Levenshulme to stage UK's first Bob Dylan Festival
Levenshulme to stage UK’s first Dylan Festival
Levenshulme’s m19 Bar in Manchester will stage one of the UK’s first Bob Dylan tribute weekend’s when it stages a three day festival at the end of August.
Over forty Acoustic acts from all over the UK and Ireland are flying in for the event which is being held on Friday 29, Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August at Live music venue in Levenshulme village.
The weekend coincides with the release of the Academy Award Nominee film “I,m not there” a film about the life and songs of Bob Dylan. It also marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's infamous concert at Manchester's Free trade Hall.
As well as acts flying in from Cork, Belfast and Dublin the festival will feature ‘Risa Hall’ who was born in Bob Dylan’s hometown of New York but is now based in Manchester.
One of the acts Emer O’Neill from Belfast said about her appearance in the festival “I am really excited about coming over to Manchester and playing all my favourite Dylan tracks as well as my own stuff. It looks like a great line up for the weekend.”
Bar owner Lawrence Hennigan said about the event “We wanted to do something to mark Bob Dylan’s infamous concert just over forty two years ago at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall where he was called a ‘judas’ for going electric by a member of the audience. A bootleg recording of the concert was released in 1998 and we thought it would be an ideal opportunity to mark its tenth anniversary. Bob is seen by all acoustic artists as the ‘God of Acoustic Music’ and the response from artists wanting to take part in the festival weekend has been fantastic. We have acts coming from all over the UK and as far away as Ireland to perform at the event. He has a universal appeal to people of all ages.”
Acousticfest is fast gaining itself as a reputation for being one of the UK’s premier venues for Acoustic showcases with acts coming from as far away as Australia to play the intimate venue in South Manchester. As well as the Dylan Festival the venue has a full list of events already booked in for its Autumn programme. Highlights include a full weekend of fringe showcases for the inthecity festival in early October, Tom Hingley of ‘Inspiral Carpets’ is performing a one off acoustic show on the 7 November and a Jazz and Blues Festival is scheduled for the end of November.
The line Dylan Festival line up is
Fri 29 August: Nadia Lowe, Emer O’Neill, Stephen Copeland, Glynn Bailey & the Splendid things, Jonny Black, John Herring , Martin & the Manoeuvres, The Alun Parry band, Alex stork
Sat 30 Aug: Matt Baxendale, Josh McClurg, Victorian Dad, Risa Hall, Hilary Bichovsky, David Sayle, Emer O’Neil, Anthony Dalton, Matt Herbet & the Heavey Hitters
Sun 31 August: Joe Swindels, Get Cuba, Tony Winn, Tony Kehoe, Alex Hulme, She Blooms, Roy Benett, Sprungloaded & Ged Wilson
Plus unplugged outdoor sets from
The Resistance, Selective Memory, Aine Duffy, Hello Big World, Hannah Short, Jonathan Martin, Clare Helen and Jia Jinx.
M19 Bar, 847 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3pw
Tel 0161 224 8135 www.m19bar.com
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check out Manchester Evening News article on the Festival
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1064079_folk_festival_for_...
city life article
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/...
