Talking of festivals, and the biggest oversight in the CMU Daily so far this year - the fact the Big Chill people last week announced a load of quirky cultural nonsense that will be appearing at their big bash this year, and we forgot to report on it. And you know how much we love quirky cultural nonsense here at CMU.
The Big Chill takes place this year from 1-3 Aug, and the ICA, Roundhouse and Underbelly have all been announced as content partners, who between them will be bringing art, film, comedy, live entertainment and youth workshops to the annual fest. ICA and Roundhouse you London types will know - Underbelly we know because they are one of the big players at the Edinburgh and Brighton fringe festivals (which we cover in our ThreeWeeks guise, of course) - and they also programmed the comedy tent at last year's Bestival. The full line up for the Big Chill 2008, including all the quirky stuff, will be announced in due course.
Meanwhile there'll be a number of pre-festival showcase nights at the Big Chill House in Kings Cross this Spring, the first one on 7 Feb with secret special guest headliners plus, courtesy of the aforementioned Underbelly, those French pop superstars of sorts, Priorite a Gauche. Press info on that from Idea Generation.