Anyone going to Stokefest 2008?

[rich!]

I will be there unless there are floods, cyclones, swarms of locusts, civil war or something....

You've been to Stoke Newington before, I see

 

[chegrimandi]

Got to say the rain forecast aint looking good for this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml

 

[lenny101]

I have just moved into a place 2 mins from the park so this is my first Stokefest. Please be sunny!

Can you take tins of beer in?

 

[alsoknownas]

Trains run from Liverpool Street to Stoke Newington (or Rectory Road station would do).

 

[alsoknownas]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml

That now links to good weather .

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Trains run from Liverpool Street to Stoke Newington (or Rectory Road station would do).

it'd be a bit of a walk from rectory road when considering that the next stop is SN trainstation and then you walk out of it through the cematary up the last bit of church steet and you're there... seem's like adding 10 mins and a mile or so to your journey unless you have friends in that area...

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Can you take tins of beer in?

nope, only soup and baked beans i'm afraid

 

[ska invita]

its all about SolutionSound v Gladdy Wax


iS Stokyfest the last free outdoor reggae session in town other than carnival? (lambeth country fair is reggae free this year I seem to remember hearing)

 

[Kid_Eternity]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml

Fucking BBC weather, the report I saw was different to that...

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

(lambeth country fair is reggae free this year I seem to remember hearing)

Really? Where did you hear that?

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

nope, only soup and baked beans i'm afraid

even then it has to be ministroni and hp beans nothing else...

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

its all about SolutionSound v Gladdy Wax


iS Stokyfest the last free outdoor reggae session in town other than carnival?

this so..... and yeah can't wait missed it last year for some ungodly reason ... oh yes parents...

 

[ska invita]

its all about SolutionSound v Gladdy Wax


iS Stokyfest the last free outdoor reggae session in town other than carnival? (lambeth country fair is reggae free this year I seem to remember hearing)

Really? Where did you hear that?

On a Brixton thread about this years county fair.

Here's the thread:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=240106

and here's the official website - no acts announced as yet
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Environment/ParksGreenSpaces/EventsInParks/Countryshow2008.htm

Basically Lambeth council have taken over the festival and have ditched Culture promotions (Im pretty sure its them who ran it before), in favour for running it themselves and booking local acts instead.

Unfortunately local acts may be good news for Alabama 3, but bad news for reggae fans

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

There must be local reggae acts surely?

Personally I think a bit more variety would be a good thing, but there should still be room for some reggae.

 

[ska invita]

There must be local reggae acts surely?

Personally I think a bit more variety would be a good thing, but there should still be room for some reggae.

Fair enough, but Culture promotions (or who ever it was) brought in big names from Jamaica and across the country - limiting the music allowed to Lambeth-based changes things radically. Whats the best Lambeth/Brixton based reggae act?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I've no idea tbh - reggae is something I enjoy when I hear it but not enough to go out of my way. There must be some good acts in the area though.

 

[EastEnder]

I might just venture up to the northern wastelands for this.

 

[dark mistress]

I'll be there, nice weather & hangover permitting

 

[Treacle Toes]

Yay!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?world=0008

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Sun's shining at the moment

 

[lenny101]

Not a cloud in the sky in north London.

 

[muckypup]

Do say hello at to the pupils at the Stoke Newington School Stall. My 14 year old niece has co-organised the stall to raise monies for a memorial to their teacher who died recently.

I'm dead proud of her

 

[dtb]

is this free to get in?

 

[Treacle Toes]

is this free to get in?

No, it will cost you £50 at the gate.

You could of curse offer the gateman a fiver, they usually go for it!

 

[Treacle Toes]

Do say hello at to the pupils at the Stoke Newington School Stall. My 14 year old niece has co-organised the stall to raise monies for a memorial to their teacher who died recently.

I'm dead proud of her

What a nice thing to do!

 

[Treacle Toes]

Can I just say YAY! again....

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

There must be local reggae acts surely?

Personally I think a bit more variety would be a good thing, but there should still be room for some reggae.

There is. Gladdy Wax and Solution Sound will be doing their thing as usual. Along with a few other acts in other places in the park. Line-up is here

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

is this free to get in?

you have to suck off diane abbott in the bushes but other than that you'll see the long que near the park house for the stokiesuckoff as we all call it...

you can still book your place in line now on her site although they seem to have taken the form down for today but if you email them you suck off request time they'll get back to you via the contact us page.

 

[Treacle Toes]

you have to suck off diane abbott in the bushes but other than that you'll see the long que near the park house for the stokiesuckoff as we all call it...

you can still book your place in line now on her site although they seem to have taken the form down for today but if you email them you suck off request time they'll get back to you via the contact us page.

Garf there is a line and I do believe you crossed it in the first sentence.

 

[Treacle Toes]

There is. Gladdy Wax and Solution Sound will be doing their thing as usual. Along with a few other acts in other places in the park. Line-up is here

I will no doubt spend my time between Solution sound system and the Healer Selecta's Raison d’Etre Stage.