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[Alchemy Festival]

Alchemy festival 2010 will be 17th - 19th Sept!

Some pics here - http://photobucket.com/Alchemy09

There will be:

Philosophers stone stage
Space Ritual
Imperial Leisure
Kismet
Inner Terrestrials
Orchid Star
Hobo Jones and The Junkyard Dogs
Bleeding Hearts
Melosa
Trouble and Mischief
Nought Point Sevens
Wobbly squadron
Sambalada
New groove formation
Jon Gomm
Elephant talk
Wild P Hucker
Autohype
+ Many more tbc - Including Sat headliner!

Liberty Stage
Beans On Toast
Floutatious
Ruth Theodore
Laura Jenkins
Ragati String Band
Nimming Ned
Pan
Zook
Das Contras
Jon Gomm
Elephant talk
New groove formation
Merlins Keep
+ Many more tbc.

Mushroom stage
Eat Static
Oood
Banco De Gaia
Hedflux
Wobbly squadron
Subsource
Zetan Spore - Aardvark
Sunfish
Liquid Ross
Ed Tangent
Lorraine DJ - Psyloscybe tribe/Sunrise
A dominant species
Knob jockeys
Psy-clone - The badgers Ball
Kaplick
Joy Circuit
The London Underground
Honkey Dub
Lunarsonic
Terra Nine DJ
Mary Miss Fairy
Prognosis
Paul Bacon
Ade
Tom Beard
Decor by Ninch, String theory and others!
+ Many more tbc.


Kaplick Solar Stage
Floutatious
Mim Suleiman
http://www.myspace.c...restrialchezney
Poppy Tea Room
The Defekters
Handshake
The Defecters
Twisted Routes
Opas Live
Slide Tim
Doug Peters
Sam Copsey
Mental Block
Astrodruid
captain Hotknives
Skiprat
Gypsy Fire
Handshake
Wobbly Squadron
Deffered Success
Slide Tim
Eskimo Fires
Gypsy Fire

+ many more tbc.

Psychedelic Breakfast Crew

* DJ Ascent
* Lloyd Positivitist
* Keith Fox
* Wayne Psybase
* Monster
* DJ Bones
* PsyCandy - (Matt G, B2B with Fuzzy Logic)
* TC accompanied by Layor MC
* DJ Vagabond
* Wylie
* TJ
* Nose
* Wayne Smart
* Chemical Kev
* Will Power
* Zebadee
* Emma 'Cheekybeats' Worrall
* And many many more........

Undertone Stage

* Jakwob
* Vibronics
* Fused Forces
* Counter Action Soundz
* The Inkrument

Loads Loads More.

Guaranteed good vibrations for a whole weekend.

Thats 6 fully programmed areas + randomness!!

Tickets:
Adult - £60
Under 18 - £12
Family - £140
Car parking £8
Campervan/caravan £20

Some workshops include:

Buzzy Beatz - music dome

Play real instruments show your skill or try something new fromhandpercussion to Harp to guitar or drum kit make some music / noise !!!
Make your own instruments out of junk and learn some music from around the world
6.30 come and calm your little ones down with song and story time for the under 5ish



Pixie Works

Get messy with naughty pixie crew in their cosmic community yurt. All weekend we will be sharing our autonomous art space from 11 - 7 each day, so come n av a go if u fink ur art enuff! We have crazy clay, chaos painting, craft materials, pedal power and many instruments so you can get in the groove. Come and do as you wish with love and respect, just chill or get dancing with the pixies!

Pixie Works came together to promote positive power of community. Our team began in Rotherham, South Yorkshire as a response to the need for alternative and traditional skills and in order to live a more balanced lifestyle in harmony with our natural environment. From a cold damp dank flat above a cop shop came the idea to learn old skills and find alternative ways to have a positive impact on our home town and wider world.

We now provide a magical friendly space in our 16ft community yurt handcrafted by our own team of pixies. It is the aim of our crew to bring people together to share ideas and skills and to work to preserve and protect our earth and our culture. Workshops include; chaos painting, crazy clay, green woodworking, rug making, film showings and much more all supervised by our positive pixies!

Come and enjoy our cosmic community space, relax to some sweet sounds, watch a film in the evening or better still dance your self silly to some funky beats!

Proudly presenting to you,
The excellent Naughty Pixie Crew!
We come from over yonder, ye ol Rotherham town,
Where we’re creating alternative ideas to stop people feeling down.
Our concept is simple, natural and good,
Recycling, reusing, materials and wood.
We’ve created a cosmic alternative space,
Honestly it’ll put a smile on any face!
Our community spirit is what we’re into,
Self sustainable ways and sweet sounds too!
Our aim is to inspire each glorious soul,
To show everyone DIY living is an achievable goal.
If we can share our energy, knowledge and life,
Together we’ll end all trouble and strife.
And live in harmony with our beautiful earth,
Giving back what we take for all it’s worth!

http://pixieworkscos...s.blogspot.com/

Wood Flower workshop
Hazel Flower Making Workshop
Watch a hazel flower being made with drawknife and shaving horse, sit on a woodland stool and paint the flower you just saw being made!
In this Yorkshire Hurdles workshop you can be part of filling the festival with flowers, and take one home with you.
Drop in or stay all day!



