{"id":2446,"date":"2017-06-02T23:32:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T23:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2025-09-09T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T01:48:08","slug":"first-bands-announced-for-2017-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/first-bands-announced-for-2017-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"First bands announced for 2017 festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first 50 bands and artists who are set to play at the tenth anniversary Worcester Music Festival have been confirmed. Over 200 emerging artists will perform at around 20 venues during the festival once the line-up is complete.<\/p>\n<p>SLAP\u00a0Magazine are hosting a fun night at the Marrs Bar with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/Calm-Like-a-Riot\/\">Calm\u00a0Like A Riot<\/a>\u00a0and the exciting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/Malarkey\/\">Malarkey<\/a>\u00a0who produce \u2018dancehall\u00a0punx\u2019 that share more than a few influences from Ska,\u00a0Ragga\u00a0and Grunge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2455\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featureswp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MeMeDetroit-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"MeMe Detroit\" width=\"750\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MeMeDetroit-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MeMeDetroit-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MeMeDetroit-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MeMeDetroit.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MeMe Detroit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile at the Firefly, a noisy set with the likes of Rock\/Punk\u00a0Black Boxes, Psych Proggers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/Insomnichord\/\">Insomnichord<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/Pablo-Alto\/\">Pablo Alto<\/a>\u00a0proudly mix Garage and Psych. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/The-Hungry-Ghosts\/\">The Hungry Ghosts<\/a>\u00a0will treat festival goers to an insane mix of Garage Blues and Trash Rock that hint at the likes of Primal Scream with a dabbling of spiritualist socialism.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/CHAMBERS\/\">Chambers<\/a>, a dark twisted duo\u00a0follow in the footsteps of the other brash twosomes such as Slaves and Royal Blood.<\/p>\n<p>Piquing\u00a0interest at the Saracen\u2019s Head,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/FEET\/\">FEET<\/a>, a whimsical Indie Garage Rock Band will bound to blow you off your <em>you know what\u2019s<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2450 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featureswp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Boston_Shakers-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Shakers\" width=\"750\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Boston_Shakers-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Boston_Shakers-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Boston_Shakers-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Boston_Shakers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other upcoming loud talents include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/MeMe-Detroit\/\">MeMe\u00a0Detroit<\/a>\u00a0who will be bringing an \u2018indie grunge wave of\u00a0sublimity\u2019. Playing alongside are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/THE-BOSTON-SHAKERS\/\">The Boston Shakers<\/a>\u00a0who craft Electronic Rock &amp; Roll fresh out of Liverpool.\u00a0Local music\u00a0extraordinaires\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/featuresbands\/Arcadia-Roots\/\">Arcadia Roots<\/a>\u00a0will bring their world, dance,\u00a0blues\u00a0and roots sound to The Chestnut on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>So, with a line-up this juicy, we dare you not to be tempted to the Worcester Music Festival on 15-17 September.<\/p>\n<p>The festival is a free event with the only catch being you have a good time and donate as much as you can to this\u00a0year\u2019s\u00a0chosen charity,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpaulshostel.co.uk\">St Paul\u2019s Hostel<\/a>. All the money raised at this year\u2019s festival goes towards a new scheme in which the charity gives their residents an opportunity to learn a musical instrument.<\/p>\n<p>[button color=&#8221;pink&#8221; size=&#8221;big&#8221; alignment=&#8221;none&#8221; rel=&#8221;follow&#8221; openin=&#8221;samewindow&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/line-up&#8221;]VIEW BAND LINE-UP[\/button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first 50 bands and artists who are set to play at the tenth anniversary Worcester Music Festival have been confirmed. Over 200 emerging artists will perform at around 20 venues during the festival once the line-up is complete. SLAP\u00a0Magazine are hosting a fun night at the Marrs Bar with\u00a0Calm\u00a0Like A Riot\u00a0and the exciting\u00a0Malarkey\u00a0who produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-not-featured-news"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers.jpg",1200,544,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers.jpg",1200,544,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers.jpg",1200,544,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers-300x136.jpg",300,136,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers-1024x464.jpg",800,363,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers.jpg",1200,544,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chambers.jpg",1200,544,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Andy","author_link":"#"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk\/features\/category\/not-featured-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News - Not Featured<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The first 50 bands and artists who are set to play at the tenth anniversary Worcester Music Festival have been confirmed. 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