Saturday 22nd June - Chesil Rocks
Please see below for confirmed acts.
Sarah de Warren
Back from working and performing in the USA, we are delighted to announce that Sarah de Warren will be back performing at Chesil Rocks on 22nd June with her own DJ set.
Photo: Natalia Goncharenko
As the voice behind Eli Brown’s massive summer hit “Be The One”, Sarah de Warren’s hypnotic vocal has spent the last year blowing up stages across the world - from Calvin Harris’ set at Coachella, to the main stages at Tomorrowland, EDC, Ultra and many others and also being recently nominated for an EDMA (Techno Song Of The Year). DJs across the globe are pining after her songwriting talent, unique vocal sound and infectious vocal hooks.
Sarah has had dozens of notable releases over the past 5 years with some of the biggest DJs and artists on the planet, including KSHMR, Kaskade, Martin Jensen, Gareth Emery, BUNT, Valentino Kahn, Nicky Romero, Culture Shock, Ben Nicky, Harris & Ford, Jerome, Mike Perry, BEAUZ, Paul Oakenfold, Adventure Club, Excision, LIZOT, Klaas, Bingoplayers, Weird Genius, Tritonal, Markus Schulz, REZZ and Subtronics. Her songs have amassed around 500 million streams and have been played from underground raves to festival mainstages all over the world.
She has performed all over Europe and the USA, making appearances at Ultra Music Festival, EDC Vegas, Parookaville, Dreamstate, Creamfields, E11even Miami, Escape, plus performances at Ministry of Sound in London. She has collaborations lined up with Hardwell, Dillon Francis, Eli Brown, Maddix, Disco Lines, Niiko & Swae, Naeleck and Ship Wrek, with others inevitable.
As a beloved artist within many dance music communities, she has also started taking her own DJ gigs and is already getting booked for label showcases, podcasts, club nights and festivals - including this year at Chesil Rocks!
Dorset Wrecks
Dorset Wrecks had their first gig in 2013, singing sea shanties in Weymouth harbour on a fishing boat named MV Freedom - helping to raise funds to take disabled people on sea cruises.
They rehearse weekly, learning new songs improving harmonies, singing at weddings and festivals, and at fundraising and other events.
Their first CD of sea shanties and songs of the sea was entitled Bright Eyed ‘N’ Stiff - alluding to how to determine the freshness of fish being purchased, and their second CD was called Mackerel Skies.
Dorset Wrecks do much to support local charities such as the Rotary Club, Fayre In The Square, the RNLI, SSAFA and numerous other causes.
Here are the wrecks singing at the Teignmouth Sea Shanty Festival last September:
Vanilla Radio
We are delighted to announce that Dorset's 'funk explosion', Vanilla Radio, will be appearing at Chesil Rocks on 22nd June.
Balance of Power
Performing at Chesil Rocks on 22nd June will be Balance of Power - the ultimate tribute to 80's classic rock, covering songs from some of the greatest artists of all time including Bon Jovi, Queen, Toto, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Peter Gabriel, Journey and many more.
Comprising top musicians with a wealth of experience together, they bring dynamic performances to every show and faithful reproductions of iconic tracks such as ' Livin on a Prayer', ‘Jump', ‘Rosanna', ‘One Vision', ‘Don't stop Believing' and a multitude of other loved tracks from that golden era.
if you love 80's rock anthems, you will love Balance of Power, and they are guaranteed to have audiences jumping up and singing and dancing to every song!
Balance of Power are Phil Evans-Jones on lead vocals, Barbara Whiteside on keys and vocals, Paul Sundt on guitar and vocals, Michael Callaby on bass and Jack Pryor on drums and percussion.
Balance of Power showreel: https://youtu.be/RgNHb52gMLk
Trip Guitars
We are delighted to welcome Trip Guitars to Chesil Rocks on 22nd June, an instrumental acoustic guitar duo based in the South West.
They specialise in providing a blend of laid back instrumental acoustic music which draws on a number of different influences including Jazz, Gypsy swing, Latin, Bebop and traditional music.
They regularly perform at a number of popular Dorset restaurants and bars including the Blue Fish restaurant in Portland, Chaplins bar in Bournemouth and Hugh Fernley Whittingstall’s River cottage HQ. They have also performed at a number of high profile venues and corporate events including, The Lamar Tree and Hampton Court Flower show and the opening gala day at the Chelsea flower show.
Who they are…
Steve Garden is a versatile and highly accomplished professional Guitarist with over 40 years playing experience. Steve has toured extensively throughout Europe and has been involved in a number of successful musical projects. As well as continuing to write and record original compositions, he’s also in high demand as a professional Guitar teacher.
Andy Taylor has a long and varied history of performance which covers everything from Gypsy jazz to Funk and Rock He has played widely throughout the UK and has also toured Europe.