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« on: August 06, 2011, 07:36:15 pm » |
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http://www.livesoundpromotion.com/"Abney Park - from Seattle, America will be headlining on the Saturday 25th August. BB BLACKDOG will be staging a 3 hour show on the Friday night. Their amazing show will involve Dancing Girls (Can Can/Burlesque/Belly). Ghostfire, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Rogora Khart, Birthrite, Ellethia will be performing during Saturday. More bands to be confirmed soon. Bands and performers from around the world will take part over this incredible weekend. Tickets will go on sale early next year. Very limited number available." The line-up is certainly impressive, one to watch with interest.
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sallyinwales
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2011, 07:41:58 pm » |
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That looks fun, wonder if they want any traders? Is that the bank holiday weekend?
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Lady Chrystal
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2011, 08:25:22 pm » |
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Definitely one to keep an eye on...
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bassspine
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2011, 09:18:07 pm » |
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I'll pencil that into my diary...
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Bwahahaha! They called me mad! MAD! But with my cross-dimensional time-fez I'll show them!!!!! hehehehe!!
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2011, 09:25:25 pm » |
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would be nice if they did a bit more promotion (say on BG or the British Steampunk Community/Facebook) to let us know more about their do , such as whether it's just music or other stuff too
this may also be a wrong assumption, but it also feels a bit commercial so far such as the decscription as 'Steampunk' Festival and no other name to it! i like to think that things organised by and for steampunks has a bit of love in it -such as shown by the Asylum, Wotw, The Oxford and Kew exhibtions,etc
hope it turns out to be good though, as that's one helluva line up so far!
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2011, 09:31:57 pm » |
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The Brass Pound is VERY attractive. However such events will be attractive to the mainstream crowd, and will get them into other aspects of the scene.
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Mimsy Beaucoup
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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2011, 11:09:24 pm » |
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There seems to be very little information on it...interesting but more definitive information is needed! Is it just a music thing? That would seem odd as we as a genre have never defined ourselves through music alone, in fact music is something that is not a leading part of the genre (not that the line up isn't good!)
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2011, 08:39:47 am » |
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They are live music promoters, not organizers of steampunk events, so no one should go with the allusion that this is another Waltz or Asylum. Treat this like a rock Festival, music only and band merchandise only. It does help the profile of the bands, and of steampunk music generally, but a lot of the people there will be there for the music and not the steampunk.
Doubtless without The Asylum or Waltz something this ambitious would not have been considered in the. first place. We provided a platform for most of these bands in the first place. It would interesting to see this added to the summer rock festival rota and I believe there is no Glastonbury next year (because of the Olympics), so this has a reasonable shot of gaining mainstream appreciation for SP music.
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Mimsy Beaucoup
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« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2011, 11:24:39 am » |
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It does sound like there is a burlesque element to it, maybe they have 2 stages? I agree that is sound more like a music festival than a steampunk event as such.
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AndiiV
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« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2011, 07:42:49 pm » |
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Ghostfire were contacted by the company behind this a month ago, asking for our availability. We said we'd like to get involved but have heard nothing since. It was presented as a two day festival, no more info than that.
My personal feeling is that it will probably expand to include steampunk traders, since there appears to be a fair bit of site space to fill, but this is only speculation.
It's early days so I think we should all keep an open mind and see how things progress. Music festivals are actually pretty good fun since there's always more than music to occupy one's time.
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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2011, 01:37:45 pm » |
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Very interested in this. Looking forward to seeing how it develops.
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« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2011, 02:05:45 pm » |
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hmmm, intriguing, might be interested depending on how this pans out.
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Mécanicien de Vapeur
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« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2011, 02:48:38 pm » |
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That is the Bank Holiday weekend. Definitely has the sound of a music festival about it. No bad thing... we'll most likely be at our regular one, Beautiful Days, down in Devon, the previous weekend and it would give us a reason to escape Reading while the Reading Festival is on  . Some indication as to size would be good though... the venue's website mentions a 'large function room, capacity 100' (though that could be for a sit-down do, rather than a gig) This (from the info given so far) actually sounds rather like an event Evangeline and I have attended occasionally, the Blyth Power Ashes, a mini-festival put on by the folky-punk band Blyth Power, where they take over a big pub and garden for a weekend (co-incidentally also the August BHol weekend!), set up a stage and have a bunch of their mates' bands playing, with folk camping in the pub garden. Will be keeping an eye on this... |
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Some assembly required. Batteries not included. Keep out of direct sunlight. Contains scenes of nudity & mild peril. May cause drowsiness. Suitable for vegetarians. May contain nuts.
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« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2011, 03:24:23 pm » |
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Bloody hell. Blyth Power? I met them in a squat in Berlin 20 years ago!!
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rhylla
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« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2011, 03:38:41 pm » |
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phooey! we'll be on holiday then or we'd have been very interested in tootling along to this
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sallyinwales
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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2011, 03:43:26 pm » |
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phooey! we'll be on holiday then or we'd have been very interested in tootling along to this
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gosh, thats organised of you, I rarely know what I'm doing a month in advance let alone a year in advance! |
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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2011, 04:58:23 pm » |
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Bloody hell. Blyth Power? I met them in a squat in Berlin 20 years ago!!
 Still going strong, (very) occasionally gigging, plus the annual Ashes festival/cricket match. |
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rhylla
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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2011, 05:02:42 pm » |
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ah its a big group thing we do every other year with church.... been booked for a while  -Rhylla- |
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