shamania2008 31stjuly/5th aug the uk spiritual psy festival

[BINGO21]

SHAMANIA 2008 24HR 3 DAY MUSIC LIECENCE

Hi folks we have good news shamania 2008 has today been awarded its licience.We have been able to negotiate a none stop 24hr music policy starting at 6pm friday the 1st till 2am monday the 4th august this covers 3 stages.

MAIN STAGE – PSY TRANCE ARENA
HOSTED BY SUNRISE & KULU

LIVE ACT’S

EAT STATIC
SAFI CONNECTION
COSMOSIS
HYDRAGLYPH
ERROR CORRECTIVE
M-THEORY
DISTORTION ORCHESTRA
ATOM GRINDER
SKYHIGHATRIST

DJ PERFORMANCES

DICKSTER
JOHN PHANTASM
GREGG ZOGG
JON KENOBI
BEZ 23
TECHNO HIPPIE
ED TANGENT
MADMICK


ALTERNATIVE STAGE

HOSTED BY RIFF RAFF
NRG / HARD TRANCE & ACID TECHNO

LIVE ACTS

DAVE THE DRUMMER
ADAM LAB4 (TBC)
MOBILE DOGWASH
BEN FRASER (TBC)

DJ PERFORMANCES

CHRIS LIBERATOR
SOL RAY
RON ATOMIZER
SAM TOWNSEND
FIL BRAY
GLOWBONES
SELKIRK
OLY NRG
TRICKSTER
BEN WARREN
KEITH FOX

HOSTED BY BOOMTOWN PROMOTIONS REMEMBER THE HACIENDA? (live the dream reunion 89)
UPBEAT CUTTING EDGE HOUSE

ROB TISSERA – KISSDAFUNK (leeds)
SHACK & KENNY (hacienda)
EASY-D (hacienda)
CRAIG C & DJ RICH (hacienda)
GRANT HOLMES (fun-da,mental)


CHILL OUT STAGE (FRI-SAT-SUN)
HOSTED BY SYNCHRONISTIC SOUNDS

JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
O.V.N.I
TETCHI

MORE TO BE CONFIRMED………

+ HEALING AREA + CAFES + KIDS STUFF + STALLS


DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR THE SHAMANIA LUGNASADH FESTIVAL
ARE STILL ON SALE, AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES, UNTIL MAY 1st 2008.

ADULT TICKETS (18 and over) £45 each

YOUTH TICKET (11 to 17 years old) £20 each

CHILD TICKET (10 and under £0.01 for 1st two, then £10.00 each)

Parking passes are important as the road to the site is access only if you dont have one then you will have a good mile to walk in order to obtain one, even if you have festival tickets you have been warned

PARKINGPASS - CARS @ £5.00 each
PARKINGPASS – CAMPERS @ £10.00 each


http://www.shamania.com

http://www.accessallareas.uk

Traders pitches and cafe areas are now available please contact ade on the following email

ade@shamania.com

[Jemo]

Im gonna go to this, I heard it was amazing last year .... I aint into Psy, but I am gonna go for the crowd ....

[Beatmonkey]

How come its always the psy events that manage to get 24hr licences????

[Sperge]

I want to go to this, Pendle Hill is my old stomping ground. It's absolutely beautiful round there. And it has some seriously spooky history too.

[ThE99THReDBallooN]

spooky history you say???

[alboot]

How come its always the psy events that manage to get 24hr licences????

big style! im not a fan, but they seem to get the best and longest hours

[Sperge]

spooky history you say???

You've not heard of the Pendle Witches and all the other stuff? Ooh, where do I begin?

[ThE99THReDBallooN]

no no give us a slice

[Sperge]

no no give us a slice

OK, in 1612, ten people were hanged for the murder by witchcraft of 17 people in the Pendle Hill area. Another woman, Elizabeth Southerns (aka "Demdike") died in prison awaiting trial and another was hanged in Yorkshire. So there were a dozen in all.

One of the condemned, Alice Nutter, is buried in the churchyard in the village of Newchurch-in-Pendle, which is where my family lived just before I was born.

The church has a highly unusual feature set in its tower, called the "Eye of God", which overlooks Alice Nutter's grave. I do have a pic of it somewhere, will post it when I find it. It's nothing spectacular but I have never seen anything like it on a Christian church anywhere. Old churches would often incorporate old pagan symbols, e.g. the green man, into carvings etc. But this was a church built in the 17th century. The locals were obviously afraid of something if they felt the church needed this additional protection...

Many people, including ones who don't regard themselves as superstitious, have felt very uncomfortable in certain parts of Newchurch, particularly near Alice Nutter's grave (without having been told beforehand about who was buried there) and places associated with Demdike and others. My mum was particularly nervous about one or two places. I've been to that churchyard myself and that grave does have a creepy feel to it (a constant feeling of being 'watched' - and no, I don't mean by the "eye" thingy, although that's a bit creepy too) and I don't even believe in any of this shit.

