Monmouth Festival 2009
Friday 24th July to Saturday 1st August 2009Blestium Street Car Park, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, South Wales, NP25 5TQ, Wales MAP
FREE
Monmouth Festival, now in its 27th year, is a series of events and entertainments taking place in a beautiful South Wales town in the Wye valley, organized by the people of Monmouth, for the people of Monmouth and using local Monmouth talent as much as possible.
The festival offers a diverse range of musical genres ranging from folk, and ska, through jazz and blues, to rock and thrash metal, and classical music, with comedy and street entertainment thrown in for good measure. All the concerts are free, mostly taking place in the new site at Blestium Street Car Park with the indoor venue this year being the function room at The Three Horseshoes in Drybridge Street.
The Pigeon Detectives, Rhapsody (Queen Tribute Band), The Anomalies, Animal Kingdom, Uncle Funk, Big Mac's Wholly Soul Band, The Hamsters, The Hi tone Poppas, Zoidberg, Autopilots, Jiveoholics, Dyframix, Iz Punk, Dandelion Killers, Monmouth Big Band, Dr Butler's Hatstand Mediocine Band, The Cash Machine, Big Topp Band, Coloursound Experiment, and seeker. with fringe events happening over the week in The Three horseshoes, and St Mary's Church.
The Festival continues to grow every year now that the organisers have taken on other events too - like the Kymin Dash and the town Carnival and Fun Day which takes place on the Sunday.
For more information, see the Monmouth Festival website.
The festival offers a diverse range of musical genres ranging from folk, and ska, through jazz and blues, to rock and thrash metal, and classical music, with comedy and street entertainment thrown in for good measure. All the concerts are free, mostly taking place in the new site at Blestium Street Car Park with the indoor venue this year being the function room at The Three Horseshoes in Drybridge Street.
The Pigeon Detectives, Rhapsody (Queen Tribute Band), The Anomalies, Animal Kingdom, Uncle Funk, Big Mac's Wholly Soul Band, The Hamsters, The Hi tone Poppas, Zoidberg, Autopilots, Jiveoholics, Dyframix, Iz Punk, Dandelion Killers, Monmouth Big Band, Dr Butler's Hatstand Mediocine Band, The Cash Machine, Big Topp Band, Coloursound Experiment, and seeker. with fringe events happening over the week in The Three horseshoes, and St Mary's Church.
The Festival continues to grow every year now that the organisers have taken on other events too - like the Kymin Dash and the town Carnival and Fun Day which takes place on the Sunday.
For more information, see the Monmouth Festival website.