Summer Soul Festivals on the scale of The Big Chill, Eastnor Castle style, soul acts from the 60's to present day, tents featuring Northern, Modern, Crossover, Ska, Reggae, European D'J's............. beats those holidays camps in the winter months, anyone else fancy the idea, could it happen, tent accomodation, I'll just dream on

suppose on a smaller scale it happens every month throughout the summer, scooter rallies!

I suppose a tent would be better accomadation than Prestatyn

I suppose a tent would be better accomadation than Prestatyn

Can`t wait for the discussions nxt week

suppose on a smaller scale it happens every month throughout the summer, scooter rallies!

more specialised with the scooter rallies, perhaps if all the promoters of soul events/weekenders joined together there could be an annual soul festival featuring live acts and music from all eras to suit every taste like on the scale of Glastonbury, if only I had a big field to rent

more specialised with the scooter rallies, perhaps if all the promoters of soul events/weekenders joined together there could be an annual soul festival featuring live acts and music from all eras to suit every taste like on the scale of Glastonbury, if only I had a big field to rent

And a big team of laminate floor layers, just find a venue with a removable roof, WEMBLY STADIUM

FAR OUT MAN,EVERY SOULIE HAPPY TOGETHER,NO VENUE SLAGGING,MUSIC POLICY SLAGGING,OLDIES VERSUE NEWIES,RARITIES VS BOOOTS,! TRENDY 40 AND 50 SOMETHING SOULIES WITH PAISLEY SHIRTS AND THE ODD SPLIFF,SOUNDS GROOVY MAN!

IF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN CAN WE HAVE IT FURTHER SOUTH AS IT IS USUALLY PISSING DOWN UP NORTH!

BAZ A

even with all those tents with different genres someone would still go into a tent and complain about what was being played

FAR OUT MAN,EVERY SOULIE HAPPY TOGETHER,NO VENUE SLAGGING,MUSIC POLICY SLAGGING,OLDIES VERSUE NEWIES,RARITIES VS BOOOTS,! TRENDY 40 AND 50 SOMETHING SOULIES WITH PAISLEY SHIRTS AND THE ODD SPLIFF,SOUNDS GROOVY MAN!

IF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN CAN WE HAVE IT FURTHER SOUTH AS IT IS USUALLY PISSING DOWN UP NORTH!

BAZ A

Tell me about it baz, thought it was bad enough in york, was NOAH from up here?

FAR OUT MAN,EVERY SOULIE HAPPY TOGETHER,NO VENUE SLAGGING,MUSIC POLICY SLAGGING,OLDIES VERSUE NEWIES,RARITIES VS BOOOTS,! TRENDY 40 AND 50 SOMETHING SOULIES WITH PAISLEY SHIRTS AND THE ODD SPLIFF,SOUNDS GROOVY MAN!

IF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN CAN WE HAVE IT FURTHER SOUTH AS IT IS USUALLY PISSING DOWN UP NORTH!

BAZ A

Clacton on Sea then cos that's the driest place in Britain!

FAR OUT MAN,EVERY SOULIE HAPPY TOGETHER,NO VENUE SLAGGING,MUSIC POLICY SLAGGING,OLDIES VERSUE NEWIES,RARITIES VS BOOOTS,! TRENDY 40 AND 50 SOMETHING SOULIES WITH PAISLEY SHIRTS AND THE ODD SPLIFF,SOUNDS GROOVY MAN!

IF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN CAN WE HAVE IT FURTHER SOUTH AS IT IS USUALLY PISSING DOWN UP NORTH!

BAZ A

For the majority of soul fans fast approaching middle age, the idea of a festival would be the icing on the cake, except portable loo's .................imagine the plethora of d'j's on offer, a tent for just about every soulful taste imaginable,

and in the grounds of a glorious castle, it must be possible, I would be willing to pay £££'s would you?

A castle sounds great - perhaps it could be a masked ball!

For the majority of soul fans fast approaching middle age, the idea of a festival would be the icing on the cake, except portable loo's .................imagine the plethora of d'j's on offer, a tent for just about every soulful taste imaginable,

and in the grounds of a glorious castle, it must be possible, I would be willing to pay £££'s would you?

LOL I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF JEFF HEADS ON A BOUNCY CASTLE ,INFACT COME TO THINK ABOUT IT HE DOESNT REALLY NEED ONE,I THINK YOU SHOULD DO A POLL,WOOPS SORRY EXCUSE THE PUN ,PERHAPS A SURVEY TO CANVASS GENERAL VIEWS!

BAZ A

DANCING WITHINTENT

DANCING WITHINTENT

LOL THINK THIS THREADS GONNA BE A SCREAM!

