A festival of music celebrating the life and experiences of working people
Working Class
Music Festival 2008
Bringing the finest radical musicians to Liverpool in its European Capital of Culture Year, to express the city's working class ethos through music, and to celebrate Liverpool's proud history of working class resistance.
Liverpool Working Class Music Festival 2008
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LineUp: Dick Gaughan
A singer for the oppressed, wherever on this planet they may be. And out of that solidarity, Gaughan burns. There is fire. There is anger. There is cauterising scorn. |
LineUp: The Men They Couldn't Hang
Fresh from their appearance at The Glastonbury Festival these stamp your feet folk rockers promise to have The Picket bouncing. |
LineUp: Leon Rosselson
A prolific songwriter for over 40 years, Leon is an icon for radical songwriters everywhere. Best know for his oft-covered classic The World Turned Upside Down, Leon was branded by the Daily Telegraph as "possibly the world's most accomplished mischief maker." |
LineUp: Attila The Stockbroker
Brighton & Hove Albion fanatic and punk poet/songsmith Attila The Stockbroker brandishes his trusty mandolin as a weapon against all that needs to be changed. |
LineUp: Roy Bailey
Billy Bragg regards him as powerful as The Clash, and Tony Benn described him as the greatest socialist singer of his generation. Currently touring with Tony Benn with their Writing On The Wall show, that won them the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Live Act. |
LineUp: The Alun Parry Band
A cross between Woody Guthrie and The Jam, Parry is Liverpool's most respected radical musician, tackling each subject with a rare mix of insight and humour. |
LineUp: Chanje Kunda
Hard hitting and critically acclaimed, Chanje has worked alongside some of the most influential modern poets such as Benjamin Zephaniah and Linton Kwesi Johnson. |
The aim is to ensure that Liverpool's working people are represented culturally in Liverpool's European City of Culture year.
As well as the 3 day festival itself, there will be projects that spin off from it, such as a Live CD project and a Live DVD project, raising money for progressive political campaigns, as well as involving local music technology students.
The event will take place at Liverpool's legendary Picket venue, now situated in Liverpool's independent quarter.
Also playing the festival are Al Baker, Claire Mooney, Tracey Curtis and Aidan Jolly. More are expected to confirm soon.