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Author: Sal

Lazy Afternoon: Free Festival

Wednesday, 20th August, 2008 at 1:45 pm, Isle of Wight

22, August 2008to24, August 2008

This weekend sees a new free festival take place in Ryde as part of the Scooter Rally weekend.

Lazy Afternoon: Free FestivalFeaturing bands such as The Hi Watts, Bang Bang Lulu, DC Fontana and The Small Fakers, the weekend will feature Northern and Sixties Soul, Motown and R&B.

There are plenty of Island bands taking part too, including The Apple Beatles, Cozy Flashbak, Soul Lounge and Goodbye Stereo.

DJs for the weekend feature Alfie, Simon Ball, Miss Chelle and Jimmy Drake.

There’ll be food stalls, a beer tent (natch) and infront of the stage deck chairs and a family friendly environment.

It all takes place in the Western Gardens (near the Pier) on Ryde seafront and kicks off on Friday running til Sunday.

The event is being sponsored by WightLink, Fred Perry and Visual Impact.

Events, Music, Ryde


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7 Responses to “Lazy Afternoon: Free Festival”

  1. js Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    went over for the scooter rally and the free festival was a great addition to a fab weekend thanks!!!

  2. kj Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    It was really nice to see loads of locals in Hipshaker on Sunday (even if they were really drunk) shows that its not an elitist event and anybody can enjoy it.

    The new bit went very well despite my scepticism and well done to Steve Robson for a job well done..can’t see him getting past the council next year though

  3. kj Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    It apears we have a rift in the scootering fraternity…a hell of a lot of people complaining about ‘that thing on the green’ and fewer people saying its a good thing.

    The balance would be to do it next year but somewhere different…more of Radio Dyke tomorrow

  4. Andy Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    I was there… and mid afternoon both saturday and sunday had about 700-800 enjoying some good quality free live music.

    What’s their to complain about?

  5. Billy from Harrogate Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    well done to who ever organised it .it makes a change having a free event at the rally and Bang bang lulu,s performance was great

  6. kj Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    I am in full agreement…lets see how this one develpoes…expect bad press via scootering

  7. DJ Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    The “free festival” at ryde ruined my weekend. The bloke who organized just wants to take from the already over charged scooterists visiting for the weekend. to see what i mean visit the v.f.m. website and click on the news icon.

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