Woodstock is a 12 hour music festival in aid of RAG charities. It will be divided into two stages of music and performances by societies of the University. A suggested donation on entry will go to RAG and its chosen causes. It was founded in 1992 by students at York University and is one of the biggest summer events on campus: 2012 saw almost 1,700 students enjoying the outdoor festival. It is named after the ‘Woodstock Festival'(3 days of peace and music) near New York on 15-18 Aug in 1969. It will take place on Saturday Week 9 and Vision can exclusively reveal this year’s exciting line up…
OUTDOOR STAGE LINE UP
12.00 ACS
12.30 Climbing Tress
13.00 Livvy Verseau
13.30 Down by Waterside/Ellis GS
14.00 Tim Robson
14.30 Dandy and Delions
15.00 Vanbrugh Paradise
15.30 Jukes of York
16.00 Dan Muroz
16.30 Beats and Pieces
17.00 Jargon 4
17.30 Montego Bay
18.00 Marzec Group
18.45 Replica Sounds
19.30 Taming The Savage
20.15 Red Hot White
21.00 Chuck Jager
21.45 Ambulance
22.30 The Kings Parade
INDOOR STAGE LINE UP
12.00 Glee Singers
12.30 Gospel Choir
13.00 Ballet
13.30 Rev Rock
14.00 Yorks Got Talent
15.00 Happily Ever After
15.30 Lithuanian
16.00 Dancesport
16.30 The Rich teas
17.00 Cheerleading
17.30 Dance Soc
18.15 9 Monkeys
19.00 Black Sky Paradise
19.40 Tim Edwards
20.15 Benedick Gibson
21.45 Time Shortage
22.30 Simulation Big Band
23.15 Game Theory
‘Jukes of York’
We spoke to Jonny Gilchrist and Matt Costello from the band Jukes of York, who will be performing at Woodstock, about their festival experience & why Woodstock should not be missed
What do you think makes Woodstock a worthwhile event?
Matt: “Woodstock is great because it isn’t collegiate or divisive in any way; it’s all about bringing the whole University community together. The best thing about Woodstock is that there’s no sense of competition or pride involved. Highlights from last year mostly revolve around my housemates staggering back home and having a good laugh in the sun.”
Jonny: “I think the sheer breadth of talent on show at the event makes it really worthwhile. There’s all kinds of bands on all day, from straightforward rockers to jazz and funk and soul and indie.”
How long has your band been performing gigs? When did you start?
Jonny: “We’ve only been gigging since January of this year after we formed in November 2011, but we’ve been getting around quite a lot and hitting the schedule pretty hard.”
Matt: “Yeah, we’ve only been gigging 6 months but we’re enjoying it, hitting the gigs like there’s no tomorrow and trying to work up a rep.”
Who are you most looking forward to seeing/what are you most looking forward to at Woodstock?
Jonny: “I’m most looking forward to just rocking out and beating the skins up! I might take a drum solo every five minutes too…”
Matt: “I can’t wait to play ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, because the whole song is just amazing, it has such a great feel to it and I love it. I’m really just looking forward to getting up there and trying to put on a good show, hopefully we can get people dancing and grooving and singing and in the mood for a good time!”
This is a campus event not to be missed!