Saturday Sept 4th
This weekend you have two last chances to soak up that festival vibe before autumn rolls in.
On your doorstep is Pulse Festival at Sunnyfields Farm, just outside Totton.
Last year’s had a wonderful feel.
This was due in part to the attitude of the farm’s owners and also the festival’s curators Olly Maw from ‘Subgiant‘ and Mark Ward from ‘Heathward‘.
The food is organic, there is plenty for children to do and headlining the main stage are the globe trotting Kissmet who’s progressive style of Bhangra Rock can galvanise any audience.
Watch out for the ambient jazz of Achilles, preceding them Southampton’s Widowmaker and topping the acoustic stage are ‘Lost Souls Club‘.
And remember their objective is to raise funds for the Children’s Heart Unit in Southampton.
Fans of ‘Reef‘ will be heading off to the three day Musicosity festival in Bournemouth this weekend.
They are headlining the O2 Academy on Saturday night and around the town 50 acts are playing from tonight until Sunday evening.
For any live act, or fan of gigging, the Musicosity website and it’s magazine are something you should investigate.
As founder Chris Jenkins points out: “It has opportunities to raise musician’s profiles, reach new people and develop grass roots music.”
The more active you are as a fan, the more rewards you receive, the more gigs you get into free.
While for bands and venues it is a brilliant method of re-connecting with the live audience.
You can find out how at musicosity.com
First published in the Southern Daily Echo 2nd Sept 2011
