Huddersfield, UK Stopover
2nd June, 2012 - Greenhead Park
Tickets not available
Mainstage
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Mumford & Sons
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Michael Kiwanuka
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Nathaniel Rateliff
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Moulettes
Stage 2
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The Correspondents
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Slow Club
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Willy Mason
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The Rag Tags
Acts
Mumford & Sons
The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favorite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland’s Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns where bands don’t usually tour, and celebrate the local people, food and music. We wanted to make sure that the bands on the bill are friends old and new, we hope you enjoy them.
Artist WebsiteMichael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwinuka has been going from strength to strength since signing to Ben’s record label, Communion. He was tipped as the sound of 2012 by the BBC, but as an artist he means so much more than polls and charts and competitions and contests. He is simply classic - His songs and how he arranges them, his voice, his demeanour… We are honoured to have him be a part of the Stopovers and cannot wait for his performances.
Artist WebsiteNathaniel Rateliff
We have been touring alongside Nathaniel for a couple of years now. He first came on Marcus’s radar when Marcus was spending some time living in Denver in 2006. He has since gone on to be a dear friend of all of ours, an inspirational songwriter with a voice that tears right through you. Nathaniel creates moments so beautiful and intimate in his songs, and then breaks out into euphoric, relentless rock and roll. It’s a magnetic performance not to be missed.
Artist WebsiteMoulettes
Moulettes’ entrancing combination of strings and celestial harmonies; woodwind and weirdness; rhythm and devilry has bewitched crowds at many festivals, including Larmer Tree, Glastonbury, and Latitude, where they played BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction stage.
Artist WebsiteThe Correspondents
The correspondents have been a firm favourite of ours for a while and we are most excited to be sharing them with you. Wether it’s a pub or a festival main stage, Mr Bruce and Chucks deliver an overwhelmingly powerful set that gets everyone dancing. Marrying 60s jive-swing with everything between dub-step and drum and bass, if the music doesn’t get you moving then Mr Bruce’s mind blowing moves will.
Artist WebsiteSlow Club
To be reunited with our dear friends Slow Club makes today a wonderful day. We have had the good fortune of sharing stages and adventures with Charles and Rebecca since we started touring and we are always pleased to see them. They started out from Sheffield about six years ago and have been folking their way around the world ever since. They will pull you in with their melody rich folk-pop before whispering heartbreak and sultry blues to you so look out, theres much more to this friendly due than meets the eye.
Artist WebsiteWilly Mason
Play We feel incredibly privileged to have Willy Mason for the Stopovers because we have been huge fans of his since “where the humans eat” came out a few years back. Mr Willy is a serious sickhead. Is it weird to have a man-crush on him? short answer… NO (for the long answer please watch this space). He’s one of the great songwriters of our generation. We remember watching the video to his song ‘Oxygen’ as a young impressionable teenager and thinking… ‘if one day we’re half as cool as this guy, then we will definitely be cool dudes”. We still live in hope. If you want to be inspired by music again, listen to him immediately, then thank us later.
Artist WebsiteThe Rag Tags
The Rag-Tags are a 5 piece urban folk pop band from Huddersfield, UK. Playing a range of acoustic instruments such as the fiddle, mandolin and banjo the band take influences from all kinds of genres, ranging from Hip-Hop to Traditional Folk. After winning Huddersfield University’s Battle of the Bands, The Rag-Tags quickly gained a local following, and were recognised for their unusual line up for a pop band and unique sound.
Artist WebsiteAftershows
About
So the night does not end in Greenhead Park. Think of the exodus from the park more as half time, as the Stopover gears up for the second half with a few uniquely different and great events in the centre of Huddersfield. We will be running between all of the events, but as is often the case, we'll probably all end up at The House Party at The Other Rooms...
