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Village Green 2016 – Initial Line-Up Announced
Village Green 2016 – Initial line-up highlights
Arts organisation, Metal, have announced the first acts to take part in their much loved boutique family festival Village Green, which will take place this year on 9 July 2016 in Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The brilliant mix of local and international talent, of literature, art and music, all presented in an urban park in Chalkwell, is one of the key events on the Southend cultural calendar. This year’s festival is set to attract a diverse audience of people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Billy Bragg, will headline the Riverside Stage with a stunning festival set. Billy’s credits include: a number one hit single; having a street named after him; being the subject of a South Bank Show; appearing onstage at Wembley Stadium; curating Leftfield at Glastonbury; sharing spotted dick with a Cabinet minister in the House of Commons cafeteria; being mentioned in Bob Dylan’s memoir and; meeting the Queen. As described by The Guardian, at their best, Billy’s songs present ‘the perfect Venn diagram between the political and the personal’.
Stereo MCs who will be remembered for floor-fillers such as ‘Connected’ and ‘Step it Up’ will also appear on the Riverside Stage in the late afternoon. They have toured extensively and performed with bands such as U2, De La Soul and The Happy Mondays. 2014 saw them return to their roots releasing underground dance music and collaborating with the likes of Adam Port and Terranova.
With band members hailing from Turkey. Bulgaria, Israel, Iran, Italy, Greece and England, the electic sound of The Turbans is an exciting mix of influences from all these regions with an anarchic punk energy mixed in. They will join us on the Riverside Stage in the early evening as the sun goes down over the Estuary. The band has grown from humble beginnings into a big name on the national and international music scene and the energy they bring to their performance is not to be missed.
Bringing a bit of cabaret to proceedings are the hilarious Dream Themes with their smorgasboard of terrestrial TV nostalgia. Rhodri Marsden of the band said, ‘In keeping with the “Village” theme, we're planning a full scale re-creation of the kids TV show Camberwick Green, with Paul (bass) playing the part of Windy Miller, me (keys) playing Dr Mopp, Rob (drums) playing Roger Varley The Sweep and Southend born Dicky (guitar) playing Captain Snort. If you're over the age of 40, it's going to provoke such massive nostalgia that you'll immediately burst into tears. ‘
Rising star, singer-songwriter, Sharon Rose from Southend will bring her soulful gospel voice to the Village Green Stage. Since winning Essex Undiscovered in 2015 with The Arcaves, Sharon has appeared on the X-Factor and is currently in the West End musical, Beautiful the story of Carole King.
For the first time this year our Village Green Artist’s Village will consist of eight visual artists from around the UK living and creating on site at Chalkwell Park in the weeks leading up to the festival. Expect an array of visual art installations, performances and ‘interruptions’ across the site – curated and led by Southend artist, Jon Kipps.
Sean McLoughlin, the Village Green festival director said, ‘This year’s festival is set to highlight some of the most eclectic international, national and regional talent. We are absolutely delighted to welcome back Mr Bragg to headline, a man who is regarded with both admiration and affection in this neck of the woods. There’s a huge amount more in the pipeline to announce in the coming weeks too.’
Get Involved
There are still opportunities to apply to perform, creatively participate, or volunteer. For more information on any of this please visit www.villagegreenfestival.com
How To Buy Tickets
Tickets to Village Green remain at the same price as last year for Early Bird! (so make sure you get them early!)
- FREE for 10 years and under;
- £5 for 11-17 year olds
- £10 for an adult ticket (Early Bird price)
Early Bird ticket prices (£10) remain until midnight on Monday 2nd May. They increase to £12.50 until midnight on Friday 8th July. On festival day (9th July) adult tickets are £15. There is No Change at any time to Teen prices and children 10 years and under are still free.
Tickets are available online 24 hours at www.villagegreenfestival.com or by telephone from the Skiddle Ticket Sales hotline on 0844 884 2920 (open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Closed Sunday).
Metal have set aside 500 FREE tickets for low income families and individuals in Southend. These can be secured with the council through their Southend Advantage Card scheme. For more details visit: http://www.southend.gov.uk/info/200354/sports_and_leisure/109/southend_advantage_card
For further press queries on Village Green 2016 or images of previous events, please contact press@metalculture.com or phone 01702 470700 or go to: www.villagegreenfestival.com
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