Post by ARfm Press Office on Aug 1, 2009 16:47:43 GMT
FIREFEST PRESS RELEASE August 1
Firefest are delighted to announce that one of the finest voices to ever grace melodic hard rock will be making an appearance at Firefest 6. TERRY BROCK (Strangeways/The Sign/Solo) will be accompanying Drive She Said as part of the band. Add Terry’s voice to mix along with Al Fritch everybody is in for a very special treat. Terry is delighted to be returning to the UK after such a long absence , and promises a surprise or two for long standing fans.
Ticket Sales have been excellent so far. Friday Night is almost sold out completely with less than 20 tickets remaining to see Treat, Heat, Bad Habit, Eclipse and Lost Weekend. If you do intend to come to the show on Friday, please be sure to purchase your tickets as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment . Once they are gone......they are gone.
Tickets for Saturday have been extremely healthy also , with in excess of 800 tickets sold. Once again , there will be people travelling from all over the world (literally) to see the show. We will have attendees from 19 countries so far , including Peru, for the first time. With almost 100 travelling from Spain, we also would like to take this opportunity to say a big GRACIAS to our Spanish supporters who never cease to amaze us every year . Not forgetting the those travelling from all parts of the UK, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Italy, Belgium, France, USA, Norway, Australia, Russia, Switzerland, Canada, Greece, Japan and Korea. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to everybody who continues to support us every year. FIREFEST has grown to be a truly international show , and without your support there would be no show.
Tickets can be purchased using paypal from www.thefirefest.com or by cheque, bank draft or postal order from the Fireworks/Firefest office address below.
If you remember Firefest 4, we displayed the national flags of every country attending the show. Well, we would like to do so again this year. If you are attending the show , and want to see YOUR national flag taking it’s place amongst the other rock and roll nations of the world, we would ask that you send us your national flag in advance . Flags should be no larger than 3’ X 2’ , and we’re not bothered if we receive more than one flag from each country, rest assured, we will find a place for ALL of them.
Flags can be mailed to the Firefest Office
FIREFEST
10 Dunnock Close
Offerton
Stockport
SK2 5XD
England.
The Firefest series of dvd’s continues with the lasts release being Mitch Malloy . Once again this is a limited edition of 1000 pieces worldwide. The PAL version is almost sold out , whilst there are limited numbers of the NTSC version available. Grab yours from www.thefirefest.com or anybody ordering the NTSC version can do so from www.myspace.com/mitchmalloy. The remaining Firefest dvd’s are in production and whilst we have yet to finalise definitive release dates, we can confirm the following :
Loud and Clear : August 31st
White Sister : September 21st
Rox Diamond: October 1st
Crunch : Recorded at FF 5 , October 1st
Of the remaining dvd’s , we will advise release dates as soon as we have them, but ideally they should be available at FIREFEST 6 on the day of the show. Many dvd’s will contain bonus footage supplied by the bands themselves , some previously unreleased audio tracks etc, etc. Full details of each release will be made available separately closer to the actual release date. A pre order system will be available for each release, as once again , each release will be a limited run and will not be re printed once sold out.
T SHIRTS: This year FIREFEST intend to have a number of different designs and styles available in both ladies and gents shirts. Every year we have people saying to us “I have a great idea for a shirt” , well, this year here is your opportunity to design a shirt for FF6. We would like to ask all budding graphic artists to submit their designs to us, a winning design to be chosen by the FF team and a limited number of shirts will be printed featuring that design will be for sale at the show.
The winner will receive a pair of tickets to the FF6 weekend , as well as a copy of each of the Firefest series of dvd’s and a £50 gift token to the merchandise desk at FF6. The second and third place designers will each receive a copy of each of the Firefest series of dvd’s.
Designs should be submitted to Firefest@hotmail.com with the heading SHIRT DESIGN. The closing date for submission of entries is August 21st and the winner announced on August 31st . Please make sure that your design is sent in a high resolution format where detailing can be seen clearly.
As many of you know , we had intended Firefest 5 to be the final show, and that was our intention....until we received a barrage of e mails, texts, and phone calls from over 1000 people asking us to continue. It really is very humbling for the FF crew to read some of your mails telling us what the show means to you. It is even more humbling to be allowed to put this together for you every year. It’s only when you sit down and consider what we ALL have achieved, against all the odds that you realise how special the FF weekend actually is. We’re not saying that FF6 is the last show. In fact we have already made contact with a number of bands for FF7 which will take place in 2010. Two bands have already agreed to play, and two more are considering offers. More on that closer to the time.
In the meantime, we would ask that you continue to support us in any way you can. As you know we do this show each year with NO commercial sponsorship (although we are open to offers) . It’s not easy, but then again , if it was easy it wouldn’t be as much fun. Please do your best to spread the word about the show. Encourage some people to come along and enjoy a great weekend’s entertainment. We would love to see the House Full signs outside Rock City again this year....just to prove that REAL rock music has timeless appeal.
