Please be aware that because everyone is playing for the love, the ‘time schedules’ displayed on each day will be flexible.
Venues
Venues
Programme
UNFEST 26 MAY 2017
UNFEST LAUNCH
The Forum
The launch for the unfest weekend is on the 27th May, FREE tickets available (PLUS exclusive Friday Unfest Tshirts and stuff) >> HERE <<
Performing this year
7:30pm Orestea
8:20pm Top Cat Collective
9.10pm Joeyfat
9:59pm #oneminuteformanchester
10.00pm Standard Lamps
10:45pm The Bay Rays
PLUS Philip O Fish & Beat Wellington - Superstar DJs from the gehtto of the Pantiles.
The Sussex Arms
9:00pm Riff Raff
9:45pm The Sweeney
The Royal Oak
8:30pm The Velvet Goldmine
9:45pm Higgs and the Bosons
King William IV [Pembury]
7:00pm Kaos Roadshow
Javabean
Art & Words
Photography exhibition from Molly Smith
UNFEST 27 MAY 2017
The Forum
Main stage (Doors 1:00pm)
1:00pm Shep!
1:30pm Vispers
2:00pm TED Talks - Nick Hammond, Ring Pull Man
2:45pm Higgs and the Bosons
3:30pm Joanna Louise Parker
4:15pm I Am Aquitaine
5:00pm TED Talks - Jordon Jones
5:45pm Glassmaps
6:30pm Kid Kapichi
7:15pm Billionaire
8:00pm Youth
8:45pm WAX
9:30pm Lady Bird
10:15pm Lectures
11:00pm - 1:00am Lunar Rhythms DJ Set
The George
1:00pm - 7:00pm Hype Vibes [DJ's]
Javabean
Art & Words
Photography exhibition from Molly Smith
King William IV [Pembury]
12:30pm Daniel Gurney
1:00pm The Sea Rockets
1:30pm Jon McDevitt
2:20pm Arthur O'Hara
3:00pm Insane Society
4:00pm Strawberry Blue
4:45pm Frankie Swain
5:30pm Sivix
6:15pm Steve Hewitt
7:00pm Second Helpin
7:45pm MoVe OvEr DaLi
8:30pm Jason Lloyd-Bevis
9:15pm Si Genaro (BBCs The Voice)
10:00pm Duvet Dogs
The Ragged Trousers
from 12.00pm Unfest playlists, peace, love and lunch.
The Royal Oak
3:00pm Repligators
4:00pm Feed the Fish
5:00pm Faded Shades
6:00pm Ebsen
7:00pm Kachi
8:00pm Pete and Friends
9:00pm Fox Force Five
Sussex Arms
1.00pm Alex Wallace DJ
8:00pm - 12:00pm Eclectric Jam
Basement Stage (downstairs)
2:25pm The Gallerys
3:20pm Suncharmer
4:15pm Method Actress
5:05pm Spire Cranes vs Code:Marla
5:55pm Nun Slayer
6:45pm Lower Slaughter
7:30pm Dissociates
8:15pm Atlas Shrunk
9:00pm We Are Bandicoot
9:45pm Fishhead
Local & Live Stage (Sussex Mews)
2:00pm Hamish Donald
2:40pm Emily Izen Row
3:20pm Jack Clarke
4:00pm John McLane
4:40pm Hannigan
6:00pm Nate Austin
6:40pm Thomas Ashby
7:30pm Eliza Lewis
8:00pm The Floodgates
8:50pm Josh Renton
The TWBC Museum
From 10:00am - 1pm
Featuring
Paul Cheese Recording Studio
Live music and spoken word
Coffee and tea stall
Postcards From The Hedge
UNFEST 28 MAY 2017
The Forum
Main stage (Doors 1:00pm)
1:00pm DJ Alex Wallace / DJ Matty Dread / DJ Karl
1:30pm Naming of Things
2:00pm Dave Holman
2:45pm Bombay Monkey
3:30pm DCW Briggs
4:15pm Alex Metcalfe's Catastrophic Organ Failure
5:00pm Lady Bird (DJ Set)
6:10pm Hunters Loaf
7:00pm Night Without Sleep
7:50pm Jellyskin
8:35pm Joeythin
9:30pm Dead Ceremony
10:15pm Lily & Jessie Denning
11:00pm - 1:00am Recent Vegan Dj Set
The George
1:00pm - 7:00pm Cozy in the Garden [DJ's]
1.30pm Paper Swan Press Presents "A Game Of Two Halves"
Featuring Abegail Morley, Jess Mookherjee, Jill Munro, Daniel Culmer and Susan Evans
6.00pm Jazz Funk Giants
Javabean
Art & Words
Photography exhibition from Molly Smith
King William IV [Pembury]
1:00pm Ukelear Fallout
1:45pm Flick Bennett
2:10pm Natalie Moore
2:30pm Alley Devils
3:20pm One Night Love Affair (Mark & Amy)
3:40pm Revellation (Sophie & Jason)
4:30pm Tom Alexander Haacke
5:15pm Dickie Ticker
6:15pm Lee Willz
7:00pm Blackadder
The Ragged Trousers
Unfest playlists, peace, love and lunch.
