagination-stretching songs for children – and Gate To Southwell 2019 promises to be another winning mix of music mirth and mayhem, hopefully without the mud.

With more artists still being lined up for this “incredible festival” (according to Ireland’s Cara Dillon), discount-priced tickets are on sale now from www.gtsf.uk

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Venue

Southwell Racecourse
Occupation Lane
Southwell
NG25 0TS

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