In The Big Top

Music is at the heart of BonkersFest! and 2007 will include a spectacular line up of acts on the main ‘Big Top’ stage these acts are being programmed with contributions from Simon Barnett at Mad Pride London and Continental Drifts with Creative Routes.

Confirmed Line-up

12.15-12.45 Channel One more
Veterans of the UK reggae scene. Winston Bennett’s former band ‘Merger’ supported Bob Dylan in 1977.
1.00-1.20 Lapland more
South London’s finest tunesmiths.
1.35-1.55 Unity and Devision more
Onstage antics aplenty. UNiTY & DEViSiON - ready to rock this mad world.
2.10-2.40 Core Sounds more
Paola Camacho (Colombian Punk), Matthew Bradbury (Grundie), Jackie Chin (Ska Fantastica), Felix Javier Mbomio-Mba (Arfican Roots Reggae)
2.55-3.15 Olympic ClampDown more
Formed by poet and singer/songwriter Tyrone Thomas and bass player Colin Maloney with Arnold Lane on drums
3.30-4.00 Buck Rabbit & EQ
4.15-4.30 Dogfood more
Dogfood are a band of folks who play with words, music and performance done as artistic musical mish mash.
4.45-5.00 Alex 1 more
A motley crew of renegades, waifs and strays from Deadbeat International, Bucket, YOU, and the ECT's.
5.15-6.00 Sooth Sayers more
The streets of South London where roots and dancehall rub shoulders with Afro beat, hip hop and dub provides the recipe for Soothsayers’ organic and unique sound.
6.15-6.45 Chik Budo more
A hugely accessible blast of 21st Century Electro Jazz Punk that we’re
pretty confident will have you swinging from the rafters.
7.00-7.45 Lazy Habits more
Lazy Habits are beats, rhymes and brass to the highest standard.
8.00-8.45 Neville Staples more
Best known for his work writing & composing, the lead singer from The Specials, and as one of the founding members of Fun Boy 3. Neville Staples is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice
9.00 on: Alternating between sets:
The Trip Team DJ Collective more
Dj collective who journey through Ska Punk Dub R&B (the old sort!) and anything else that gets you dancin'.
Beverly Carpenter (VJ)
Comperes: 12.00-4.00 Becca & 4.00-9.00 TBD