MANOR HEIGHTS
Sun 15th June – 14:50 – 15:20
Ska/rock/pop – three genres that the Manor Heights manage to marry into a truly original and beautiful bouncing sound. Shropshire Radio had them as artist of the week, we have them as artist of the year. Also their drummer Jase is an absolute heartthrob. What more do you need?
ZEN BASEBALLBAT
Sun 15th June – 16:50 – 16:30
Zen Baseballbat have unmistakable shades of post-ska reggae simmering with new-wave riffs, rhythmical plinks and bowel-shaking rumbles. Industrious bass and luminous bursts of percussive melody straddling the divide between manipulated dub, instrumental groove and disgruntled rhyme. This band will take you through a whole gamut of emotions, lifting you up when you least expect it, at other times provoking anger, sadness, determination and the desire to stand up and be counted.
MIGHTY VIPERS
Sun 15th June – 17:50 – 18:30
Fresh, unpredictable and irrepressibly danceable, this 10-piece big band effortlessly swerves genre definition with matador finesse.
“Mighty Vipers are a great take on all the bits of the ska story from Rocksteady and Calypso to Punk Ska. Also great lyrics and melodies” – Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music
THE SLACKERS
Sun 15th June – 19:00 – 20:30
Since 1991, the Slackers have released fifteen albums and countless singles, while their 1000s of live performances feed their fans with energetic sets of ecstatic music.
The Slackers have been called “the Sound of New York” the New York Times. They were described by Brooklyn Vegan as a “clean mix of Ska, Reggae, and Soul that gets dirtied up by Vic Ruggiero’s tough New York accent.”