Southsea Fest 2009

Southsea Fest takes place on Saturday 19th September at more than eleven venues around Portsmouth. The event promises live new music as well as poets, and DJ's all by the sea.

The music will come from signed and unsigned local, and national bands and the festival hopes to support charities such as The Ellen MacArthur Trust.

The line-up includes Official Secrets Act, Alessi's Ark, Chris T-T, Beans On Toast, Melodramas, C.M.Arnold And The Delta Breaks , Dragon Eye Morrison, Venice Ahoy!, The Hoodlums, The Unknown Soldiers, The Woo!Worths, Bangers, Mammoth! Mammoth!, Ok Pilot, Part Dinosaur, Shapes, Blakfish, Final Round. Fight!, Munroe Effect, And So I Watch You From Afar, This Town Needs Guns, Minnaars, The Confederate Dead, The Lyrebirds, Abi Lanigan, Andrew Foster, Le Plat Du Jour, Ryan O'Riley, Wise Children, The Joy Formidable, Sam Isaac, Little Fish, The X-Certs, Doll & The Kicks, Billy Vincent, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, and more.

Tickets are priced at £10 (or £12 on the gate) a child ticket is £8. Tickets are exchanged for a wristband on the day allowing entry to all venues from 1.30pm-2.30am. To buy tickets, click here.

DJs include Kry Wolf, Sumo, Chaos, Gentle Bren, The Southsea Mafia DJs - The Have-A-Go Heroes (Will Chump & Philip Harvey), Udy, Rob Troubador, DJ Lemon & Spikey Mark, Red Indie, DJ Dj Hojo Hits (TBC), Cousins In Love, Nickynackynoodles, and more.

The not-for-profit Southsea Fest features over a hundred up and coming bands and DJ's, the event looks to establish itself as a leading new music showcase for the south coast. Held quite marvellously on International 'Talk Like A Pirate' Day, 3,000 wristbands have been released for £12, which gain you entry into all 11 venues.

With 14 stages and a number of local establishments hosting mini events featuring DJ's, poetry and art. A visual element is being added in the form of a photographic exhibition across all venues, featuring 1960's & 70's images of Portsmouth based bands performing in the city, curated by Christina Gyles.

Established in 2007 as the Southsea Mini Music Fest, the one day charity event sold out its 350 capacity, held in aid of promoter Josie Curtis' younger brother to record an album, post a bone marrow transplant. Since then a number of small events have led the way for the nautical-themed festival to develop, with all profits from the day still going directly to charity.

More information will be here when available.

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