Come and join us once again for a true festival favourite. This year we are back with a bumper progamme of musical delights to be enjoyed as the sunsets over the English Channel.

4.30pm - DOORS 
Come by, collect your tickets and grab a drink! 

5pm - 6pm - Pie Factory Music and Wantsum Music present JANMAKESNOISE and QUINN BAILEY. 

On stage, Janmakesnoise utilises his technical knowledge, using samples and live loops to build an ethereal and psychedelic soundscape of synths, jazzy keys, and funk inspired bass lines.

Collaborating with musicians from a wide range of genres, Jan is committed to learning as he solidifies his sound in the current music climate.

Quinn Bailey makes music to mend the wounded soul. Drawing influence from post-punk and melodic shoegaze, they create a tentatively mellow soundscape, synergising distinctive pastel-rock with their poetic lyricism.

Pie is a music and youth work charity set up in 2002 to provide free, accessible, and high-quality workshops for young people across East Kent.

Instagram - @piefactorymusic

Wantsum Music? started with Ramsgate charity Pie Factory Music’s Emerging Artist Programme, where a group of young and talented East Kent musicians from different backgrounds and areas of the music landscape came together to help develop their passion for music and a willingness to progress in their musical career.

Instagram - @wantsum_music

6pm - 8pm - BUSKERS
Our brilliant and eclectic buskers this year are Steve Warrington aka Big Steve, Adventurine, Nigel Martyn & Band, Walkhome Jackson, Callum Sutton and Ari. Read all about them below

8pm - 8.20pm - TAIKO DUNLOPO 
Triumphantly leading us into the night time vibes Taiko Dunlopo (so-called because they started playing on car tyres before they could afford real drums!) with their fast and furious drumming performance!

8.20pm - 8.50pm - LOST REVELLERS 
The Lost Revellers high octane vibes will take you on a journey through wild and original folk songs as well as peppering some unique arrangements of recognised world folk and jazz tunes!

Richard Moore (violin) and Caitlin Roberts (accordion) make up the Lost Revellers.

'One of the most original and creative sets of songs you'll hear all year...these musicians really do shine.' (Penny Black Music)
'Expect the unexpected with each song, with only the excellence of the songs and the playing providing a commonality.' (Fatea Magazine).
'Music that makes you want to dance and weep at the same time' (Hastings Independent Press)

9pm - 10pm - GEMMA ROGERS 

Gemma Rogers, the English Poet, playwright and all round power player is synchronising the festival as this year's finale! Boasting hard-hitting themes delivered with a fiery and passionate voice, expect punk strumming and punchy drums.

Gemma and band have recently been on tour with Paolo Nutini. Consistently championed by Steve Lamacq. Finish the festival with Gemma and crew, stomping feet and warbling away.

https://www.gemmarogersmusic.com/

When: Sun 25th Aug 2024

Where: Eastcliff Promenade, continuing from Marina Road, Ramsgate

Timings: 4.30pm - 10pm

Age guidance: All

Tickets: £7 + booking fee, under 12s FREE, £9 on the door (subject to availability).

Accessibility information -

Trigger warnings:
None

Transport links:
Paid for parking in beach level car park.
Free street parking available at the top of the Chine Steps.
Railings for bicycles.
25mins walk from Ramsgate Train Station.
The Loop bus 10mins walk down the ramp / steps.

Venue accessibility:
Once at promenade level the site is entirely step free. The location is open air so please check the weather and dress accordingly. Being sea level the wind can be stronger. The event will only be cancelled in extreme weather conditions, and all will be notified via our website and social media. This is a standing event with no seating available.

Toilets:
There will be portable toilets available and an accessible loo on site.

Refreshments:
RFOS will run a bar serving drinks from 4.30pm. Food will be available to purchase from vendors will be brought in for this event. There is no running water on site.
Please bring cash as a back up! 

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BUSK AT DUSK ARTIST BIOS: 

Steve Warrington aka Big Steve
Big Steve doesn’t do one size fits all, with a voice that’ll catch you off guard, come and see the magic for yourself!

Steve Warrington aka Big Steve is a singer-songwriter & musician from Thanet, taking lyrical influence from his social surroundings & own live experiences to write some songs about in his words… “some stuff”. Brilliant!

