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Jaunuary 2009
Three weeks to
go until RAGGAMUFFIN
09!
It’s
happening again this Waitangi weekend on Saturday
7th February at Rotorua International Stadium!
A
brand new RAGGAMUFFIN
Festival featuring reggae legends ZIGGY
MARLEY, EDDY GRANT, ALI CAMPBELL SHAGGY, ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENT, INNER
CIRCLE, KORA, UNITY PACIFIC and
THREE HOUSES DOWN.
RAGGAMUFFIN
is back, and is
bigger and better in 09 with nine great bands and over ten
hours of music, as well as a huge new café/bar, kid’s
zone and village market area with trees to picnic under and
plenty of free activities offering loads more family fun.
Tickets
are still available from Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.co.nz,
ph 0800 111 999 - and as well as group and family discounts
deals, corporate tickets are now available.
The
bars will operate with vouchers only - no cash. Water
and other non-alcoholic drinks will be available at other outlets around the
venue for cash. The
bar will only serve up to 4 drinks per transaction. Vouchers
will cost $5 each and can be purchased separately or in
books of 4 ($20 value). They can only be used at the
bar not at the food outlets. The vouchers are
non-redeemable after the bar closes and the bar will close
at the start of the evening’s final act.
Talent:
In the breaks between
bands DJ Dubhead - www.myspace.com/djdubhead
- will work his magic on the turntables alongside radio Mai
FM MCs Brent Mio and Sonny Kahika.
Strutting their stuff will be buskers performing in the
village and market area by the bar - (program still TBA –
see www.raggamuffin.co.nz
for more details).
Accommodation:
For accommodation
options please contact Tourism Rotorua - tourism.counter@rdc.govt.nz
Transport
and Gate Entry:
Free buses will be
operating for ticket holders - see www.raggamuffin.co.nz
for information on bus routes. The free bus stops
directly outside the main gate, which is a ticket holder’s
entrance. If
tickets haven’t sold out prior to show day there will be
ticket sales at gate 2 and 3.
Public
Parking: The
venue has organized parking which will be available at
Westbrook Rugby Fields Car-parks for $10 via Malfroy St
& Devon St. There will also be a $5 Park and Ride
option at Ngongataha Domain with regular bus shuttles to the
venue.
Ticket
Prices: From
9am
on show day the ticket boxes at gate 2 and gate 3 will be
open for door sales - unless tickets sell out beforehand!
Buy
tickets before show day and save. Prices up until 7th
February are:-
$109
GA (or group deals* – buy 10 and get $10 per ticket
discount!) / $135 reserved seating / $250 Family tickets (2
adults and 2 children) / *$25 extra child ticket (3 – 15
years)
Corporate
Lounge tickets are also available – contact Raggamuffinamp@hotmail.com
for more information.
Door
prices on show day will be -
$120
GA/ $150 reserved seating/ $280 Family/ $30 extra child
ticket (3 – 15 years).
*Please
note that group deals are not available on show day and
extra child tickets must be purchased with a family ticket.
Venue
pick-ups will be from the Fenton Street Convention Centre in
Rotorua’s city centre.
Tickets
are still available from: Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.co.nz,
ph 0800 111 999.
Stay
tuned for more updates….
ALI CAMPBELL JOINS THE BILL!
Following the success of his solo album Running Free, Ali Campbell will return to New Zealand in February to join the Raggamuffin music festival in Rotorua on Waitangi weekend 2009.
Ali Campbell and UB40 headlined the inaugural festival earlier this year for the band’s final New
Zealand show together. Since then, the legendary voice of UB40 has been touring with his own
9-piece band called the Dep band (which also features ex-UB40 keyboardist Michael Virtue) plus
a hot lineup of seasoned reggae players.
“I am really looking forward to Raggamuffin. I will be bringing my new band, the Dep band to
join next year’s fantastic line up. The first festival was awesome, the crowds were great and
we all enjoyed the tour enormously,” Ali said. “We’re looking forward to playing some tracks
from Running Free, as well as some of the classic hits along the way.”
