Maidstone Mela 2013 Festival of Music, Food And Dance – Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent – Sunday September 8th 2013

Maidstone Mela 2013 Festival of Music, Food & Dance – Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent – Sunday September 8th 2013 

A multicultural festival for all the family celebrating the diversity
of Maidstone, Kent & UK
Featuring live music & dance from across Maidstone & the world, food,
stalls & fairground attractions.
Featuring Keep The Faith Events’ Paul Aaaron DJing Soul, Reggae, Soca,
Bhangra, Flamenco, Folk & World music throughout the day.

Free Admission
Times: 12.30pm – 6pm
Date:  Sunday September 8th 2013
Address: Mote Park, Mote Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7SX
Transport: Within Walking distance of Maidstone Railway Stations. Free
Parking On Site.
 Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=576960&y=155390&z=0&sv=ME15+7SX&st=2&pc=ME15+7SX&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf Further info at: maidstonemela.com  & live updates via twitter.com/maidstonemela
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Earth Wind and Fire Experience Ft Al Mckay, Sister Sledge, Brand New Heavies and more live at “The Family Social” Mote Park Maidstone, Kent: Sunday September 29th 2013

“The Family Social” – A live music family event day featuring
legendary Soul artists live in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, UK on Sunday
September 29th 2013

Ft. Live:
EARTH, WIND & FIRE EXPERIENCE ft AL MCKAY
SISTER SLEDGE
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES
THE SHAPE SHIFTERS
+ More TBA
+ Keep The Faith Events DJ Paul Aaaron DJing throughout the day.

TICKET PRICES:
Adults: £20 early-birds, £40 standard, £50 V.I.P.

Under 16s: £10 early-birds

Family (2 adults & 2 U16s): £50

 

In association with Keep The Faith Events  |  keepthefaithevents.com  |  info@keepthefaithevents.com

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Keep The Faith Events And Warrior FM ‘Best Of 2012′ DJ Charts

Keep The Faith Events & Warrior FM ‘Best Of 2012′ DJ Charts

DJ Paul Aaaron (Keep The Faith / Groove Lineage / UKSoulJam / NeoSoulWW / Warrior FM) London, UK
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 30
Miscellaneous Singles, Albums, Promo’s, Events & People Of Note:

1) Lianne La Havas “Is Your Love Big Enough” – Warner.
2) Porsche Smith “Superhuman” – porschesmith.com / cdbaby
3) Dwele “Greater Than One” – E1   |   Dwele “Dark Side Of The Mic” – EP/Mixtape/Promo
4) Positive Flow “Flow Lines” Album (ft Omar, Heidi Vogel, Stacy Epps, Colonel Red, Sharlene Hector & more). – Tokyo Dawn Recordings.
5) Par-le “The Light Years Sampler” – Promo
6) Sy Smith “Fast & Curious” Album – sysmith.com / cdbaby
7) Robert Glasper “Black Radio” – Blue Note
8) Frank Ocean “Sweet Life” from the album “Channel Orange” – Def Jam
9) Die & Break – Grand Funk Hustle EP (Digital Soundboy)
10) The Internet ft Syd Tha Kyd “Live It Up” From Purple Naked Ladies EP (Odd Future / OFWGKTA).
11) Cody Chesnutt – “Landing On A Hundred” – Album – Vibration Vineyard
12) Mar “Seeing Her Naked” EP – Marmusic.net
13) Jesse Gamage “Breathe ” (Youtube)
14) Miguel “Adorn” – Single – ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records
15) JSoul – Beautiful Nights – single – Bandcamp
16) Vanilla “Midnight” – single – (from the album “Sunrise Blend 2” produced by Ta-Ku). JuicyTunes / Bandcamp
17) Choklate Ft Musiq Soulchild “The Stand Pt 1.” (from the album Fly) – MeMusic, LLC
18) Darryl Reeves – “Paradise” ft Rasheeda Ali & Carmen Rodgers (from album “Mercury”) – Epic Life Music Group.
19) Bamalovesoul “On Deck” – bamalovesoul.com
20) Joseph Junior & Maqman “No Better Love” – Single – GoGo Music/ Traxsource.
21) Diva Geek DivaGeek: He Said, She Said – DivaGeek Records
22) Amalia & Atjazz “One” (forthcoming on Amalia “Makings Of” album on Tokyo Dawn Records)
23) Opaz  Feat.Cartier Fraser “Mr Lost” from the album “Mr Lost ” – Opaz Recordings / Opaz Multimedia / iTunes
24) Anthony David & Algebra “Official” from “Love Out Loud” Album on E1 Music /  Dome Recordings
25) DJ Kemit – Everlasting – album – Nia
26) A.L. “J Dilla EP” – Promo
27) The Sure  Co. ft. Nailah Porter “Loose Shots” (from The Sure Co. 5ive album) – Jazz Re:Freshed Recordings.
28) Marsha Ambrosius – ‘Hors DOeuvres E.P/Mixtape/Promo (prelude to ‘Friends & Lovers’ Album)
29) The Floacist – Floetry Rebirth – E1
30) Gregory Porter – “Be Good” – iTunes

Best New Act / Producer: Deep Shoq
Best Record Label: Tokyo Dawn Recordings
Best Live Moment: Bembe Segue’s return to a UK live stage at Ronnie Scott’s with Kaidi Tatham.
Best significant moment: 10 Years Of Maidstone Mela Multi-cultural Festival of Music, Food & Dance.
Also of note: Jessie Ware, Yolanda Brown & Incognito for great work this year.

