Well, as you all know, we love the festivals and this Summer has been off the scale with the festival touring steez. There is something special about being outdoors, jamming with your friends, seeing bands, getting melted, meeting new friends, a bit of tent action or nature action or pretty much the world is your oyster!

It’s only halfway through July but we have already kicked off the Summer with a flock of festivals! Rockness in Inverness was once again a great event, joined by the ONLY JAPANESE HIGHLAND DANCER and PIPER, Makoto Kaneko who introduced us onto the stage and danced his Highland Fling with us for the throwdown!

Fling Festival in Chelmsford was also a great vibe where we headlined the mainstage on Saturday night. A great vibe with a crowd who was up for the party as much as we were.

Big Feastival is a new festival by Jamie Oliver, with the proceeds going to the Prince’s Trust and his own charity Jamie Oliver Foundation. As soon as Kengo San went on the decks on the bandstand stage, the people started to get up off the grass and start dancing and were drawn towards the stage as if by magic. The show ended in a frenzy with the kids dancing in line up on the stage and having a mini-dance off. Apologies to stage manager Darren who was freaking out on the health and safety flex and for over-running! It’s difficult to stop playing when everyone is having so much fun!

Finally Microfest last week in Reading was a fun little festival where we played a nice afternoon set where we literally took the show off the stage and onto the grass. Archerio reckons it was one of the best for him this year!

AND we still have the rest of July (Camp Bestival!!!!!), all of August and Bestival in September to look forward to! It’s gonna be Ha-mazing!!!

About the author

Met the boys while studying in Edinburgh where he began his love affair with dance. His first show with Mike was in a small pub on the Cowgate at a pub quiz hosted by Fitz Nice’n’Tight (another of Mike’s incarnations). At the gig was planted the seeds for the eventual conception of Kengo San, a dancer and fever man who can make you come without touching you.

  • MICHELLE BRANDON

    Enjoying my second day at Beastival and dragged to see ‘The Cuban Brothers’ ??? Lordy, how amazing are you three. Havent stopped talking, thinking reliving. BRILLIANT.
    I got to see a chink of Barry Peters later but left early so hope to catch up again at Hootenanny in September.
    Is that an itch you have or just nerves? I make up a special home made tincture just for those kind of ailments. call me x