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| . | p2 Well, we managed it, and a great success it was too. The first N16 Fringe Festival happened over the weekend 14-16 June and all our venues were heaving with musical liggers, fun seekers and general good-humoured punters. From the Dublin based La Rocca and local bands Monkey Island and Penthouse at the White Hart through the steel bands at Firefly and the haunting sax pyrotechnics of Tony Wrafter at the Auld Shillelagh, to Miles Hunt's solo set and the soaring harmonies of Camden's finest country band, the Arlenes, at Ryan's, there was music for all tastes. The inimitable Miss Demeanour at Krystal's, Turkish acoustic vibes at Clicia, trad jazz at Booth's, the manic musical talents of Wreckless Eric at the Minx Club and the seriously eccentric Dogheads at Ryan's expanded the musical horizons still further. And the venue owners joined in the spirit of the weekend in style. Stoke Newington was buzzing.
Mathew 'our man behind the mixing desk' Priest, one of the guiding
lights of the Fringe, writes: This was the review that might have appeared in Rolling Stone magazine had
they bothered to send anyone to review our festival. But they didn't, so who cares. But
you turned up, though, in your droves. And in your cars, but mostly on the 73. And thank
you all for making the first N16 Fringe Festival a great success for everybody involved. All the acts that I managed to see were splendid, but a special mention must be made of
Sam Brown - who played a storming set in front of a crammed, emotionally charged Tup on
Saturday afternoon; Plakka - who left people open mouthed with their 'straight ahead, no
frills rock and roll' set, a favourite lyric being "I remember Berlin, I remember
Burnley, I remember Beckenbauer, I remember you';
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