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  • 2014-10-19 12:00:00

 

Musicport Festival 2014

 17th - 19th October - Whitby Pavilion Complex, Whitby, North Yorkshire.

www.musicportfestival.com   Tel 01947 603475

 

Plans are well under way for this years Musicport Festival - voted Indoor Festival of the Year 2013 in the recently announced Fatea Awards.

With several headline acts still waiting to be confirmed there is already an impressive line-up taking shape – with full info below.

 

 

Artists confirmed so far include:

 

v       Catrin Finch & Sekou Keita(Wales/Senegal) stunning meeting of top Welsh harp player & master Senegalese kora player.

 

v       The Crazy World of Arthur Brown –homecoming of the God Of Hellfire & Whitby's most famous son.

 

v     AMINE & HAMZA(Tunisia) Celebrated worldwide as geniuses on their oriental instruments the oud and the kanun.

 

v       Robyn Hitchcock from his days in The Soft Boys to his current cult status , one of the UK's great  musical heroes

 

v       Jesse Bannister's Play Out featuringZoe Rahmannew quartet led by Indo- jazz saxophonist Jesse, MOBO Award-winning pianist Zoe Rahman & Mercury Prize-nominated drummer Seb Rochford alongside Corrine Bailey Rae bassist Kenny Higgins.

 

v       John Smith –guitar genius from Devon who is gaining mainstream recognition with his latest album Great Lakes

 

v       Kathryn WilliamsMercury-nominated and with the voice of an angel Kathryn is a national treasure.

 

v       PeruNIKA TRIO (Bulgaria)  polyphonic harmonies that will astonish in their complexity and beauty.

 

v       LUCY WARD BAND -  award winning  & cutting edge folk singer from Derby with her fine band

 

v       NEW ROPE STRING BAND Once seen, never forgotten: an indefinable confusion of superb musicianship and side-splitting comic genius

 

v     TANTZ – remarkable & energetic young klezmer band from Leeds

 

v       TASHI LHUNPO MONKS (Tibet) – keeping alive the wonderful and impressive rituals of Tibetan culture

 

v     MY SWEET PATOOTIE (Canada) – dazzling musicianship and entertaining stage show

 

v     ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER – Sharp-tongued, high energy, social surrealist rebel poet and songwriter.

 

v     O'HOOLEY & TIDOW powerful, thought provoking and deeply moving songs from acclaimed Yorkshire duo

 

v       THE BEVVY SISTERS (Scotland)  Mixing equal measures of sweetness and sass, grit and glamour, heartbreak and hilarity – cut with a dash of potent Scottish spirit

 

v       VÄRLDENS BAND (SWEDEN) – exciting young multicultural band from Stockholm on first UK tour

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

http://www.musicportfestival.com/festival-info/2014.html

 

TICKETS ARE ALREADY SELLING WELL & THEY ARE CURRENTLY £85 (£80 concessions) for the full weekend.

Contact: 01947 603475

email: info@musicportfestival.com

 

Organiser Jim McLaughlin said "We've got some really exciting additions in the pipeline but already we feel we have a great line-up that will only get better in the coming months . Living up to last years event will be very hard but we're up for the challenge and hope to get a great crowd out for our launch event with Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on 14th March at Whitby Pavilion  who have been described in The Independent as "the best rock and roll band in the world"

 

Musicport is a not for profit community business promoting live music and music education on the Yorkshire coast.

 

 

 

Whitby Pavilion Complex (Spa)
West Cliff
YO21 3EN Whitby, North Yorkshire

Musicport Festival

IMPORTANT: THIS EVENT WAS IN THE PAST!

 

Musicport Festival 2014

 17th - 19th October - Whitby Pavilion Complex, Whitby, North Yorkshire.

www.musicportfestival.com   Tel 01947 603475

 

Plans are well under way for this years Musicport Festival - voted Indoor Festival of the Year 2013 in the recently announced Fatea Awards.

With several headline acts still waiting to be confirmed there is already an impressive line-up taking shape – with full info below.

 

 

Artists confirmed so far include:

 

v       Catrin Finch & Sekou Keita(Wales/Senegal) stunning meeting of top Welsh harp player & master Senegalese kora player.

 

v       The Crazy World of Arthur Brown –homecoming of the God Of Hellfire & Whitby's most famous son.

 

v     AMINE & HAMZA(Tunisia) Celebrated worldwide as geniuses on their oriental instruments the oud and the kanun.

 

v       Robyn Hitchcock from his days in The Soft Boys to his current cult status , one of the UK's great  musical heroes

 

v       Jesse Bannister's Play Out featuringZoe Rahmannew quartet led by Indo- jazz saxophonist Jesse, MOBO Award-winning pianist Zoe Rahman & Mercury Prize-nominated drummer Seb Rochford alongside Corrine Bailey Rae bassist Kenny Higgins.

 

v       John Smith –guitar genius from Devon who is gaining mainstream recognition with his latest album Great Lakes

 

v       Kathryn WilliamsMercury-nominated and with the voice of an angel Kathryn is a national treasure.

 

v       PeruNIKA TRIO (Bulgaria)  polyphonic harmonies that will astonish in their complexity and beauty.

 

v       LUCY WARD BAND -  award winning  & cutting edge folk singer from Derby with her fine band

 

v       NEW ROPE STRING BAND Once seen, never forgotten: an indefinable confusion of superb musicianship and side-splitting comic genius

 

v     TANTZ – remarkable & energetic young klezmer band from Leeds

 

v       TASHI LHUNPO MONKS (Tibet) – keeping alive the wonderful and impressive rituals of Tibetan culture

 

v     MY SWEET PATOOTIE (Canada) – dazzling musicianship and entertaining stage show

 

v     ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER – Sharp-tongued, high energy, social surrealist rebel poet and songwriter.

 

v     O'HOOLEY & TIDOW powerful, thought provoking and deeply moving songs from acclaimed Yorkshire duo

 

v       THE BEVVY SISTERS (Scotland)  Mixing equal measures of sweetness and sass, grit and glamour, heartbreak and hilarity – cut with a dash of potent Scottish spirit

 

v       VÄRLDENS BAND (SWEDEN) – exciting young multicultural band from Stockholm on first UK tour

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

http://www.musicportfestival.com/festival-info/2014.html

 

TICKETS ARE ALREADY SELLING WELL & THEY ARE CURRENTLY £85 (£80 concessions) for the full weekend.

Contact: 01947 603475

email: info@musicportfestival.com

 

Organiser Jim McLaughlin said "We've got some really exciting additions in the pipeline but already we feel we have a great line-up that will only get better in the coming months . Living up to last years event will be very hard but we're up for the challenge and hope to get a great crowd out for our launch event with Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on 14th March at Whitby Pavilion  who have been described in The Independent as "the best rock and roll band in the world"

 

Musicport is a not for profit community business promoting live music and music education on the Yorkshire coast.

 

 

 

Sunday, 19 October, 2014
IMPORTANT: THIS EVENT WAS IN THE PAST!
 Starts at 12:00

Cost:
£85 Full Weekend

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