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A touch of the blues at Ealing Summer Festival (PR 1230)
When: Saturday 19 July 2008
Where: Walpole Park, Ealing
Time: From 1.30pm
Cost: £1 for adults, under 12s go free
Crowds can enjoy a blend of smooth grooves and funky beats as the best of local and international blues artists take to the stage this summer.
The Ealing Blues Festival, part of Ealing Summer, gives a special welcome to The Guv’nors, who have played the gig for 20 years. They will be joined on stage by the Soul Britannia Band for the biggest Funky Blues jam that the Ealing Festival has ever seen.
The Blues Festival celebrates its 21st year and promises an
exceptional line-up worthy of this occasion. The festival attracts
thousands of visitors every year and has established itself as one
of the biggest blues gigs in the UK.
Councillor Phil Taylor, Cabinet Member for Customer and
Community Services, said: “We’ve got a stellar line-up this year
including an exclusive performance by the Soul Britannia Band, who
recently appeared in a BBC series. We are welcoming back some old
favourites as well as some fresh and exciting new talent, it just
gets better every year.”
Main stage
Hosted by Hayes FM’s funkiest DJ, Larry Vidal
2– 2.30pm Blues Sans Frontieres
3– 4.15pm The Dani Wilde Band
5– 6.30pm The Soul Brittannia Band
7– 8.15pm Funkydory
8.45pm – 10pm Robert Hokum & The Guv’nors
10pm – 10.30pm The Guv’nors / Soul Brittannia All Star Funk
Jam
Crypt stage
2– 3pm Ealing Young Musicians Showcase
3.30 – 4pm Graham Robins
4.15 – 5pm Amrit Sond
5.15 – 6.15pm Pete Smith
6.45– 8pm Ray Stubbs & His Amazing One Man Blues Band
8.30– 10pm Downliners Sect
For more information visit
www.ealing.gov.uk/ealingsummer
Ealing Summer is supported by Ealing Broadway BID, TalkTalk,
Noon Foods, Greene King, Heineken, Mouchel, St George plc, Arts
Council England, Continental Drifts, Global Local, Movimientos,
Matrix SCM, Glaxo Smith Kline, Extended Schools, Dannatt
Johnson Architects, Ealing Leader and Gazette, Westside FM.