The UK's biggest ever music festival is under way after Teenage Fanclub played the first of 1,000 country-wide events at the Glasgow Barrowlands last night.
Fanclub singer Norman Blake said of the event, "We originally got together in my granny's bedroom in Bellshill. You too could form a DIY band, play some gigs, make some noise and fight poverty at the same time. You never know what it might achieve."
Over 12,000 people including Scissor Sisters and Kasabian have got involved with the project, which aims to raise £500,000 for Oxfam during October. To find out what's happening near you, visit Oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0870 850 6246. |
A genuine new festival in Wales which cannot be rivalled has commenced ticket sales at Piccadilly Ticketline.
Tickets are split into full weekend festival tickets and daily tickets. 50,000 tickets will be available in total.
The sale of weekend tickets and day tickets will commence 2nd October 2006 booking fees apply and postage.
Prices for weekend tickets are £120.00 for the full weekend inclusive of camping. Day tickets are £60 per day, all sales will be through the appointed agents. No ticket sales will occur at the festival site. Non ticket holders will not be allowed access to the festival site.
Parking charges apply at £5.00 per vehicle, the charges are applied to discourage use of the limited parking and reduce the costs of secure parking.
Hotline. 0870 444 5556
Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre is the premier Music and Arts Festival in Wales, The following lineup is indicative of the splendid musicians that will be performing at the festival.
The program may be subject to change. Do not depend on those artists to be confirmed to definately show, but be assured the team are working hard to ensure this festival is unrivalled in Wales. Keep checking the website for updates at:-
http://home.btconnect.com/ysbrydbwardrindo...MargamPark.html.
Castell Margam
Friday 6th July 2007
Paul Daley (Leftfield)(to be confirmed)
Imogen Heap (to be confirmed)
Altres
Halflight
Saturday 7th July 2007
Loreena McKennitt (to be confirmed)
Elvis Costello (to be confirmed)
Little Feat (to be confirmed)
Orianthi Panagaris (to be confirmed)
Mary Jane Lamond
Shane Alexander
Sunday 8th July 2007
Diana Krall (to be confirmed)
Katherine Jenkins
John Hardy Spaces-beyond the end of the world
Catrin Finch and CF47
Welsh National Opera
Nicky Spence and Guests
Celticana confirmed
The Bryden String Quartet
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Twyn-yr-Hydd
Friday 6th July 2007
Lost Prophets (to be confirmed)
Elevator Band
Triquetra
The Chocolate Lesbians (to be confirmed)
Saturday 7th July 2007
Cerys Matthews (to be confirmed)
Eliza Carthy (to be confirmed)
Karine Polwart (to be confirmed)
Fflur Dafydd
Matt King
Molly Jenson and Guests
Amy Wadge
Sunday 8th July 2007
Courtney Pine O.B.E
Catherine Kontz with guests Henri Vaxby, Rhodri Davies, B J Cole
Lleuwen Steffan
Julie McKee
Dewi Ellis Jones
The Recycle Collective
Smokehand
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Dywyli
Friday 6th July 2007
Saturday 7th July 2007
Lone Pine
Kelly Dalton (to be confirmed)
Laura Jansen
These Things Take Time
Sunday 8th July 2007
Icons of Elegance (to be confirmed)
Cartridge (to be confirmed)
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Acoustic Marquee
Friday 6th July 2007
Amy Wadge
Saturday 7th July 2007
Sunday 8th July 2007
Catherine Kontz
The following is a part of the festival policy:-
Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre will be somewhat unconventional, a bit innovative and certainly creative. Often I wonder how connected we all are as individual beings living in a collective society. I constantly analyse how much we really consider each other. We are not solitary souls adrift in a world of chaos, though we may feel that at times. We are dynamic, creative, expressive individuals constantly contributing to the components of life and thus we create our world. Complexity and chaos theories state, persons operate under the constraints of limited control and unpredictability, so require new perspectives to learn from the chaos and complexity within which they operate. Human sciences are in contentious development, theories are problematic; one should reflect on what is sensible to do, think of human actions and encourage a sense of experience. Actions of individuals generate patterns of behaviour; decision making processes and enactment within companies creates the butterfly effect. Individual leaders are alone, alongside other sole leaders also trying to choose a future and direction, in harmony with society in general.
Planning the future of a music and arts festival, is a defence against not knowing what will happen in the future, which prompts the question, why in the better part of experience are we not able to realise formulated plans? Plans are social defences against anxieties, humans always feel emotions, and we cannot be without feeling or anxiety. We cannot all have the future we want; there is interdependence with others, many of our goals are achieved through the emergence of interactions. The ultimate gain of interaction is power, which is a consequence of all human relations; those relations are sustained by restraint. Patterns of power emerge through interaction, subsequently power enables sustained relations. Habitual patterns of behaviour are continuously emerging, influence emergence is a contradiction, we influence each other and it is a way of noticing each other. Negotiation is fundamental, people and groups of people interact through political and legal process. It may be noted there is no global blueprint or plan, just similar patterns, chaos creates a pattern where we see confusion, and humankind is restrained to relate to others. Coherent widespread patterns emerge from local interactions. Change processes do not fit into our experiences. Paying more attention to what we are doing may be more beneficial, less stressful and enjoyable; making sense of our experiences may also benefit the quality of our lives and ensure a greater understanding of the emergence process of our society.
Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre Ltd shall invite charitable organisations to participate at the festival, increasing the amounts they can raise towards their goals. The company shall pursue a policy of support to welsh economy, Universities and social institutions. Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre Ltd intends to ensure a profitable venture is established and distribute sums of charitable funds to humanitarian causes, which will enhance the fabric of welsh society.
Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre shall take place annually at Margam Country Park, Margam, Port Talbot, South Wales on the 6th, 7th, 8th July 2007. If the event is successful in its first year, it is proposed to continue for the next twenty years with an option to continue thereon.
Arthur E Turner-Thomas is the founder of the festival and Katherine Jenkins is the inspirational force behind the Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre, proposed to be the largest and most diverse musical event of its type in Wales. The location for the festival has been chosen due to the splendid setting of Margam Country Park and the near proximity to Port Talbot steelworks. Richard Thomas was the founder of Richard Thomas and Company the main provider of funding for the construction of the present Abbey Works. Arthur E Turner-Thomas is a direct descendant of Richard Thomas, with a desire to enhance the quality of life within the South Wales region through charitable means and return the hard work and good fortune provided by generations of tens of thousands of past employees of his ancestors.
Finest regards,
Arthur E Turner-Thomas
Managing Director
Ysbryd Bwa'r Drindod Cyfyngedig
Promoter and licensee
Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre
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Healing Teams
A portion of the site is to be dedicated to Healers and Spiritualists, the following list of organisations will be present.
Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary
National Federation of Spiritual Healers
Free From Stress