A new music festival for Sheffield
The most recent City centre news email from the council mentions a new music festival that is due to take place from 24-27 July in Sheffield.
Dubbed ‘Sheffield music city’, the email says that the line-up should include some big names performing at both indoor and outdoor events.
It doesn’t really give a clue what genres of music will feature at the festival, although I guess the organisers will try to please a wide range of music fans. And despite the big names that have been promised, I expect the emphasis will be on regional talent instead of the major performers that you might seen at an established city festival like the Liverpool summer pops.
If communal city centre open spaces are used for the outdoor venues then it will probably mean free entry, which would further rule out any significantly well-known and expensive acts. It certainly would be good to see the revamped Devonshire green host some live music, although it will be too soon for the new Tudor square.
I’m trying to recall any other large council-run live music events that have taken place over the last few years, but am drawing a bit of a blank. Can anyone remember anything similar from the recent past?
Music in the sun returned last summer to the Don valley bowl but after reports of DJs and artists not being paid, it looks unlikely to be back in 2009. Could Sheffield music city be the festival that a city with such a strong musical heritage and large population is able to make a success of?
Jag Gill
/ 6 May, 2009I’d love to see someone – whether that’s the council or the Peace In The Park folks – do something on the greenspace at Skye Edge. It’s an awesome urban backdrop and can accommodate a fair few folks too. Pull some strings sheffieldblog!
Jon
/ 7 May, 2009remember Sheffield Sound City ’93?…
http://tinyurl.com/dcglo9
this is nice
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http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/nmesound.html
Sheffield blog
/ 7 May, 2009I’ve just seen a full press release here:
http://sccplugins.sheffield.gov.uk/press/news/release.asp?akey=5709
It includes a main stage on Devonshire green for ‘big name pop acts’ and the line-up will be unveiled on May 12 by curators Jon McClure, Toddla T and Matt Helders.
projectsheffield
/ 10 May, 2009dole busters western park, oh a gig on sky edge will that come with security, we was up there of late filming, nice bird mate then stones at van and cars as we left..
this is the lib dems going for the young ones look at us we are hip and trendy etc, shall not say to much but the meetings for this was erm of intrest who is? is that a drink i joke not.
it will happen and lets hope each year from now on, music in the sun should have known that would happen seemed that way when we offerd to help out for nowt, a little bit freeked anarchist being involved, utter diffrent story rergards what is planed, at long last a ruleing party willing to work with people and for the benafit of widder sheffield.
at long last sheffield understands what makes it good..
projectsheffield
/ 13 May, 2009THE city that brought the world Pulp, Warp Records and Arctic Monkeys will host a new music festival this summer. Sheffield – Music City will run from July 22 to 26 with a range of indoor and outdoor performances and workshops. People can listen to music everywhere, from a small bar to a wide open space. Isn’t it ridiculous that a musical city like Sheffield hasn’t got anything happening on the same sort of scale as our geographical neighbours Nottingham and Leeds have with Dot To Dot and Live At… respectively?
That’s what a number of the city’s promoters and artists (including Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, ‘Reverend’ Jon McClure and Toddla T) concluded, and thus decided to come together to organise an event showcasing Sheffield’s hottest talent, as well as a range of leading cross-genre acts from around the country.
The result is Tramlines, which will take place across the city between July 24th-26th this year, there will be a weekend main stage on Devonshire Green plus a big screen in the Peace Gardens, workshops and dancing in Barker’s Pool, and specialist markets on Fargate and Devonshire Green.
We attended the press launch at The Bowery Bar and grabbed more ten minutes with some of the players, there was propaganda on the tables with little nibbles, champaign at the bar, bitching behind people backs and then polite hand shakes with the people they had just slagged of.
This is the state of play in Sheffield’s village, do not get us wrong because we do not own a Pulp record dose not mean non respect, neither do we own a Toddler T record and would ask just who the fuck is James O Hara?
The first time we watched The Arctic Monkeys, we liked them said stadiam rock and left them to it, there is more to Sheffield Reverend and the Makers, and emerging DJ Toddla T, all have interesting things to say about the state of play in Sheffield today.
But likewise so do people like Freenoise, who for us should contact the organiser and say yer right you want something and give it to then double loaded, another good idea rubbished by the likes of Exposed and hallam FM
The moment you begin to place the commercial into music, you get The Human League and don’t you want me baby, as Jarvis has said the last 2 albums of Pulp was not a joy but a pain, when something music becomes this then time to walk of stage exit left, as we have often done, we are the people that brought you and so fourth, we did it because we love it not for the ego.
Sometime back, we bounced back with Matilda 190 gigs and for us all blinding all successful because there was no agenda, but our own, we was doing this because we loved music, the vibe of a dirty down trodden and often cold venue, but when the likes of c90 come in and kicked of an old school rave, DJ Scotch Egg with his game boy made the plaster fall of the wall, it took us back to The Limit The Halcyon days of Sheffield Music where The Beat was the Law.
You can never repeat the Maples or The Early Days of The Leadmill, The round the block queue for Radical Dance Faction at The Hallimshire, and we would not desire to, but neither do we want more shit, and we hope we are proven wrong with Tramlines, all we can say is watch this space:
Sheffield blog
/ 14 May, 2009The official website is:
http://tramlines.org/
Still no sign of the line-up though…
Sheffield blog
/ 17 May, 2009And a video interview with Matt Helders from the Artcic Monkeys that talks about the festival:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8048343.stm
summergirl
/ 29 May, 2009Line up includes The Noisettes, Pixie Lott, Little Boots and the Panics on the Devonshire Green stage, with more, bigger names expected to be announced soon. The World Stage in the Peace Gardens will have music of all genres, and will include lots of local talent. The official site is http://www.sheffieldmusiccity.co.uk, facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=83262808158
Jim Buck
/ 31 May, 2009Amy Allison is a Long Island girl who used to live in Sheffield. She has
written a love song to the city: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVNlzqVhgg
Sheffield blog
/ 14 July, 2009Latest post about the festival:
http://sheffieldblog.com/2009/07/14/sheffield-music-city-incorporating-tramlines-festival/