Who's Playing at This Year's Foodival?

The Dermot Jones Meltdown™ showcases a variety of local musical talent at this year's Foodival, including Dermot himself and some artists so secret we cannot yet name them here!  Here is a taster of some of this year's acts.
 

Dermot Jones

Armed with six steel strings, a larynx, and a love of music stretching back to the 1930's - a little before he was born - Dermot will entertain you with his own original songs mixed in with off-the-wall covers and instrumentals from the worlds of Soul, Pop, Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Rock - but not JazzRock, sorry - Spanish, and Ragtime @DermotTJones

The Troubadours de l'Avenue Verte

The Troubadours de l'Avenue Verte, Jawadi Darabuka, Bain Stringy Thing, Longpela Pick and Blow are Lido regulars going out to play with a mix of of Irish, Disco, Rhythm and Blues. Just back from their European tour, where they eschewed a tour bus for three bicycles. 

Tai Li Ling

Tai Li Ling is a ukulele/guitar-playing Scouser specialising in Folk and Blues songs about her experiences living in the Big Smoke.when not in her day job at St George's University.www.taililing.com Soundcloud

Slim Estrada

Slim Estrada, deep south bluesman and Foodival veteran will be making his way out of the alligator-infested swamps (of Ealing) to join us again this year. We don't know if Pablo X and Washboard Bob will be joining him! www.slim-estrada.com

Emma and the Hot Tub Men play an eclectic mixture of original blues and traditional folk songs, with the odd French cover thrown in. Emma has a beautiful, original voice with a wide range and a soulful, yet ethereal tone. https://soundcloud.com/emma-and-the-hot-tub-men https://www.facebook.com/emmaandthehottubmen 

Vincent Burke

Vincent Burke recently discovered the fresh air and long walks of Summer Festivals playing Latitude Festival; some of the set went out on BBC6 Music and BBC Radio 3. He is well behaved, pet-friendly and occasionally entertaining. His music is melodic and not stupid, and now contains the added ingredients of double-bass and percussion.  http://www.vincentburke.co.uk

There will also be acoustic songs and edutainment from a mystery special guest. 100% British culture from a world citizen... expect everything from kawalee to punk via country ballad and beatbox. 

More information will be added to this post as we receive it ... The Meltdown has secrets you know!

Foodival's Entertainment

This year we enjoyed the varied pleasures of five musical performances and one theatrical Giant Pea! Dermot Jones opened the afternoon with some of his own tunes and beautiful instrumental guitar work. Then all the way from the deep south came Slim Estrada, accompanied by Pablo X, giving us their unique flavour of the Louisiana badlands (via Ealing apparently).

Dermot Jones vs Slim Estrada

Slim was unphased by the entrance of a Giant Pea parade half way through his set, led by fanSHEN Theatre as the culmination of their summer Field Day season. The mood changed a bit when the massed ranks of Balham Ukulele Society took to the stage with upbeat renditions of popular songs that really made you smile.

Giant Pea vs Balham Ukuleles

Amy Fitz-Doyley soothed us with her self penned songs about urban life playing beat box and keyboards before mid-life crisis rockers The Renegades closed the event with several food-themed covers of the classics that got us dancing!

Amy Fitz-Doyley vs The Renegades

Running Order Foodival 2015

The running order for this year's Tooting Foodival will be:
 
Saturday 12th September 12-4pm
Mushkil Aasaan, 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW
• Vegetable & Fruit Collection
• Vegetable Photos
• Cooking Demos with Volker & Quinn
• Ugly Vegetables Competition Entries Accepted
• Produce delivered to Restaurants & entrants to Top Tooting Cook

Sunday 13th September 12-5pm
Samaj Hall, 26b Tooting High Street, SW17 0RG
On the Stage ...
12.15 Dermot Jones
13.00 Slim Estrada
13.45 Balham Ukulele Society
14.00 fanSHEN & Giant Pea
14.30 Ugly Veg Parade & Winner
14.45 Amy Fitz Doyley
15.15 TTC Winners Announced
15.45 The Renegades

Throughout the afternoon home grown vegetarian food will be served, cooked up by Rick’s Restaurant, Minestra Supper Club, The Gorringe Park Pub, Meza, Kitchen Table, Pooja, Al Mirage, Route to Juice & Brixton People's Kitchen.

For more information on this weekend's festival check out the Foodival 2015 booklet.

Entertainment Line Up Announced

Dermot Jones

We are very happy to announce the final entertainment line up for this year's Foodival including exciting perfomers both familiar and new to the event.