That's the basic story. 17 people died in allegedly mysterious circumstances around a hill that is often shrouded in mist, adding to the fearful mindset of 17th century village folk, a number of people were accused of witchcraft and were executed or died in jail.

There are all sorts of embellishments, of course, and everyone from the area has their own favourite spooky stories. Pendle Hill's notoriety meant that it had become a magnet for modern-day witches, pagans, occultists and all sorts even before I was born (if you can imagine things going back that far!). Halloween was a major pain in the arse for residents with all these out-of-towners taking over the village for a couple of days apparently. My mum in particular hated it. I guess she might have been one of those anti-Glade people if we lived in Thatcham.

Anyway, I'll close with one spooky story from my dad, who is by no means the superstitious type.

He was driving over Pendle Hill on a night when it was covered in thick fog (quite a regular occurrence). This was a real pea-souper, though, and he could barely see the road. His headlights picked up a dark shape ahead, he could see it was a nun, he could make out the head-dress and quite vividly remembers a silver crucifix round her neck which glinted in the headlights. She was beckoning him over and he stopped. When he got out, he looked for her and couldn't find her anywhere. Then he noticed that the spot where he had seen her standing had a sheer drop and if he'd gone in that direction, he'd be driving the big van in the sky...

[megadaisy]

awesome post! Reckon you could find a pic of the eye thing on the church?


<a bit of googling later>
Found one! The eye is just above the line 1/3 of the way up going round the tower.



This is fab! Thanks Sperge

[Beatmonkey]

I quite wanna go now, why are they not useing this as a marketing tactic???

[Bandanaman]

Went to this last year and absolutely loved every second of it, and would love to go again! Unfortunately with it being on the week before Boom, I don't think I'll be able to get the time off for this as well!

Ah well, if it's on again the year after, I'll be there

[Robofish]

What's Shamania like?

Is it a really far out there, 4 day, out of your face raving session, getting lost into the depths of psy-trace and the unknown... Or is it more of a family festival where people just chill out in the sunshine. The fact the let children in seems a bit offputting, but the price is very promising.

[Sperge]

It's very much a family-friendly one. But it's still a 24-hour party. Haven't been to it myself but had very positive feedback about it from people who went.

[imitationleather]

Hmm... Sounds interesting, and I can't help being tempted by that price. I love a good old spooky story, n'all!

But is there much there for someone who doesn't like psy? I'm sure the atmosphere will be superb, but I'd still like there to be music that's a little more my cup of char.

[Sperge]

Hmm... Sounds interesting, and I can't help being tempted by that price. I love a good old spooky story, n'all!

But is there much there for someone who doesn't like psy? I'm sure the atmosphere will be superb, but I'd still like there to be music that's a little more my cup of char.

Thanks for reminding me about this one, elliot, will get on the case.

I spoke to the organiser on the phone a few weeks ago and I'm sure he said there'd be techno and stuff. Also System 7 and The Orb are playing from what I can remember. Will chase him up, he's bound to have more line-up sorted by now.

[Jemo]

Is it a really far out there, 4 day, out of your face raving session, getting lost into the depths of psy-trace and the unknown... Or is it more of a family festival where people just chill out in the sunshine. The fact the let children in seems a bit offputting, but the price is very promising.

cheers sperge ! will appreciate it too ...

All I can say Robofish is Sunrise is a family festival but that was off key at night and chilled in the day ....

and when I say off key I mean IDSpiral tearout breaks at 7 in the morning and people runnig around like zoo animals ....

[BINGO21]

sorry for the delay but it wouldnt let me in update above loads more to come

[BINGO21]

Robofish wrote:
Is it a really far out there, 4 day, out of your face raving session, getting lost into the depths of psy-trace and the unknown... Or is it more of a family festival where people just chill out in the sunshine. The fact the let children in seems a bit offputting, but the price is very promising.

The festival caters for both the idea is to get back to what a festival is all about good vibes first and formost good dance music that crosses all types with the main stage psy trance/prog/chill only depending on the time of day.As for the price our aim is value for money we got fed up of paying £130 that other festivals charge keeep it small and intamate with good sounds and friendly vibes where all money taken is reinvested in the festival

[Spangled85]

Oh my Gods, this looks immense Just checked out some of their youtube vids, looks like a party n a half Nice n small 2 so you know it's gonna have that kinda vibe going, not to mention it's psy trance Plus, it's only £45! What more could I ask for..... I could think of a few things but that's just being fucking greedy

We lost festies like this a good few yrs back, seems like we've got 1 back Along with Glade, of course!

Am I going? Damn right I fucking am

I like how the Spiritual side is involved too Bring it ON!!!