1. GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL.
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the
world and a template for all the festivals that have come after it. The difference is that
Glastonbury has all the best aspects of being at a Festival in one astonishing bundle.
It's like going to another country, a hip and thrilling Brigadoon that appears every
year or so. Coming to Glastonbury involves a fair amount of travel, and probably a
queue to get in but, when you get past these impediments, you enter a huge tented
city, a mini-state under canvas. British law still applies, but the rules of society are a
bit different, a little bit freer. Everyone is here to have a wild time in their own way.
The Festival site has distinct socio-geographic regions. The more commercial aspects
are around the Pyramid, Other and Dance stages, which feels as if the West End of
London a Saturday night has been removed to a field and thoroughly beautified.
Unlike the West End, visitors are on every guest list, from the night time cinemas to
the biggest gigs.
But that busy whirl of excitement is not to everyone's taste. To accomodate the more
laid-back reveller, more chilled out areas like the Jazzworld and Acoustic areas are in
easy walking distance. If that's still not the relaxed state a Glasto-goer is after, there's
also family oriented areas like the Kidz Field, the Theatre and Circus fields. And if
you're into the more alternative, less noisy aspects of festival life, you can always
head up to the Field of Avalon, the Tipi Field, and the Green Fields. At the top of the
site is the Sacred Space - the stone circle is a modern construction, but it has already
seen as much celebration and ceremony as some of its forebears. Sun-up on a Sunday
morning, with drums and torches and chanting and an astonishing measure of joy
from the sleepless revellers at the Stone Circle is a glorious sight to behold.

2. The Festival takes place in a
beautiful location - 900 acres in
the Vale of Avalon, an area
steeped in symbolism,
mythology and religious
traditions dating back many
hundreds of years. It's where
King Arthur may be buried,
where Joseph of Arimathea is
said to have walked, where
leylines converge. And the site
is ENORMOUS - more than a
mile and a half across, with a
perimeter of about eight and a
half miles.
Then there are the people,
thousands of them in all their
astonishing and splendid
diversity! There is only one
common characteristic of a
Glastonbury-goer - they
understand that Glastonbury
Festival offers them more
opportunity than any other
happening to have the best
weekend of the year or even of a
life-time, and they are
determined to have it! You'll
meet all kinds of people, of all
ages, backgrounds, nationalities,
lifestyles, faiths, concepts of
fashion (or lack of it)
and musical taste. Some will undoubtedly wear silly hats, or buy shirts that they'll
never wear again... until next year, that is. The overall vibe of the Festival is
consistently mellow and friendly, even in the event of rain and all that comes with
rain, a field and thousands upon thousands of tramping feet.
There will be moments when you ask yourself the inevitable: "Why can't life always
be like this?" There will be enlightenments, awakenings, surreal happenings,
Damascene epiphanies and people doing the strangest things in public. Sometimes the
strangest things you'll see happening have been booked well in advance - but often it
will be people spontaneously reacting to the spirit of the Festival. No two people's
Festival experience will be the same unless they're tied together, in which case they're
probably part of a theatre company.
It's best not to come to Glastonbury with a head full of preconceptions and a notebook
full of plans of what you want to see. If there are one or two particular bands a day
you really want to see, then let your day revolve around them and go with the flow.
Hurrying between stages so you can tick off a list of things you feel you must see is

