Spiral Earth provides links to folk and roots-music festivals in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
This link to the Freq Nasty site offers some of the ‘tales’ from the free party scene that Spiral Tribe and other rave sound systems were involved with.
Plus a link to the video of Spiral’s FFWD The Revolution. There are lots more to be found in youtube-land.
The Joe Strummer Foundation
Set up by family and close friends a year after Joe’s (from the Clash) passing. The Joe Strummer Foundation continues to give opportunities to musicians and support to projects around the world that creates empowerment through music.
They say that their objectives are specifically:
The prevention or relief of poverty, particularly of young people, anywhere in the world by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
To promote, improve, develop and maintain the education of the public in the art, culture and science of music in all its aspects for the public benefit, in particular young musicians, including by the provision of funds for the purchase of musical instruments and studio rehearsal.
To promote, improve and advance the arts, including music, for the public benefit including by the presentation of exhibitions, public events and concerts.
Organised by Montreal DJ, Julian Prince, on the Caribbean island of St Martin.
The festi name is derived from the letters for the local airport.
An EDM festival with eco-elements. Looks expensive, but interesting.
Links to the official fest site and a French video report.
The Bar is a UK info and listings site, mainly for gigs but also for other events. A closed membership group.
Golden Daze of Free Festivals. A Facebook group (mostly UK) featuring info and images of old-style music and festies. Lots of historic stuff.
Danish community formed out of the early 1970s ‘New Society’ festival. It refers to itself as a ‘social experiment’. Their three rules are:
No hard drugs. No violence No theft
The second link is to a video about their festival in 2014 - in Danish, but with music.
Lithuanian music festivals. Look like fun and frolics in some beautiful locations in the Isle of Varena. Probably mostly Electronic Dance Music (EDM) from the pics and words. They say it has been going for 13 years, but appears to be ending.
“Tundra was conceived by rave fairies and forest elves. It will be a powerful, sad, though joyous farewell to the festival that inspired and empowered so many that would not fit in the box of tedious norms; those who sought though never found, those who walked the curved lines straight to create the mysterious and positive world of TUNDRA through the graceful notes of electronic music within the arms of Mother Nature.”
Umsonst and Draussen: Sandy Santen in Germany tells us that there are still free festivals running, they are called U&D, which means ‘umsonst und draussen’, in English, ‘free and outside’. And he says: ‘There is an even bigger one in Poland, this year 750,000 people joined it’. This features the Polish Woodstock festival.
UK hippy is a hub of hubs linking to gigs, festivals, conspiracy theories and more. A useful portal.