Please see website for the most up to date info. - www.alchemyfestival.co.uk

Edited by Alchemy Festival, 26 July 2010 - 07:57 PM.

[llcoolphil]

Alchemy Festival, on Sep 29 2009, 06:01 PM, said:

Alchemy festival 2010 will be 17th - 19th Sept!

What would you like to see diferent?
What would you like back?
Please post any pics for this years event here too!

Back - Zetan Spore and Psychedelic Breakfast

Different - more food options


The rest of it was spot on

[Paul ™]

Clashes again

Will not be pre-planning much festivals till start of summer anyway depending on work plans for other festivals

Edited by Paul ™, 29 September 2009 - 06:17 PM.

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Edited by Alchemy Festival, 13 July 2010 - 03:32 PM.

[Alchemy Festival]

[rabid]

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[quote name='Alchemy Festival' post='2979143' date='Sep 29 2009, 06:55 PM'][/quote]

2 top bands. I loved Smoke Like a Fish (of course). Chocs will be pleased to know Mr Gomm is keen on coming back.

[Magic42]

Paul ™, on Sep 29 2009, 06:49 PM, said:

Clashes again

Will not be pre-planning much festivals till start of summer anyway depending on work plans for other festivals

You're hired!

[LevellerRich]

Alchemy Festival, on Sep 29 2009, 06:01 PM, said:

Alchemy festival 2010 will be 17th - 19th Sept!

What would you like to see diferent?

Coldplay and Radiohead for the main stage please. Maybe U2, if St. Boner hasn't got a world to save that weekend....

Only joking! More food outlets, as has already been said, a decent coffee outlet especially (there was a great all fair-trade/organic one at Solfest if I can somehow remember their name.

A bigger tent for the main dance acts might be required if you sell more tickets. If the capacity stays roughly the same or not much bigger then shrink the size of the arena field.

Water point and more toilets in campervan field.

Eliminate as much animal dung from all areas as possible.

Good effort for a first time from the beer tent and as they sold out of ale, cider and most softies by Sunday evening I assume it was a commercial success for them - but next year make sure they bring more (or enough) of everything!

Drum workshops and poetry reading in as close proximity to each other as possible. This is a blueprint, I think, that all future festivals should take a look into...

A programme

More and better lighting in main throughfares and public areas, especially around the loos, as, let's face it, having a dump after dark was nigh on impossible!

Urinals

Alchemy Festival, on Sep 29 2009, 06:01 PM, said:

What would you like back?

Same toilets

As much as has been written about the acts this year, always feel that you should try and have as many new and different ones every year as possible.

[Betsy]

Alchemy Festival, on Sep 29 2009, 06:01 PM, said:

Alchemy festival 2010 will be 17th - 19th Sept!

What would you like to see diferent?
What would you like back?
Please post any pics for this years event here too!

As said by llcoolphil, Zetan Spore, 3 Daft Monkeys, the drumming peeps (cant remeber their name!!)

Lighting by the Loos, Food outlets.

Alchemy tee-shirts / hoodies - always a good buy!!

maybe a large tented area in the middle - to break up the space

More Dragons - Loved that - although not too easy to ride when slightly slaughtered

And definately - all the efest people we met!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flip]

The cat outside the beer tent...he just has to be booked again, we sat there for hours watching people wander along, notice the cat and fall about giggling...what a deud!!!

Psy brekkie have to come back and a few bogs/water in the camper field and I will be most happy..

[smog]

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Wait a minute - now I remember. No wonder I weirded out when watching Smoke Like a Fish.
Chris and Sid the guys on Sax and Trombone used to play in a local band round here called The Skalinskis. I knew I wasn't going mad [url="http://www.skalinskis.org.uk/"]http://www.skalinskis.org.uk/[/url]

I cant really knock last year at all really apart from the food which was ace but you could tell they were struggling at one point. Pretty sure this is being addressed anyway and they did a fantastic job with what they had.

The bar was the best I have seen at any festival although I cried a little bit when the Old Bristolian ran out but then again I probably had my fair share of it to drink over the weekend!

Cant wait for next year!

[Paul ™]

Magic42, on Sep 29 2009, 07:30 PM, said:

You're hired!

Consider it a deal

[Rufus Gwertigan]

LevellerRich, on Sep 29 2009, 07:55 PM, said:

Coldplay and Radiohead for the main stage please. Maybe U2, if St. Boner hasn't got a world to save that weekend....

