The Rootsville Hurricane Blows In To Birmingham
Electronic Press Kit here: http://www.sonicbids.com/RootsvilleFestival
If it’s summer, it must be festival season. You’ve been there, you’ve done that. You want something new, something different, something inspirational.
That’ll be Rootsville, then.
Picture this.
• Four stages set against the Victorian buildings of the UK’s most unique venue with non-stop music of all sounds, sizes and shapes.
• From homespun heroes to global giants, from expansive to eclectic, from noon to 6am.
• Totally free from midday to 6pm. Just £20 for the next 12 hours.
“The spirit of Rootsville is hiptripstic and happy with random acts of spontaneous entertainment and explosive cathartic performances in a carnival like atmosphere,” says festival maestro Kent Davis. “And don’t think we’re saving the best till last either – one of the biggest acts will be before 6pm.”
A groundbreaking not-for-profit festival, Rootsville takes place Saturday 30th June amid the cool, colourful contemporary surroundings of the Custard Factory in downtown Birmingham.
From indie to Indian, from gypsy to jazz, from punk to funk.
Under The Arches Stage
Headlining the Festival and marking the debut of the venue’s new Under the Arches stage, will be 90s Madchester indie legends and masters of three minute pop perfections INSPIRAL CARPETS.
They’ll be joined under the massive railway arch by a line-up that includes Aussie electronic beats sensations THE PRESETS; Canadian glo-sticks electro groove nu rave outfit DANDI WIND; Newcastle’s feedback swamped incendiary indie guitar finest KUBICHEK!; and Birmingham’s eclectic eccentric exponents of the weird and wonderful MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE.
Lakeside Stage
Making the Lakeside Stage their own with irresistible percussion driven rhythms as warm as solar flares, the headliners are the hugely influential Afro-Caribbean godfathers of World Music, OSIBISA.
Sharing the bill will be Birmingham’s 15 piece multi-ethnic firebrands of Eastern European folk, THE DESTROYERS; the dynamite DHOLBLASTERS with their Banghra batteria; Coventry’s explosive flag-wavers of ska-punk pop THE RIPPS; skunkrockers CRACKED ACTORS; and homegrown fuzzed out Americana fourpiece ONEYESBLUE.
Rooty Pool
Fresh from glowing reviews for his A Life In The Day Of B19 - Tales Of The Tower Block album, Birmingham based MOBO award winning alto-saxophonist and rapper SOWETO KINCH leads a strong line up of free music.
Keeping the jazz and blues flame burning, he’ll be sharing the stage with, among others, jazz dub octet SUGARBEATS; acclaimed riti (that’s an African 1 string fiddle, but you knew that) virtuoso JULDEH; bluesy singer-songwriter CHRISSY VAN DYKE; local living legend STEVE GIBBONS; rising stars BENJAMIN AND THE SIRENS; and the full vocal glory of the BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR.
Medicine Bar
Hailing from Birmingham, MDK CARTEL are a troupe of Asian rappers, mc’s and DJ’s who fuse modern day grime with Bhangra inspired beats on their current Hostile Takeover EP. Helping to keep the mood chilled and the air hot will be Boom Room, the Soul Thump DJs, Makoto and Bryan Gee
As well as the live acts already announced and special surprise guests, there’ll also be DJ sounds from the likes of Scott Bleeps, Bobby & Sam, and Mama Feel Good plus Theatre, Films, StreetArt, Poetry Slam, Dance Battles, Beatboxing, fashion show, Thrill-out and Chill-out Zones and loads of daytime children’s entertainment and fabulous Festival Food.
Rootsville Midsummer Festival
Saturday June 30. Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham.
Midday-6pm Free. 6pm-6am £20 (first 500 tickets £15)
http://www.rootsvillefestival.com
For further information contact:
For interviews, press info, review or competition tickets: Mike Davies 0121 443 3600
E-mail rootsville@mikedav.co.uk or see online epk: http://www.sonicbids.com/RootsvilleFestival
Festival Organiser: Kent Davis @ Rooty Frooty 07747 037821
for more information see “Latest Press Release” link on the right…..
