June News 2017

June News 2017

 
 
June News 2017

Beautiful Days Nearly Sold Out - More Acts Announced & A New Venue
Levellers Live 2017
A Beautiful Day Out
Levelling The Land Songbook
A Way Of Life - Levellers Biography Pre-Order
Membership
Deluxe Versions Of Letters From The Underground & Static On The Airwaves

Levellers Merchandise
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Beautiful Days 2017 Almost Sold Out - More Acts Announced & A New Venue

We said we would warn you when we got close so here we are - tickets for the 15th Beautiful Days festival are now close to selling out so PLEASE dont leave it too much longer if you want to join us this year at Escot Park.

We're also delighted to announce the last few acts and performances across all stages and a new venue for 2017 - The Rebel Tent - programmed by the Leviticus Crew which will feature comedy, music, discussion and more over the weekend. The new tent will be up near the Little Big Top.

Added to the Main Stage & The Big Top line-ups are reggae act RAGING FYAH, all female Australian folk group ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS, rock band BLACKBALLED, Irish folk act BEOGA, folk and roots band DAVE WAX MUSEUM, 2-Tone singer and musician RHODA DAKAR, performing together REV HAMMER & NICK HARPER, Guinean musician N’FALY KOUYATE, Brighton 5-piece WARSAW RADIO and Australian country band ROUND MOUNTAIN GIRLS.

The Little Big Top completes its line-up with REVELATION ROOTS, BOY AKA, TRIBE STEPPAZ, JOHNNY G and the SILENT DISCO DJs are confirmed for the weekend as KING FARMER, BABY MALC, THEREALDEMO, ZYPS, FREDDY PIMMS, BILLY T, NO TIME FOR GAMBLING and JUST A COUPLE OF MUMS. The Band Stand adds TOM HINGLEY, GAVIN MARTIN, GEOFF LAKEMAN, DIRTY VERTEBRAE, ONE EYED WAYNE, WINTER MOUNTAIN, BURNOUT 13 and MICHELLE STODART plus OPEN MIC SESSIONS and the 2017 FANCY DRESS COMPETITION. The Theatre Tent adds NAUGHTY LITTLE GEEZER PRODUCTIONS presenting RIDLEY’S PROSPECTS plus Scary Dave presents stand-up comedy with SUSAN MURRAY and NICK STEIN.

The new Rebel Tent will feature performances from special guests dub poet LINTON KWESI JOHNSON and comedienne AVA VIDAL plus live music from THE FIRST OF MAY BAND, TALUS BONES, JIM CAREY CONNELL, PHILI N DOTZ, YT and MARK CHADWICK. Theatre from BANNER THEATRE presenting IN A RIGHT STATE! Community radio POLITICS SHOW live broadcast and discussion sessions with special guests including REVEREND ANDREW ASHDOWN. Plus Leviticus DJs including DJ FLOYDSIDE, HAZAD, DAIZE and STREET CREEPS in session throughout the weekend.



BEAUTIFUL DAYS ‘ROCK THE BOAT’ IN 2017

LINE-UP INCLUDES PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT / LEVELLERS / FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS / THE SISTERS OF MERCY / ALISON MOYET / PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / THE WATERBOYS / THERAPY? ACOUSTIC / STIFF LITTLE FINGERS / TURIN BRAKES / LIGHTNING SEEDS / HAYSEED DIXIE / ELIZA CARTHY & THE WAYWARD BAND / THE CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB / KING KONG COMPANY / THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS AND LOADS MORE…

Headlining Friday at the 15th Beautiful Days, we are delighted to welcome back Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott who will perform songs from their two Top 5 albums and classic tracks from their impressive back catalogues. Headlining on Saturday is Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls - one of Britain’s hardest working musicians, Frank has just celebrated playing his 2,000th show. Sunday night headliners are the festival founders Levellers who bring the weekend to a close with a special show followed by the annual firework finale.

Joining them on the Main Stage bill are rock band The Sisters Of Mercy, musical duo Public Service Broadcasting, The Waterboys under the leadership of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Scott, Malian blues band Songhoy Blues,  rock legends New Model Army who recently released new album Winter,  Dubioza Kolektiv bringing hip-hop, reggae and dub from the Balkans and Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers. The festival also welcome one of the finest indie bands of the last decade Turin Brakes, plus 90s legends Lightning Seeds, the amazing The Cuban Brothers, dub ensemble Zion Train, Hepcat, Talisman, Animal Noise and festival favourites Ferocious Dog.

Headlining The Big Top stage is one of Britain’s finest recording artists, Grammy-nominated Alison Moyet, plus one of the most creative and individualistic bands of their generation Therapy? performing an acoustic set and the creators of Rockgrass Hayseed Dixie. Joining them on the bill are folk super-group Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band fronted by traditional folk powerhouse Eliza Carthy, Irish folk group Kila, punk rock legend Glen Matlock, Ireland's preeminent singer songwriter Damien Dempsey, pioneering contemporary folk trio Lau, plus Gaz Brookfield & The Company of Thieves, Lankum (Lynched), Manchester's finest ethio-trad, folk-hop band Honeyfeet, Sean Mcgowan , American horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch and Levellers who open the show on the Friday with an acoustic set.

