Orange Evolution Music Festival 2006
Thursday 18th to Monday 29th May 2006various locations in NewcastleGateshead, England
various prices, plus a FREE event
Selected highlight .... Kicking things off on Thursday 18th May are TWO gigs from The Futureheads. The first at 5pm is an acoustic set in The Sage together with Sunderland based Field Music (£12), while the second has the band playing a set at Newcastles Carling Academy (£12.50) showcasing new material from their forthcoming album and collaborations with those who have remixed and reshaped their sound.
Evolution winds up with Bank Holiday Mondays (29 May) Freevolution event, with three stages of bands from 1pm until 10:30pm, and all free. The Innovation Stage (Spillers Wharf) will see Hard-Fi, Graham Coxon, Freestylers, The Proclaimers, Boy Kill Boy, Sway, Orson, and The On Offs all perform.
The Imagination Stage (Baltic Square) has The Go! Team, Richard Hawley, Jim Noir, Field Music, Liam Frost And The Slowdown Family, The Sunshine Underground, Lorraine, and The Bulletproof Stonelove Sound System, while the second Spillers Wharf stage, the Inspiration Stage has Richie Havens, Hayseed Dixie, Legendary Shack, Shakers, The Handsome Family, Holly Golightly, Mofro, and The Eighteenth Day of May.
For full details of the festival programme for all twelve days, please see the official website.
Jim Mawdsley, Festival Director, said: As ever audiences can expect something to suit all tastes at Orange Evolution, culminating in a huge free outdoor event on the NewcastleGateshead Quaysides. Music fans will be hard pushed to find a free music festival anywhere in Europe to rival Orange Evolution this year.