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HOWDEN Rockfest
June 14th 2008
Ashes Playing Field
1 Vicar Lane
Howden
DN14 7BP
Fake Festivals present Greenday tribute Basketcase, Coldplay tribute Coldplace, Arctic Monkeys tribute Antarctic Monkeys plus support bands and special guests. All inside a massive marquee plus licensed bar and food garden area.
Tickets are now priced as follows:
Adult (18+ years) £15.00
Young Person (7-17 years) £12.00
Family (2 x Adult, 2 x YP) £50.00
Children aged 0-6 are free when accompanied by an adult.
Adult (over 18) Tickets purchased on "the door" are £22.00
Young Persons (7-17) Tickets purchased on "the door" are £15.00
Coldplace totally recreate the sound and feel of Coldplay when they perform at Fake Festivals up and down the UK. As regulars on the Fake Festivals tour Coldplace know exactly how to entertain a festival crowd. Lead singer Shane Crofts not only sounds like Chris Martin but he moves and plays the piano as if his life means it. Expect to be mesmorised by the stage presence and the lazer show that Coldplace incorprate into their festival set. You will definately be singing along to Viva La Vida, Fix You, Yellow, Talk amongst many others in their hit after hit setlist. These are a true festival band that will have you wanting more and more.
Listen :
Title: YellowArtist: Coldplay Tribute 'Coldplace'
Title: ClocksArtist: Coldplay Tribute 'Coldplace'
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Basketcase are a tribute to US rockers Greenday and will possibly blow the roof off the marquee with their high energy set which includes classics such as American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Jesus of Surbubia and Basketcase. These 3 lads give you the whole experience of seeing the real Greenday with their looks and stage presence and attitude, expect to be blown away.
Listen :
Title: BasketcaseArtist: Greenday Tribute 'Basketcase'
Title: Are we the WaitingArtist: Greenday Tribute 'Basketcase'
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Antarctic Monkeys are probably one of the busiest tribute bands in the UK and easily one of the best. Ever since the release of 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' the Antarctic Monkeys have been on the road performing to packed venues up and down the UK. With a live set that virtually covers both albums their set is both high energy and powerful. Don't miss these guys.
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Recruitment 46 are made up of 5 young musicians from Goole with an exceptional female vocalist. They have recently recorded a cd with songs that they have written and composed and are busy working on more material. This band are upbeat and will have your feet tapping along to their music. Come along and support Recruitment 46 at the festival.
Listen :
Title: Burning - Recruitment 46Artist: Recruitment 46 (Original & Covers)
Title: Hanging On - Recruitment 46Artist: Recruitment 46 (Original & Covers)
Trip Manhatton are a band that like to entertain. With a female vocalist that you can't take your eyes off and a band that you can't stop tapping your feet to TripManhattan are perfect to get the crowd warmed up. They perform covers of such greats as Brown Sugar, Knockin on Heaven's Door (Guns n Roses version), Hotel California, Pinball Wizard, Alright Now, The Chain and many more. Make sure you make a special trip to see TripManhattan at Howden Rockfest.
Listen :
Title: Hard Road Ahead - TripManhattanArtist: TripManhattan (Covers and Original)
Title: Cold Night - TripManhattanArtist: TripManhattan (Covers and Original)
The Beer Tent
There will be a licensed bar at the Festival serving Lager, Bitter, Magners Cider (330ml), Wine (Red, Rose & White), WKD Blue, Smirnoff Ice, Vodka, Bacardi, Jack Daniels & mixer to those over 18. The beer will be draft beer and all drinks are priced at £2.00
The bar will be open from 1pm until close of the event.
Soft drinks (coke, diet coke, tango, water etc) will also be available and priced at 2 x 500ml bottles for £2.00
To avoid lengthy queues at the bar, drinks tokens will be purchased from a separate part of the venue and only those tokens can be exchanged for drinks over the bar. This is to avoid waiting time to be served. Tokens are valued at £2.00 and exchanged for all types of drinks over the bar.
Purchase enough tokens from the token stand to keep you going for a few rounds of drinks for you and your friends.
Tokens will be released at 1pm on the day of the festival and available throughout the event, security will inform you where to go when you enter the marquee.
The Food Stands
There will be five types of food stands at the event serving food from 1pm.
BURGER & CHIPS
A Festival wouldn't be a Festival without the good old Burger & Chips to soak up some of the beer and keep you going well into the night.
HOT POTATOS & VEGETARIAN
There will be a food stand serving hot jacket potatoes and some healthy vegetarian food along with teas and coffeees.
HOG ROAST
There will be a delicious Hog Roast stand serving hot tasty pork with apple sauce in a bread bun along with other great fillings and sauces.
DOUGHNUTS
For those with a sweet tooth there will be some very tasty home made doughnuts and other sweet goods to get the taste buds racing.
ICE CREAM
Yes the sun will shine and for those hot under the collar there will be an ice cream van selling the classic 99 with a flake amongst other traditional ice creams to cool you down.
The Entertainment Zone
The following are approximate timings and are subject to change if extra bands are able to be added to the line up. There will be music playing in between band changes.
Doors Open 1.00pm
1.00pm - 1.30pm - 2 Fat 2 Thin (Covers)
2.00pm - 2.30pm - Recruitment 46 (Original & Covers)
3.00pm - 3.45pm - The Ram Raid (Covers & Original)
4.15pm - 5.00pm - The Element (Original Artist)
5.30pm - 6.30pm - Trip Manhatton (Covers)
6.45pm - 8.00pm - Antarctic Monkeys (Arctic Monkeys Tribute)
8.30pm - 9.45pm - Coldplace (Coldplay Tribute)
10.15pm - 11.30pm - Basketcase (Greenday Tribute)
Doors Close 11.30pm (all above times approx)
Ebuyer
As sponsors of the Howden Fake Festival 2008, ebuyer.com cannot wait to bring a little bit of rock to Howdenshire this year. Were always happy to support local events and the Howden Music Festival is no different. Strengthening local ties, entertaining the masses and having fun these are things ebuyer.com are more than proud to be behind. See you in the summer and dont be surprised if you see a number of our staff down the front when the bands hit the stage.Click on the logo opposite to go to the Ebuyer website.
Magners Irish Cider
Magners are sponsors of the Fake Festival 2009 Tour. With the new 330 ml plastic Magners bottles specially designed and manufactured for outdoor events for 2009. Fake Festivals are proud to have Magners sponsoring the Festivals which enables Festival goers to enjoy the crisp refreshing taste of Magners.
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