Halesworth Gig in the Park
Gig in the Park, fast becoming East Anglia’s number one festival and now in its 12th year has put together another bumper collection of headline acts for this years event - see how to get tickets at the end of this article!
Held in Halesworth’s Town Park over the weekend of 6 – 8th August this years event will be headlined by punk legends The Undertones. Formed in 1978 and championed by the late John Peel they have had hits with the anthem Teenage Kicks, My perfect cousin and Jimmy Jimmy amongst others. They are still in demand as a touring act and are bound to be a big draw for this years festival. Supporting on Saturday will be Sweedish banjo punk queens Baskery.
A new act they are already making major waves in the music business and are currently touring all over the world and appearing at this years Glastonbury festival. Remember where you saw them first! Jon Allen will be returning by public demand following his show stopping performance at last years festival. Jon has been busy since last year promoting his album Dead Man’s Suit and was delighted to be asked to appear in Halesworth once again.
Friday will be headlined by Showawaddywaddy who need no introduction to festival goers. Formed in 1973 and boasting 10 top ten singles including Under the Moon of Love they are bound to get the party started in Halesworth Park. Friday will also feature the ever popular Amplifier project showcase featuring young musicians from the local area.
Lee Vasey and his big band make a welcome return to round of the proceedings on Sunday night bringing the soundtrack of your life from the last three decades to get the park dancing. Support on Sunday is from Bungay blues act Hot or Wot. As usual there will be a full supporting bill of bands, both national and local acts over three stages over the three days and of course the usual real ale bar and food from around the globe.
The Jungle Stage
Organisers of the Jungle Stage at Halesworth’s Gig in the Park have just finalised the line up for this year’s event. Jungle is the ever popular second stage at Gig in the Park with it’s unique vibe and of course jungle theme. We caught up with the enthusiastic jungle team this week and this is what they had to say about the preparations. The quality of acts applying have been outstanding and made our job very hard to select 11 bands for each of the days ."East Anglia has Talent ". The weekend will provide a mixture of all music genre with a blend of original and cover songs all from local bands.
Saturday’s atmosphere is very lively and acts include Serillian who will be rocking out to keep everyone awake , headlining Red Mecca, with a mixture of old and new songs everyone knows will be a fitting climax to the days line up and will leave you wanting more .Sunday has more of a mellow theme with a touch `70`s revival . Dressing up optional .The mighty T. More band will play their usual slot ," you never know what they will come up with next". Back due to popular demand after a fantastic performance last year are fun party group Funk Soul Brother`s their show will have you dancing the night away.
We hope to see you and as always we are in the corner. New for this year and by popular demand the Jungle will now remain open later than previous years to provide an alternative to the headline acts on the main stage. Friday night in the jungle features the Fat Factory with live DJ sets from Crackerz and Jam, DJ rainbow, Brummy and Paul Sparkes playing all the best house and old skool grooves.
TICKETS
Tickets for this years gig are on sale now from the usual outlets. Halesworth Bookshop, Morlings Lowestoft and Saxons in Beccles. Or book online at www.giginthepark.co.uk/tickets.html
For further details of all festivals happening in Suffolk please see Suffolk Festivals
For more information on the town of Halesworth please see:
A Guide to the town of Halesworth
Accommodation in Halesworth
Held in Halesworth’s Town Park over the weekend of 6 – 8th August this years event will be headlined by punk legends The Undertones. Formed in 1978 and championed by the late John Peel they have had hits with the anthem Teenage Kicks, My perfect cousin and Jimmy Jimmy amongst others. They are still in demand as a touring act and are bound to be a big draw for this years festival. Supporting on Saturday will be Sweedish banjo punk queens Baskery.
A new act they are already making major waves in the music business and are currently touring all over the world and appearing at this years Glastonbury festival. Remember where you saw them first! Jon Allen will be returning by public demand following his show stopping performance at last years festival. Jon has been busy since last year promoting his album Dead Man’s Suit and was delighted to be asked to appear in Halesworth once again.
Friday will be headlined by Showawaddywaddy who need no introduction to festival goers. Formed in 1973 and boasting 10 top ten singles including Under the Moon of Love they are bound to get the party started in Halesworth Park. Friday will also feature the ever popular Amplifier project showcase featuring young musicians from the local area.
Lee Vasey and his big band make a welcome return to round of the proceedings on Sunday night bringing the soundtrack of your life from the last three decades to get the park dancing. Support on Sunday is from Bungay blues act Hot or Wot. As usual there will be a full supporting bill of bands, both national and local acts over three stages over the three days and of course the usual real ale bar and food from around the globe.
The Jungle Stage
Organisers of the Jungle Stage at Halesworth’s Gig in the Park have just finalised the line up for this year’s event. Jungle is the ever popular second stage at Gig in the Park with it’s unique vibe and of course jungle theme. We caught up with the enthusiastic jungle team this week and this is what they had to say about the preparations. The quality of acts applying have been outstanding and made our job very hard to select 11 bands for each of the days ."East Anglia has Talent ". The weekend will provide a mixture of all music genre with a blend of original and cover songs all from local bands.
Saturday’s atmosphere is very lively and acts include Serillian who will be rocking out to keep everyone awake , headlining Red Mecca, with a mixture of old and new songs everyone knows will be a fitting climax to the days line up and will leave you wanting more .Sunday has more of a mellow theme with a touch `70`s revival . Dressing up optional .The mighty T. More band will play their usual slot ," you never know what they will come up with next". Back due to popular demand after a fantastic performance last year are fun party group Funk Soul Brother`s their show will have you dancing the night away.
We hope to see you and as always we are in the corner. New for this year and by popular demand the Jungle will now remain open later than previous years to provide an alternative to the headline acts on the main stage. Friday night in the jungle features the Fat Factory with live DJ sets from Crackerz and Jam, DJ rainbow, Brummy and Paul Sparkes playing all the best house and old skool grooves.
TICKETS
Tickets for this years gig are on sale now from the usual outlets. Halesworth Bookshop, Morlings Lowestoft and Saxons in Beccles. Or book online at www.giginthepark.co.uk/tickets.html
For further details of all festivals happening in Suffolk please see Suffolk Festivals
For more information on the town of Halesworth please see:
A Guide to the town of Halesworth
Accommodation in Halesworth
