Vale Earth Fair 2007 – Vale Castle – 26/08/07

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard BabyheadAs we approach the 2019 Vale Earth Fair, and I noticed some of my first review of the festival back in 2007 has dropped off the BBC website, I thought I’d revive it here. From the sounds of this it was a packed year and I can only imagine...

Rock Of Ages 1 – Princess Royal Centre For The Performing Arts – 24/10/08

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Danny of About An HourMy final revived review (for now at least) from 2008, this one was the first night of a new series of events giving access to live music in an all ages setting. The Rock of Ages shows went on for a few years, moving venue...

Mudstock 2008 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 12/07/08

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The pit kicking off at MudstockAnother flashback from my archive originally written for BBC Guernsey Unsigned (the forerunner to BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey) going back a decade to one of Guernsey’s more minor ‘festival’ style events, Mudstock. This was a biker party of a sort with a lot...