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The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival SuggestedFree programme donation £1 COLNE TOWN COUNCIL PRESENTS... THE 29th GREAT BRITISH RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL COLNE, LANCASHIRE, UK 24TH - 26TH AUGUST 2018 150+ GIGS 130+ ACTS 15 OFFICIAL VENUES 3 DAYS 1 GREAT FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE WWW.BLUESFESTIVAL.CO.UK Main Sponsor MAIN ParTNER Barnfield Construction Ltd are pleased to continue their longstanding Colne Town Council are proud to present support for the Great British Rhythm The 29th Great British Rhythm & Blues & Blues Festival. Based in Nelson Festival, with a fun packed festival weekend and established over 40 years ago, over three days featuring more than 150 this £70 million turnover, family run gigs and over 130 acts, across 15 official contractors, developers and investors venues. offer honest, thought through and We have listened to your feedback and have practical solutions to a diverse array cut the cost of weekend and day festival of new and refurbishment building tickets, which give full venue access. The contracts ranging from industrial, festival provides fantastic value, allowing commercial, retail, leisure & hospitality ticket holders to enjoy music from our three and residential schemes. With a main venues - established headline acts, reputation for efficiency, expertise contemporary award winning Blues artists and attention to detail and a total and also exciting unsigned artists looking to workforce in excess of 250, almost get their big break through Jessica Foxley every aspect of construction and civil Unsigned. engineering work can be undertaken from within their own professional Throughout our cool town we will be multi-disciplinary team. providing more buskers than ever on Saturday and Sunday, plus street Enjoy the Festival – From all of us at entertainment, a food and arts & crafts Barnfield Construction Ltd. market at the top end of the town and a www.barnfieldconstruction.co.uk fairground. And with 11 official Roadhouses featuring high quality acts, including emerging talent, this is a weekend for all to OUR PROGRAMME SPONSORS enjoy. This year we have also introduced a main Many thanks to local businesses Carlo’s festival bar on the street - outside our Ristorante and to Howard Riggs Properties landmark Town Hall - with all proceeds for kindly contributing towards the cost of helping to keep this great annual event going. this programme. Their support is very much appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you, one and all! Councillor Paul Foxley Colne Town Council Chairman @thegreatbritishrandbfestival 02 | www.bluesfestival.co.uk | 2018 2018 | | 03 @RandBFestival TICKETS & MERCHANDISE THE 29th GREAT BRITISH PURCHASING TICKETS Tickets can be purchased from: RHYTHM www.bluesfestival.co.uk up to Wednesday 22nd August 2018 – No internet sales from 22nd August 2018. By Phone by ringing Box office 01282 861888 option 1 where you will be redirected to & BLUES “ticketsource” who will fulfil your request –No telephone sales from 22nd August 2018. By person from Colne Town Hall - See website www.bluesfestival.co.uk/festival-info/faqs for opening times. FESTIVAL Muni – Friday night Saturday and Sunday from PAGE Merchandise Stall. Hippodrome – Friday Night, Saturday, Sunday WHO, WHat, WHEN 06 from Venue when open. Tickets purchased from 24th August will have THE MUNI 08 wrist bands issued immediately. THE HIPPODROME 18 PURCHASING MERCHANDISE 30 On sale from 18th August from Colne Town Hall. MINI MUNI On line at www.bluesfestival.co.uk/festivalshop FESTIvaL VENUE MAP 36 From Muni Merchandise Stall. 40 COLLECTING PRE PAID TICKETS AND LIttLE THEatRE PRE PAID MERCHANDISE JESSICA FOXLEY UNSIGNED 48 Colne Town Hall, Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August 10am-8pm. SOMETHING EXTRA 52 YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR E-TICKET OR RECEIPT TO COLLECT YOUR WRIST BAND. ROADHOUSE LINE UP 58 WRISTBANDS MUST BE WORN AND WILL BE CHECKED ON ENTRY TO ALL TICKETED FESTIvaL CAMPING 66 VENUES ON EVERY OCCASION. 67 ANY WRISTBAND TAMPERED WITH AND COLNe’s LOcaL MUSIC SCENE OR NOT AFFIXED PROPERLY WILL BE INVALIDATED AND A NEW TICKET PURCHASE WILL BE REQUIRED TO GAIN ENTRY. @thegreatbritishrandbfestival 04 | www.bluesfestival.co.uk | 2018 2018 | | 05 @RandBFestival ALL VENUE ACCESS ALL VENUE ACCESS FESTIVAL TICKETS: FESTIVAL TICKETS: Weekend £75, Weekend £75, WHO, WHAT, WHEN Friday £20, Friday £20, WHO, WHAT, WHEN MAIN VENUE LISTINGS Saturday £35, Saturday £35, MAIN VENUE LISTINGS Sunday £35 Sunday £35 THE MUNI THE HIPPODROME frIDAY 24TH AUGUST FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST 7:25pm SLACK ALICE 7:25pm GUY TORTORA 8:45pm CATFISH 8:45pm XANDER & THE PEACE PIRATES 10:15pm LAURENCE JONES - HEADLINE ACT 10:15pm CONNIE LUSH - HEADLINE ACT SaTURDAY 25TH AUGUST SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST 1:00pm J-BEAR & THE GIANTS 1:00pm