ROUND HOUSE RISING
- Jan 31, 2017
- 3 min read
ROUNDHOUSE RISING FESTIVAL
2017 PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
EXPANDING TO NINE DAYS OF OF LIVE MUSIC, PANELS, TUTORIALS, MASTERCLASSES AND MORE..
LITTLE SIMZ | CATHOLIC ACTION | VANT | SUMOCHIEF | TOM GRENNAN | ZUZU | EDGES | ISAIAH DREADS | MISTA SILVA | KANIVA | AWATE | SWIMMING GIRLS | MAYA LAW & ALLERGY KID | ARA HARMONIC | 4TH PROJECT | CALVA LOUISE | ABNORMAL SLEEPZ | SONNY | LOVUTTA | ROUNDHOUSE MUSIC COLLECTIVE
Saturday 11 - Sunday 19 February 2017 | Roundhouse, London
Tickets FREE to £17.50 + BF
www.roundhouse.org.uk | #RHRising2017
With just one month to go, Roundhouse Rising Festival announce a swathe of fresh talent for their 2017 event, taking place from Saturday 11th - Sunday 19th February 2017. The week-long program will feature workshops, tutorials and live performances from the likes of Little Simz, Mick Jenkins, Catholic Action, Vant, Edges, Sumochief and more...
Having established an unrivalled reputation for discovering some of the UK's hottest fresh talents, Roundhouse Rising reveal further names for the class of 2017.
Wednesday's free-to-attend Springboard Live session headlined by North London duo Edges, welcomes emerging talent from around the UK; Norwich neo soul duo Maya Law & Allergy Kid, electro-soul Bristol outfit 4th Project and Manchester's rising DJ/Producer Abnormal Sleepz.
Thursday's Rising Sounds album launch will unveil the tracks laid down by the top producers and unsigned artists who took part in the flag-ship project. Soul singer ArA Harmonic takes the headline slot, having supported legendary artists Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Dub Pistols, and will follow in the footsteps of Maverick Sabre and Waylayers as artists to record tracks for the Rising Sounds album. Promising unsigned acts Sonny and Lovutta will also join the bill on February 16th.
In fitting style, some of the best home-grown Roundhouse talent steps up to complete the closing party on Sunday 19th February. Rapper and Roundhouse Resident Artist Awate will join previously announced headliners SumoChief and KOKOROKO with Roundhouse Music Collective rounding-off an evening dedicated to urban sounds.
ROUNDHOUSE RISING FESTIVAL 2017
- PROGRAMME OF EVENTS -
Saturday 11 February 2017
Live music from Catholic Action + Swimming Girls + Calva Louise
Doors 7pm /Tickets £5 Early Bird (sold out), £8 general admission, £10 on the door
Sunday 12 February 2017
Welcome To Wonderland: The Experience - Live music from Little Simz & Friends in the Main Space plus Little Simz presents Emerging Artists on the Satellite Stage -
Doors TBC /Tickets £12 Early Bird (sold out), £17.50 general admission
Daytime: Urban Development Industry Takeover: Grime 2.0, tickets £8
Monday 13 February 2017
BBC introducing with Huw Stephens, live music from Vant + Zuzu + Isaiah Dreads + Tom Grennan
Free tickets can be won through the Roundhouse's ticket lottery
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Live music produced as part of the Festival Producers Project at the Roundhouse
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Springboard Live headlined by Edges (formerly Pocketclub) + Maya Law + 4th Project + Abnormal Sleepz
Doors 7pm / Tickets Free
Thursday 16 February
Rising Sounds Album Launch with ArA Harmonic + Sonny + Lovutta
Doors 7pm / Tickets £5 Early Bird, £8 general admission, £10 on the door
Friday 17 February
Rising Soundclash featuring Boko! Boko!, S I S T E R, So Future, In Good Company + roundhouse's soundsystem collective
Doors 7pm / Tickets £5 Early Bird, £8 general admission, £10 on the door
Saturday 18 February
Festival Producers day - young producers from the Roundhouse's Festival Producers project will takeover Rising with a day of panel/workshop events plus live music.
Sunday 19 February
Live music from SumoChief + KOKOROKO + Awate + Roundhouse Music Collective
Doors 7pm / Tickets £5 Early Bird (sold out), £8 general admission, £10 on the door
Daytime: Artist toolkit day, tickets £10
Tickets roundhouse.org.uk
0300 6789 222
Booking fees apply - see website for full details
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