BAZ A

For the majority of soul fans fast approaching middle age, the idea of a festival would be the icing on the cake, except portable loo's .................imagine the plethora of d'j's on offer, a tent for just about every soulful taste imaginable,

and in the grounds of a glorious castle, it must be possible, I would be willing to pay £££'s would you?

Standard summer festival weather circa 2007

floods err floods err floods

so the thought that, we can go and get wet feet,wet clothes, wet sleeping bags,damp tents, filled out caravans ,recovery vehicles stuck up to there axles pulling out stuck RVs and Motorhomes.

Ambulances porta loos,hedge bottoms,dirty clothes no dry beer towels,mucky white sox.

expensive beer and drinks, semi cold food,manky chips at exorbotant prices.

and the poor promoter wondering if the last minute insurance he took out. covers him for acts of God,

whether the artists are going to turn up,the rehearsals where shite,the backing band where late.

Star turn has a bad neck and still in the states,

if ticket sales are anything to go by,is my home remortgageble,etc,etc

Yep bring It On,

who knows a good company to subsidise and bring it to fruition.

like cover all costs and let me keep all the money.or profits.

£200,000 should cover it.

now who can we get,

Star turn,soul all ages

Dells,

Reggae

Jimmy Cliff,

Disco

go on make up the acts you would like to see

MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE-C/UP

IVE SOLVED THE SARNIE PROBLEM I SUGGEST WIGAN CAFINO,THEY DO A LOVELY SELECTION !

BAZ A

Standard summer festival weather circa 2007

floods err floods err floods

so the thought that, we can go and get wet feet,wet clothes, wet sleeping bags,damp tents, filled out caravans ,recovery vehicles stuck up to there axles pulling out stuck RVs and Motorhomes.

Ambulances porta loos,hedge bottoms,dirty clothes no dry beer towels,mucky white sox.

expensive beer and drinks, semi cold food,manky chips at exorbotant prices.

and the poor promoter wondering if the last minute insurance he took out. covers him for acts of God,

whether the artists are going to turn up,the rehearsals where shite,the backing band where late.

Star turn has a bad neck and still in the states,

if ticket sales are anything to go by,is my home remortgageble,etc,etc

Yep bring It On,

who knows a good company to subsidise and bring it to fruition.

like cover all costs and let me keep all the money.or profits.

£200,000 should cover it.

now who can we get,

Star turn,soul all ages

Dells,

Reggae

Jimmy Cliff,

Disco

go on make up the acts you would like to see

so not a good idea

well ...... we do a bit at the IOW festival.

last year we had andy strickland (walls of heartache), eddie piller (acid jazz), dom cater (berts apple crumble), eneida fever (magic in the air club) and others spinning vinyl in our marquee. we found it a great atmosphere.

not sure £200000 would cover the costs of arranging a festival though.

In the grounds of a stately home such as Knebworth House would be nice. The catering doesn't have to be awful, Cambridge Folk Festival always has good tucker. A beer tent sponsored by a brewery like Fullers & then individual marquees hosting music by genre, another marquee for record sellers & dealers, & a special area set aside for camping facilities, showers etc; Children's entertainment etc, etc. I don't think it's such a bad idea & I think I'd prefer it to the holiday camp type experience, but then I'm just a snob. I wouldn't mind setting up a tapas stall there. I'd bring a suitably attired spanish granny over to turn out authentic tortillas non-stop. The vino would be brought over in a transit van & I'd wack it out for 8 quid a bottle or two quid a glass. Can't say fairer than that, can you? The more I think about it...

Edited March 3, 200817 yr by macca

Summer Soul Festivals on the scale of The Big Chill, Eastnor Castle style, soul acts from the 60's to present day, tents featuring Northern, Modern, Crossover, Ska, Reggae, European D'J's............. beats those holidays camps in the winter months, anyone else fancy the idea, could it happen, tent accomodation, I'll just dream on

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Edited March 3, 200817 yr by mossy

well ...... we do a bit at the IOW festival.

last year we had andy strickland (walls of heartache), eddie piller (acid jazz), dom cater (berts apple crumble), eneida fever (magic in the air club) and others spinning vinyl in our marquee. we found it a great atmosphere.

not sure £200000 would cover the costs of arranging a festival though.

Applecrumble - I love you're idea. It would be just fab.

We've just put a quote together for something similar (non soul related) and I suggest, take your £200K, double it and add a bit more and then you're talking. To make it something special, you'd need more soulies attending that I think we have in the UK or the price wouldn't be good value for money. It is possible though... If I win the lottery, I'll have a go!

Lets give it more thought though, I can daydream about this in the H&S meeting later!.

Jayne.x.