sum June festies for ya
6th June 12 – 4 Islington Green Picnic Islington Council and the London Farmers' Markets would like to invite you to celebrate the 5th birthday of the Islington Farmers' Markets, to mark the start of London Sustainability Weeks. You are invited to buy food for your picnic from the Farmers' Markets and join us for a fun day helping to make Islington a greener place. Storytelling, face painting, live entertainment, stalls, tepee, music, green workshops, birthday cake, giveaways, fun for all. Islington Green N1 at Upper Street and Essex Road Junction. Tube: Angel FREE
Friday 18 June until Sunday 20 June 2004 Oceanfest, North Devon,
Cost: FREE, This FREE sports and music festival showcases ocean sports alongside live music, as well as a trade village with licensed bars and restaurants, demos, exhibitions, sampling, simulators and hospitality. One of the major aims of the GoldCoast Oceanfest is to highlight the oceansports industry, create awareness for ocean related causes and to encourage corporate participation in these endeavours. Oceanfest actively supports the efforts of the National Trust, RNLI, Surfers Against Sewage and the Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society who are all involved in the 2004 event.
Friday 18 June until Sunday 20 June 2004 The Huntingdon Big Gig
Seating is picnic style. Refreshments will be available and there will be a licensed bar on Saturday and Sunday with a Firework Finale each evening.
Friday: The gates open at 6pm with bands starting at 7pm. These include: After4; Caught in the Zip; The Jeff Page Project; Inkus; 9foldpunch and State of Freedom with DJs Joey M and Boyzee.
Saturday: Alan Price and his band, The Vibes, with Stewart White compering.
Sunday: the 60-piece BRITTEN SINFONIA, led by Guest Conductor John Wilson, with a programme of popular classics from Tchaikovsky, Delius, Leonard Bernstein and others, plus a selection of film music including Star Wars, Gigi and The King and I. The evening also features local children who have been working on a creative music project with orchestra members. The concert begins at 8pm. Hill Rise Park is easily accessible from the A14 and local bus routes St Ives, Cambridgeshire - MAP
Cost: FREE
Saturday 19 June until Sunday 20 June 2004 Charlbury Riverside Festival
This Festival can trace its roots back at least 15 years, and the organisers claim that it's the largest FREE festival of its type in Oxfordshire. Bands confirmed so far include: Dive Dive, Gods of the Ant People and Smilex.
Music starts on Saturday at 2pm going through until about 9pm. Events on Sunday begin at 1pm running until 8pm. Last year saw crowds of around five thousand people come to watch two days of music set on an 'island' in the River Evenlode.
Camping facilites are available at the cricket pitch and the railway station is just two minutes walk away from the festival site
Charlbury, Oxfordshire - MAP Cost: FREE
SATURDAY 19 June - THE CALM URBAN GAMES
LILLENNIUM PARK, FLITWICK 100% FREE!!!
This all-dayer kicks off 11am through till 7pm and features hip hop performances, D&B DJs, pro skaters, BMX, kickboxing, graf boards, a fun fair as well as food and drink. CALM is an organisation tackling depression amongst young men across Manchester, Merseyside, Cumbria and Bedfordshire, and exists to help individuals deal with the problems facing young men today. You can talk to CALM on 0800 58 58 58 at any time from 5pm to 3am.
URBAN GAMES, JUNE 19TH, HIP HOP:
PHI-LIFE CYPHER
JEHST
BLADE
MR THING & YUN GUN
THE REALM
SPARKY
DJ SKIZZA & MC WONDER
Hosted by SKINNYMAN & DJ FLIP
DRUM AND BASS:
TWISTED INDIVIDUAL
MAMPI SWIFT
SWAN-E
MC FIVEALIVE
DBR/MOTION
RAW FM
BERNERS & ETHICS (WS)
KANO
ANDY ATTIC
Should be a good event, 11AM - 7PM TOTALLY FREE!!
Millenium Park, Flitwick (outside Bedford).
http://www.thecalmzone.net
24 June 2001, 2-7pm Celebrating Sanctuary
Celebrating Sanctuary Launching UK Refugee Week 2004.
Now in its fifth year this festival offers a taste of the cultural fruits of sanctuary - a party filled with live music, dance, mime and poetry, stalls brimming with food, drink and crafts from many refugee communities and lots of unique workshop activities for children and families to enjoy.
This year's vibrant programme features: Reem Kelani (Palestine), Stella Chiweshe (Zimbabwe), Abdul Tee-Jay's Palm Wine A Go-go (Sierra Leone), Oojami (Turkey/UK), London African Gospel Choir (Uganda), Manteca (columbia), Romani Rad (Polish Roma) and more.
Takes place at Oxo Tower Wharf, Gabriel's Wharf and Bernie Spain Gardens, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 - located on the riverside walkway between the Royal National Theatre and Tate Modern. Admission FREE Nearest train/tube: Blackfriars, Southwark, Waterloo. Information: 020 7401 2255
