Yet to witness it myself but heard on the grapevine, the blossoming liveliest place to be in Pewsey at the moment, is, apparently the Royal Oak. Wiltshire Music Events, who brought us CrownFest in Bishops Cannings and sold out Devizes Corn Exchange with The Marley Experience, has been at the forefront of furnishing the pub with gigs from the growing wealth of talent on their books. Tempted to drop by and check it out asap, but if all else fails, Saturday July 5th sees them holding a debut mini-festival, which is double-underlined on my personal calendar……
The Oak Festival is an all dayer boasting seven bands, food and outside bar, but it’s the lineup which will really wow. Three, no, thirty yeses from me, to The Marley Experience headlining, being smitten with Bob Marley & The Wailers since day dot and after much deliberation, these guys recreate their music and vibe with such unprecedented precision it’s unmissable.
There’s also a lively Irish folk element to the festival with The Tipsy Gypsies, and Pouges tribute, The Phogues, both I’ve yet to tick off my must-see list, but they also dive into indie with the blues edge of The Leon Daye Band, and our favourite-most indie-pop masters Talk in Code, who need no introduction here neither further praise; forget sliced bread, they’re the most electrifying exciting local act we have.
There’s two acoustic singer-songwriters too, Lucas Hardy who I’ve heard only good things about, and Salisbury’s Rosie Jay, who with her poignant writing and exquisitely unique delivery overnight clocked into our all-time hall of fame here at Devizine!
Early bird tickets at an extremely reasonable £25 are available until 1st Feb, HERE.
Later the price goes up but only slightly, to £32.50, which, once you’ve seen The Marley Experience, you’ll realise the ticket stub was worth it just to see them alone, and why I’m all excited about this one!
It could be the best thing to happen in pea island since carnival, since the coronation of Alfred the Great; trust me on this one!!
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