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Festival Season: Our Top 10 for Camden Rocks: Deaf Havana

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Hey guys, just a short one as I’m running round like a headless chicken getting ready for this weekend. I wasn’t joking when I said send an IV drip to my house, I’m already unsure whether I can do this… and to top it off, my part of the district line is closed which is just PERFECT.

Camden Rocks Festival 2019 Line-up

Camden Rocks originally started as a showcase for upcoming talent back in 2009. Due to it’s growing success over the years, the decision was made to mix established names with emerging talent. It takes place over two days and over a number of venues throughout Camden. This year the main stage is at Electric Ballroom with Frank Turner headlining on Saturday and Deaf Havana headlining on Sunday.

As Sunday is the only day I am able to make it, I feel it’s only fair to only mention my top 10 acts for that date. Having said that, I would like to give an honourable mention to both Frank Turner and Coast To Coast who I would have been front row for were I not attending All Points East: Mumford & Sons (check out my top 10 for that here).

Camden Rocks Festival Saturday’s Clashfinder

My top 10 for Sunday are as follows:

  1. Deaf Havana – in case you’re new here, or you just haven’t clocked, Deaf Havana are my favourite band literally ever. James’s voice is just beyond describable – playing at Electric Ballroom
  2. Average Sex – we’ve all been there people… and yes, I am just going for their name – wouldn’t you?! Let’s just hope they exceed their name in the music department… – playing at Belushi’s
  3. Luke Rainsford – playing at Belushi’s
  4. Luna Bay – we’re both BIMM alumni (wow, that’s the first time I’ve said that…) so you gotta repRESENT and all that – playing at Dingwalls
  5. Our Hollow, Our Home – I actually missed these guys at Slam Dunk so I’m glad I’ve got a second chance – playing at Underworld
  6. Rat Boy – playing at Electric Ballroom
  7. Shvpes – playing at Camden Assembly
  8. Thousand Thoughts – seeing as I’m going with someone who’s from Enfield and they are too, we can’t really avoid it can we? repRESENT and all that… – playing at The Good Mixer
  9. Henry Grace – playing at Brewdog
  10. Sebastian Schub – playing at Brewdog
Camden Rocks Festival Sunday’s Clashfinder

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Tickets available via their website: https://camdenrocksfestival.com/tickets/

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Gig: The End, of What?

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The End Festival is returning Friday 29th March (this Friday) to celebrate the collaboration between some of the finest artists and nationalities in the EU, before the dreaded happens. It was originally dubbed as the EU’s leaving drinks before Theresa May went and messed it all up. She seems good at that. Anyway, I digress…

Get yourselves down to the Cecil Sharp House in Camden to see 11 acts who have come from all over the EU. The amazing acts The Local have booked for you are as follows: The Chap (ENG/SCOT/DE/FR/GR), Robocobra Quartet (NI), epic45 (ENG), Bird in the Belly (ENG), Arborist (NI), Killing Cartisano (IT), Rev Magnetic (SCOT), Fran & Flora (ENG), Mathilda (PT), Nova Hall (SE) with the amazing Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai (SCOT) DJing.

The End Festival has been running since 2009 in one form or another. The most recent edition was held in 2017 (which yours truly helped out on) and was the biggest yet. It ran across 9 days in 9 different venues all across London. However this time the festival has a certain message behind this year’s edition. Festival founder, Howard Monk, explains ”I want to do an event which celebrates the coming together of acts from different parts of the EU. A statement that even at this nominally grassroots level, we will continue to collaborate and celebrate each other, regardless of what the political climate might be. So while the foundation and the timing of this event might be political, the intent is simply to say WE ARE HERE. WE WILL COLLABORATE. WE WILL CELEBRATE.”

Cecil Sharp House is just a 10 minute walk from Camden Town tube station

More information and tickets can be found at: https://www.theendfestival.london/

Keep up-to-date via the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/336430930531212/