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ROCKET FESTIVAL 2006

19-21 May, Alhama de Granada, Granada, Spain

3 days of sun-drenched music and laughter in the breath-taking mountain scenery of Andalucia.

Please forward to nice people who might want to come.

http://www.rocketfestival.com – online ticket sales

Main Stage

The main stage features 3 days and nights of entertainment with a huge variety of top quality bands and live acts from Spain, UK and the rest of Europe.

Styles of music include Ska, Reggae, Folk-rock, Breakbeat, Drum and Bass, Rock, Mestizo, Acoustic and Electro.

Friday

Babyhead (Ska Hip Hop, Bristol, UK)
Cakeboy & Doublethink Live (Live breaks and video, Brighton, UK)
LSDiesel (Decks ‘n’ FX, London, UK)
Kwanza (Reggae from Las Alpujarras)
Crusher Jones (Funk, Marbella)

Saturday

DREADZONE(Dreadzone live UK – Greg Dread – Ben Balafonic – Earl 16 – MC Spee – Leo Williams – Steve Roberts)
Matthew Dear (Live Minimal Electro) (USA)
Freefall Collective (Live Breaks, UK)
Mojo Project (Live house and disco, Madrid)
Eskorzo (Ska Rock, Granada)
Tabletom (Rock legends, Malaga)
Radio Mundo (Reggae, Jaen)
Familia Iskariote (Ska Fusion, Palencia)

Sunday

Son de Nadie (Ska, Granada)
Vjamm Allstars (Live A/V cut-up, Brighton, UK)
Bison (Ska, SheffieldUK)
Rock-it house band (Folk Maestros, Riogordo Valley)
Insurgente (International Ragga Sounds)
Los Garibaldies (They know how to rock it in the valley)

Dance Tent

All our favourites from last year and a host of new faces take to the decks with music from Nu Skool Breaks to Techno, Drum and Bass to Electro.

The dance tents thumping brand new 30K Void Acoustics soundsystem, provided by Partners With Sound pulsates to the music of the best DJs and live dance acts from Andalucia and beyond.

Friday

Andalucian electro-minimal collective.

The rocket festival brings together for the first time four of Andalucias hottest dance collectives for a night of fresh electro minimal sounds with special guest stars Alex Under from Madrid and Metope from Cologne,Germany.

Metope live (Areal Records, Cologne, Germany)
Alex Under (CMYK – Apnea – Trapez, Madrid)
Animatek (Miga, Granada)
Intelec (Miga, Granada)
Fly Fluss (Mor/Toys, Marbella)
Benny Yasoto (Mor/Miga, Marbella)
Pako Aneas vs Marta Hunt (Komma, Sevilla)
Antuan (Kaktus, Almeria)
DS Bordeline (Bordeline, Cordoba )

Saturday

Escenario Satisfaxion

Satisfaxion have been rocking the Costa for over a decade. They have pulled out all the stops to pull together a line up of the very best of Andalucian breakbeat with special guest stars from the UK breaks scene, the Stanton Warriors and Evil 9.

Stanton Warriors (UK)
Evil 9 (UK)
Wally (Malaga)
Man (Sevilla)
Rasco (Huelva)
Rupe Totem (Sevilla)
Killer (Malaga)
Peter Paul (Sevilla)
Aldo Ferrari (Cadiz)
Muriel (Jaen)
Xema (Algeciras)
Tortu (Malaga)
Xim & Bass (Cordoba)
Vaypa (Granada)
Sunday

Rocket Residents

Qemists (Ninja Tune, UK))
MacPherson (Fabric, London UK)
Moonmonkey (Vibrations Hi-Fi, UK)
Red – I (UK)
Twisted Skunk (UK)
Innerfield DJs (UK)
Planet Yes DJs (UK)
Turbozone DJs (UK)

Tribal Funk 24hr Dance

Friday

Tribal Funk Regulars
Alex B (Dragon Orgiva)
Lozza Love
El Camionero
Manu (XTC Granada)
DJ Virus
M.Medina