Instagram: @BigSteveArtist
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0pnWThzjqE3ZZQltteUe0r?si=lhZZ979NQn2kEYEBEK_M1w

Adventurine
Expect folk and country sounds from singer and songwriter Adventurine.
Now based in Margate but with music produced, released and toured all around the world!

Website: https://www.adventurinegreen.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3NJFKCO0XOcAHExSam4dVI?si=2DtipvTNReqcsmzmiEm7QA

Nigel Martyn & band
Nigel Martyn was the lead singer of the band Flyagaric in the 90's and started his solo career in 2000. He's performed with the likes of RDF and Damien Rice and in 2001-2006 he was signed to Kminer Records then from 2010 - 2014 on Snap Records. Now based in Whitstable, Nigel can be found gigging solo or with a band, and is putting together a tour in the south of the UK from Septembe

Walkhome Jackson
Playing both his own material and a selection of songs from the 60s and 70s British and American folk, country and blues scene with a few surprises along the way… The Times newspaper has described his songs as having ‘an affecting lyricism’.

Instagram: @walkhomejackson
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3V4gHxJRBHCZNUVMrSYQpW?si=FF7RXETUQumqInUbPQ63_w

Callum Sutton
Callum Sutton is an exciting performer with a rich bag of tunes to draw from.

Whether it's funk, soul, classic blues, jazz standards or his own original songs, Callum delivers all with stylish musicality. His ability to surprise and delight audiences across Kent, London & Brighton has lead to two support slots with American R&B legend Geno Washington and a set at rising soul star Samuel Ashton's Vinyl Album launch.

Stumble accross a new musical favourite this weekend!

Instagram: @callum_sutton_musician
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@callumsuttonmusic6512

Ari
Expect a set of reimagined folk and jazz melodies, with some classic tunes for communal sing along moments.

Bring an open mind as you’re taken through songs you may not have heard before, as well as a few much loved classics. Although there will be no swearing, some older folk songs do have darker, violent themes. These include Murder Ballads… (oooooh!).

ARI is a new and exciting Singer from Margate, emerging from Punk Rock roots with a powerful, bluesy sound. Her sets are eclectic and full of timeless folk stories of love, life, death and aspiration.

You can hear her soulful vocals on the latest Hightown Pirates album, ‘Welcome to Wilderness Hill’. Recorded at the Albion Rooms. Also catch her solo gigs at various local venues, such as Ramsgate’s cabaret Club, The Salon Du Miel. ARI regularly sings with The East Coast Theatre Company, Bradstow Singers and The Bradstow Symphony Orchestra.

Pie Factory presents Janmakesnoise and Quinn Bailey
Janmakesnoise
In Janmakesnoises (Jan Quindoyos)’s words - “I make music that challenges myself” .

On stage, Jan utilises his technical knowledge, using samples and live loops to build an ethereal and psychedelic soundscape of synths, jazzy keys, and funk inspired bass lines.

Collaborating with musicians from a wide range of genres, Jan is committed to learning as he solidifies his sound in the current music climate.

JanMakesNoise started as a sample based project but wanting to work his way around the minefield of sample clearance he challenged himself to compose and create original elements to work with.

Quinn Bailey
Quinn Bailey makes music to mend the wounded soul. Drawing influence from post-punk and melodic shoegaze, they create a tentatively mellow soundscape, synergising distinctive pastel-rock with their poetic lyricism.

Now aged 21, with full band backing and an evolving perspective of youth and culture in the modern day, Quinn offers a soulful and mellow insight into their mind's eye on their earthy guitar-driven songs.

‘Veins’ is a collaboration between friends Quinn Bailey and Janmakesnoise.

As part of 2023's Emerging Artists cohort at Pie Factory Music, Quinn bought their acoustic poem and through collaborating with Janmakesnoise was able to build the piece until its full splendour, blending striking live drums and raw, quintessential Indie guitar lines.

Veins promises a tender, heartfelt experience for every hopeless romantic.

About Pie
Pie is a music and youth work charity set up in 2002 to provide free, accessible, and high-quality workshops for young people across East Kent.

www.piefactorymusic.com

Instagram - @piefactorymusic

About Wantsum Music? Wantsum Music? started with Ramsgate charity Pie Factory Music’s Emerging Artist Programme, where a group of young and talented East Kent musicians from different backgrounds and areas of the music landscape came together to help develop their passion for music and a willingness to progress in their musical career.

Instagram - @wantsum_music