Festival

The View have announced they are to headline the Friday night of Loopallu 2009. 

The View make a welcome return to the festival 3 years after their last appearance when still relative unknowns. Three years on, and they have two top 5 albums under their belts including 2007’s number 1 smash 'Hats Off to the Buskers’.

Also joining the line up is singer from legendary two-tone ska band The Specials, forming member of Fun Boy Three and now with his own band, the one and only Neville Staple and his band.

The Garden Party is back for a 7th year featuring an all star line up that once again looks set to pack the Mason’s Arm’s to the rafters. Continuing to be the biggest party the weekend has to offer, The Garden Party will take place over the two days of Notting Hill Carnival and will see the Mason’s arms transform into a Balearic Paradise.

Legendary British rockers Motörhead and UFO have been confirmed to headline the 23rd annual Bulldog Bash, which takes place August 6th, 7th 8th, & 9th at the festival's usual site at Shakespeare County Raceway, Long Marston, near Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire.