The 13th Stoke Newington World Music Festival

[I]

The Thirteenth Stoke Newington World Music Festival will be held next year on June 17th, 18th, & 19th at Temple Mills, off Temple Mills Lane, Hackney, E9. The line up is The Upcoming Willows with Ron Wilson as well as Freddy Waite and the Uniques with Roy Shirley and Keith Smith, plus also The Eternals, The Righteous Flames, The Reggae Boys, The Cambodians, The Tartans, The Clarendonians, The Blackstones and The Rulers, Sang Hugh, Derrick & Patsy, Junior Byles, Prince Buster, Stranger & Ken, Bunny & Skitter, Frankie Paul. Ken Parker, The Shades, Zion Train, Love Grocer, The Cosmics, Gaz Mayall's Trojans, Ska Cubano plus sounds from Swing Easy, Nelson Dilation, Ska Nick and Frontline sound systems. Penny Reel will be playing a King Pioneer, King Edwards, Beverleys and Randys special ska session from noon on the 19th until 6pm - that's six solid hours of artists like Theo Beckford, Lloyd Clarke, Keith Walker, the Two Kings, Bobby Aitken, Andy & Clyde, Shenley Duffus, Jackie Opel, Maytals, Skatalites and Lord Creator.

Observer

[naturalmystic]

waow is this real? i thought some of these people were dead... but that should be a killer weekend..

[I]

It should be. Shame it won't happen. Some are indeed dead, most have disappeared.

Observer

[jackjohnson]

you're a naughty man jah reel

[Freddy C]

Yes indeed. Don't know whether to exalt or smite you, Penny.


I'd love to be able to turn out for an appearance by Jackie Opel.

[I]

No Fred, Jackie's dead and is not performing. There will be a selection of his music from Penny Reel though. Personally, I can't wait to see the Upcoming Willows and The Tartans.

Observer

[Freddy C]

scotty said:

Jackie's dead and is not performing.

Don't worry, I'd heard. I in fact I updated the wikipedia entry for him not so long ago - he had been referred to as 'she' until I got there.