Originally written by holliy · 22 January 2004
Intended as a sort of awakening and warm-up for the next global peace-protest day on March 20th, the festival will include live music, anti-war art exhibitions and short film screenings. All the proceeds will be channelled back into the Peace Not War CD sales scheme, which makes cds for peace groups such as Campaign Against Arms Trade and CND to sell as fundraisers. A sample CD featuring some of the bands playing the festival is being given away free with this week's Big Issue, so run out and get one NOW - it's a great cause and a brilliant magazine.
Tickets are £15 per night and can be obtained by phoning Club Tickets on 0871 711 3033 or through the Hackney Ocean Website. For further information on the festival and the cause behind it, check this site out.
FESTIVAL LINE-UP
THURSDAY 12th FEBRUARY: ROCK & PUNK Alabama 3 Eve Libertine + Penny Rimbaud (Crass) Goldblade The Lovegods Karma Sutra (France) Conflict Lucky Four (feat. Oddur from Lamb) Miss Black America Gertrude Ju Ju Babies SPEAKER: Milan Rai + Raya VJs, art exhibition and films
FRIDAY 13th FEBRUARY: HIPHOP Blade TaskForce + Rawdog Jehst + IQ + Asaviour MC Navigator + DarkFire D&B collective Phi-Life-Cypher Skinnyman + SuparNovar + DJ Flip Vadim GM Baby The Rub CarpetFace Hermione (Brown Girl) Micke Morphingaz The Unpeople Double Negative SPEAKER: Mark Thomas + Raya VJs, art exhibition and films
SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY(Valentine's Day): DANCE Free*land (Adam's band) MC Tali + the Full Cycle band Howie B Stereo MCs (DJ set) Shut Up and Dance Ragga Twins Fun~da~mental (DJ set) Visionary Underground Pandit G (Asian Dub Foundation) Rootsman IDC DJ DisOrientalist Lazslo Beckett + DJ Rubbish SPEAKER: Chris Nineham + Raya VJs, art exhibition and films
SUNDAY 15th FEBRUARY: ACOUSTIC, WORLD & JAZZ Faithless (acoustic set) SPECIAL GUEST (to be announced) Slovo Seize the Day Rythms of Resistance Samba Band The Rub (acoustic set) Crass Agenda Nemo Jones Martha Tilston John Lester (USA) Ami Saraiya (USA) Narmin Zangana (Iraq) Motiv Del Sloan Torben & Joe Akemi Kuniyoshi SPEAKER: Bruce Kent + Raya VJs, art exhibition and films