All Things Considered

Jelly Festival 2009
Posted by Kate Sullivan

The second annual Jelly Festival 2009 takes place tomorrow at Compton Hall, South Creake, Norfolk. This year there will be more stalls, bigger acts, an acoustic stage and camping.

Headlining the festival are The Bays, a group of four musicians who improvise live dance music.

“What drives this band is a need to communicate with their audience in a way not possible with traditional live bands. There are no ‘songs’ as such to perform, there’s no album to promote, and there are no commercial imperatives at play. The Bays only perform live, they never rehearse, they don’t have a set-list and they couldn’t ever do the same performance twice. It’s all about the moment – an experience or an event that exists between the band and the audience for one time only.”

Also playing are 6ix Toys, Yimino, The Sleeping Years, Boy-Com, Peas and Swede Lil Rice and The Three Beards who I recently saw at Norwich Arts Centre – an Eastern European foot stomping Cossack sound.

Tickets are available on the gate from midday at £17.50 (£27.50 camping). Children under 12 accompanied by an adult go free. Contributions are made to the Spinal Injuries Association. Photo of The Bays by Tom Oldham.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on July 31st, 2009