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Add CalendarHigh Voltage Beer Festival
Due to the thirst for real ale from High Voltage Festival goers last year, we brewed up the first High Voltage Beer Festival, with over 30 real ales and ciders. Set in the heart of the festival, it’s a meeting place for friends old and new a place to get together and sample the selection of beers, whilst sitting and listening to the best in unsigned acoustic, folk, blues and bluegrass artists on our Beer Festival Stage.
Sample the High Voltage Festival Ale ‘HIGH MALTAGE’ brewed by Brodies and named by our ‘Hop To It’ Facebook competition winner Liam Overend.
Find out which beers will be available at the Beer Festival by following this link to our tasting notes.
Beer Festival Line Up / Stage Times
Saturday 23 July 2011
19.20 – 20.00 The Curst Sons
18.20 – 19.00 The Ramshackle Union Band
17.20 – 18.00 The Sex Pirates
16.20 – 17.00 The Neon Empire
15.20 – 16.00 Leo’s Garden
14.20 – 15.00 Warm Rain
13.20 – 14.00 Joe Goode with Sophie Kelly
12.20 – 13.00 John McIvor
Sunday 24 July 2011
19.20 – 20.00 The Orange Circus
18.20 – 19.00 The Proposition
17.20 – 18.00 Gillian Glover
16.20 – 17.00 The Slide
15.20 – 16.00 Adam Gafsen
14.20 – 15.00 The Amber Herd
13.20 – 14.00 Howlin’ Mat Partner
12.20 – 13.00 War Elephant
Artists
Saturday 23 July 2011
19.20 – 20.00
The Curst Sons
The Curst Sons unique take on American traditional music mixes Blues, Gospel and Bluegrass with a kick-ass stomp and a dose of wry humour. They have twice been Time Out critics’ choice and were nominated for Best Americana Act in the 2010 British Country Music Awards and Best Alt Country Album in the 2011 Independent Music Awards.
18.20 – 19.00
The Ramshackle Union Band
The Ramshackle Union Band peddle a fine line in stomping bluegrass-tinged-folk, playing with big heart and a free-spirited ethos. Heralded by NME as “woozy bluegrass for weary hearts and bleeding minds”, their sound is in debt to classic roots music, while feeling vital and fresh. Based around rich four-part harmonies, with raucous, tumbling rhythms and equal penchant for loverlorn heartbreak and giddy good times, they’re fast rising as one of the most talked-about new folk bands around.
www.myspace.com/theramshackleunionband
17.20 – 18.00
The Sex Pirates
Fiery fiddle & Banjo driven pirate punk folk 6 piece get the feet stomping and beer swilling with their energetic brand of pirate drinking music… don’t forget yer dancin’ boots!
16.20 – 17.00
The Neon Empire
The Band was formed in 2008 and are heavily influenced by blues and soul. Provocatively named The Neon Empire – in a sarcastic reference to the vanity of modern life – the London based group escape from big city life to brew their music in a private farmhouse studio in Lincolnshire. The band have played shows supporting acts such as Frank Turner and the Kooks.
15.20 – 16.00
Leo’s Garden
Leo’s Garden capture the rawness of the 70’s and merge that with the eclectic vibe of the new millennium. Always honest and true, they have the ability to embrace Velvet Underground weirdness with vocal harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, dirty guitars and heavy rhythms. This is back to basics.
14.20 – 15.00
Warm Rain
The brainchild of singer songwriter Leon J Russell, Warm Rain have a quintessentially English feel, managing to sound of their time, whilst remaining faithful to the traditions laid down before them, by the great English rock bands of the past.
13.20 – 14.00
Joe Goode with Sophie Kelly
Singer / songwriter Joe Goode made his recent move from drummer to frontman, after an interesting series of events, and continues to grow in popularity as his musical repertoire flourishes. Having been in the ‘musical closet’ for numerous years, we finally get to hear some of the mellifluous gems from his enormous, very private collection.
“This is something I’ve always done, but never in public until quite recently – I was pretty much bullied into not being such a coward, but was very pleasantly surprised about how many people liked this type of thing. I like to keep things very delicate & melodic, and keep songs short & uncomplicated.”
You might hear a touch of S&G, Sam Cooke & Jeff Buckley underneath a soft folk guise in the shape of Damien Rice or the Mumfords, in songs based around often tabooed subjects, such as mental illness, old age & death.
This dark but beautiful blend is enhanced with the voice of singer Sophie Kelly, who is joining Joe for the summer season.
12.20 – 13.00
John McIvor
John is influenced by almost anything and everything in music, and he manages to boils it all down into his simple folk songs. The band behind him create a groove-based backbone to his songs.
John’s voice is husky and naisely, and with that is nothing less then impressive finger-picking on his jangly guitar.
Sunday 24 July 2011
19.20 – 20.00
The Orange Circus
“The Orange Circus are a thoroughly unique act who play regularly in the Southeast and London. The leader, Flash Hearth, is a mesmerising performer, supported by an eclectic group of musicians inspired by American folk, blues, country, and rock. From their origins in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia they bring a fresh exciting show that always gets audiences on their feet and singing along. You have not seen anything like them.”
18.20 – 19.00
The Proposition
The Proposition’s sound is described as a uniquely English take on acoustic-Americana, offering instantly hummable modern folk songs that explore dark stories through the prettiest of tunes, and all driven by stirringly energetic performance. Built around acoustic guitars, banjo, bass, electric slide, drums, and organ, with rich three-part harmonies, The Proposition have been likened to The Handsome Family, The Felice Brothers and The Avett Brothers, but remain uniquely their own ‘proposition’.
17.20 – 18.00
Gillian Glover
Gillian Glover plays music that is by turns deeply funky, authentically bluesy, and so delicate that you hold your breath lest it fracture. Her first-class rhythm section propels the band with urgency and drive, before they melt subtly into moments of ethereal beauty that transport listeners to another realm. Gillian and her 5-piece band of multi-instrumentalists between them play guitars, bass, drums, percussion, saxophone, violin, flute and kora.
16.20 – 17.00
The Slide
The Slide are a band influenced by rock and raw blues artists from way back including the Stones, Zeppelin, Skynyrd. Their unique sound is formed by their individual take on these classic sounds.
15.20 – 16.00
Adam Gafsen
Adam Gafsen has an innovative and unique playing style. He uses the acoustic guitar in a melodic, sometimes percussive, often dramatic, yet always compelling way. Inspired by the late great Isaac Guilllory; not only in terms of technique and taste. With an interesting use of harmonics, a contemporary spin on the vintage Echoplex sound, there are also definite John Martyn influences. Adam moves effortlessly from the blues, rock, ambient fingerstyle, right the way through to and encompassing jazz, trad, classical, country, and alt-folk.
14.20 – 15.00
The Amber Herd
“… both blissfully melancholic indie and uplifting stripped-back folk and comes to a sprawling, open-mouthed finish with an almost Velvet Underground-esque wall of sound, acoustics flitting between prog keyboard stabs and all buried under Neil Beards’ darkly overdriven Mary Chain guitar. Nottingham’s best kept secret?”
The Amber Herd won the High Voltage Folk Off Competition winning their place on the beer festival stage.
13.20 – 14.00
Howlin’ Mat Partner
Describes his music as a blend of swamp, delta blues and hillbilly. He has his own unique style which incorporates aspects of SRV, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Seasick Steve, Rolling Stones, Hendrix and Elvis.
12.20 – 13.00
War Elephant
War Elephant are a London based duo formed during the summer months of 2010, out of a frustration to create something that felt meaningful and raw. Their songs are stripped down and acoustic with a variety of influences ranging from blues to folk to rock.
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