Swindon Shuffle
Wednesday July 15 to Sunday July 19
www.swindonshuffle.org.uk
The Ocelot is proud to be a media partner for Swindon’s best original music festival. We like The Shuffle. Every year it’s like Christmas, if you’re into quality local bands that is.
This year they’ve scaled back a bit but that’s only in preparation for the massive plans behind the scenes for the festival’s tenth anniversary next year.
The venues involved this year are The Victoria, The Beehive, The Castle, Roaring Donkey, The Beehive and Swindon Library. There are also various events throughout the weekend at Baila Coffee & Vinyl.
For those of you who haven’t gone before it is a bloody brilliant long weekend. There’s a real buzz throughout the town as every musician under the Swindon sun pops in to show off their stuff.
And the other thing we like about it is that it’s completely free and it supports charity like a good’un with organisers shaking the collection tin in aid of chosen charity Goldenhar Family Support at every gig.
It’s properly grass roots and for the first time it’s being run in association with Academy of Music and Sound with musicians and technicians using the live music experience to really gain the knowledge they need.
You can check out the ever-changing line-up at the website at www.swindonshuffle.org.uk
Here’s the Swindon Shuffle line-up you lucky so-and-sos you!
Wednesday July 15
The Roaring Donkey
Phil Dean
Eleanor Dillon
(+ Viewpoint vids at The Beehive)
Thursday July 16
The Victoria
A Way With Words
2 Sick Monkeys
All Ears Avow
Ghost of Machines
The Harlers
Friday July 17
The Victoria
Colour The Atlas
Theo Altieri
Super Squarecloud
Cursor Major
Familiars
The Castle
Hamsters From Hell
Coasters
The Blowbacks
Saturday July 18
The Castle
SN Dubstation
Sahara Heights
Yves
Plummie Racket
The Beehive
Aural Candy
+ more
Swindon Library
Neil Mercer
Stuart Marsh + more
Sunday July 19
The Beehive
The Shudders
Mr Love & Justice
Bruce St Bridges
Steve Leigh
Tamsin Quin
Mel Hughes
All the venues are free entry