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Artist submissions accepted via Emerging Talent Awards
Artist submissions are no longer being accepted directly for this year’s Crawl however submissions for the Emerging Talent Awards are open until Friday 12th February.
Any band or solo artist is eligible to enter provided that they are from the UK and are unsigned. To enter either click the blue ETA banner on our home page or go directly to www.emergingtalentawards.com
There are 8 awards in total (Best New Band, Best New Solo Artist, Best Live Act, Best Song, DIY Award, Best Visual Impact, Innovation Award & Peoples Choice) the winner of each will play a slot on the dedicated ETA stage at this year’s event as well as receiving some amazing prizes (for full details check www.emergingtalentawards.com/awards
ROCKFEEDBACK & THE CRAWL LAUNCH EMERGING TALENT AWARDS
Following three successful years as a vehicle supporting completely fresh talent in conjunction with the festival, the Gaymers Camden Crawl re-launches its annual 'Indie Idle' unsigned artist competition as an all new talent recognition campaign titled the Emerging Talent Awards in association with Rockfeedback.
The ETAs will aim to identify the most gifted new artists in the UK across a variety of disciplines through a combination of popular vote and judged awards. Artists may apply to enter the awards from 18th January at http://www.emergingtalentawards.com
Any band or solo artist will be eligible to enter provided that they are from the UK and are unsigned.
Following a period of public voting, a judging panel comprised of music industry experts will make final decisions and winners of each category (Best New Band • Best New Solo Artist • Best Live Act • Best Song • DIY Award • Best Image • Peoples Choice • Innovation Award) will be announced on the site on the 15th of March.
Full details of the awards and prizes are available at http://www.emergingtalentawards.com
Tickets for the Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010 are on sale now and available at http://www.thecamdencrawl.com Initial line-ups will be announced end January 2010.
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ANNOUNCING THE INITIAL DAYTIME PROGRAMME LINE UP
After selling out early bird weekend tickets in conjunction with our launch album and live gig which earned more than £4,000 for charity partner War Child in time for the winter holidays, we are pleased to reveal the first stage of its line up announcements for 2010.
Marking our move to the first May bank holiday in the new year, we are continuing to develop the breadth of the daytime programme of cutting edge arts and music to warm up the Saturday and Sunday Spring afternoons leading up to some legendary rock & roll evenings. Featuring a live and interactive line up of comedy, spoken word, improv theatre, visual art installations, crafts, magic, games & quizzes, fantasy football, karaoke and, of course, live music, the daytime carnival of fringe entertainment sprawls across more than twenty Camden Town venues for the weekend.
THE 2010 CONFIRMED DAYTIME LINE UP
COMEDY:
The Fix • Camden Fringe • Myster General & Friends
SPOKEN WORD:
LitroLive! • Poejazzi • Bookslam • One Taste
THEATRE:
Grand Theft Impro• The Magic Bandwagon • SKIPtheatre
VISUAL ARTS & CRAFTS:
Craftacular • Grafik Warfare • Poster Roast • Stitch London
LIVE MUSIC:
Andy Ross Presents • Fierce Panda Showcase • Hawley Arms Sessions • Hoochinoo • Island Records Boat & BBQ Party • The Lantern Society • Loose Records Showcase • Rock A Hula • Red Stripe Busking Sessions
INTERACTIVE EVENTS & GAMES:
Bring & Share Musical Bingo • Hip Hop Karaoke • Karauke • Ringo: Music Bingo • Moshi Moshi Pop Quiz • Rough Trade Pop Quiz • Scrabble Sunday • Who Killed Bambi?
For full listings click on the hosts section.
The Crawl daytime schedule of events programme kicks off from midday on both Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May and runs until 6:00 pm when the evening live music Crawl extravaganza embarks. Upon arrival at the festival each ticket holder will be presented with an all-access wristband, programme guide, timetable and free download album to help plot his/her day’s adventure. ‘Crawlers’ will be granted unlimited access to all official daytime and evening venues and parties capacity permitting.
The evening line-ups are selected by a committee of music industry tastemakers, including radio DJs, club promoters, journalists and record labels and will begin being announced in late January.
Weekend tickets for the Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010 are on sale now. For each of these tickets purchased, the Crawl will donate £2.00 to War Child (registered charity no: 1071659).
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Gaymers Camden Crawl Wins At The UK Festival Awards
Gaymers Camden Crawl won the honour of ‘Best Metropolitan Festival’ at the sixth annual UK Festival Awards which took place on 19th November. Held at the O2 centre, the Crawl kept good company with other key awards going to the likes Glastonbury (Best Major Festival), Bestival (Best Medium Festival) and Sonisphere (Best New Festival).
A huge thank you to all of our friends who voted for us to win and loyal supporters who attend the event each year.
An enjoyable evening was had by all at the event….check out our embarrassing photos
CRAWL VENUE HOSTS & BOOKING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED!
Each year the Gaymers Camden Crawl evening line up is selected by an esteemed panel of music industry tastemakers comprised of radio DJs, club promoters, journalists, record companies and musicians representing a broad spectrum of genres.
Bringing their specialist expertise to the virtual table, an extensive nomination and voting process ensues, resulting in superb line up of the best emerging talent an array of styles from folk to pop, hip hop to indie, electro to rock/metal and more.
Acting together as live music curators for the event, each committee member additionally will host a venue at next year’s festival scheduled to take plays Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May Bank Holiday.
VENUE HOSTS & COMMITTEE FOR THE 2010 GAYMERS CAMDEN CRAWL:
1234 (http://www.the1234.co.uk), ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME (http://www.adventuresclosetohome.com), ARTROCKER (http://www.artrocker.tv), BECAUSE MUSIC (http://www.because.tv), BELLA UNION (http://www.bellaunion.com), BLOODY AWFUL POETRY (http://www.bloodyawfulpoetry.com), BONANZA (http://www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com), CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com), CLUB FANDANGO (http://www.clubfandango.co.uk), ELECTROACOUSTIC CLUB (http://www.electroacousticclub.com), THE FLOWERPOT (http://www.flowerpotlondon.com), ISLAND RECORDS (http://www.islandrecords.co.uk), LAST FM (http://www.last.fm), THE LEAF LABEL (http://www.theleaflabel.com), LOOSE RECORDS (http://www.looserecords.com), MOSHI MOSHI (http://www.moshimoshimusic.com), POP BITCH (http://www.popbitch.com), RINSE FM (http://www.rinse.fm), ROCKFEEDBACK (http://www.rockfeedback.com), ROCK SOUND (http://www.rocksound.tv), ROUGH TRADE SHOPS (http://www.roughtrade.com), RWD (http://www.rwdmag.com), SOUTHERN RECORDS (http://www.southern.com), TIME OUT (http://www.timeout.com), VISIBLE NOISE (http://www.visiblenoise.com), WARP RECORDS (http://www.warp.net), WHAT’S COOKIN (http://www.whatscookin.co.uk), YEAR ZERO (http://www.yearzerolondon.com)
The artist selection process is currently in full stream for 2010 and initial line ups will be announced in January. Additionally, we are nearing the completion of the festival’s daytime programme. This will include 20 venues chock full of the best in new comedy, spoken word, visual art, theatre as well as quizzes, karaoke, bingo and of course live music and other surprises.
Come back here to watch the line up unfold and for up to date participating venues & promoters.
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