If you have been to WrabFest before you will know we have an eclectic mix of artists, aiming to offer something for all tastes and giving an amazing platform to up and coming local artists. This year we have performances taking place on two stages- main Stage and Acoustic Stage (found in the Main Bar tent).
WrabFest favorites will be performing for you again this year, as well as a whole bunch of other very talented people. Stay till the end of the event to hit the dance floor (field!!) and show us your best moves to all your faves, played by our resident DJ Jeremy Durrant for the last hour. Check out some of the full line up below. More details to follow.
Plasticine Hands – Main Stage 12.00
WrabNess’s answer to – well we don’t know what really. For such a small village, Wrabness is able to draw on an enormous pool of musical talent, concert pianists, conductors, well establish bastions of of the music scene in and around Essex. Unfortunately none of those were available so instead we have Plasticine Hands. They are able to provide hours of endless fun, creativity and self expression, plus they are cheap, available and usually punctual. Plus all members of the band helped build the site, so the payback is having to put them on stage! Joking aside, prior to their debut performance last year they undersold themselves then went on to produce a great set.
*Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts
Ruby & Sonny – Acoustic stage 12.45
Ruby is just 13 years old and is already a seasoned professional and acomplished performer, you may have caught her with Harwich Sing next Gen. This year she will be accompanied by Sonny who is also 13 years old. Together they will be performing a variety of songs from ballads, indie and pop.
Future of legend- Main Stage 13.30
After a long absence from the music scene the Future of legend boys are back.Something has drawn them together for a final crack at the game called music.These guys have an unbelievable and flawless live performance and are well worth seeing
Motion in Colour – Acoustic Stage 14.15
Motion in Colour are an recently formed Essex based indie/ rock band. Covering all genres from Stevie Wonder to Paramore, whilst performing originals. The band is made up of 4 members and led by vocalist, Jodie Hunt. Each member of the Band has previous experience performing as solo artists or as part of a band in Essex, Kent, London and Suffolk.
Julie Usher Twisted Blues Band- Main Stage 15.00
Fronted by the exceptional Lead Guitarist Julie Usher. Julie Usher Twisted Blues Band play a powerful collection of original, sometimes quirky, songs with a few less commonly heard covers thrown in for good measure.
The Twisted Blues Band are certainly not run of the mill and the music they play challenges perceptions and expectations of Blues music – a refreshingly different approach to a well established and well loved musical genre. Music that is simply impossible to ignore.
Its Blues With A Twist – Its Twisted Blues
Quality musicianship and downright kicking music.
Don’t Fret – Acoustic Stage 15.45
Helen Abbey (vocals) and Trevor Durrant (guitar) bring together their considerable musical experience and talents with their acoustic 80’s duo. Don’t Fret! Helen’s jazz and soul Background, and Trevor’s Blues and Rock influences, combine to inform their own special interpretation of some of the great pop music of the 80’s.
The Hit List – Main Stage 16.30
Specialising in playing the classics you expect and finding those hidden gems that everyone knows and loves but other bands don’t dare play. Producing an exhilarating and memorable high energy show. The Hit List collectively draw upon over 60 years of experience as live music performers, recording artists and DJ’s to bring to you the freshest selection of hits from the 60’s to now.
Harwich Sing- Acoustic Stage 17.15
A modern, all-inclusive enthusiastic community choir with emotion, energy and passion. Anyone and everyone can join, it’s all about the music and the fee-good factor! Comprises of four choirs, Harwich Sing, Harwich Sing KIDS, Harwich Sign NexGen and Harwich Sing Tendring Voices.
The Red Hot Radiators – Main stage 18.00
Celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year we are pleased to welcome back these perennial favorites. Established in the late 80’s, the original members of the Red Hot Radiators came to prominence in the 90’s, gigging throughout Essex & Suffolk, performing an alternative playlist of numbers from artists such as Ian Drury & The Blockheads, The Stranglers, Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero and many more in a repertoire of song well into three figures.
Veldez – Acoustic Stage 18.45
Valdez have been a firm favourite on the East Anglian live music scene for over five years. Playing an up-tempo mix of pop, rock, funk, reggae and disco floor-fillers, they’re renowned for reinventing songs and putting their own twist on them. The three-piece have covered songs from artists as wide and varied as Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters through to Kylie Minogue and Faithless (plus everything in between!). They’ll be treating us to a rare acoustic performance which promises to be a treat for all present
The Landed – Main Stage 19.30
There’s a reason some paths are tried and tested, it’s because they work. Bands who’ve known each other since they were kids. Bands who began at school and went through an exercise book of daft names. Bands who played the covers circuit and learned why the great songs are great, and how to entertain. That path worked for The Beatles, it worked for The Stones and it works now.
When you know that’s also the story of The Landed – two brothers and two friends from Colchester in Essex, you can hear it in their music. Songs that sound like a childhood of swapping all the right records, figuring out the chords and playing gigs in the assembly hall to impress girls who never looked in their direction. Classic, heart-on-sleeve, hooks by the bucket load, joyous, air-punching guitar pop. The kind of songs you write when you don’t want to get a proper job.
Shine- Acoustic Stage 20.15
Playing a soulful funky mix of anthemic, original material “SHINE” are a real crowd pleaser. Guaranteed to get an audience to it’s feet and leave them not only calling for more but also with a smile on their faces!.
Guns N Roses Experience Main Stage 21.00
Europe’s No1 Guns N Roses Experience.
We know every Gn’R tribute says that but we have the credentials to prove it. We are signed to Morningside Management, they are UK’s No1 Theatre tribute band Management company, they have 1 simple rule. To be added to their Rosta the band must be the best in the land and the closest to the original. “How do they establish this?” MM exhaustively trawl the pubs and Clubs and check out all of the self-claimed No1 tributes, not just once but several visits. They concluded following this process that we are the best by some distance.
Need we say any-more
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
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