Hat Trick On Stage At A Recent Event
I had a long conversation with the manager of the Sheffield Walkabout yesterday about this weekend just passed and specifically the Tramlines Festival which took place in the city on Saturday and Sunday.
The Tramlines Festival is a couple of years old now and each year seems to have grown. The main festival on Devonshire Green featured headliners like The Guillemots and Ash whilst opening the main stage on Sunday were my old mates The Everley Pregnant Brothers,a band put together on a whim and for a laugh by Sheffield Artist Pete Mckee which has in a short space of time started to attract major attention. Beyond the main free stage there were dozens of gigs in other venues including the Walkabout where we had a full weekend of emerging acts playing.
I wanted to take this opportunity to say thanks to the sound engineer,Steve,who does a fantastic job in this venue and has been working there for as long as the venue has been open. His efforts week on week make all the Saturday night bands sound great and on the all day festival on Sunday he had his work cut out to deliver great sound for a large bill of live acts.
I also wanted to thank Hat Trick who played on Saturday doing their party set and then came back on Sunday to finish off the all day event in style with a set of live band karaoke (or Rockaoke as it is sometimes known.) Thanks to these guys for the loan of a drum kit to make the switch over quick during the acts sets on Sunday.
The DJs should be mentioned as they played a massive part in the success of the weekend so cheers to Marc and to Stuart (sadly Lenny the resident DJ was away on holiday.)
Finaly a big thanks to all the acts who played Sheffield Walkabout over the weekend.