3. not the best way to enjoy Glastonbury. If you can't get a good vantage point, or aren't
enjoying a show, move on; there'll be something else in the next field that might just
change your way of seeing the world! Often, your best memories of the Festival will
be of new things that have startled you with their brilliance.
Have a good look at the Line-up and Areas pages on this site and at the Festival
programme when you are on site, or ask at Information points. There are a plethora of
wonders to be seen, heard or just caught from the corner of your
eye. Glastonbury runs like a huge clock - it is the Big Ben of Festivals after all - and it
is best not to stay staring at just one of the huge cogs, however many famous spokes it
has. Travel round it clockwise and investigate all the workings of the Festival. All
those other stages and attractions wouldn't be there if they weren't worth taking in -
and they are all capable of surprising a visitor.
One last instruction: whilst at Glastonbury Festival forget all instructions (as long as
doing so involves hurting no one) and ENJOY!
http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
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THURSDAY 24TH FRIDAY 25TH SATURDAY 26TH SUNDAY 27TH
Queen's Head Pyramid Stage Pyramid Stage Pyramid Stage
Sean Rowley Gorillaz Muse Stevie Wonder
The Cheek Dizzee Rascal Scissor Sisters Faithless
Local Natives Vampire Weekend Shakira Jack Johnson
Chapel Club Snoop Dogg The Dead Weather Ray Davies
Egyptian Hip Hop Willie Nelson Seasick Steve Slash
Two Door Cinema Club Corinne Bailey Rae Jackson Browne Norah Jones
Howls Femi Kuti The Lightning Seeds Paloma Faith
My Luminaries Rolf Harris Tinchy Stryder Yeovil Town Band
WOW!
Jaymo & Andy George Other Stage Other Stage Other Stage
Live Hot Natured The Flaming Lips Pet Shop Boys Orbital
Joy Orbison Hot Chip Editors lcd soundsystem

4. Florence and The Machine The Cribs MGMT
Live Wax Tailor La Roux The National We Are Scientists
Jamie xx Phoenix Kate Nash Grizzly Bear
Live Boy George The Courteeners Imogen Heap The Temper Trap
Live Beardyman The Stranglers Coheed and Cambria The Hold Steady
Joshua Radin Reef Frightened Rabbit
The Magic Numbers Two Door Cinema Club TBA
Pussy Parlure John Peel Stage John Peel Stage John Peel Stage
Annie Nightingale’s Groove Armada Jamie T Ash
Opening Party The Black Keys The xx Julian Casablancas
Dave Seaman Mumford & Sons Foals Broken Social Scene
Far Too Loud Ellie Goulding Marina & The Diamonds Gang of Four
Nero Kele Delphic The Drums
Elite Force Bombay Bicycle Club Wild Beasts Holy F***
DC Breaks Tegan and Sara Field Music These New Puritans
A1 Bassline TBA Cymbals Eat Guitars Everything Everything
Live Drumsound & De Staat Sophie Hunger Black Cherry
Bassline Smith Detroit Social Club Let's Buy Happiness Dan Mangan
Live Professor Green
Doorly West Holts (formerly West Holts (formerly West Holts (formerly
Lewah Jazz World Stage) Jazz World Stage) Jazz World Stage)
Mos Def (with full live band) George Clinton with Rodrigo y Gabriela
Femi Kuti Parliament / Funkadelic Toots & the Maytals
Croissant Neuf Nouvelle Vague & Guests Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Quantic & his Combo Barbaro
Kissmet Breakestra with Chali 2na Orchestra Staff Benda Bilili
Curved Air Bonobo Os Mutantes Dr John & The Lower 911
The Strumpettes Mariachi El Bronx Devendra Banhart Tunng
Posh Boy tUnE-yArDs Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni The Bees
Matthew Herbert Big Band Ba Dizraeli and the Small Gods
Magic Bubble The Phenomenal Handclap
Mark Vedo Band
Silver Columns Acoustic Stage Brother Ali
Sam Taylor & The Bootleg Beatles Troy Ellis & The Longshots Acoustic Stage
Tight Trousers Alan Price Set Jackson Browne with David
Astra McIntosh Ross Acoustic Stage Lindley
Magic Bubbles Turin Brakes Christy Moore, with Declan Richard Thompson
Residents Brian Kennedy Sinnott Loudon Wainwright III
Danny and the Champions of Nick Lowe Blues Band
Bourbon Street the World Imelda May London Community Gospel Choir
Aynsley Lister Band Megan Henwood Al Stewart Joel Rafael
Djangonauts Cory Chisel Michael Eavis In Robinson
King King Julie Feeney Conversation Fisherman's Friend
Jacqui Wicks & The Gandalf Murphy & The Mayhew
Cliff Brown Band Slambovian Circus
Scott McKeon The Leisure Society
Ben Martin Ellen & The Escapades
Bex Marshall Band The Park Stage Jon Allen & Band
Nicola Farnon The xx The Park Stage
Dave Arcari Broken Bells Empire Of The Sun

