It was BRILLIANT.
Our 13th Glastonwick was definitely the best ever! Thanks to everyone who came (the friendliest bunch of punters I've ever seen at any festival, anywhere...) to the volunteers, to Alex Beer Monster for sourcing the beers, to the Dark Star Brewing Company for providing the infastructure and to Jenny and Trevor at Coombes Farm for having us! Beer of the festival was definitely the one Dark Star brewed and my wife Robina named in my honour......Ginger Hop Knob Flop! Definitely did what it said on the tin!
As for the 24 bands/poets/singer-songwriters, well done! You were all great. Special mentions to TV Smith (who did the best set I have ever seen him do, and I have been watching him for over 30 years) to Strawberry Blondes (who absolutely tore the place apart on the Friday night) to PPZ-30 from Brussels whose original funky-punk got everyone going and to the mighty Blyth Power, who gig so rarely these days and should do MORE! Well done to one and all. See you next year, first week in June!
THANKS - Attila





Our annual Beer, Music, Poetry and More Beer Festival: three days of real ale,  real music and real poetry.  In the early days it was held at The Barn Theatre in Attila's home village of Southwick, West Sussex. Then we moved to Shoreham Airport, 2 miles down the road, for 4 happy years, but due to massive increases in red tape at The Airport we moved to CHURCH FARM, COOMBES for 2007.


It was FANTASTIC! The best one ever. Idyllic location, great landlords (cheers Jenny and Trevor!) So we're back again for 2008.....


There has been a small price increase to cover costs - £2 extra on the Friday night, and £2 extra per night for the camping  - this will pay for extra toilets! But I hope everyone will still agree that Glastonwick represents incredible value for money.



We started Glastonwick in 1996, which means this year will be our 13th. Having been to loads of beer festivals with crap music, and loads of music festivals with crap beer, we decided to organise one where the beer was as good as the music (and vice versa) with very popular results...



NB to all bands/musicians/poets: The music side of Glastonwick is run by me, Attila the Stockbroker. I put on the people I have met and like in 28 years of performing. It's fully booked for this year now. And the only way people get to play at Glastonwick is either being friends with me already (that is friends in the proper sense, nothing to do with Myspace!!) or by sharing the bill at one of the 100 plus gigs I do a year and blowing me away! Sorry - that's how it is!




HERE IS THIS YEAR'S LINE UP!!



Attila the Stockbroker and Alex Hall (in conjunction with
The Dark Star Brewing Co., Adur District Council, and Church Farm) present...


GLASTONWICK 2008
ADUR'S 13th ANNUAL BEER, MUSIC, POETRY, AND MORE BEER FESTIVAL



at CHURCH FARM, COOMBES, WEST SUSSEX, BN15 0RS


FRIDAY 4 JULY 2008

SATURDAY 5 JULY 2008

SUNDAY 6 JULY 2008






For the 13th consecutive year, and our second at the fabulous rural location of Coombes, this popular festival will again bring sleepy Sussex to life in July 2008. The main bonus of our great new venue is that we have been able to reinstate Sunday afternoon as a full session with entertainment.



As usual the event is organised by the founders of Glastonwick, namely local poet and musician Attila the Stockbroker and international cask beer advocate Alex Hall. Matt Wickham and Dark Star Brewery are part of the team this year as well...



As in previous years, we promise you a weekend of enormous quantities of delicious real ale (including many new brews as usual), farmhouse cider, perry, and top quality entertainment.



Frequent trains run to Shoreham from Brighton, Worthing (both only 10 minutes away by train) and other stations along the West Coastway Line. From there, jump on our special shuttle bus linking the festival with Shoreham High Street and Railway Station, Southwick Square and Manor Hall Road, and Portslade.



This year camping is offered on site for only £5 per night (Friday and Saturday) There is no camping on the Sunday and everyone needs to be off site by 7pm. Thanks.