THE OTHER ROOMS HOUSE PARTY
Tickets £6We all love a House Party, right? It so happened the idea came to us when we arrived at The Other Rooms, which was in the middle of a refurbishment a couple of weeks ago. The owner has kindly allowed us make The Other Rooms after-party HQ as it were. Nick Etwell, who you may recognise from playing Trumpet with Mumford & Sons over the past couple of years, has brought up his exceptional band The Filthy Six from London to play their boogaloo / funk / soul / musicyoucannotstandstillto concoction in the first room. Downstairs, amongst the stone arches and caves and coves, people can get away from the craziness for a moment, whilst the fantastic Huddersfield natives "The Rag Tags" and M&S touring veteran "Albatross", will be serenading and rocking out in the back room. It's hopefully going to cater for every flight of fancy, apart from the hardcore at Tokyo's and happily amused at Club 122. Buy Tickets
COMEDY AT CLUB 122
Tickets £5For those who have had their fair share of music throughout the day, and would something a bit different, it is with great pleasure that we have incorporated a Comedy show, with a couple of our favourite emerging comedians travelling to Huddersfield for the event. Kicking off at Midnight at Dominic Woodward, prepare to have your sides split open, or fall off your proverbial chair as the fantastically sharp Alfie Brown dissects popular culture, and the award winning Piff The Magic Dragon masterfully combines comedy and magic. Buy Tickets
TOKYOS NIGHTCLUB
DJ set on terraceTokyo's is where the rave is at. Well, more of an indie rave, but it's going to be loud, and there'll be dancing, and drinking, and at some point during the night Ben will be dropping in to spin some of his favourite tunes from the "golden year of naughties indie" - 2006 (The Strokes, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys etc). Tokyo's has multiple rooms, and bars, spread across three floors, the usual night will be going on, but look out for us we'll be there somewhere.. at some point.
Map
Location
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Stopover Site
Greenhead Park is the main park in Huddersfield and has been open to the public of Huddersfield since 1884.
The Park will open at 2pm with live music starting at 4pm, and ending at 11pm.
The Byram Arcade
If you like the distinctive and hand-made, visit Byram Arcade, where you’ll find boutique after boutique of Huddersfield’s most talented maker-designers, be that clothing, homeware or crafts. The arcade is also home to an independent coffee shop and café, so the perfect place for a spot of pre-concert lunch and shopping.
WebsiteReal-ale Trail
Start at the Head of Steam off Platform 1 of Huddersfield Station, before calling at The Commercial in Slaithwaite, and Marsden’s legendary Riverhead Tap. Both villages are great stopping-off points, with quirky local shops and places to eat. And for the more energetic of you, if the weather’s looking good, abandon the train and walk along the canal between the two villages in 40 minutes.
Holmfirth
For a bit of television nostalgia, nothing beats a trip to Holmfirth, home to BBC’s Last of the Summer Wine for over 25 years, and where you can grab something to eat in Sid’s famous Café, or pose for a snap on Nora Batty’s steps. With plenty of places to eat and drink, riverside ducks to feed, and independent shops to satisfy even the most-hardened browser, there’s something for everyone here.
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The Other Rooms
Event Information
Guidelines
The Park will open at 2pm with live music starting at 4pm, and ending at 11pm.
Usual Greenhead Park terms and conditions will end from Midday on 2nd June. After this time anyone entering the park, must have a valid ticket or confirmation of ticket collection to gain access. There will also be no options for re-entry upon leaving the event.
Inside the venue it is also advised that ticket holders will not be able to take food or drink (other than a sealed plastic bottle of no more than 500ml of water or soft drink) into Greenhead Park after 12pm; and no food or drink at all (other than a sealed plastic bottle of no more than 500ml of water or soft drink) once you go through to the concert arena within the park. The subsequent items are also restricted: any weapon including sharp objects (e.g. knives), Illegal substances, tables/chairs and large umbrellas.
There is no parking around Greenhead Park during this event but car parking is available at Springwood & Spring Grove car parks towards the town centre. However for parking will be available for disabled customers on Park Drive. These customers are advised to bring along their disabled parking permit (Blue Badge) A disabled platform is available at the event for those who have purchased a disabled ticket only.
Train & Road
Huddersfield is on the main transpennine line, linking with national services to Manchester and Leeds. Journey time from Manchester is 30 minutes, and 20 minutes from Leeds.
Huddersfield is ideally connected for both the M1 and M62 motorways.
Travelling eastbound from Manchester, use exit J23; travelling westbound from Hull, use exit J24 – follow signs for the town centre; the town centre and the park are 5 minutes from the motorway.
Traveling north and south from the M1, use exit J37 and follow signs for Huddersfield town centre.
Greenhead Park is an 10 minute walk from the town centre and the station, and can be found just off the A640 Trinity Street.
Camping & Parking
There is NO camping available at the site.
The nearest campsites are:
Holmfirth - Holme Valley
Marsden - The Carriage House, Standedge
There is no parking around the park and road closures will be in operation. Please use the nearest pay and display car parks at Springwood and Spring Grove. It is a short 5 minute walk to the park.
Local Ticket Vendors
The Lawrence Batley Theatre,
www.thelbt.org
01484 430528
The Picturedrome
www.picturedrome.net
01484 689759
Revival Vintage Clothing, www.revivalvintage.co.uk
01484 422255
Huddersfield Information Centre
Princess Alexandra Walk,
Huddersfield,
HD1 2SU
Huddersfield, UK
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