5. The Park Stage
Glade Lounge Special Guests Midlake Dirty Projectors
Saint Acid The Bang The Big Pink Laura Marling Tony Allen
Face Hard Crew Local Natives Candi Staton Archie Bronson Outfit
The DJ Producer Steve Mason Special Guests Beak
Mark II (Altern8 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Stornoway Portico Quartet
Reincarn8) Beth Jeans Houghton Beach House Fionn Regan
Remarc Lissie Strange Boys Avi Buffalo
Killa Kela Peggy Sue Frankie & The Heart Strings Villagers
Dave Skywalker Steel Harmony The Ballad of Britain The Travelling Band
Gino Ginelli Here We Go Magic
I Blame Coco
Silent Disco (Dance East Dance East Dance
Village) DJ Fatboy Slim DJ Above & Beyond
Silent Disco DJ’s Live Chase and Status Live Crystal Castles
Western Soul DJ Zane Lowe East Dance DJ Filthy Dukes
The Kleptones Live Plan B Live N-Dubz Live Professor Green
Suisse Tony DJ Rob da Bank Live Chipmunk DJ Yasmin
Live Example Live Kelis Live Naive New Beaters
The Rabbit Hole DJ Roger Sanchez DJ MistaJam Live Crystal Fighters
James Munroe DJ O Children Live Roll Deep Live We Have Band
George Barker. Live Bunny Come Live Tinie Tempah Live Primary 1
Grantly. Live Inko Dancers Live Giggs Live Inko Dancers
Live set from Elvis Live Chiddybang
(the real one) Live McClean
Live Bashy
Live Donaeo
Live Skepta
West Dance Live Scorcher
DJ Boys Noize DJ Ras Kwame West Dance
DJ Simian Mobile Disco Live Inko Dancers Live Magnetic Man
Live Delphic DJ Jackbeats
DJ Fake Blood West Dance Live Stanton Warriors
DJ Rusko Live Dubfire DJ Adam F
Live Chromeo DJ Nick Warren Live Blasted Mechanism
DJ Aeroplane Live Mix Hell DJ Toddla T
DJ Boy 8-Bit DJ Sander Kleinenberg Live Alex Metric
DJ Hannah Holland Live Banco de Gaia DJ South Central
DJ Riva Starr Live Jaguar Skills
Live Neville Staple DJ A1 Bassline
Live Dub Pistols Live Killaflaw
DJ Parker Live Virus Syndicate
WOW! Live Foreign Beggars
Futureboogie
Matt Tolfrey & Geddes WOW!
Jamie Jones The Ratpack
Live Crazy P WOW! Live Snap!
Horsemeat Disco Craig Charles Presents the Tayo
Live Nneka Fantasy Funk Band Live Four Tet
Back to Basics Craze Hyperdub with Kode9, Ikonika,

6. Adam Shelton & Subb-an High Contrast Terror Danjah & Dark Star
PBR Streetgang Redlight & MC Dread Live Hudson Mohawke
El Diablos Social Club L-VIS 1990 Live DaM FunK
Christophe Breakage Roska
Live Central Spillz Untold
Live Hot D'Jour Wedge
Emalkay Funkineven
Jakwob Falling Up
Cubehenge Shortstuff
Live The Orb The Heatwave
DJ Zero 7 Dub Boy ft Redskin Cubehenge
Will Saul Norman Jay Good Times
Spooky ‘Carnival King’
Iain Taylor (rEJEKTS) Cubehenge Ashley Beedle
Pete Gooding Kissy Sell Out DJ Craig Charles Funk & Soul
Ruth Flowers aka Mamy Rock A Skillz Kormac
The Magnet Bimbo Jones The Bee Keepers
Pathaan SledgeHeadBristol
Paul Lyman RSD
Baobinga DJ Flora feat DJ Skylion
Pussy Parlure Adam Regan 2 Kings
DJ Zorro
Jose Luis & Dancers Pussy Parlure
Fletcha & Miguel Salsa Magic Movits
Live Kormac Big Band
Live Robin Del Castillo & his Pussy Parlure Live Twilight Players
Latin Band Live Swaparama Live The Correspondents
La bomba - Latin Explosion: Jalapeno Sound System TBA
Eclectic Ballroom Rock Idol (Live Karaoke) Live Movits
Live Andreya Triana Live Smoove & Turrell DJ Nick Hollywood
Bourbon Warfare DJs Dr Rubberfunk Live Fat 45
Live Incredibly Strange Film Live Taylor McFerrin Danny Danger
Band Western Soul DJ Joe Worricker
Take It 2 The Bridge Live Reverend Sound Broken Hearts
Live Secret Cinema Band System Live Top Shelf Jazz
Feeling Gloomy DJ Burns Live Trio Manouche
Live Sound Of Rum Randy & Earls Old Record Randy & Earls Old Record Club
Lovely Morning with Randy Club
& Earls Old Record Club
Magic Bubble
Magic Bubble Ramses
Kareem Raihani DubKasm
Kangaroo Moon Sound of Rum
Dansette Junior Dougal
Pressplay Magic Bubble United VIbrations
Magic Bubble Residents Stroke '69 Magic Bubble Residents
Reverend Soundsystem
Sam Taylor & The Tight Silent Disco (Dance Village)
Silent Disco (Dance Village) Trousers Silent Disco DJ’s