TICKETS:

Tickets can be reserved from Attila from April 21 2008:


Send a cheque made out to Barnstormer Events with your ticket requirements and an SAE to

P.O. Box 668, Portslade, East Sussex, BN42 4BG. This is the best way of ensuring tickets if you live too far away to purchase from one of the local outlets.



Friday evening (6pm to midnight): £7

Saturday (noon-midnight): £10

Sunday daytime (12 noon-6pm): £5

Camping £5 per person per night - tickets for this must be purchased in advance, either from the outlets below or by post as above.



Tickets will be on sale at the following outlets from May 1:



    
    * The Evening Star, 55-56 Surrey Street, Brighton (01273 328931);

    * The Romans, Manor Hall Road, Southwick (01273 592147);

    * The Duke of Wellington, 368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 389818);

    * The Buckingham Arms, 35-39 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 453660).



It is strongly advised to purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
Last year sold out on the Friday and Satuday!



Please note that the organisers reserve the right to refuse admission.


CHILDREN AND DOGS


Children are permitted but they must be subject to responsible supervision. There may be tractor rides on Saturday afternoon


Dogs are not permitted anywhere on the site as it is a working farm, sorry.






OPENING TIMES:

Friday 4 July: 6pm to midnight;

Saturday 5 July: 12 noon to midnight;

Sunday 6 July: 12 noon to 6pm.




BEER, CIDER, FOOD, MORE BEER...


* About 65 cask-conditioned ales, all from small independent breweries -
mostly unusual but with a few 'old favourites'.


* About 10 farmhouse ciders and perries.


* Quality food (including veggie/vegan options).

NB: The food was the one area we didn't get quite right last year, and it will be a lot better this time!



MUSIC & POETRY


Compered as ever by
Attila the Stockbroker



Friday evening:


STRAWBERRY BLONDES - Incendiary young hard-gigging South Wales punks, currently making huge waves with their debut album 'Rise Up'. Great lyrics, great tunes, Rancid to their Clashy core.......

TV SMITH - former Adverts/Explorers legend, now a wonderful solo singer/songwriter

SWILL & THE SWAGGERBAND - Men They Couldn't Hang frontman with his showcase band, which contains TMTCH members past and present

AL BAKER & ALAN PARRY - two fine political songwriters from the North West



Saturday:


BLYTH POWER - very rare gig from visionary balladeering trainspotter Joseph and his cohorts

PPZ30 (Belgium) Brussels-based funk-punk-jazz combo, hugely original - think Chilli Peppers meets Funkadelic!

THE MEOW MEOWS - dance to your local ska orchestra!

CONTINGENT (Belgium and Southwick!) Fiery Stoogeseque punks from Brussels, Attila played bass with them in 1979, reformed after 28 years!

LUKE WRIGHT - fast-rising star of the performance poetry scene, formerly of Aisle 16 who stormed Glastonwick 2 years ago

EASTFIELD - named after a railway depot in Glasgow. Still don't like Port Talbot Transport Police.

STEVE DREWETT - singer of the seminal Newtown Neurotics with a rare solo set

ROBB JOHNSON & THE IRREGULARS - brilliant political songwriter and Brentford fan

WOB - bouncing melodic happy ball of energy (except when he does the one about ethnic cleansing)

BABAR LUCK - Frankenstanee-Anglo-Pakistani-Muslim rapper/folkiepunk, former frontman of King Prawn

CRISPIN THOMAS - one of the pioneers of football poetry. Who ate all the pioneers?
POG - sometimes acerbic jazz-folk-pop with a bit of a Beard



   
Sunday afternoon:


JOHN OTWAY (with interruptions from Attila) The madman returns!!!!!!!

FISH BROTHERS - Legends. Do the one about the bear!

JASON PEGG - Clearlake frontman/composer (and sometime Fish Brother)

RORY ELLIS (Australia) the return of the gravel-voiced Aussie ex boxer
with the heart of gold

TRACEY CURTIS - fine singer/songwriter from Wales and she's just
signed a big record deal....

LIVINGSTON FREEMAN - inventive local punk-prog-mod (well, that's my description!)



 

Artists may not necessarily appear in the order listed above.