Big Day Out is free festival of Music and the Performing Arts which returns on Saturday, July 12th 2008 for the fourth consecutive event.
We'll also be offering a couple of major 'fringe' events which people can get involved with too on July 11th and July 13th.
Here's how:
musicians, outdoor/street performers, volunteers, food and goods stallholders, and funders to join in the fun and bring something personal to the festival - please click the appropriate link to find out more (environmental experts, look out for a further invitation soon).
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WHO IS PLAYING & PERFORMING AT BIG DAY OUT?
THE NEIL COWLEY TRIO, NOSTALGIA 77, LAURA VEIRS,
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, JAMIE WOON, THE NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA, THE DESTROYERS VS THE DHOL BLASTERS, THE TONGUES OF FIRE, LUKE WRIGHT, WIRE JESUS, KATE GOES.....
NANCY ELIZABETH, SLEEPS IN OYSTERS, JIM MORAY, ABIE BUDGEN, NATHAN BALL, THE OM CORPORATION, JAH LION SOUND SYSTEM, ANNA CROWLEY, AF HAROLD, ANDY RAVEN, HAPPY BUDDHA, VIC CRACKNELL'S 50S ROCK'N'ROLL......
ANOTHER MIDAS THEATRE, THE STRANGELINGS, THE WHALLEY RANGE ALLSTARS, KISSING COUSINS, RAG'N'BONE OUTDOOR THEATRE & THE DOLLY MIXTURE DAYTIME PYJAMA DISCO!!....
PLUS MORE TO BE CONFIRMED!
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FRINGE FESTIVAL EVENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
JULY 11TH, THE SONIC PICNIC
EFTERKLANG (LEAF LABEL)) + SLEEPS IN OYSTERS
(NOT FREE!) £10, £7 UB40, NUS AND UNDER 21S
IN THE WILDE THEATRE
7PM-9.30PM
AND AFTERWARDS PAUSAL CURATES A LATE EVENING OF AMBIENT SOUNDS IN OUR ITALIAN GARDENS
FEATURED ARTISTS ARE PAUSAL, GREG HAINES, MISC. & THE RUSSIAN QUARTET - FREE
9.30PM-12 MIDNIGHT
ONE OF THE FEATURED EVENTS AT BIG DAY OUT IS RAG'N'BONE'S PANDAEMONIUM SUMMONS THE BEAST OF BRACKNELL
Supported by Oxford Contemporary Music and Bracknell's Council's Recycling Unit and Produced by Simon Cahatterton, the performance will be built in the weeks beforehand entirely out of re-cycled materials.
The story of the BEAST happened like this........
Something is stirring down at the dump. There’s a groaning and a creaking; a stretching and a scrunching down in the dark heart of the mountains of waste.
Out of the seas of rubbish, new life is forming, the off spring of redundant computers, wrecked cars, old computer games, cast off plastic, discarded toys and lost dreams.
A rotten alchemy is at work in those filthy mounds, and here it comes, trembling and shuddering out from the murk and the muck, …..
The beast the beast!
Pandaemonium & The Beast of Bracknell Forest are the first shows by ‘Rag and Bone’, a pool of artists and performers seeking to breathe new life into British festive and processional traditions.
PARTICIPATION
The show offers great opportunities for local schools and community groups to get involved. The festival could be sending an artist to your school to do workshops
For more info contact jo.wright@southhillpark.org.uk
In 2008, Big day Out also goes back a week, to the weekend of July 12 2008 - so put it in your diary!
Furthermore, we are already on the hunt for new performers, particularly those who can perform outdoors
in a totally acoustic setting (that rare beast!) - check out the blog links above for more.
Environmental games and activities for our environmental Green Field, and new ideas in out-door live art are also welcomed.
Do let us know what you have to offer, on festival@southhillpark.org.uk
But most of all we welcome you and your free spirit!
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Big Day Out(over and out!)
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