For the 13th consecutive year, and our second at the fabulous rural location of Coombes, this popular festival will again bring sleepy Sussex to life in July 2008.

As usual the event is organised by the founders of Glastonwick, namely chart-busting (Seagulls Ska) local poet and musician Attila the Stockbroker and international cask beer advocate Alex Hall. Matt Wickham of Dark Star Brewery is also helping with some of the planning.

As in previous years, we promise you a weekend of enormous quantities of delicious real ale (including many new brews as usual), farmhouse cider, perry, and top quality entertainment.

Frequent trains run to Shoreham from Brighton, Worthing (both only 10 minutes away by train) and other stations along the West Coastway Line. From there, jump on our special shuttle bus linking the festival with Shoreham High Street and Railway Station (plus one return journey from Brighton).

Camping is offered on site for only £5 per night (Friday and Saturday). Note you MUST book in advance if you wish to camp on site.

Attila writes...

Our annual Beer, Music, Poetry and More Beer Festival: three days of real ale, real music and real poetry. In the early days it was held at The Barn Theatre in Attila's home village of Southwick, West Sussex. Then we moved to Shoreham Airport, 2 miles down the road, for 4 happy years, but due to massive increases in red tape at The Airport we moved to CHURCH FARM, COOMBES for 2007. It was FANTASTIC! The best one ever. Idyllic location, great landlords (cheers Jenny and Trevor!). So we're back again for 2008...

There has been a small price increase to cover costs - £2 extra on the Friday night, and £2 extra per night for the camping - this will pay for extra toilets! But I hope everyone will still agree that Glastonwick represents incredible value for money.

We started Glastonwick in 1996, which means this year will be our 13th. Having been to loads of beer festivals with crap music, and loads of music festivals with crap beer, we decided to organise one where the beer was as good as the music (and vice versa) with very popular results...

NB to all bands/musicians/poets: The music side of Glastonwick is run by me, Attila the Stockbroker. I put on the people I have met and like in 28 years of performing. It's fully booked for this year now. And the only way people get to play at Glastonwick is either being friends with me already (that is friends in the proper sense, nothing to do with MySpace!!) or by sharing the bill at one of the 100 plus gigs I do a year and blowing me away! Sorry - that's how it is!

OPENING TIMES:
Friday 4th July: 6pm to midnight;
Saturday 5th July: 12 noon to midnight;
Sunday 6th July: 12 noon to 6pm.


BEER, CIDER, FOOD, MORE BEER...

* About 65 cask-conditioned ales, all from small independent breweries -
mostly unusual but with a few 'old favourites'.

* About 12 farmhouse ciders and perries.

* Quality food (including veggie & vegan options).
NB: The food was the one area we didn't get quite right last year, and it will be a lot better this time!
Last year's choice will be supplemented by a BBQ and spit roast, plus veggie curry and chilli.

MUSIC & POETRY

Entertainment compered as always by
Attila the Stockbroker + +
reading from his brand new poetry collection
‘My Poetic Licence’.

***LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE BANDS ON THE GLASTONWICK MYSPACE PAGE***

Friday evening:
  • STRAWBERRY BLONDES
        Incendiary young hard-gigging South Wales punks, currently making huge waves with their debut album 'Rise Up'. Great lyrics, great tunes, Rancid to their Clashy core...
  • TV SMITH + +
        Former Adverts/Explorers legend, now a wonderful solo singer/songwriter.
  • SWILL & THE SWAGGERBAND + +
        Men They Couldn't Hang frontman with his showcase band, which contains TMTCH members past and present.
  • AL BAKER & ALUN PARRY +
        Two fine political songwriters from the North West.


