Another new festival for you all, hurrah. And this one is a mere 15 miles from London, so its conceivable I might get to go. Redfest is a new two day festival taking place in parkland near Redhill Surrey which, I'm told, will feature some of the most exciting acts to emerge from today's thriving underground music scene.
In case you wonder what that means, already on the bill are The Maccabees, Lightspeed Champion, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Late Of The Pier, Ebony Bones, Johnny Foreigner, Pete and The Pirates and Robots In Disguise.
The independently run festival has that aim of returning to a more "innocent style" of festival, with Promoter Matt Nichols saying this: "In today's crowded festival market, there aren't that many independently run festivals who are putting on events without jumping into bed with the big corporations.
How many festivals these days feel soulless? With Redfest, I want to reduce the emphasis on gimmicks and corporate sponsorship and take things back to basics so today's youth can have the same experience that previous generations of festival goers had: an event put on purely with music in mind".
The festival takes place on Friday 4 and Sat 5 Jul 2008. For more information go to http://www.redfest.co.uk.
Redfest promoters are also looking for unsigned bands from the Surrey/Sussex area interested in having a spot there - details can be found at http://www.myspace.com/red_fest.