Mixing up music for new Stoke Mandeville festival
Published Date:
20 August 2008
TWO brothers from Stoke Mandeville have launched a mini Glastonbury-style festival for music lovers to visit and indulge in a day of eclectic sounds and festival spirit.
Nineteen-year-old Ed Moore and his older brother Will, have enlisted an impressive bill of rising stars, some of whom have played at massive events such as the Glastonbury and V festivals.
The brothers, helped by their brother-in-law, Chris Dominey have sweet-talked the bands, including local artists, to play a small and personal session to the people of Aylesbury in a one-off event, named the Summer Sound Clash.
Ed, who is also a dj, commented: "I believe it's the first type of festival that has been organised like this, and by a 19 year old."
Mr Dominey works in the music industry and, by tapping into his long list of contacts, managed to convince friends and colleagues to join the line up.
"We didn't want the festival to be huge, the idea was to make it for the people of Aylesbury who really love their music. We're expecting about 500 people", he enthused.
"Its a series of bands and dj's; a real mixture of music, with some electronic music, and hip hop, and some light-hearted stuff, so that explains the name 'Summer Sound Clash'.
"I used to work in television, filming music videos, so I got to know people through that and some of them are really helping us out."
Holding and organising a one day festival is no easy task, said the brothers as lighting, security, health and safety, the venue and refreshments all had to be funded and arranged.
The event is being held in a field that belongs to Ed and Will's family and a marquee is being erected to hold the festival goers with a large barbecue going throughout the day to feed everybody.
"We have had to pay for a lot of it but others have been kind and have done it at mates rates, so it's been a massive effort, but it will be something really new for Aylesbury," said Mr Dominey.
As for publicity, he added: "We're letting all our mates know, but we really didn't want it to be commercial - there wasn't going to be a massive shout about it; there's been no big advertising but plenty said about it on Facebook and things like that, so we can try and get some decent entertainment because there's a bit of a gap for that around here.
"I can see things getting much better in Aylesbury with all the new facilities coming so hopefully we can get it kick started with local bands.
"At least this will be something a little bit bigger for the bank holiday weekend. It will be really good because people don't have to travel for miles and spend a fortune to get there.
"It's just a marquee in a field in Stoke Mandeville - it will be fairly large but not massive and there's going to be a bar in it.
Aylesbury company Moonlight productions are providing lighting and the guys there have really helped us.
"This is going to be a day which is mainly focussed on the music."
The event takes place on Sunday August 24 from 1pm to 1am.
Tickets are priced at £25 each and can be bought from the Hope clothing store on Aylesbury High Street.
For more information about the event, log on to it's website: www.summersoundclash.co.uk.
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Last Updated:
20 August 2008 12:11 PM
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Location:
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