Meat. Music. Mayhem.

 

Grillstock Festival

Rock, ‘Stock and two (dozen) smoking char-grills: Bristol’s tastiest festival will bring its idiosyncratic symbiosis of meat and music back to the Harbourside for the opening weekend of July.

 

Peddling the food sold in their Triangle restaurant against a stage of accompanying live music, there is just as much to feast your ears on as to sink your teeth into; last year’s festival saw headline performances from Levellers and the Stranglers, with the Mouse Outfit and the Cuban Brothers also playing across the weekend.

Craig Charles

Joining the Sunday night headliners, The Darkness, at the top of the bill is Craig Charles (above), the diminutive scouser whose funk and soul show on 6 Music has become the stuff of legend. Putting it on the road has proved a resounding success, proffering smile-inducing feel-good sets the country over.

 

Warming up for him on the Saturday afternoon are The Hot 8 Brass Band, whose toe-tapping cover of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Sexual Healing’ is known to occupy pride of place in the record box of Mr Charles himself.

Hot 8 Brass Band

Appearing opposite them on the Sunday are prankster-rap rascals Goldie Lookin’ Chain, who are on before the suitably named DJ BBQ - who, in turn, is on before headliners The Darkness.

 

Also appearing on the main stage across the weekend are Hayseed Dixie, The 45’s, Legendary Shack Shakers and The Mariachis, with other special guests still yet to be announced.

 

Grillstock 2017 lineup

 

Weekend tickets start at £50 with day tickets also available for Saturday (£35) and Sunday (£25) and can be purchased here. For more information, head to Grillstock’s website or visit them on Facebook.

 

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