Thank you , and we look forward to seeing you at the show in October
Kieran, Bruce and the FIREFEST crew
Firefest are delighted to announce that one of the finest voices to ever grace melodic hard rock will be making an appearance at Firefest 6. TERRY BROCK (Strangeways/The Sign/Solo) will be accompanying Drive She Said as part of the band. Add Terry’s voice to mix along with Al Fritch everybody is in for a very special treat. Terry is delighted to be returning to the UK after such a long absence , and promises a surprise or two for long standing fans.
Ticket Sales have been excellent so far. Friday Night is almost sold out completely with less than 20 tickets remaining to see Treat, Heat, Bad Habit, Eclipse and Lost Weekend. If you do intend to come to the show on Friday, please be sure to purchase your tickets as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment . Once they are gone......they are gone.
Tickets for Saturday have been extremely healthy also , with in excess of 800 tickets sold. Once again , there will be people travelling from all over the world (literally) to see the show. We will have attendees from 19 countries so far , including Peru, for the first time. With almost 100 travelling from Spain, we also would like to take this opportunity to say a big GRACIAS to our Spanish supporters who never cease to amaze us every year . Not forgetting the those travelling from all parts of the UK, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Italy, Belgium, France, USA, Norway, Australia, Russia, Switzerland, Canada, Greece, Japan and Korea. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to everybody who continues to support us every year. FIREFEST has grown to be a truly international show , and without your support there would be no show.
Tickets can be purchased using paypal from www.thefirefest.com or by cheque, bank draft or postal order from the Fireworks/Firefest office address below.
If you remember Firefest 4, we displayed the national flags of every country attending the show. Well, we would like to do so again this year. If you are attending the show , and want to see YOUR national flag taking it’s place amongst the other rock and roll nations of the world, we would ask that you send us your national flag in advance . Flags should be no larger than 3’ X 2’ , and we’re not bothered if we receive more than one flag from each country, rest assured, we will find a place for ALL of them.
Flags can be mailed to the Firefest Office
FIREFEST
10 Dunnock Close
Offerton
Stockport
SK2 5XD
England.
The Firefest series of dvd’s continues with the lasts release being Mitch Malloy . Once again this is a limited edition of 1000 pieces worldwide. The PAL version is almost sold out , whilst there are limited numbers of the NTSC version available. Grab yours from www.thefirefest.com or anybody ordering the NTSC version can do so from www.myspace.com/mitchmalloy. The remaining Firefest dvd’s are in production and whilst we have yet to finalise definitive release dates, we can confirm the following :
Loud and Clear : August 31st
White Sister : September 21st
Rox Diamond: October 1st
Crunch : Recorded at FF 5 , October 1st
Of the remaining dvd’s , we will advise release dates as soon as we have them, but ideally they should be available at FIREFEST 6 on the day of the show. Many dvd’s will contain bonus footage supplied by the bands themselves , some previously unreleased audio tracks etc, etc. Full details of each release will be made available separately closer to the actual release date. A pre order system will be available for each release, as once again , each release will be a limited run and will not be re printed once sold out.
T SHIRTS: This year FIREFEST intend to have a number of different designs and styles available in both ladies and gents shirts. Every year we have people saying to us “I have a great idea for a shirt” , well, this year here is your opportunity to design a shirt for FF6. We would like to ask all budding graphic artists to submit their designs to us, a winning design to be chosen by the FF team and a limited number of shirts will be printed featuring that design will be for sale at the show.
The winner will receive a pair of tickets to the FF6 weekend , as well as a copy of each of the Firefest series of dvd’s and a £50 gift token to the merchandise desk at FF6. The second and third place designers will each receive a copy of each of the Firefest series of dvd’s.
Designs should be submitted to Firefest@hotmail.com with the heading SHIRT DESIGN. The closing date for submission of entries is August 21st and the winner announced on August 31st . Please make sure that your design is sent in a high resolution format where detailing can be seen clearly.
As many of you know , we had intended Firefest 5 to be the final show, and that was our intention....until we received a barrage of e mails, texts, and phone calls from over 1000 people asking us to continue. It really is very humbling for the FF crew to read some of your mails telling us what the show means to you. It is even more humbling to be allowed to put this together for you every year. It’s only when you sit down and consider what we ALL have achieved, against all the odds that you realise how special the FF weekend actually is. We’re not saying that FF6 is the last show. In fact we have already made contact with a number of bands for FF7 which will take place in 2010. Two bands have already agreed to play, and two more are considering offers. More on that closer to the time.
In the meantime, we would ask that you continue to support us in any way you can. As you know we do this show each year with NO commercial sponsorship (although we are open to offers) . It’s not easy, but then again , if it was easy it wouldn’t be as much fun. Please do your best to spread the word about the show. Encourage some people to come along and enjoy a great weekend’s entertainment. We would love to see the House Full signs outside Rock City again this year....just to prove that REAL rock music has timeless appeal.
Thank you , and we look forward to seeing you at the show in October
Kieran, Bruce and the FIREFEST crew