Saturday:

  • BLYTH POWER + +
        A very rare gig from visionary balladeering trainspotter Joseph and his cohorts.
  • PPZ-30 + +
        Brussels-based funk-punk-jazz combo, hugely original - think Chilli Peppers meets Funkadelic!
  • THE MEOW MEOWS
        Dance to your local ska orchestra!
  • CONTINGENT +
        Fiery Stoogeseque punks from Brussels, Attila played bass with them in 1979, reformed after 28 years!
  • LUKE WRIGHT +
        Fast-rising star of the performance poetry scene, formerly of Aisle 16 who stormed Glastonwick 2 years ago.
  • EASTFIELD +
        Named after a railway depot in Glasgow. Still don't like Port Talbot Transport Police.
  • STEVE DREWETT +
        Singer of the seminal Newtown Neurotics with a rare solo set.
  • ROBB JOHNSON + +
        Brilliant political songwriter and Brentford fan.
  • WOB (with full band) +
        Bouncing melodic happy ball of energy (except when he does the one about ethnic cleansing).
  • BABAR LUCK + +
        Frankenstanee-Anglo-Pakistani-Muslim rapper/folkiepunk, former frontman of King Prawn.
  • CRISPIN THOMAS
        One of the pioneers of football poetry. Who ate all the pioneers?
  • POG +
        Sometimes acerbic jazz-folk-pop with a bit of a Beard.


Sunday afternoon:


Artists may not necessarily appear in the order listed above.

TICKETS

Tickets are now on sale.
Send a cheque made out to Barnstormer Events with your ticket requirements and an SAE to
P.O. Box 668, Portslade, East Sussex, BN42 4BG. This is the best way of ensuring tickets if you live too far away to purchase from one of the local outlets.

Friday evening (6pm to midnight): £7
Saturday (noon-midnight): £10
Sunday daytime (from 12 noon): £5

Scoopers who are not interested in staying for the evening's entertainment are welcome on Saturday afternoon for a set time (up to 5pm, strictly no later) before the venue fills to capacity, £5 'scooping tickets' are obtainable from Attila ***BY MAIL ORDER ONLY*** (PO Box address as shown above). Limited to 50 places, first come first served.

Camping tickets (Friday and Saturday nights): £5 per person per night (from outlets or direct from Attila).
NB: These MUST be purchased in advance so we know how many campers we've got!

Ticket enquiries:

Tickets are now on sale at the following outlets:
  • The Evening Star, 55-56 Surrey Street, Brighton (01273 328931);
  • The Duke of Wellington, 368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 389818);
  • The Romans, Manor Hall Road, Southwick (01273 592147);
  • The Buckingham Arms, 35-39 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 453660).

It is strongly advised to purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the organisers reserve the right to refuse admission.

VOLUNTEERS:

We will be relying on volunteers to serve and do other duties while the event is on (volunteers are also needed for the set-up).

If you would like to help us or enquire about helping please email Alex Hall:


or

Volunteers will be rewarded with free beer vouchers.

CHILDREN AND DOGS

Children are permitted but they must be subject to responsible supervision. There may possibly be tractor rides on Saturday afternoon (consult the venue).

Dogs are not permitted anywhere on the site as it is a working farm, sorry.


Attila the Stockbroker and Alex Hall (in conjunction with
The Dark Star Brewing Co., Adur District Council, and Church Farm) present...

ADUR'S 13th ANNUAL BEER, MUSIC, POETRY, AND MORE BEER FESTIVAL

GLASTONWICK '08 AT CHURCH FARM, COOMBES

FRIDAY 4 JULY 2008

+ SATURDAY 5 JULY 2008

+ SUNDAY 6 JULY 2008

at

Church Farm,
Coombes,
West Sussex

BN15 0RS
United Kingdom


CLICK HERE FOR A MAP

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE POSTER


PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.
USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTEAD.

GLASTONWICK FREE SHUTTLE BUS

Click here for the 2008 timetable

CONTACT:

Prospective campers must contact Attila in advance.

Alex Hall, beer & brewery co-ordinator:
001 917 957 7623
(NOTE - INTERNATIONAL RATE)

Attila and Robina, entertainment co-ordinators:
01273 870875


Enquiries via email:


or

(beer)



(entertainment & tickets)

Please note that this is not a CAMRA-organised beer festival
(so may not be advertised in their publications).
That said, we do support CAMRA's efforts.



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