Now in its 27th year, the Monmouth Festival is one of the largest
free music festivals in the UK and attracts up to 50,000 people each
year. It is run by volunteers and is almost entirely funded by
sponsorship, advertising, fundraising events, and generous donations
by the public. So please dig deep this year and give all you can to
our bucket collectors while you are watching these great bands!
This
year, we think it will be our best ever music festival! We have a
huge variety of music for all tastes through the nine day festival,
including rockabilly, jive, rock, blues, classical, jazz, country,
disco, big band...
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Sure to be a massive night will be Saturday 25th July when we
have The
Pigeon Detectives!
The Pigeon Detectives broke onto the UK music scene in 2006 with
their first top 40 hit 'I Found Out.' Influenced by the likes of the
Rolling Stones, The Shangri-Las, The Beatles and The Strokes the
band built up a strong fanbase resulting in their debut album 'Wait
For Me' going platinum selling 350,000 copies in the UK along the
way. The album featured the crowd favourites I'm Not Sorry and Take
Her Back.
In early 2008 the band shacked up at Monnow Valley Studios in
Monmouth to record their second album 'Emergency' with Blur producer
Stephen Street. The album spawned the hit single 'This Is An
Emergency' and helped the band's continued rise.
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In the summer of 2008 the band played huge gigs on the Other Stage
at Glastonbury and at V Festival.After a successful tour of the USA
the band finished their 2nd album campaign playing a massive UK tour
including their own headlining show at the 8,000 capacity Alexandra
Palace venue in London.
The Pigeon Detectives are currently writing for their 3rd album due
in 2010.
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WELCOME TO MONMOUTH FESTIVAL 2009
MISC