One Planet Festival - October 9th-12th 2008
Music Festival

Lancaster has a truly phenomenal music scene for such a small city. Click below for a map of music venue locations:

Click here for a map and information on Lancaster's music venues

Young bands such as Tantrum and How's My Pop play the major festival circuit yet still can be found playing at the John O'Gaunt on Market Street on a Wednesday night. More seasoned musicans travelling the national jazz, blues and folk circuit often stop by the Gregson Centre while the Yorkshire House is nationally recognised as a NW mecca for indie and hardcore bands.

Click here for CME Artist Services website   Click here for Sonicbids website

'We would like to thank the many acts who applied to be a part of this music festival. We hope to expand the music program for next year's event.'

For more information email us at music@oneplanetfestival.com

One Planet Festival has teamed up with CME Artist Services, a music booking agency based in Lancaster and Sonicbids, an online promotion company based in Boston, USA to book local and international acts for the weekend during the Festival. Acts will make their way to Lancaster either on public transport (full backline is provided by CMEAS) or through conveyances propelled by carbon neutral means (e.g. vehicles running on recycled vegetable oil), or are part of an existing tour we were able to poach them from.

Electricity for semi-acoustic acts will be provided by pedal powered generators while electric bands will be through sustainable electricity companies such as Ecotricity or waste vegetable oil powered generators where possible.


Park Hotel
Park Hotel

Show Timetable:


Friday 10th
9pm-12am:

The Park Grand Opening Night: Matt O'Ree band (rocking blues) and Butch Ross (mountain dulcimer).

The Pub: The Show Biz Kids. Hard rock at Lancaster's premier biker pub and rock club.


Saturday 11th
11am-11pm:

Stonewell Tavern: Bands in Lancaster Presents a full day of Lancaster's finest bands from rock, pop, RnB, jazz, acoustic and more.

2pm-6pm:

Ashton Town Hall: Kayla Kavanagh powered by her carbon neutral amplification followed by the Slovenian Men's Choir from Lancaster's twin town of Zrece.

10pm 'til late: Film Festival Afterhour's Party

The Golden Lion Pub: Gerry Jablonski, Scotland's hottest blues guitarist and the Convulsions (funk, blues, rock, western swing).


Sunday 12th
12pm-3pm:

Robert Gillow (Market St.): New Riverside Jazz Band

3pm-7pm

Stonewell Tavern: The Sam Lay Cuban Jazz Band


Click HERE to download the full One Planet Festival Music programme including full description of the event, all acts' information and links as well as specific performance times and venues' detailled locations.


Golden Lion
Golden Lion

Click here for Matt O'Ree Band 's website
Matt O'Ree Band
Click here for Butch Ross's website  Click here for Kayla Kavanagh's website
Butch Ross - Kayla Kavanagh

Click here for The Convulsions website
The Convulsions

Lancaster Venues

Ashton Town Hall
Ashton Town Hall

Ashton Hall
Ashton Hall - inside

Stonewell Tavern
Stonewell Tavern