Lakefest has announced the first two musical acts who will perform at the 2017 festival.
Alabama 3 and Seth Lakeman will be taking to the stage at the family friendly music festival, which is returning to Eastnor Castle Deer Park on August 10-14 2017.
Alabama 3 are an English band who hail from Brixton, London and were formed in 1995 and are renowned for their fusion of musical genres: rock, electronic, blues, country, gospel, and the spoken word. Their ironic song lyrics, an on-stage personas that are adopted by each member result in impressive, live performances that will appeal to a variety of festival-goers. The group achieved huge success when the producers of hit TV series The Sopranos chose the track “Woke Up This Morning” for the show’s opening credits.
Mercury Music Prize (2005) nominee, Seth Lakeman is an English folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, who is most often associated with the fiddle and tenor guitar, but also plays the viola and banjo. Lakeman has belonged to several musical ensembles, including one with his two brothers, fellow folk musicians Sam Lakeman and Sean Lakeman, but has most recently established himself as a solo act. The Guardian reviewed his recent performance, stating that he is “reinventing himself in such a human way…there’s something intrinsically likable about him and the gutsy honesty of his performance plays well alongside his virtuosity on a variety of instruments.”
Lakefest Director, Lee Martin said: We’re thrilled to be welcoming both Alabama 3 and Seth Wakeman to Lakefest 2017 and are sure our festival-goers will be too. We’ve got a variety of incredible acts lined up for 2017, which we cannot wait to share with everyone”.
The organisers of Lakefest promise even more magical fun for 2017 – the sixth consecutive year of the event. Early Bird tickets are now on sale at lakefest.co.uk
Lakefest are the winners of Best Small Festival in the Festival Kidz awards for 2015. The link to this can be found here http://www.festivalkidz.com/bl
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