Craig Charles to headline Bristol's Grillstock Festival
Posted on: 31 Mar 2017Craig Charles, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Goldie Looking Chain, Hayseed Dixie and The 45’s will join previously-announced headliners The Darkness in the Lloyds Amphitheatre on the 1st and 2nd July. Bristol: are you ready for a grilling?
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Grillstock have today unveiled the line-up for their annual celebration of ‘Meat, music and mayhem’ - and it is finger lickin’ good.
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.
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.
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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