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Oblivians, Gories and more more more in Nottingham this summer!

3 days (and nights) of WILD, WONDERFUL and WAY-OUT entertainment!

BlastOff! is a BLAST of GARAGE PUNK, 60s BEAT, ROCK AND ROLL, R&B, BLUES, soul, trash, punk, surf,frat, rockabilly, psyche, and other underground delights. A bubbling brew of vintage influenced musical genres with one thing in common: that wild, raw sound that makes you want to kick up your heels and raise some dust!

Featuring a line-up of 16 amazing bands from around the world (including several underground legends who have never played the UK before!), top international disc-jockeys, drool-inducing go-go dancers, trashy entertainment, delirious OTT decor, far-out film and art shows, rummagetastic record fair and retro market, a secret cave party and
two all-night ballroom bashes in the coolest city in the Midlands!

Wild wild bands!!!

THE OBLIVIANS!!!
and
THE GORIES!!!!

And the FIRST and ONLY EUROPEAN DATE of super spooky garage surfers:

THE GHASTLY ONES!!!

As well as a host of incredible bands including (in no particular order):

Medway belters:
ARMITAGE SHANKS

Madrids shakin'est rock and roll party band:
LOS CHICOS

the LAST EVER SHOW? of masked wrestling mayhem merchants:
THE COYOTE MEN

the dancing'est followers of Frat:
LOS IMBASILS

franco/scottish garage ye-ye kings:
LES BOF

Super-sleazy dancefloor-fillers:
DOKTOR COMBOVER

Russian fuzz-freaks:
THE CAVESTOMPERS

Horror-surf creatures from OuterSpain:
THE COSMIC VAMPIRES

Stomping voodoo-garage wildmen:
THE EVILTONES

Glasgows greatest garage-punkers:
THE BRUTES

the loudest and most rockin' girls in Denmark:
CHERRY OVERDRIVE

Italian Garage bastards:
THE OTHERS

And of course, a party wouldn't be a party without monkeys!
Crazy apemen:
THE TORPEDO MONKEYS

All this AND a monster daytime record-fair/retro market for you vinyl and vintage freaks, Insane international dee-jays, all night dancing, gorgeous go-go dancers, delerious decor, far-out films and art show and MORE MORE MORE!!!!
And we want you to join us!!!
So keep tuning in for regular transmissions!!!

www.blastoff-festival.co.uk
www.myspace.com/blastofffest

£59 WEEKEND PASSES (Friday and Saturday only)
Also includes entry to Saturday daytime market!

£12 WARM-UP CAVEPARTY (Thursday night in advance)

£45 Day ticket (email us on bleep@blastoff-festival.co.uk to book yours)

Limited weekend passes and day tickets, so buy them now to avoid disappointment!

Tickets available from:
www.blastoff-festival.co.uk
www.deadbymonorecords.com
www.wegottickets.com
www.seetickets.com

Email us for any queries: bleep@blastoff-festival.co.uk

Tags: and, bash, garage, gories, monster, oblivians, rock, roll, wild

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Permalink Reply by Vagabonds on February 16, 2009 at 12:41pm: For FUCKSAKE July 10th is a week after I get kicked out of my house. That means I'll be sleeping in the street.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on February 16, 2009 at 1:57pm: PJ Dirty Water said:
See you there!

I think I may leave Dirty Water closed that weekend and encourage all of our regular crowd to head up to Nottingham...

Would you PJ? That would help us out a lot! Would be great to get some of your London revellers up here!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on February 16, 2009 at 2:00pm: Vagabonds said:
For FUCKSAKE July 10th is a week after I get kicked out of my house. That means I'll be sleeping in the street.

Sleeping? We'll be shakin' 'till 6.00 Friday and Saturday so you won't have to worry about that! :D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sonic Dirt on February 17, 2009 at 3:57pm: Are there any bands playing Saturday daytime? Also what day are the Oblivians / Gories playing? E-mailed that address about tickets but no response....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on February 17, 2009 at 4:07pm: Hey Sonic Dirt! We got you email and will get back to you shortly! Huge amount of emails!!!;D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by IDON MINE on February 18, 2009 at 6:28am: Oh shitty shit!

Yes, I am excited!
You are asking me to take that trip, ha?

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Permalink Reply by edsinner on February 18, 2009 at 11:41am: That sound really good!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sectmaniac on February 20, 2009 at 11:48am: Amazing line-up my friends!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on March 3, 2009 at 5:42pm: Tickets are on sale now!!!
www.blastoff-festival.co.uk
Email us for any queries: bleep@blastoff-festival.co.uk; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on March 15, 2009 at 6:41am: ARMITAGE SHANKS have just been added to the BlastOff! line-up!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alberto on March 16, 2009 at 4:54pm: hey people,I need filmers for the shows of Gories,I have tons of video shows to trade at www.freewebs.com/almudeno69; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Blast Off! Festival on March 22, 2009 at 12:18pm: Okay! We have spooky-garage-surf-ghouls The Ghastly Ones confirmed as our Saturday night headliners! The line-up is now:

THE GHASTLY ONES! (first and only European gig!)

THE OBLIVIANS

THE GORIES

ARMITAGE SHANKS

LOS CHICOS

THE COYOTE MEN

LOS IMBASILS

LES BOF

DOKTOR COMBOVER

THE CAVESTOMPERS

THE COSMIC VAMPIRES

THE EVILTONES

THE BRUTES

CHERRY OVERDRIVE

THE TORPEDO MONKEYS; ▶ Reply to This