7. Silent Disco DJ’s The Scribes Exceeda
Thesmokeeaters Magic Bubble Residents Novak 3D Disco
Novak 3D Disco
Silent Disco (Dance Glade Stage
Glade Stage Village) Levellers
Sasha Silent Disco DJ’s Alabama 3
Quivver Thesmokeeaters Arthur Brown
Hybrid Exceeda Quintessence
Way Out West Novak 3D Disco System 7
Afrobeta FA-RM (Ans & Allaby)
Husky Rescue Glade Stage Cassette Boy feat DJ Rubbish
Nneka Sub Focus Live Inverse Gravity Vehicle
Charles Hazelwood Allstars Freq Nasty The Widowmaker
Dreadzone Somewhere Between Here and
Don Letts The Stereo
The Orb
Head Charge
Tony Thorpe Glade Lounge
Glade Lounge ON u Sound/Sherwood Tristan - Live
Tom Real (Disco Of Doom) Nero Lucas
Ben & Lex Suns of Arqa FORM
Far Too Loud Statement Code Major Clanger
DJ Die City Calls Mirror System
Maxxi P, MC Jonny G Aliji
Fred G v Grafix Glade Lounge Merv
Jinx In Dub Dave Seaman HFB
Lewah Pretty Lights Alex Paterson
UBJ with Mr Woodnote Charlie May Live Naked Nick
Pharma Jody WOW
Zodiac Cartel
Avalon Stage Cosmonauts Avalon Stage
New Model Army 808 State DJS Gomez
Transglobal Underground Casanuva The Saw Doctors
Newton Faulkner Imelda May
The Woodentops Judy Collins
Lou Rhodes Special Guests
Goldheart Assembly Avalon Stage Teddy Thompson
Gabby Young & Other The Lightning Seeds Adrian Edmondson & The Bad
Animals Alabama 3 acoustic Shepherds
Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Charlie Winston Kirsty Almeida
Dogs Steve Harley & Cockney Ellen & The Escapades
Rebel
The Unthanks Criossant Neuf
The Avett Brothers RSVP
The Wurzels The Baghdaddies
Croissant Neuf Nick Harper Outdoor & Bandstand
Movits Tom Williams & The Boat entertainment
6ixtoys Zen Elephants