Opening the show on Sunday, Dermot Jones will be performing some self-scrawled, lyrically vivid songs, plus a range of acoustic instrumental covers from David Bowie to Scott Joplin. www.soundcloud.com/dermosongs / @DermotTJones

Slim Estrada

Next up, Slim Estrada, bluesman extraordinaire, takes a break from the deep south to be joined by Pablo X, on guitars, banjos and harmonica and Washboard Bob on backing vocals, congas and percussion. www.slim-estrada.com

Balham Ukulele Society

Amy Fitz-Doyley

Balham Ukulele Society is a teaching workshop, uke jam and social at the Balham Bowls Club every other Sunday night. They’ll be playing an eclectic mix of ukulele-infused covers of popular songs and are proud to have been rated as one of the top 100 ukulele societies in Balham. www.facebook.com/groups/balhamukesoc / @BalhamUkeSoc
 
Amy Fitz-Doyley is a local singer, song-writer, innovator and tea drinker! Alternative Jazz is Amy’s speciality and her voice is her main instrument. She’ll be performing all original material at Foodival 2015. www.soundcloud.com/amyfitzdoyley / @AmyFitzDoyley

The Renegades

The Renegades are 40-something chirpy London chappies embracing their mid-life crises by playing a selection of covers of rock classics from the 1950s to the present day.  They hope you'll enjoy watching them roll back the years. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVrzi9VB0CehMn8iL6NydxQ

 
fanSHEN return to Foodival as part of their Field Day series, this time incorporating some making and carnival involving a Giant Pea!  

fanSHEN are a Wandsworth based professional theatre company who use theatre to help people imagine what they haven’t thought of yet and their work promotes ideas of environmental, social and financial sustain-agility embedding these ideas in the making process www.fanshen.org.uk / @fanshentheatre

Two weeks to Foodival...announcing our talented entertainment line-up!

The perfect recipe for a fantastic festival is delicious food and cracking entertainment. And Tooting Foodival 2014 is happy to offer both!

With just over two weeks to go, we have finalised a line-up of brilliant, varied and possibly bonkers performers who will help create an amazing experience for you.

Main stage

• On the main stage, starting off the proceedings, will be Dermot Jones performing some self-scrawled, lyrically vivid songs, plus a range of acoustic instrumental covers from Bowie to Scott Joplin.

• He will be followed by comedian Sam Quinn with his new interactive act, The Emperor's New Tombola, where all the prizes are performed.

• London Young Voices, Tooting’s local choir for children, will then take centre stage, entertaining the crowds with a variety of different music.

• Following the youngsters will be Jonathan ‘Longpela’ Buckley playing finger-picking stuff on a steel acoustic guitar.

• Next up, Vincent Burke, musician, singer and part-time vegetarian, returns to Foodival promising a series of songs unrelated to garden produce.

• Then, hoping to recreate the Blues heartland of the Mississippi delta - in Tooting - will be Slim Estrada, joined on stage by Pablo X, on guitars, banjos and harmonica and Washboard Bob on backing vocals, congas and percussion.

• Our penultimate performer on the main stage will be exciting vocalist Randolph Matthews with his unique blend of jazz, soul and ethnic beatbox. He promises to takes the audience on a magical journey, with edge-of-the-seat improvisation and clever technology to layer his voice.

• And giving a stompin good finish to the day - and hopefully getting the crowds dancing - is Tooting’s own Bara Bara Band, a folk band playing a mix of their own songs, traditional British folk songs and American fiddle tunes.

But the action isn’t just taking place on the stage. Or even just in the venue! 

In and around Samaj Hall

• Tootingwalks are two 30-minute audio walks created by local theatre company fanSHEN. Walkers will be given an mp3 player and a route map for a walk that will let them see Tooting through the eyes of others, hearing their memories, reflections, songs and dialogue about what makes Tooting unique.

• Meanwhile, professional close-up magician, Marc Kerstein, will be amazing people around the main hall and in the queues for food with his brilliant sleight of hand tricks. Just don’t let him make your grub disappear!

• And watch out for the unruly theatrical show, The Apple Cart, also by fanSHEN. Sisters Meryl, Beryl and Cheryl will guide you through a series of playful interactive performances, accompanied by a pedal-powered soundtrack of the sisters’ favourite power ballads.

We promised you brilliant, varied and possibly bonkers – I think we’ve kept out word!

See you at Foodival 2014.

• Donate your locally grown food on the afternoon of Saturday 13 September at the BATCA Fun Day on Broadwater Road or at Mushkil Aasaan on Upper Tooting Road.

• Celebrate local growing and eating as a community on the festival day from noon on Sunday 14 September at Samaj Hall, 26b Tooting High Street (by Broadway Studios) SW17 0RG.