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Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music starts its 10th anniversary year with genre defining international acts playing the town’s “alternative" Jubilee club night on Friday 3 June.
With two days of events highlighting trends in music and culture over the last 70 years, acts playing the club night include headliner DJ Justin Robertson, who played the Hacienda during its acid house heyday. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the Hacienda opening its doors and changing club music for ever. Justin will play a Summer of Love Hacienda DJ set.
Other headliners include Les Spaine, the 1970s original funk DJ, whose all-night Timepiece Club Night was probably the first super club. He went on to head-up Motown Records in the UK and has worked with stars such as Diana Ross (who headlines her Majesty’s party at the palace), Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gay.
Hip hop scratch DJ Jimmy Green has supported acts such as Grandmaster Flash, Masta Ace, Maseo (De La Soul), Akil (Jurassic 5), Jeru The Damaja, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul) and Mr Thing. He regularly produces Hip Hop and sample mixtapes and recently released a producer album, “Amazon Women On The Moon” through ReeVolt Records.
Woodbridge Festival and Noise of Art founder DJ Ben Osborne completes Friday’s line-up, bringing his connections with French touch, Nu-Disco, Berlin electro, post punk, Hoxton sound and Sunday scenes to the turn tables. Ben is also behind Noise of Art, which helped start late night music events in galleries in London, including The Tate and National Portrait Gallery lates. He’s worked with people as diverse as Jazzie B, Groove Armada, Booka Shade, Aluna (George), The Beatles and Ricky Gervais.
Ben Osborne says: “Ten years ago the town mayor asked if we could organise an alternative Jubilee event, which kick started the annual Woodbridge Festival. So it’s amazing to be asked to do this event on our 10th birthday by the current mayor and town council. Over the last decade the festival has grown to attract over a thousand ticket buying festival goers to our annual Elmhurst Park event and many more to our regular programme throughout the year. We were one of the few music organisations to keep live music going throughout the pandemic, so it’s especially gratifying to be able to celebrate the jubilee having survived the trials of the last two years.
“We have an amazing two day line-up in Kingston Fields, Community Hall and Whisstocks Square, with international and local acts covering everything from acid house to rock-a-billy and reggae - and we’re looking forward to projecting people’s jubilee messages onto the Tide Mill.”