Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 7 June 2006
After the overwhelming success of last year's Drop In The Ocean festival, which saw over 200 artists and 25 venues give their services for free and raise £57,000 for the Asian Tsunami relief fund, the organisers have been busy getting a second one in place.
Due to take place this Sunday (11th June), this year's festival is spread across 30 different venues and will feature performances from approximately 300 artists and DJs throughout the whole day until the wee small hours. And if that's not enough for you, The Big Wheel, Nottingham City Transport and Nottingham Express Transit, are providing free bus and tram travel across the city for all Drop In The Ocean punters.
Wristbands for the day cost a measly £8, which gets you access to every participating venue, with this year's funds being split between the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR) and the Lord Mayor's Pakistan Earthquake Appeal.
For full line-up details click HERE but here's a few of the venues DiS may be passing through:
The Cookie Club 19:15: Alpengluhen 19:40: Dirty Kanvus 20:05: Public Display of Affection 20:30: Hey Edison 20:55: LOIS 21:20: The Tommies 21:45: 27 Brigade 22:25: And what will be left of them 23:10: Random 00:00: Redshed
Sub (Nottingham Trent SU) 22:15 - 23:15 Illuminatus 21:00 - 22:00 Spirytus 19:45 - 20:45 Amusement Parks on Fire 19:00 - 19.30 Sanzen 18:15 - 18.45 Evil Empire 17:30 - 18.00 Lo-Ego 16:45 - 17.15 Hellset Orchestra 16:00 - 16.30 Old Basford 15:15 - 15.45 Majik 14:30 - 15.00 Swound! 13:45 - 14:15 Sideshow 13:00 - 13:30 Sack Sabbath
Glo (Nottingham Trent SU) 14:00: DADDYRough 14.30: The Joel Evans Band 15:00: The Giveaways 15:30: Electric Mouth 16:30: The Union Station Massacre 17:30: The Silver Tongues 18:30: Mint.Ive 19:30: Delta Red 20.30: A Beggar’s Opera 21:00: Spotlight Kid 22:00: Model Morning
Junktion 7 16:20: The Crimson Roadmap 17:10: Ardency 18:00: Hinterland 18:50: The Dharma 19:40: The AutoDisko 20:30: The Grave Architects 21:00: The Henry Road 22:20: The Escapologists (TBC)
The Old Angel 16.00: Colonel K 16:45: D.A.O.R. 17:30: You Slut! 18:15: Legion of Doom 19.00: Yes My Ninjas? 19:45: Chimp Biscuit 20.30: God's Chosen Dealers 21:15: The Smears 22.00: Patchwork Grace
The Bell Inn 17:00: Your Awesome Intergalactic Heroes 17:45: Vasquez 18:30: The Dead City Presidents 19:15: The Strollers 20:00: Last Arrow 20:45: Beyond this point are monsters 21:30: The Breakdowns 22:15: Cardboard Radio
See you down the front!