The Royal Oak
3:00pm The Harveys
4:00pm Ukelear Fallout
5:00pm Eleusia
6:00pm Dan Sumner
7:00pm Cardinal Fink
8:00pm Nate Austin
9:00pm The Harveys
Sussex Arms
12:00pm - 8:00pm DJ Abstruse and the Inscrutable Few
8:00pm - 12:00am Vinyl Tap
Basement Stage (downstairs)
3:30pm White Heat
4:15pm Lee Martin
5:00pm Mitch Emery
5:35pm Shelbyville
6:20pm Tarot Rats
7:00pm Sarah Tonin
8:00pm Boogaloo Dudes
9:15pm Pillows
9:30pm **Chris Cornell Tribute**
10:30pm Operation Kino
Local & Live Stage (Sussex Mews)
2:00pm Gronk
2:40pm Hannah Richards
3:20pm Alana Hazzard
4:00pm Roberto Piacazo
4:35pm Paul Monham
5:10pm Bison
5:50pm Lui Peng
6:30pm Harry Whitty
7:15pm Kyla & Nat
8:00pm Alex Beharrell
9:00pm The Varlies
UNFEST 29 MAY 2017
The Forum
1:00pm Frost
1:30pm Amber Anderton
2:00pm Spyplane
2:45pm Darcie Mountney
3:30pm Kelly Bourne
4:15pm Uplift
5:00pm Tierz
6:00pm TWUNTS
Javabean
Art & Words
Photography exhibition from Molly Smith
The Royal Oak
Sussex Arms
1:00pm - 8:00pm One Man and his Decks
Local & Live Stage (Sussex Mews)
1:15pm Benjamin Lewes
1:50pm Jack Leon Mackey
2:25pm Milly McCarron
3:05pm Mark Morriss
3:50pm Migden & Gibson
4:45pm Joe Ackerley
5:20pm Poppy Raine
5:55pm Steffan James
6:35pm Paul Dunton Orchestra
7:20pm Harley and Woods
Info
Info
WHAT?
Unfest is an annual local music and arts fringe festival for Tunbridge Wells and the SouthEast region.
WHEN?
Unfest is held every Spring Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May. In 2017 it will be held on Friday 26th, Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th May.
WHERE?
The festival centres around The Forum on Fonthill and its sister pubs on the Pantiles, The Ragged Trousers and Sussex Arms.
In 2014 we were delighted to be joined by several affiliated venues. 2017 venues will be announced soon.
WHO?
The festival is curated by the volunteers who work year round at The Forum. It aims to showcase the town’s independent spirit: its music venue, it’s businesses, its music and art - with three days of free entry to see the best of what is being created and hosted in Tunbridge Wells.
Unfest is named for, and curated by Unlabel – the Forum-based independent record label founded in 1996 to highlight the town’s flourishing underground music scene, and which has gone on to work with bands throughout the UK and beyond.
HOW?
Unfest is a largely free, not-for-profit festival (another reason for the ‘un’). It is made possible by organisers giving their time for free, musicians playing for free, and venues providing their space for free.
AND?
More info on Unlabel: http://www.unlabel.net/
The Forum listings: http://www.twforum.co.uk/
Excellent Unfest videos from Francesca Daisy Hill showing everything Unfest from music to wildlife:
Unfest 2012 http://vimeo.com/49064062
Unfest 2011 http://vimeo.com/33483149
(Shot on a Braun Nizo 561 macro super 8!)
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