Local & Live 2018: Saturday Main Stage
Saturday August 25th 2018, 12:00pm - 10:00pm at Calverley Grounds (see venue details and map).
9:05pm Headline : David Migden & The Twisted Roots
Sidestepping the customary blues-clichés, David Migden & The Twisted Roots – their name accurately reflecting the melting pot genre – perform unique material in a genre-busting crossover of blues, rock and American roots music...
8:20pm Headline Support: The Violet Jive
Musical ‘Mixologists’ The Violet Jive offer up a voluptuous Tiki style cocktail of sounds, blending styles and eras into one colourfully intoxicating hit. All about the rhythms and melodies, swampy riffs and lyrical imagery but with the musical skills and licks of even the hippest hepcats!
7:40pm Black Gabanza
Artists We Also Like: QOTSA, Rival Sons, Tom Waits, Grinderman
Band Interests: Bad horror films, junkyard percussion, dirt, Fisherman's Friends
7:00pm Wake Up Leo
A musical fizz-bomb of guitar and synth flavoured tunes from Leo Ulph and his band.
It’s all about stories, biting satire, humour and poignant commentary on modern culture, all set to thumping riffs and zings of keys...
6:20pm The Alley Devils
The Alley Devils are putting the rock back into rockabilly, a high octane band! we have invented our own genre! A live act not to be missed.
5:40pm Mike Wilton
Mike Wilton is best known as the frontman of East Sussex/Kent band The Standard Lamps. The Standard Lamps supported The Who 9 times on their 2014 and 2017 UK tours as well as supporting The Bluetones on their 2015/2016 UK tour. The band enjoys a strong local following that continues to grow up and down the UK.
5:00pm Chasing Skies
Chasing Skies are an indie rock band from Kent/London.
The band's melodically powerful songs, woven around thought provoking lyrics, lean on Finn's powerful drumming style, Paul’s hook laden guitar work, Ken’s instinctive Bass playing, and Ashley’s emotive vocals.
4:20pm Youth
Youth are an Anthemic Indie five-piece from Brighton and Tunbridge Wells with three guitarists, two lead singers and bold, memorable choruses. They released their debut EP 'Start It Up' in April 2017, which was championed by BBC Introducing and has allowed them to play legendary venues across the south...
3:40pm Laky (aka Kyla Stroud)
With her clever lyricism, raw maturity and laidback pop with folky undertones, LAKY, previously known as Kyla Stroud, is sure to charm you. Taking inspiration from eclectic 70s and 80s music, including classics like Earth Wind and Fire, Joni Mitchell and even Dolly Parton, as well as more current names such as Jade Bird, Christine and The Queens and John Mayer, LAKY has created her very own sound and is about to explode on the scene. Keep your eyes peeled!
3:00pm Arcelia
Arcelia (pronounced Ah-KELL-ia – meaning ‘treasure chest’ in old Spanish) are songwriter Gavin Alexander (has supported the likes of Mark Nevin, co -wrote the theme tune to Studio Ghibli's Emmy award winning TV series, Ronja the Robber's Daughter), voice artist Teresa Gallagher (Octonauts, Thunderbirds, Thomas & Friends) and Flying Picket Simon Foster...
2:30pm Joanne Louise Parker
“Fans say that Joanne Louise Parker has a voice which “makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck” and she has been known to silence a room in seconds during performances of her a cappella songs...
2:00pm Chris Pope
Emerging on the local singer/songwriter scene over a decade ago after a number of years playing in cover bands, Chris was quickly hailed as “an inspiring modern day troubadour who pens lyrics of real substance and meaning.”...
1:30pm Ryan Weeks
Starting to play guitar and sing at the age of twenty, originally buying his first guitar as a distraction from doing college assignments, Ryan is quickly making a name for himself in the local music scene , mixing soul, R&B, indie folk and country...
1:00pm Shep!
Dave “Shep!” Sheperd plays American music drawn from his family roots in northern Virginia, as well as performing songs written by friends, relatives, and him. You can expect a range of tempos and styles – from foot-stomping banjo through ballads to 12-string sing-along anthems, often accompanied by a catchy dance beat.
12:30pm Matt Falloon
The music of former Smoke Feathers singer Matthew Falloon has been compared to Paul Simon and Jackson Browne by Uncut magazine, his songwriting has been praised as "exceptional" by Maverick magazine, and BBC Radio 2's Janice Long says he is "brilliant". His new album Do No Harm has been championed by BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins and was named best album of the year so far by The Very Thing blogger Simon Rickards. An accomplished guitarist and singer, Matthew has performed live on national TV and radio, toured the UK, Europe and the Caribbean, and played live with Dodgy, Natty, Shura, Blue Rose Code, Hiatus, Samantha Whates and Charlene Soraia. You can find his music on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, Amazon and Apple Music.
12:00pm Elo Quitmann
I don’t go a day without fiddling on my guitar or piano, coming up with new lyrics or challenging my voice to do things I don’t expect it to be able to do. My passion to perform started at an early age and was noticed by a number of people which lead to getting key solos and singing parts in the school choir and other theatre companies. I have achieved my Grade 6 classical singing but realised a while back that my true passion for singing and playing the guitar lies with singer-songwriting rather than the style I had been learning. My main idols: Melody Gardot, Tracy Chapman, Squeeze and Bob Marley have inspired me to write the music I have despite the variety of genres! ...