8. Outdoor & Bandstand Prof Nohair & the Wig Lifters
entertainment Croissant Neuf Corinne Bailey Rae
The Boat Band The Beat The Strumpettes
Julian Tulk Band MrB. The Gentleman The People's String Foundation
Billy The Undercover Hippy Rhymer
Band Outdoor & Bandstand
Seth Lakeman entertainment The Queen's Head
Biggles Wartime Band Hot Feat Sean Rowley
The Kevin Brown Trio Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
The Vagaband Avi Buffalo
The Queen's Head Dizraeli & The Small Gods The Middle East
Sean Rowley Chief
Good Shoes I Am Kloot
The Bees Field Music
Magic Numbers The Queen's Head Goldhawks
The Mystery Jets Sean Rowley Alessi's Ark
Fanfarlo Earl Brutus Mountain Man
Detroit Social Club Cherry Ghost
Tubelord Phenomenal Handclap Band
Tiffany Page Band Of Skulls
Frank Turner Holy F*** Leftfield
Fiction Plane Blood Red Shoes Paul Heaton
Here We Go Magic The King Blues
Leftfield Cate Le Bon Lucky Soul
Carl Barat Lissie Comedy hour
Reverend & The Makers Shouting At Planes Bill's Big Round-up
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly Debate: Another World Is
Comedy hour Possible
Bill's Big Round-up Leftfield Debate: Stop the Cuts - 6 Music/
Debate: Global Solidarity Billy Bragg Asian network
Debate: Climate Change and Frank Turner
the Fight for Green Jobs Thea Gilmore The Rabbit Hole
Comedy hour Dubble Head
The Rabbit Hole Bill's Big Round-up 6ix Toys
Bunny Come Debate: This is a Banker’s Secret Special Guest
Transpersonals Crisis Elvis(The Real one)
The Mad Cows Debate: Beating the BNP The Travelling Band
TBA Perhaps Contraption.
360 Rabbit Foot Spasm Band
The Soap Dodgers. The Rabbit Hole Babeshadow
Tin Roots The Egg Troy Ellis And The Long Shots
The Tailors dj Doorly Sound of Rum.
Poppy and Friends 2.Dreadzone Lion Child
Bryony Fry Freebass Josh Thorner
Aishling dj Far Too Loud Hot tin Cat
Rory H Space Ritual Georgie Pope
Freddie Page Quintessence
Bert Miller and other animals Dj Mad Mick Bourbon Street
Marsupilami Alpha Manouvre

9. Dan Mangan TBC
Bourbon Street Gabby Young And Other Top Shelf Jazz
The Dizzy Club Animals. P-A-U-L
Stephen Dale Petit Pete Lawrie Carmen Ghia & The Hotrods
Kubla Khan Skinny Lister Brigitte DeMeyer
Oli Brown Jamie Burke Ben Martin
Nicola Farnon Sandi Thom
Aynsley Lister Band Bourbon Street All Star Gospel Session
Alpha Manouvre Oli Brown
Wagon Train Wagon Train
Marcus Bonfanti Poetry & Words
The Dizzy Club Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam
P-A-U-L (hosted by Kat Francois)
Poetry & Words Top Shelf Jazz Helen Gregory and Benita
Penny Ashton Brigitte DeMeyer Johnson
Baba Brinkman Carmen Ghia & The Pete Hunter
Sabrina Mahfouz Hotrods Pete the Temp
Tony Walsh Bex Marshall Band Jean Binta Breeze
Aisle 16 Poeticat
Kat Francois Luke Wright
Ventriloquist Poetry & Words Jo Bell (Website Poet in
Paula Varjack John Hegley Residence)
Andreattah Chuma Paula Varjack Bohdan Piasecki
Jonny Fluffypunk Andreattah Chuma Julian Ramsey-Wade
Kate Tempest Attila the Stockbroker Penny Ashton
Pete the Temp Hollie McNish Baba Brinkman
Poeticat Luke Wright Comperes – Dreadlcokalien and
Helen Gregory and Pete Kate Tempest Abbey Oliveira
Hunter Murray Lachlan Young
Sabrina Mahfouz
Bohdan Piasecki
Open mic. (hosted by Julian
Ramsey-Wade)
Ventriloquist
Jonny Fluffypunk

