6 new Norfolk music festivals launching in summer 2024

Norwich Evening News: Martin Kemp will play an 80s DJ set at Uptown Festival Martin Kemp will play an 80s DJ set at Uptown Festival (Image: Uptown Festival)

1. Uptown Festival – Earlham Park, Norwich

When: Sunday, June 9

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This London festival is expanding into Norwich and the headliner has been revealed to be Ali Campbell, the former lead singer of UB40.

Also announced is Al McKay’s Earth, Wind and Fire Experience, The Christians and Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp will perform an 80s DJ set.

Norwich Evening News: The Feeling will headline Revel Festival 2024The Feeling will headline Revel Festival 2024 (Image: Press image)

2. Revel Festival – Fakenham Racecourse

When: Saturday, July 27

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Revel Festival is launching this July at

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Lil Silva Announces ‘Still Heavy P1’ EP | News

Lil Silva will release new ‘Still Heavy P1’ EP on March 29th.

The producer is lauded for his collaborative work, a journey that has taken him from seminal releases on Night Slugs through to studio sessions with Adele. His own work remains close to his heart, however, and Lil Silva continues that solitary journey this month.

Out on March 29th, his new ‘Still Heavy P1’ EP contains four tracks, with Lil Silva spinning the creative dials once more. CLASH spoke to the producer last year, and discussed his next steps:

“There’s been things going around, but I know the

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Keeping The Light With Evershine: CRAVITY Interviewed | Features

In the distance, a bright beacon glows. As it gradually peeks above the horizon, it illuminates everything before it. It is a golden beacon of warmth, strength, and the essence of youth. That beacon is evershining boy group Cravity.

Even in darkness, there’s a promise of a brighter sunrise. The message of seventh mini album ‘Evershine’ fits Cravity well. Life is inherently tumultuous, certainly so for those training to become K-pop idols. For idols whose dreams came to fruition during the COVID-19 pandemic, a unique, gray uncertainty blanketed the start of their history. Social distancing measures kept artists from

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Country music tragedy: 2 deaths, one day and the brutal start to 2024

George Strait had an unthinkable week.

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The country music legend was hit by not one but two deaths close to him on the same day. The first was his manager, Erv Woolsey, and the second was the fiddle player in his band, Gene Elders.

The tragedies were, unfortunately, the continuation of what has been a brutal year for country music. Below is a look at the tragic losses in the country music world already in 2024:

Fran Boyd

Fran Boyd, a country music groundbreaker and champion of the genre, died earlier this month.

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