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06/07/2006

End Of Days Festival

AN ESSENTIAL WEEKEND OF ROCK AND METAL FOR THE MASSES OCTOBER 13 14 & 15 2006

Sponsored by ROCK SOUND magazine
END OF DAYS 2006 LINE-UP TO INCLUDE
INME,
RAGING SPEEDHORN, REUBEN
AND MENDEED

Put together by Gary Taylor, Peter Gurton & Pat O’Connor, collectively GPConcerts, part of the team behind the highly successful TMF Rock Festival. End of Days is set to become a mainstay on the UK Festival scene.

End of Days is to be held on the Pontin’s site at Hemsby, Near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, over the weekend of October 13 14 & 15 2006.

Friday Oct 13th is Headlined by RAGING SPEEDHORN, these stalwarts of the UK metal scene will be bringing their brutal sounds to the End of Days main stage.
Next up is MENDEED, these relative newcomers to the scene have proved their worth and fully deserve their place on this bill. Supported by BIOMECHANICAL, MURDER ONE, FONY and CENTIMENT, The Friday evening bill sets the standard for the rest of the weekend.

Saturday Oct 14th is headlined by the mighty INME. Dave McPherson,
Joe Morgan and Simon Taylor will be rocking the stage with their unique mix of raging guitars and soaring vocals.

Next up are special guests REUBEN, always good value, these guys give 110% and then some. STAMPIN’GROUND seem to have been around forever but still rock the foundations wherever they play. ENGERICAS quirky style will bring a different twist to the event, and we are proud to have GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY, one of the UK music scenes hottest new talents.

HONDO MACLEAN, PANIC CELL, BRIGADE, FOREVERNEVER, SECONDSMILE and THE MORENAS complete the Saturday line up.

Saturday Afternoon features the EXPOSURE stage. Sponsored by ROCK SOUND magazine, this stage will bring you ten of the best new bands around. Chosen by an Industry panel put together by ROCK SOUND you can be sure these bands will be the best of new Rock & Metal.

As well as this amazing line up of bands there will be a club-room open from 10pm on Friday to 6am Saturday morning and again from 10pm Saturday night to 6am Sunday morning. Featuring DJ’s playing the loudest rock and metal sounds, competitions and DJ sets from members of our featured bands. The bars will be open until 6am.

There will be a chill out bar open for a little quiet relief from the mayhem, including a signing area and acoustic sets from featured artists.

Also on site will be a fully licensed tattoo parlour for the more adventurous among us.

Tickets for this year’s event are on sale now. Priced from £49.00 per person for the whole weekend including a comfortable apartment with all the comforts of home this event gives some of the best value ever seen.
Tickets can be reserved for this event by paying a £10.00 per person deposit on booking.

Full ticket and pricing details are available at the official End Of Days website, www.endofdaysfest.co.uk or by calling the Pontin’s ticketline on 0870 6045606 and quoting END1

Get up-to-the-minute information and news @ www.endofdaysfest.co.uk
End of Days is also on Myspace, www.myspace.com/endofdaysfest

05/07/2006

GuilFest 2006. A whole weekend of music and fun for all. 14th-16th July

“Its coming home, its coming home, GuilFest’s coming home”.

GuilFest kicks off and scores with the Lightning Seeds, Embrace, A-Ha, Billy Idol, Sandi Thom, Nizlopi, Kosheen, plus special guest Donovan; just to mention a few of the amazing bands we have on our BBC Radio 2 Mainstage! With six music stages, GuilFest plays host to a mass of skill and talent including the cream of the local up-and-coming bands and artists on the Surrey Advertiser and Andertons Live Club Stages.

The bands are not all that GuilFest has to offer. There is the FunkyEnd Dance Tent where you can check out the seriously cool DJ Snowboy, the hip and ‘havin it’ DJ Phil Hartnoll, and the amazing one and only Norman Jay DJ extraordinaire and other well known DJ’s. The FunkyEnd also provides a home to a diverse selection of cutting edge dance music from up and coming DJ’s.

GuilFest 2006 is to feature a Silent Disco’ for the first time. A Silent Disco'! Just trust us, you’ll love it! Our Silent Disco will make enough noise to wake the dead but not the neighbours! Other late night activities include the Jelly Tree video Lounge where you can chill-out and watch an eclectic selection of video art, short films and animation, and a late night sing along to all your favourite songs in the all new ACM Acoustic Lounge.

GuilFest is delighted that the Academy of Contemporary Music is to continue its commitment to young musicians and is to host the all new Acoustic Lounge where up and coming singer songwriters can get up and dazzle audiences with their compositions.

Wondering what GuilFest has laid on for the kids' The fantastic KidZone returns to bring mayhem and excitement to your child’s weekend. The Kids area will be packed full of games, stilt walking, balloon modelling, face painting and drawing to stimulate their creative energies. Furthermore, Derek the Dalek will also be at the festival again, make sure to bring your cameras! On the Sunday it’s over to the children for the annual Kids Parade, where the children get to show the rest of the festival what they have made over their weekend.

Families can also take their kids to the Man in the Moon Theatre Tent where the youngsters can join drama workshops and put on a production for their parents; sit back, enjoy being entertained and watch them perform. After dark the theatre tent will transform itself into its alter ego and perform shows for the older audience such as Frottage 11 and Saucy Jack’s.

Ever fancied a light sabre battle with Darth Vader? Then visit our all new Digital Fun Fair or play the very latest games in the Nintendo Marquee!

When you get tired of all the activities and need to recharge your batteries then grab a space and be entertained, laughing until your sides split in the Hush Puppies Comedy Lounge. This year sees James Dowdeswell, Tom Stade and BBC Radio 4’s Milton Jones grace us with their humour and wit.
GuilFest's family friendly attitude is reflected in the cleanliness of all the toilet and baby changing facilities (a rarity at festivals!), the easy access parking and the reassuring presence of both the local police and St Johns Ambulance. Furthermore, visitors with disabilities can expect to be provided with easy access into the festival; including raised viewing platforms, wheelchair access toilets and a dedicated camping area. More information can be found at www.guilfest.co.uk or by calling 01483 454 159.

There will be a plentiful supply of traders selling a mass of things from clothing, Knickknacks, bongos to henna tattoos. GuilFest has great stalls and some of our visitors even use the weekend to buy their Xmas shopping!

Of course GuilFest would not be complete without food and drink. The area will be filled with deliciously scrumptious food from light bites to any continental delicacy you can imagine. Even when it comes to beverages GuilFest not only has a wide variety on offer ranging from smoothies to the Pimm’s Bus bar, but there will also be a Calypso Cocktail Bar AND a 150ft bar sponsored by UNISON selling all types of drinks and Real Ale, all of which are licensed until 1am!

So raise your glasses and drink at toast to music, fun, and friendship at GuilFest 2006.

Hope to see you there.