Green Festival
The build up to the 2008 Newcastle Community Green Festival has begun. And this year the festival returns to its roots with an emphasis on education through entertainment - let's make living a cleaner, greener, more sustainable life fun!
Still run by volunteers this year's festival promises to be the biggest ever. We are particularly looking forward to welcoming more visitors from the broad cross-section of city life. Many of our themed areas will be hosting community groups and local companies working in a wide range of future-looking areas of business. We also look forward to welcoming back a wide range of bands of arts groups.
Newcastle Community Green Festival is the North East’s largest environmental and music festival and is attended by up to 10,000 people. The Festival offers a unique mix of music, arts, health and environmental activities and will take place in Leazes Park which boasts some of the finest open spaces in the city.
Highlights of the festival include:
• Biodiversity, Food and Green Gardens Area - with loads of practical workshops and advice
• Children's Area - including a Sensory play tent
• Green Fashion Show - members of the public will model natural clothing and beauty products
• Low Impact Living Area - stalls promoting insulation, low and renewable energy, and a workshop building a green roof
• Healing and Healthy Lifestyles - with workshops on meditation & making your own remedies
• Quiet Area - with a marquee full of sofas and therapeutic art
• Global Issues and Social Justice - workshops & debates on Peak Oil, Transition Towns and Climate Camp
• A Solar Powered Cinema
• Local Food & Real Ale
• 3 stages of music celebrating social & environmental issues
• Parade celebrating World Environment Day
• …and Dream State Circus close the festival on Sunday
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Location - Leazes Park Date - June 7th & 8th - Weekend after Exams!! Price - FREE!!! |
Exhibit A 3rd Birthday Party
Exhibit A brings you their 3rd
For those of you that don’t know Mark, he is a respected and well known North East DJ, having been spinning for over 14 years. Playing house in all its forms Mark’s known in the Industry for his varied musical style and taste.
He can be found DJ’ing most Saturdays at
Paul and Nicky are well respected local DJ’s with a residency at new night Maximal while Lee holds a residency at the well known Freaky Dancing where he plays everything from dirty house to techno, minimal and breaks.
Gershwins, a restaurant by day, is transformed into an awesome venue for a party by night. With a capacity of over 400, it’s nooks and crannies, art house décor and intimate feel, Gershwins is destined to put Exhibit A on the map in
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Location - Gerschwins Starts @ 11 Price - £6 for NUS/unwaged/before midnight £8 after |
Middlesbrough Music Live
COMPLETELY FREE, and for just one day, Middlesborough Music Festival has got a fantastic reputation for finding good bands just before they make it big. Last year Shy Child and I Was A Cub Scout were just two of the breakthrough acts. This year has, so far, got a really interesting mix of artists and more and more are being confirmed as June 1st gets closer. I’m really excited about Black Kids; a Florida 5-piece who are garnering interest with their new song ‘I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You’ (check out the wicked remix by The Twelves if you’re into that sort of stuff). They’re just a little bit wild and kooky, and their mix of electro-indie brings together two of my favourite types of music. They come across as a band who are going to be AMAZING to watch live, with stage presence and buckets of banter. Also confirmed is Esser – artist, not band (and not the French race car driver) – think Damon Albarn reincarnated in one of those robot-suits with a built in Merry-Go-Round Organ and you’re getting there; definitely someone to watch out for. Infadels have also just been confirmed; they’re a band that honestly took a while for me to enjoy but when you peel back the standard guitars, bass, drums etc, you get a really genuine band making a really genuine statement about their lives. Who can’t relate to the lyrics in ‘Make Mistakes’? Alphabeat are, to my utter dismay, unable to do Boro, having just announced they need to pull out! But luckily my new love, Late of the Pier, are making a snappy, clappy, poppy, stylistic, synthridden appearance. One Night Only are making an appearance with their brand of non-offensive music, while Ash return from the musical grave to do… something. Myspace Favourite YouMeAt6 are also playing and I mean this when I tell you, these young pups are absolutely immense. I’ve been friends with them on Myspace for about 3 years (meeting them at a house party in Leeds. What a weekend). They supported and surpassed Elliot Minor at the Carling Academy in April and are going to do big things. Everything about them is well refined and nicely tied together. With catchy choruses even the biggest names in commercial indie couldn’t write (go and download Gossip NOW I promise you it is some breed of incredible…) All in all this festival will be a great way for people to get out and listen to new music. And it’s free!
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Location - Middlesbrough Town Centre Date - June 1st Price - FREE!!! |
Chris Mandle
