Music Events - UK
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Diaspora London Music Village 2008 - Europe's longest running Festival of world culture
Diaspora London Music Village 2008 is a free open air music festival in Hyde Park, London taking place from Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th July, from 1-9pm each day.
It is the 24th Music Village since 1983 and presents over 80 top-class performers of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Mediterranean and Eastern European origin, all of them drawn from London's diaspora communities.The festival has focussed on a wide range of subjects of topical interest. Some have concentrated on the living traditional cultures of particular geographic regions, others have addressed general worldwide themes that transcend territorial boundaries as well as divisions of culture and faith.
Twenty groups of London-based performers are featured in two days of music, dance and spoken word from all over the world. The line-up includes African, Latin, Jewish, Asian, Kurdish, East European and Chinese performance styles, to reflect decades of converging migrations into London from every corner of the earth.
The festival is an eagerly awaited event in London's annual cultural calendar and is organised by arts charity, Cultural Co-operation
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Hebridean Celtic Festival 2008 - the biggest homecoming party of the year
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland - The annual Hebridean Celtic Festival will be held from Wednesday 16th of July to Saturday 19th of July, four days of music featuring top international artists set against the backdrop of the Gaelic culture and Hebridean heritage.
The event is expected to attract 15,000 people over 4 days. The headline acts include The Saw Doctors, Four Men and a Dog, Shooglenifty, and Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Also appearing are Seth Lakeman, Julie Fowlis, Hunger Mountain Boys, Griff, Karine Polwart, Mairi Smith, Alasdair White, Mary Ann Kennedy & Na Seoid (The Heroes), The Chair from Orkney, and Bodega.
Many complementary events are also hosted by community groups around Stornaway and the islands of Lewis and Harris catering for a variety of tastes both musical and otherwise. There are also workshops often given by many of the festival's performers, which includes masterclas sessions with Douglas Montgomery, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson and Mairi Smith. Also included are the ever popular Gaelic langauage tasters, lectures and children's entertainment plus numerous pub sessions in Stornoway and the surrounding area.
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Maryport Blues Festival 2008 - Home
The Maryport Blues Festival takes place from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th July 2008.
Chuck Berry, one of the most influential figures in popular music and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music will headline the Friday night with US blues diva Shemekia Copeland playing earlier that evening.
Legendary blues guitarist, Jimmie Vaughan will headline the Saturday night with an exclusive UK performance. Jimmie will be joined by the Tilt-a-Whirl band and Austin's Queen of Blues, Lou Ann Barton, making a rare UK appearance.
Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will headline Sunday night. Sunday will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Maryport Blues Festival, featuring some of the artists who have appeared at the festival over the last decade. Jools headlined the third festival in 2001 and was an obvious favourite to headline the celebrations on the Sunday.
Maryport is a small delightful harbour town situated on the beautiful Solway Firth.
Its history, covering 2000 years, boasts a Roman Fort, Georgian buildings, Victorian docks and industries which have included coal mining, iron making, shipping and shipbuilding and many fascinating liks with famous men and historical events. The blues festival main stage is located in a marquee on the Netherhall Rugby grounds and fields by the River Ellen, just a short walk from the town centre and the trail takes place in pubs and clubs around town.
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WOMAD - World Of Music, Arts & Dance
25 to 27 July 2008 - WOMAD Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
World of Music, Arts and Dance - to bring together and to celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world.
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Fifth Oxford Folk Festival
Oxford - Friday 11th - Sunday 13th April 08
Folk music heaven, in its fifth year in Oxford - held in venues across the city
Folk music, morris dancers, craft fair and a grand parade which departs from Oxford Castle at 11am on Saturday to weave its way through the streets to Cornmarket.
"Oxford Town Hall is the site of our Box Office, Craft Fair, Workshops and Bar as well as the focus of some fantastic concerts on two separate stages - the Main Hall and the Cornbury Stage. Additional events are sited at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford Brookes, the Newman Rooms and at various pubs around the city."
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Wychwood Music Festival
Wychwood Music Festival 2008 - 30 May-1 June, Cheltenham Racecourse... 3 days of music, comedy, cabaret, workshops and cinema beneath the Prestbury Hills.
The Proclaimers, The Divine Comedy, Duffy, Orchestra Baobab, The Imagined Village and many more
Launched in 1995 and named after the ancient forest that once covered large parts of Oxfordshire, the festival has settled in Gloucestershire.
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O2 Wireless Festival 2008
Thurs 3 - Sun 6 July 2008 --
Hyde Park - London
Four days of summer festival music in the heart of London. -
Morrissey, Fatboy Slim,
Counting Crows + many more
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46664 - It's in our hands
This massive outdoor event is part of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations, and will help raise money for his Aids awareness charity - 46664.
Mandela said about the event:" London wants to celebrate my birthday and I said I would go if they would raise funds for our charities. So, we have a bargain - I am going to London and they there will host a concert in Hyde Park, which will raise awareness of our continuing work and much needed funds."
46664 was Nelson Mandela's prison number when he was imprisoned on Robben Island...more.
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Africaoye.com
21st and 22nd June 2008. Sefton Park, Liverpool.
Africaoye - the largest free African music festival LIVE in the UK
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Love Music Hate Racism
Sun 27 April 2008
Victoria Park, London
Rock Against Racism - 30th Anniversary
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The Acoustic Festival of Britain
Saturday 24th - Monday 26th May 08
Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire
the best of unplugged and acoustic music - celtic, folk, ska, roots, blues, as well as rock and pop
Marillion, Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Melanie, Whitesnake, Jah Wobble,
Donovan, The Animals, Nathalie Nahai and many more
Last year's festival was cancelled due to bad weather, so the festival has an indoor venue this year and 2007 tickets are valid for 2008.
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