Saturday

Party Night

Puto Amo (Granada)
Junior (Industrial Copera, Granada)
David Hopkins (Toys, Marbella)
Boni Stuche (Cordoba)
Memo (Porno School Records)
Ylia (Mor/Toys, Malaga)
Vicenzo (live – Bordeline, Cordoba)
Tax Adviser (Miga, Granada)
Raul Marquez (Xtra DJ team, Cordoba)

Sunday

After-hours session

Zerdiyi (A Zero, Granada)
May (Malaga)
Antonio Romero (Dietrich Club, Gr)
Monio (Toys, Malaga)
Yorka (Mor/Comic, Malaga)
Bubble (Urban soul, Malaga)
Nono (Granada)
Ridoo (Miga, Granada)
DJ D’Funk (Benalmedana)
The Brothers (Toys, Torre Guadiaro)
Viktor Redrum & Ale (Toys, Granada/Marbella)
Les N’Funk Terribles (Cadiz)

Circus and Cabaret Area

The circus and cabaret field was, for many people, the highlight of the Rocket 2005. With hair-raising stunts and side-splitting jokes, amazing fire and bewiidering trickery the cast of performers assembled from across europe and beyond will amaze and delight.

The circus and cabaret field features the Outdoor Circus Stage with trapeze rig, the Cabaret and Cinema tent with performance and films amongst other installations.

Outdoor Circus Stage and Cabaret Tent

Lux (Orgiva)
Rolabola (Malaga)
Paka the Uncredible and his amazing fire breathing horse (UK)
DJ Kapuzzi (Argentina)
Barnaby Bear with me (France)
Raffa (Barcelona)
La Mona y el Boqueron (Granada)
Simon Subset – Magic Mushroom Magic (UK)
Bureau of Silly Ideas (UK) featuring Whole Jobbies, Mini Jobbies, Wheelie Bins and the Roadworks Show
Vertigo & Audacity Blaze (UK)
Skate Naked (UK)
The Other Halves (UK)

Sculpture and twisted art

The Rocket Festival is much more than a stage and a dance tent. The spectacular rocky mountain landscape is punctuated by other-worldy installations.

Notorious Graffiti artists will be creating a masterpiece during the weekend.

Renowned UK free festival renegades now based in Italy,

Wrekon (Mutoid Waste Company) are welding dying machines into tortured towering sculptures.

Madagascar Institute (USA), with machines of fire, create explosive spectacles to make you tremble with fear and delight.

Lost Morals Bar

Quality drinks, eclectic tunes and a cabaret cornucopia of wrong’uns, 24 hours a day featuring

Two PIAS DJs (PIAS/Low Club/Madrid) on Friday.
Radio Disturbo and Toys
24 hours dance and chillout
Carpa de los Leones – Reggae soundsystem
Muzik Selectors: Pete Holdsworth (Pressure Sounds, UK), Simon Smugg (Smugg Records), Lion Rootz, Realité, Selectors, Negrote
Kids Area
Games and activities for kids of all ages.
Market Area
Cafes, bars, restaurants and stalls
Extreme Sports Area
Skate Park and BMX track

Natural Living Area

The Natural Living Area provides information on a variety of alternative therapies, creating a safe haven for spiritual and physical inspiration.

Camping area

Camping and caravan parking in a beautiful meadow dotted with hollyoaks.

Tickets

Tickets for the whole weekend are £30 + booking fee – available from
Access All Areas – 020 7267 8320 – http://www.accessallareas.org

Brighton: Rounder Records
Norwich: Soundclash Records
Bristol: Bristol Ticket Shop
London: Phonica Records, Poland Street

Campsite opens to the public: Thursday 18th May 12:00
Campsite closes to the public: Monday 22nd May 18:00

Airports:

Granada. 45 minutes to the festival site. Festival Bus service from Thursday to Monday.
Malaga. 90 minutes to the festival site. Festival Bus service from Thursday to Monday.

Airlines:

Ryanair – Stansted and Luton to Granada
Monarch – to Granada and Malaga
Easyjet – to Malaga
British Airways – to Malaga

For more information:

http://www.rocketfestival.com
info@rocketfestival.com
+34 699 37 15 79