10. The Notting Hill Carnival
Held each August Bank Holiday since 1966, the Notting Hill Carnival is the
largest festival celebration of its kind in Europe. Every year the streets of West
London come alive, with the sounds and smells of Europe’s biggest street
festival. Twenty miles of vibrant colourful costumes surround over 40 static sound
systems, hundreds of Caribbean food stalls, over 40,000 volunteers and over 1
million Notting Hill carnival revellers.
Starting its life as a local festival set up by the West Indian community of the
Notting Hill area, it has now become a full-blooded Caribbean carnival, attracting
millions of visitors from all over the globe. With many astonishing floats and the
sounds of the traditional steel drum bands, scores of massive sound systems
plus not forgetting the hundreds of stalls that line the streets of Notting Hill. The
Notting Hill Carnival is arguably London’s most exciting annual event.
The Notting Hill Carnival usually gets under way on the Saturday with the steel
band competition. Sunday is Kids’ Day, when the costume prizes are awarded.
On Bank Holiday Monday, the main parade takes place. It generally begins on
Great Western Road, then winds its way along Chepstow Road, on to
Westbourne Grove, and then Ladbroke Grove. In the evening, the floats leave the
streets in procession, and people carry continue partying at the many Notting Hill
Carnival after parties.
The Notting Hill Carnival dates for 2010 are August 29th and 30th.
If you are looking to have a stall at the Notting Hill Carnival, you will need to apply
for a trading licence. Find out more on our links page
T
he Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street festival in Europe and originated in
1964 as a way for Afro-Caribbean communities to celebrate their own cultures
and traditions. Taking place every August Bank Holiday weekend in the streets of

11. London W11, the Notting Hill Carnival is an amazing array of sounds, colourful
sights and social solidarity
At the roots of the Notting Hill Carnival are the Caribbean carnivals of the early
19th century – a particularly strong tradition in Trinidad – which were all about
celebrating the abolition of slavery and the slave trade. The very first carnival was
an attempt to showcase the steel band musicians who played in the Earls Court
of London every Weekend. When the bands paraded through the streets of
Notting Hill, they drew black residents out on to the streets, reminding them of the
Caribbean homes they had left behind.
In the days of abolition, there was a strong element of parody in the songs and
dances Trinidadians performed. Having been forbidden to hold festivals of their
own during the period of slavery, they now took full advantage of the relative new
freedoms the ending of slavery brought them. Dressing up in costumes that
mimicked the European fashions of their former masters, even whitening their
faces with flour or wearing white masks, they established a tradition that
continues in the costume-making of today’s Notting Hill Carnival. The proper
name for this aspect of the Carnival is Mas (derived from Masquerade)
Music is at the heart of Notting Hill Carnival, with traditional and contemporary
sounds filling the air for miles around. Historically steel bands, Soca & Calypso
Music have been at the heart of Carnival but in recent years these have been
overtaken by the static sound systems playing anything from Reggae to R&B,
Funk, House, Dub and much more. Live stages also feature local bands, top
international artists and sounds from around the world – Eddie Grant, Jamiroquai,
Wyclef Jean, Courtney Pine and Burning Spear have been among the eclectic
line up in previous years.
Calypso
The Origin of calypso can be traced back to the arrival of the first enslaved
Africans brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to
each other, and robbed of all links to family and home, the enslaved Africans
began to sing. They used calypso, which can be traced back to West African
Kaiso, as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. These
songs, usually led by one individual called a Griot, helped to unite the slaves.
Calypso singing competitions, held annually at Carnival time, grew in popularity
after the abolition of slavery by the British in the 1830s. The Griot later became
known as the Chantuelle and today as the Calypsonian.

