The sun is shining, the sky is blue, it’s hot outside and we’re more than ready for another music festival here on the Isle of Wight.
Rhythmtree Festival returns to Calbourne this Friday with a cracking three-day line-up of quality live music.
As well as the wealth of diverse music from around the world, there are some local favourites featuring this year too.
From near to far
Friday sees a return to the stage of Isle of Wight favourites, The Bees. Fronted by local musical hero, Paul Butler – who has been keeping himself busy producing the likes of Michael Kiwanuka and Devendra Banhart – we’re sure festival goers will be treated to some old favourites by The Bees, such as Chicken Payback and A Minha Menina, and possibly, some new material.
Joining The Bees on the main stage lineup for Friday are Plastic Mermaids and CHAMPS. These are two Isle of Wight bands to watch, so make sure you don’t miss them.
Rhythmtree is all about bringing music from around the world together, so as well as music from the UK, you can also catch the like of Columbia/Belgian band La Chiva Gantiva or Senegalise dance music from The Batch Gueye Band.
Here’s a quick view of who you can see playing over the weekend.
Main Rhythmtree Stage
Friday 18th July
*The Bees *Myles Sanko *Champs *Prince Fatty and Horseman *Plastic Mermaids
Saturday 19th
*ASWAD *Wara *Resonators *Tankus the Henge *Batch Gueye Band *Trans-Siberian March Band *Tallowah
Sunday 20th
*La Chiva Gantiva *Da Lata *Lokkhi Terra *Funkshy *Serpentyne *Colin and the Crawfish *Fellowship of Groove
Didge Cafe
Friday 18th
*Rabbit Foot *Duveaux *Sam Sheasby *Floella Grace *Rebecca Heyne *The Weatherkings *Leonie Bird *Red Sqwrl *David Thornton *Claydon Connor *Doug Alldred
Saturday 19th
*Tankus the Henge *Stainless Steve *The Ouse Valley Singles Club *The Paper Trains *Cable Street Collective *Chris Woods Groove *The Perch Creek Family Jug Band *Rebel Control *Wille and the Bandits *The Piratones *The Sweet Chunks Band
Sunday 20th
*Gypsy Dynamite *Kangaroo Moon *Mal Webb *Bare Jams *Formidable Vegetable *Grizzly and the Grasshoppers *Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos *Chris Ronald *Creole Brothers *DidgeBeatGeorge *Sam Walker *Mr Bongo
RhumbaRumBar DJ line-up
Friday 18th
*Prince Fatty *Clapper Priest & Koichi Sakai *Dom Servini
Saturday 19th
*Wrongtom *Volta45 *Cal Jader
Sunday 20th
*Sleepin’ Giant *Dan Bossaphonic *Disco Afrika
At Various times:
*ASA *Headfunk *Global Psychedelic Sound System *Dom Smithered *Ngoma Sound *DJDJ *Andy Bailie *Mewtant *Nipsy
Buy your tickets
Online ticket sales end today (Wednesday), so if you haven’t snapped yours up yet, either buy on the gate or from Island outlets; Waterstones Bookshop in Newport, The Cabin Newsagents (cash only) in Freshwater or The Dairy Deli in Shalfleet.
