by Arta Gailuma
— Photojournalist —
July 1, 2018 at Mote Park in Maidstone, UK–
With a different time slot this year, the end of June and the beginning July, instead of the usual end of July; Ramblin’ Man Fair was taking over for a weekend the beautiful Maidstone Park which is one of the largest in South East England with more than 450 acres of parkland and a 30- acre lake, great connections to London and perfect for close and far festival goers.
In its first three years, Ramblin’ Man Fair has already managed to hostnames like Scorpions, Dream Theater, Whitesnake, Black Stone Cherry, ZZ Top, Black Star Riders and plenty others. Festivals forth edition had Mott The Hoople and The Cult headlining the main stage.
A family-friendly, well-organized festival with a very relaxed atmosphere. A large parkland area with catering vans, market stalls, three stages and lots of space to chill. Definitely not a festival for going crazy- don’t expect moshpits or streams of crowd surfers, nevertheless great atmosphere.
The only downside was the constantly clashing bands. There were quite a few people around wanting to see two or even three artists playing at the same time, but since the Outlaw Country/ Blues stage was too far from the other two, they were missing out on seeing the band. That could be something to keep in mind for the future.
Day1 —
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Planet Rock Stage:
No Hot Ashes
Gun
Therapy?
Cadillac Three
Steel Panther
Mott The Hoople
Outlaw Country Stage:
Thomas Wynn & the Believers
The Adelaides
Me And That Man
Skinny Molly
Myles Kennedy
Steve Earle& The Dukes
Rising Stage:
Those Damn Crows
Icarus Falls
Dead Man’s Whiskey
Gorilla Riot
The Rocket Dolls
Henry’s Funeral Shoe
The Dust Coda
The Rising Souls
Day2 —
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Planet Rock Stage::
The Last Internationale
Tyler Bryant& the Shakedown
Sons Of Apollo
Blackberry Smoke
Halestorm
The Cult
Prog In The Park Stage:
Second Relation
Goldray
Voyager
Von Hertzen Brothers
Mostly Autumn
Fish
Blues Stage:
Connor Selby Band
Kris Barras Band
Laurence Jones
Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind
Big Boy Bloater
Gov’t Mule
Festival sites:
www.ramblinmanfair.com
www.facebook.com/ramblinmanfair
www.twitter.com/RamblinManFair