DAN BURNETT BAND 2:20pm ROBERT J HUNTER 2:20pm THE CATFISH BLUES ORCHESTRA (JFU) 3:40pm CHRIS KING ROBINSON (JFU) 3:40pm BACKWATER ROLL 5:00pm LISA MILLS 5:00pm CHARLOTTE MARSHALL & THE 45S 6:20pm ZOE GREEN BAND 6:20pm THE CHRIS CORCORAN TRIO 7:40pm THE MALONE SIBUN BAND FT KATIE BRADLEY 9:00pm RUFUS BLACK 7:40pm THE WOLVES 10:30pm SIMON MCBRIDE - HEADLINE ACT 9:00pm SAM KELLY’S STATION HOUSE 10:30pm MY BABY - HEADLINE ACT SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 1:00pm THE ADRIAN GAUTREY BAND SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 2:20pm RED BUTLER 1:00pm SOUTHBOUND 3:40pm CARL NORTH & THE LONELY HEARTS (JFU) 2:20pm KATY HURT (JFU) 5:00pm TREVOR SEWELL 3:40pm DELTA LADIES 6:20pm MIKE ROSS BAND 5:00pm MICHAEL MESSER’S MITRA 7:40pm LISA MANN 6:20pm RUBY & THE REVELATORS 9:00pm ELLES BAILEY 7:40pm THE JOHNNY MAX BAND 10:30pm KING KING - HEADLINE ACT 9:00pm MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO 10:30pm KYLA BROX - HEADLINE ACT MINI MUNI THE LITTLE THEATRE SaTURDAY 25TH AUGUST SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST 1.30pm THE WASHBOARD RESONATORS 12.00pm SPECIAL EVENT (Details on page 52) 3.00pm CALUM INGRAM 2:00pm TOM DOUGHTY 4.30pm THE DEVILS JUKEBOX 3:15pm GED WILSON 6.00pm MOJO PREACHERS 4:30pm NIALL KELLY 7.30pm BLUES BOY KINGS 5:45pm FRAN MCGILLVRAY & MIKE BURKE 9.00pm MAD JACK & THE HATTERS 7:00pm JACK J HUTCHINSON & MIKE ROSS SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 2.00pm RICHARD TOWNEND 2:00pm BECCA LANGSFORD FT VINCE LEE 4.00pm WELTER 3:15pm MICHAEL WOODS 6.00pm THE SAVAGES 4:30pm BELLA COLLINS 7.30pm TEN SHEDS 5:45pm BENJAMIN BASSFORD 9.00pm KING SIZE SLIM 7:00pm TREVOR BABAJACK STEGER @thegreatbritishrandbfestival 06 | www.bluesfestival.co.uk | 2018 2018 | | 07 @RandBFestival ALL VENUE ACCESS ALL VENUE ACCESS FESTIVAL TICKETS: FESTIVAL TICKETS: Weekend £75, Weekend £75, MAIN VENUES Friday £20, Friday £20, MAIN VENUES THE MUNI Saturday £35, Saturday £35, THE MUNI Sunday £35 Sunday £35 The Muni will be hosting some of the finest SATURDAY contemporary Blues ever seen in Colne. It is a fantastic theatre with a capacity of 750. We will be removing the downstairs 1:00pm J-BEAR & THE GIANTS seating to provide a large dance area for those who want to shake a tail feather! J-Bear and The Giants are a 5-piece British blues rock band who pen tale-telling songs of swamp and swagger. Hailing from FRIDAY Lancashire, these Burnley boys combine the soulful sounds of Motown with rawness of Chicago electric blues. 7:25pm SLACK ALICE Blues rock n roll as it should be! The new line up formed in Feb 2017 with an aim to keep the songs and spirit of the band alive. The UNTER current line-up, is widely considered to be J H the best yet… obert 8:45pm CATFISH R This is blues with a very broad brush – from epic prog anthems to stripped back piano ballads. In 2015, Catfish played the Jessica Foxley Introducing Stage. They blew us away, so have been invited back to play in front of 1000’s of people this year. 10:15pm LAURENCE JONES - HEADLINE ACT 2:20pm ROBERT J HUNTER Hailed as “one to watch” as a teenager by Dirty rhythm and blues from the depths the blues media, concert/festival bookers, of Alderney, based in London. Island blues fans and various guitar stars alike, born Robert J. Hunter combines his gruff young Laurence really has come of age. The and powerful voice with the wild thud of blues cub has become a man with a plan. overdriven blues guitar. Turning heads and making jaws drop with his Following his set at The Great British take-no-prisoners, incendiary live set and his Rhythm & Blues Festival 2017 - Jessica stunning records. Foxley Unsigned - (we loved his set so much, LAURENCE JONES LAURENCE he’s back with main stage billing for 2018!), The Robert J Hunter Band were chosen as the fifth and final act to compete in the UK Blues Challenge at Liverpool‘s legendary, Cavern Club. 3:40pm JESSICA FOXLEY UNSIGNED See page 48 for more information. @thegreatbritishrandbfestival 08 | www.bluesfestival.co.uk | 2018 2018 | | 09 @RandBFestival ALL VENUE ACCESS ALL VENUE ACCESS FESTIVAL TICKETS: FESTIVAL TICKETS: Weekend £75, Weekend £75, MAIN VENUES Friday £20, Friday £20, MAIN VENUES THE MUNI Saturday £35, Saturday £35, THE MUNI Sunday £35 Sunday £35 SATURDAY AND B 5:00pm LISA MILLS IBUN Lisa Mills takes her audiences on a musical, S and often humorous, emotional journey with charm and panache that is melodic, raw, alone unfettered and, most important, searingly M honest. HE A Mississippi native now residing in Mobile, T Alabama, Lisa’s powerhouse vocals and quintessentially Southern blend of primal Z roots music indigenous to the region OE -principally blues, black gospel, soul and G more. REEN B AND 7:40pm THE MALONE SIBUN BAND 6:20pm ZOE GREEN BAND The UK based, Detroit soulful blues-rock Zoe Green star Marcus Malone teams up with explosive delivers a British blues rock guitarist Innes Sibun to powerful form The Malone Sibun Band.
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