Lavender Hill Festival

And what a lovely way to start the Summer!

An absolutely beautiful day in South West London, thousands of people milling around down Lavender Hill, amazing food stalls, Steel Bands, and us. Actually, the plan originally was to close Lavender Hill completely, but even when they kept it open, people just milled out into the road in front of the stage, and claimed large parts of it for themselves.

So there we were, on a stage in front of a beautiful (abandoned) bar, covered in gorgeous sunshine, playing to a stack of people, some up close and personal, some chilling on the far side of the road, lying out on the street to soak up the rays. The response for all the bands was amazing, from dancing children (that was a real eye-opener) to people on the top decks of passing buses getting involved.

It was quite a day :). A BIG shout out to all the guys from Drumshack & Ocean Studios who were there doing technical things all day, and gave us a chance to play at an amazing gig. Lots of charity money raised too for the Trinity Hospice.

In the meantime, we're back to the grindstone, and looking forward to the next gig - the Childwickbury Arts Show, St. Albans on July the 5th. Come!

Photo Copyright 2009 Russ Anderson

Eeek - Venue Changes

It happens so rarely - but when you get a shout from a promoter it does generally start a bit of 'all hands on deck'! Westbourne Studios are having electrical faults, so they're shutting down for the week to sort them out - which means our gig on Tuesday 13th has had to be moved - but it's been moved to a brilliant venue - The Grand Hall @ The Cobden Club - a Grade II Listed Victorian stage in the roof of an amazing building. So, lots of running around, but it's worth it :).

It's a members club, but they open up for gig nights, so unless you fork out a ton for membership, grab a chance to see it (and us, of course :)). It is worth dropping us a line tho', just to smooth the way in - you can get us at cobden@riddlermusic.co.uk. We're going to play something new too...

Actually, thinking about it - I think this kiind of last minute change has only happened once before - lucky us!