12. Soca
Like calypso, soca was used for both social commentary and risqué humor,
though the initial wave of soca acts eschewed the former. Lord Shorty was
disillusioned with the genre by the 1980s because soca was being used to
express courtships and sexual interests. Like all things related to sexual freedom,
it became embraced because of its ability to reflect what people were thinking
and their desires in a society that was sexually repressed. Soca music became
an expression of sexuality through metaphors in the West Indies. Soon after,
Shorty moved to the Piparo forest, converted to the Rastafari movement and
changed his name to Ras Shorty I. There, he created a fusion of Reggae and
gospel music called jamooin the late 1980s.In the 1990s and now the new
century Soca has evolved into a blend of musical styles.
Steel Pan
Steel Bands: also known as ‘Pan’ will be filling the streets of Notting Hill with their
wonderful melodic sounds throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. Steelband
came from the ‘Tambu Bamboo’ band from Trinidad in the early 1030s.
Trinidadians used to beat the bamboo and sing and by using some creative
means, began to create different tones. This led to the use of oil drums and in a
short space of time the Steelband was born.
Static Sound Systems
Static Sound Systems: over 40 sound systems positioned around the Carnival
area provide the perfect setting for DJs to strut their stuff. From Latin jazz, reggae
and garage to hip hop and drum ‘n’ bass.
Samba
Samba: Samba is a type of music and dance developed from the musical
traditions of the enslaved Africans of Brazil. Samba originated in the north of
Brazil and was radically developed in Rio at the turn of the century. Now you can
hear the Samba beat in London and throughout the world.
Music is at the heart of Notting Hill Carnival, with traditional and contemporary
sounds filling the air for miles around. Historically steel bands, Soca & Calypso
Music have been at the heart of Carnival but in recent years these have been
overtaken by the static sound systems playing anything from Reggae to R&B,
Funk, House, Dub and much more. Live stages also feature local bands, top
international artists and sounds from around the world – Eddie Grant, Jamiroquai,
Wyclef Jean, Courtney Pine and Burning Spear have been among the eclectic
line up in previous years.
Calypso
The Origin of calypso can be traced back to the arrival of the first enslaved

13. Africans brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to
each other, and robbed of all links to family and home, the enslaved Africans
began to sing. They used calypso, which can be traced back to West African
Kaiso, as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. These
songs, usually led by one individual called a Griot, helped to unite the slaves.
Calypso singing competitions, held annually at Carnival time, grew in popularity
after the abolition of slavery by the British in the 1830s. The Griot later became
known as the Chantuelle and today as the Calypsonian.
Soca
Like calypso, soca was used for both social commentary and risqué humor,
though the initial wave of soca acts eschewed the former. Lord Shorty was
disillusioned with the genre by the 1980s because soca was being used to
express courtships and sexual interests. Like all things related to sexual freedom,
it became embraced because of its ability to reflect what people were thinking
and their desires in a society that was sexually repressed. Soca music became
an expression of sexuality through metaphors in the West Indies. Soon after,
Shorty moved to the Piparo forest, converted to the Rastafari movement and
changed his name to Ras Shorty I. There, he created a fusion of Reggae and
gospel music called jamooin the late 1980s.In the 1990s and now the new
century Soca has evolved into a blend of musical styles.
Steel Pan
Steel Bands: also known as ‘Pan’ will be filling the streets of Notting Hill with their
wonderful melodic sounds throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. Steelband
came from the ‘Tambu Bamboo’ band from Trinidad in the early 1030s.
Trinidadians used to beat the bamboo and sing and by using some creative
means, began to create different tones. This led to the use of oil drums and in a
short space of time the Steelband was born.
Static Sound Systems
Static Sound Systems: over 40 sound systems positioned around the Carnival
area provide the perfect setting for DJs to strut their stuff. From Latin jazz, reggae
and garage to hip hop and drum ‘n’ bass.
Samba
Samba: Samba is a type of music and dance developed from the musical
traditions of the enslaved Africans of Brazil. Samba originated in the north of
Brazil and was radically developed in Rio at the turn of the century. Now you can
hear the Samba beat in London and throughout the world
ALL AGES.
FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT AND SPONCERS.

14. Underbelly is a UK based, live entertainment company.
Our events and festivals division operates 15 performance venues at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival, as well as the festival's busiest bars. In 2009 we sold 180,000 tickets
to 130 shows a day for 25 days. 2010 will be our 11th year at the Fringe
We are also presenting our second season of live entertainment at London's
Southbank Centre from 14th May, with our touring venue E4 Udderbelly. Previous
seasons include Brighton in 2007 and 2008. We are always looking for new projects
and events for Udderbelly.
Our productions division produces shows in Edinburgh and beyond, with a focus
towards national and international touring. Previous productions include Joan Rivers,
Tom Tom Crew, One Man Star Wars, The Magnets, The Caesar Twins and many
more. You can find details of past and present projects on our productions page.
FUNDING FROM TICKETS, CLOTHING. (MERCHINDICE) PLUS SPONCORS:
• E4
• Scotland on Sunday
• Grolsch
• Southbank Centre
FOR ALL AGES. FAMILES, SINGLE, BOYS AND GIRLS