first acts confirmed for London International Ska Festival 2015

Rhoda Dakar, Vin Gordon, Beat Goes Bang, The Toasters, and more

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 11th Nov 2014

London International Ska Festival 2015

Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th April 2015
various venues, Camden, Greater London, NW1 8QP, England MAP
£141 for all four days

Daily capacity: 1,250

Rhoda Dakar sings The Bodysnatchers, Vin Gordon & His Real Rock Band, Beat Goes Bang ft. Everett Morton (The Beat), and American ska legends The Toasters lead the first acts to be confirmed for next year's London International Ska Festival.

Also confirmed to appear are France's Two Tone Club, The Talks, Italy's Miserable Man, The Rifffs from Malta, Japan's Beat Bahnhof,and Dojo.

Plus DJs The Tighten Up Crew, Sounds & Pressure Sound System with Phil Bush, and Axis Sound System.

Further band and DJ announcements coming very soon, including Jamaican legends, 2 Tone heroes and a host of international names.

Now in it's fifth year the festival will take place across multiple London venues (one wristband gets you into all of them) over Easter Weekend from Thursday 2nd through to Sunday 5th April 2015.

The festival is set to highlight all that's good about the world of ska, from it's roots in American Rhythm & blues, to the Jamaican originators, through the 2 Tone era and right up-to-date with 21st century ska sounds.

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Early bird tickets are priced at £99.99 for all four days.

As well as the main events further fringe events take place including cinema, DJ all-nighters, Record Fair, Thames cruise, which will all build into a week's worth of shows at legendary London venues.

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