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Six Miles Away - Flying Visit - High Vibe - Aspex

 Monkey Militia - Egotrick - Rupchured Rabbit - The Casinos

SIX MILES AWAY - The Anchor - Saturday 20 October FLYING VISIT - Knaphill Working Mens Club - Saturday 20 October HIGH VIBE - The Crown - Sunday 21 October  ASPEX - The Crown - Tuesday 23 October EGOTRICK & MONKEY MILITIA The Crown - Thursday 25 October - DOUBLE HEADER!  RUPTURED RABBIT- The Crown - Friday 26 October - CHIPS - Knaphill Working Mens Club - Saturday 27 October - THE CASINOS - The Anchor - Saturday 27 October

Special thanks to all the venues for making this festival possible..... 

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Saturday 20th

• Despite a bit of a delay on the first Saturday due to what turned out to be the inconvenience of the Rugby World Cup -  the village has been rocking. With three gigs featuring, Six Miles Away, Vic Gilder and Flying Visit on Saturday, the stage had been set for a great week ahead.

Sunday 21st

• On Sunday High Vibe played The Crown in an excellent atmosphere created by the locals and a group of the band's own fans.  Their presence at the festival was a timely indicator of the great music that was still yet to come.

Tuesday 23rd

• On Tuesday we had a great night of mesmerising rock with the acclaimed teen band Aspex playing The Crown. The band's mature stage presence was a privilege to watch and their version of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall was absolutely brilliant. They almost certainly have a great future ahead of them if they they get the support and recognition they deserve. 

Thursday 25th

• Thursday at The Crown saw two bands - Monkey Militia and Egotrick take the stage on a memorable night of alternative music. Both bands were playing some great original stuff in front of another bumper crowd. This was the night that confirmed the festival so far really had been a great success.

Friday 26th

• Another excellent gig was provided by Ruptured Rabbit at The Crown on Friday with a very accomplished performance in front of an appreciating crowd.  Some excellent sax playing was the icing on the cake  that prompted a number of rapturous encores.

Saturday 27th

• Saturday 27th saw trio The Casinos at The Anchor in another tight performance which had the crowd transfixed throughout the evening. The band is is well respected on the local music circuit so it was ftting thet they should close a marvellous week of music.  David Phelps'  Chips played a packed Knaphill Working Men's Club and entertained the Haloween crowd who came to the event in fancy dress sealing another great night in Knaphill. 

• Message from Six Miles Away
  We had a great time opening the Knaphill Village Music Festival in The Anchor last night - shame we didn't have a chance to talk. Hope the rest of the festival goes well too. - Cheers from Six Miles Away

• Message from High Vibe
  High Vibe here - just like to say thanks for the invite to play at The Crown on Sunday night. Had a great time and very well organised. Really enjoyed it with great atmosphre. Cheers High Vibe

• Message from Aspex
  A big thanks from Aspex to Mal (Foster) and those at The Crown. We had a great night and made many friends. Same again next year !!!!!! - Pete Carver

• Message from the Secretary of The Knaphill Resident's Association Hope that you are keeping well and have recovered from all the hard work in making the Knaphill Village Music Festival such a success. I heard very good reports from people in the Village; hope you were pleased with the turn out and response......great result for the first venture....Congratulations - Eilleen Martin KRA.

Village Gears Up for Music Festival

KNAPHILL is gearing up for a high-voltage week of music that kicks off on Saturday with a trio of gigs.

The Knaphill Village Music Festival will see the area’s best amateur acts entertaining the crowds throughout the week.

The music will get under way on Saturday when covers band Six Mile Away appears at The Anchor pub in the High Street.

Meanwhile Flying Visit will take on the Knaphill Working Men’s Club in Highclere Road and Vic Gilder will pay tribute to the Rat Pack at The Crown in the High Street.

Festival organiser Mal Foster said: “It’s going to be a good week and will give local bands a platform to perform on.

“Basically the infrastructure is already there. There were lots of events going on but the idea was to collate them altogether.”

Following on from Saturday’s performances will be mod rock covers extraordinaires High Vibe, who will be taking over The Crown on Sunday. 

On Tuesday teen rockers Aspex will be playing at The Crown and the venue will play host to Monkey Militia and Egotrick on Thursday. On Friday blues five-piece Rupchured Rabbit will also take to the stage at The Crown.

Dave Mills is the drummer with the strangely-spelt band.  He said: “I would say we’re an eclectic mix of blues and rock and roll. We’re a bit more individual than a lot of bands.

“We are not a covers band and we’re not a tribute band. We write a lot of our own rockabilly and blues stuff.”

The final night of the festival will see covers blues and rock specialists The Casinos playing at The Anchor while Chips plays at Knaphill  Working Men’s Club.

First printed in: Woking News and Mail

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