Only joking! More food outlets, as has already been said, a decent coffee outlet especially (there was a great all fair-trade/organic one at Solfest if I can somehow remember their name.

A bigger tent for the main dance acts might be required if you sell more tickets. If the capacity stays roughly the same or not much bigger then shrink the size of the arena field.

Water point and more toilets in campervan field.

Eliminate as much animal dung from all areas as possible.

Good effort for a first time from the beer tent and as they sold out of ale, cider and most softies by Sunday evening I assume it was a commercial success for them - but next year make sure they bring more (or enough) of everything!

Drum workshops and poetry reading in as close proximity to each other as possible. This is a blueprint, I think, that all future festivals should take a look into...

A programme

More and better lighting in main throughfares and public areas, especially around the loos, as, let's face it, having a dump after dark was nigh on impossible!

Urinals

Same toilets

As much as has been written about the acts this year, always feel that you should try and have as many new and different ones every year as possible.

I would echo much of that and more

There is a great food place on the circuit called Weirdigans that may be free next year

http://www.weirdigans.co.uk/

Toby, I have been writing up how I saw the site. I do it at all festivals I go to, just for my information btw. Would you like a copy? At the moment I would think a bit of a shift around in the arena, some seating areas etc, but drawing everything in. Your arena size could easily accomodate twice your licence size and still feel empty

Also, when you are ready send me some flyers and posters.

All in all a bloody good effort mate. You should be proud

Edited by Rufus Gwertigan, 30 September 2009 - 12:37 PM.

[Alchemy Festival]

Rufus Gwertigan, on Sep 30 2009, 01:35 PM, said:

I would echo much of that and more

There is a great food place on the circuit called Weirdigans that may be free next year

http://www.weirdigans.co.uk/

Toby, I have been writing up how I saw the site. I do it at all festivals I go to, just for my information btw. Would you like a copy? At the moment I would think a bit of a shift around in the arena, some seating areas etc, but drawing everything in. Your arena size could easily accomodate twice your licence size and still feel empty

Also, when you are ready send me some flyers and posters.

All in all a bloody good effort mate. You should be proud

Would love a copy please!

Also if anyone has any photos can you please send them to me at alchemy.festival@live.com

[princess jojo]

loved the whole weekend...same as everyone else really...couple more loos, site lighting (preferably above the loos, tis very hard to pee in the dark) and waterpoint in the campervan field...so i can fulfill my duties as a woman and do the washing up!

[Alchemy Festival]

All the above points and more will be sorted for next year!
On packing up this year I discovered strings of lights that I knew we had paid for but never got put up so that bit was nearly sorted this year, also Had a big pile of wood that never got put near the fire pits, just ran out of time Sorry about that!
Have learned lots and can definitely make Alchemy better next year!

[strudders]

rabid, on Sep 29 2009, 07:00 PM, said:

2 top bands. I loved Smoke Like a Fish (of course). Chocs will be pleased to know Mr Gomm is keen on coming back.

At the very end of smoke like a fish you can hear Mongrel.... "Brilliant, loved it"

Edited by strudders, 30 September 2009 - 03:39 PM.

[strudders]

Ok

More seating in the arena

More food as has been said,

More Bins please,

Toilets sign posted for us blinder peeps,

Defo quiet area for the kids, as we did have a complaint. Well I say a complaint, somebody shouted for us to be quiet but we did not hear them. However I dont think they knew where the quiet area was so there daughter would not sleep.....(well done Rufus)

Beer prices to be frozen and more of it.

Program

and lastly

Weather please!!!!!!

Bands

Lorraine back please!

Zetan Spore Back please (such nice blokes)

Psychedelic breakfast back please

Otherwise fantastic first event and will be there next year!

Edited by strudders, 30 September 2009 - 03:46 PM.

[rabid]

strudders, on Sep 30 2009, 04:38 PM, said:

At the very end of smoke like a fish you can hear Mongrel.... "Brilliant, loved it"

I knew they'd go down a storm.

strudders, on Sep 30 2009, 04:45 PM, said:

Otherwise fantastic first event and will be there next year!

What a trooper! You know you'll have lots of friends around you mate.

[treacle]

I think I mentioned in the subforum about how blessed we were with the weather.With the main indoor tents being more dance orientated had the weather been wet I would have been soaked to the skin or stuck in the bar with the horrific fake greenfairy! Can we have some sort of sheltered place for "real" music?
At one point we had to abandon a game of scrabble (when I was winning!) because the music changed and was way too loud to stand! (yes, I do know I'm old!)

Other than the food, the lighting, bins and running out of that lovely cider which have been mentioned I have nothing to add. I loved the line up and know you'll do us proud next year

Best festie of the season for me!