Skaville

You wonder what SKA is? Ska is a form of jamaican music that combines elements of mento, calypso, american jazz and rhytm ‘n’ blues. Ska is a rhythm. Ska is love at first listen.
Fullness of sound expressed through a multitude of typical instruments such as trumpet, trombone, saxophone, keyboard, etc. makes ska music powerful and contagious blend of beautiful dancing melodies.

SKAVILLE FESTIVAL 2009.
In the beautiful bay of VOZ on the island of KRK, close to the beach of beautiful Adriatic Sea, with a forested landscape, that’s the location of Skaville Festival. Only 15 minutes from the town Rijeka connected by the Krk bridge, location has an ideal traffic connection with Italy, Slovenia (motorway Ljubljana-Rijeka / 2-3h) and the inland part of Croatia (Zagreb – Rijeka/3h).

Festival dates are 24th and 25 July, Friday and Saturday.

In two days the festival, 10 bands from five different countries will be playing.

What we offer from the bands?

Headliners for the festival have been selected:

SKARFACE (living legends from Paris with 14 albums, over 1500 performances on 3 continents, always independent in work and faithful to their ska / oi / streetpunk sound in the spirit of 80ih, promoting their work for years in the DIY principle)

LA GOSSA SORDA (Easy going attraction from Valencia is modeled on the world-famous neighbors Obrint Pas, combine ska and punk rhythms with traditional Spanish instrument dolcaina)

LES 100 GRAMMES DE TETES (French reggae / ska / jazzy composition with a fantastic brass section prepares their fifth album, which will promote at the festival, in the spirit of Jamaican roots with texts in French, Spanish and English, they are ideal for the summer festival chill…)

DESKARATS (one of the best Catalon ska bands this year celebrates 10 years of existence, promoting a new album “Disseminat s / n,” released on the world’s leading ska label Megalith Records, Easy going and dance ska rhythms as the true representatives of Catalonia)

MR. T-BONE & YOUNG LIONS (Italian scriptwriter, trombonist and producer, Mr. T-Bone promotes new album Heroes with his band Young Lions, for all lovers of light and quality ska / rocksteady sounds)

Talco (Italian patchanka / combat ska attraction with the anti-fascist and anti-racist texts, excellent reactions in Croatia, but also throughout Europe, fierce and quick, dance and noise..)

Besides the largest festival stars, there are four more bands who deserve equal attention:

LOST PROPELLEROS (groovy reggae / ska band from Novi Sad, rely on models of Jamaican ska rhythms, managed to build an authentic sound and lyrics)

Postolar Tripper (starting as a hip hop group but developed into seven piece ska / reggae / hiphop band and with new album called Popravni got excellent critique of the HR scene which is witnessed at the nomination of Porin in the category of club music …)

Circus (Poreč composition as most promising young band from Istria, accompanied by the voice of excellent live entertainer, and his happy appearance somewhat reminiscent of Gustafi…)

BEETANTONE (young Zagreb-Šibenik combination which slowly but surely have their fan base, their ska & reggae & dub & punk songs won the Croatian audience)

+ DIGITRON SOUNDSYSTEM
+ BANANA SOUNDSYSTEM (Jahkozza, MC Chakka, Luke – TBF, Yuri – St! Llness, Fast)
+ DJ OSKAR
+  SIDJO & SKAVILLE & MANIACS

PRICE:
Festival ticket price is 160 HRK ( 22e)
Price per day is 100 kuna (15e)
Festival presale tickets are 150 kuna  (20e)
Presale is possible until 15.07. at email tickets@skaville.org or fax. 048/711-073 (from Mon – Fri 11 to 16h)

OTHER:
The price tickets include some  additional free benefits such as:
Secured positions for camping
Showers and toilets (chemical toilet)
Merchandise stands for  bands and official Skaville promo material
Stands with food and drinks, high-quality and diverse and very good offer
Other supporting facilities

WEB content to:
www.skaville.org
www.myspace.com/skavillefestival

Official festival e-mail for any questions:
office@skaville.org