Promoter Andrew McManus Presents regrets to advise that Stephen Marley has had to withdraw
from the tour due to a knee injury. Stephen’s European tour has also been cancelled, as he is
under doctor’s orders to rest his knee whilst awaiting surgery. It is hoped Stephen will join the
2010 Raggamuffin line-up.
As lead singer with the world-renowned group UB40, Ali Campbell sold over 60 million records
worldwide, has toured across the globe, notched up four number 1 world-wide singles, over 40
Top 40 UK singles, released 24 albums and received an Ivor Novello Award for International
Achievement. A whole generation has grown up listening to Ali’s infectious vocals on classics
like One in Ten, Red Red Wine, Don’t Break My Heart and Can’t Help Falling In Love.
Running Free, released in October 2007, features guest artists including Smokey Robinson, Mick
Hucknall and Sly & Robbie. The album went top ten in the UK, and attained gold status. In
January this year, Ali announced his departure from UB40, after 28 years with the band, due to
management and business disputes, which are part of an ongoing investigation.
Ali and the Dep band have toured solidly this year visiting countries from Russia to Africa to
Europe. He is currently working on his next solo album Flying High due for release next year.
Whether as part of UB40 or in his solo career, Ali has always stayed true to his love of reggae
and its ongoing capacity for innovation, the music that first inspired him and continues to do so,
to this day.
He will join -
Ziggy Marley, Eddy Grant, Shaggy, Arrested Development, Inner Circle, Kora, Unity Pacific, &
Three Houses Down for the Raggamuffin music festival on WAITANGI WEEKEND, SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 7 at ROTORUA INTERNATIONAL STADIUM.
03-Nov 2008
Food vendor rundown
As well as our normal chips and hot dog vendors we will also have the following stalls at the 2009 Raggamuffin Festival:
STALLS
If you would like to have a stall at Raggamuffin2009, please send an email to Stuart at raggamuffinstalls@gmail.com
20-Aug-2008
The announcement of a star-studded line-up of nine international and New Zealand bands for Rotorua's 2009 Raggamuffin reggae festival is expected to see tickets in big demand when they go on sale at 9am on Monday morning
[25 August].
Events & Venues Rotorua general manager, Peter McLeod, says Raggamuffin
will be one of the country's top music festivals this summer, and a repeat
sell-out is on the cards after last year's hugely successful music feast.
"We're stoked that Raggamuffin is coming back to Rotorua on Waitangi
weekend [Saturday 7 February] as fans throughout the country have been
waiting anxiously for news of another concert. The 2008 inaugural festival
attracted over 30,000 people from throughout the country and, given the
big names on the bill, we anticipate fans will be eager to get in early
and secure tickets for the 2009 event". He says that with nine acclaimed
bands and more than ten hours of music, Raggamuffin is becoming one of the
world's major reggae events.
Promoter 'Andrew McManus Presents' has signed
Bob Marley's eldest son Ziggy Marley; along with enduring chart topper
Eddy Grant; Jamaican-born American artist Shaggy who has sold 20 million
albums to date; Arrested Development who return from last year's
Raggamuffin, Jamaican band Inner Circle; and another of the Marley
offspring, six times Grammy award winner Stephen Marley. They are joined on
the bill by highly regarded Kiwi bands Kora, United Pacific and Three
Houses Down.
"It's great that Rotorua will play host to two of Bob Marley's sons, Ziggy
and Stephen, over the weekend that celebrates the King of Reggae's
birthday," says Mr McLeod "Next year's February 7 Raggamuffin festival
will be even bigger and better than the 2008 show and we're substantially
increasing the number of food and beverage outlets to cope with the
extensive crowd expected to descend on Rotorua International Stadium for a
day of solid reggae, dub, soul, funk and hip-hop."
Raggamuffin tickets go
on sale at 9am on Monday (25 August) at the Rotorua Convention Centre's Ticketmaster office, other Ticketmaster outlets throughout the country, and online from www.ticketmaster.co.nz.
Adult general admission starts at $95 and $125 for grandstand seating.
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