The Little Big Top will play host to The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Irish dance band King Kong Company,  legendary combination of Mad Professor Dub Show With Big Youth,  Jack Tyson Charles, The Correspondents, DC Breaks,  film-maker, musician & DJ Don Letts, Barry Ashworth,  Barely Legal, drum and bass DJ Majistrate, Lionstar, DJ Prophecy, Serum & K-Koi, Global, ska band Mighty Cosmics, Future Flex, Babal, regulars Mr Nice, Ben & Lex and Lewah, plus DJ Ambiessence, Rosco & Agony, DJ Shinybeast, Catalyst & Operation D & Westman, family afternoon rave with Big Fish Little Fish and Silent Disco in the small hours, with DJs to be announced.

The seated Theatre Tent welcomes back, by popular demand, The Circus Of Horrors, plus performance poet Murray Lachlan Young, Breach Theatre presenting The Beanfield, magician Peter Clifford, Scratchworks presents The Great Train Robbery, plus Mrs H And The Sing Along Band,  Entertainingly Different presenting morning Rise And Shine shows and also Aerodynamics Of Biscuits, Le Navet Bete return with two shows Circo Spectaculo & Festival Fitness With David and Circo Rum Ba Ba presents The Crow’s House.

The Band Stand plays host to Andy Twyman, Doozer McDooze,  Jake Martin, Folk The System, Small & Gold, Peter Bruntnell , Matilda’s Scoundrels, The Dambuskers, King Size Slim, Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican, John Robb In Converation With and The Fox & The Pirate.

The THEME for the 15th Beautiful Days festival is ROCK THE BOAT – the festival is looking for pirates, mermaids, sailors, fish and crustaceans to get on board!

Beautiful Days is the Levellers family music festival that has no corporate sponsorship or branding and does not advertise. The festival, celebrating 15 YEARS in 2017  and takes place at Escot Park in Devon. It has six stages included a seated Theatre Tent plus site art installations, a huge children’s area, family camping, licensed real ale bars from Otter Brewery & a great choice of food and craft stalls.  Adult Weekend Camping Tickets are £135, 10 to Under 16’s Weekend Camping Tickets £65, 5 to Under 10’s Weekend Camping Tickets £35, Under 5’s Weekend Camping Tickets £5, Car routing/parking tickets £15 and Campervan tickets £40. All tickets are subject to booking fee. There are no day tickets available.
Tickets on sale HERE


www.beautifuldays.org | www.facebook.com/beautifuldaysfestival | @BDsFestival

 
 
 
 
 
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Levellers Live In 2017


FRIDAY 02 JUNE
The 1865, Southampton

SATURDAY 03 JUNE
Assembly Hall, Worthing

SUNDAY 04 JUNE
Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham

WEDNESDAY 07 JUNE
Latest Music Bar, Brighton
Interview + Audience Q&A with Mark Chadwick


THURSDAY 15 JUNE
Weymouth College, Mark Chadwick Solo


FRIDAY 30 JUNE
Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells

SATURDAY 01 JULY
Tunes in the Dunes, Cornwall


SUNDAY 02 JULY
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester

FRIDAY 07 JULY
Doormroosie, Netherlands


SATURDAY 08 JULY
Lovely Days Festival, Austria

SUNDAY 09 JULY

Streetrock, Netherlands

FRIDAY 14 JULY
Platform Festival, Pocklington

SATURDAY 15 JULY
The Leadmill

SUNDAY 16 JULY
Folk by the Oak, Hertfordshire

SATURDAY 05 AUGUST
Wickham Festival, Hampshire

 17 – 20 AUGUST
Beautiful Days Festival, Devon

WEDNESDAY 08 NOVEMBER
The Assembly, Leamington Spa

THURSDAY 09 NOVEMBER
The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds


FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER
Shiiine On Weekender, Minehead


For info and tickets please check www.levellers.co.uk/events

 
 
 
 
 
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A Beautiful Day Out

Sunday 2nd July at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester - Part of Sounds of the City 2017.
The Levellers will be playing Levelling the Land in full along with other favourites.
The Waterboys, Billy Bragg & Dreadzone are also on the bill.

The show is being billed as A Beautiful Day Out, a sister event to Beautiful
Days.

Tickets
 
 
 
 
 
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Levelleling The Land Songbook

Long out of print, Levelling The Land Songbook - 56 pages, updated to include 'Fifteen Years'

Arranged for voice, piano and guitar with instruction from the Levellers and new illustrations by Jeremy Cunningham. 

1. One Way

2. The Game

3. The Boatman

4. Liberty Song

5. Far From Home

6. Sell Out

7. Another Man's Cause

8. The Road

9. The Riverflow

10. Battle of The Beanfield

11. Fifteen Years

Cost £14.99 (On The Fiddle Members £12.99) ) Order Here