Those we lost in 2012 duly remembered: Whitney Houston, Jose ‘Joey’ Bertrami, Chuck Brown, Ken Boothe, Terry Callier, Donna Summer, Etta James, Dave Brubeck, Fontella Bass, Marva Whitney, Dick Clark, Jimmy Castor, Donald ‘Duck” Dunn, Hal David – RIP.

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K15 – DJ Kay (Keep The Faith / UKSoulJam / NeoSoulWW / K15 Productions) London, UK
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 12
Miscellaneous Singles, Albums & Promo’s:

1) Eprom – Prototype (from the album Metahuman)
2) Maverick Soul – HeartFlush (from the album Spectrum)
3) Nas – A Queen’s Story (from the album Life Is Good) – Mercury Records
4) Rival – Headshot Season – Major Music Entertainment Ltd
5) Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Lalah Hathaway – Cherish The Day
(from the album Black Radio) – Blue Note
6) Benedikt Jahnel Trio – Equilibrium (from the album Equilibrium) – ECM Records
7) Roc Marciano – Tek To A Mack (from the album Reloaded) – Decon
8) Vijay Iyer – Lude (from the album Accelarando) – ACT Music
9) Falty DL – Straight and Arrow – Ninja Tune
10) Karriem Riggins – Up (from the album Alone Together) –  Stones Throw Records
11) Staycen x Koen – Find My Way (from the EP Never Too Late) – Soundcloud
12) Andres – Hart Plaza (from the EP Second Time Around) – Lavida

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DJ Johnny Blaze (Warrior FM / So Prup DJs) California, USA
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 10
Miscellaneous Singles, Re-Issues & Promo’s:

Miguel – Adorn – ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records
J Boog – See Her Again – Don Corleon Records
Solange – Losing You – Terrible Records
D Pryde – Normal – Three21Media
Common Kings – No Other Love – Common Kings Music
Anuhea – Higher Than The Clouds – VP Records
Frank Ocean – Thinking About You – Def Jam / Mercury Records
Shade Sheist – I Still Luv Her – Promo
Scoe – End Of Summer – Hi-Tek Promo
Omar Cruz – Good Times – iTunes

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The DJ Charts are not necessarily in order of preference.

To submit music for club, radio & DJ Chart coverage email tracks &
info to: keepthefaithful@gmail.com
KeepTheFaithEvents.com

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Maidstone Mela – Festival Of Music, Food And Dance At Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent: Sunday September 9th 2012

MAIDSTONE MELA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, FOOD & DANCE: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9th 2012

Maidstone Mela Festival Of Music, Food & Dance 2012 – a celebration of
the multi-cultural diversity of Maidstone & Kent featuring music, food
& dance from around the world presented by artists & people from the
local communities of Maidstone & Kent. Inc. music, food & dance from
India, Africa, Ireland, Finland, Nepal, England & more. Headline acts
inc. Punjabi By Nature, The Magnificent Motown Band. + Keep The Faith Events’ DJ Paul Aaaron spinning grooves from around the globe inc. Soul, Funk, Afrobeat, Reggae, Soca, Salsa, Samba, Indo-Fusion, Flamenco and UKSoul + a special Northern Soul set to compliment the Magnificent Motown Band.
A great, free-entry family day out in the idyllic surroundings of Mote
Park, Mote Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15; 12.30pm – 7.15pm Sunday
September 9th 2012.
All enquiries email: info@keepthefaithful.com | Further info at:
maidstonemela.com  , twitter.com/maidstonemela & keepthefaithevents.com

FULL EVENT INFO:

About Maidstone Mela:
Maidstone Mela celebrates it’s 10th year on Sept 9th 2012.
10 years of celebrating the diversity of Maidstone & Kent through
Music, Food, Dance & Drama from across the globe performed by the many
local communities.
A great, free entry family day out in the idyllic surroundings of Mote
Park, Maidstone, ME15.

Artists performing at the Mela include:
The Maidstone Nepalese Dance Group, the award winning ‘Mandy Ellen
School of Dance’, Finnish group ‘Merenkurkut’,
celebrating the Para-Olympics is ‘Square Pegs Drama Group’ which
features local disabled people, Indian Bhangra from ‘Four by Four
Bhangra’, tomorrow’s local stars – with the winners of ‘Maidstone Got
Talent’, Afro-Caribbean-fusion from ‘Steel Ambition’, music & variety
from local group ‘Harmony’,  + headline acts Bhangra
fusion star ‘PBN’ (Panjabi by Nature) and the ever popular ‘The
Magnificent Motown Band’.
The event is DJ’d by resident Mela local DJ Paul Aaaron of
keepthefaithevents.com Soul Music Org
Around the Mela site will be a variety of stalls and attractions from
around the world & community groups.

Maidstone Mela – A Brief History:
The Maidstone Mela has been running successfully since 2003 attracting
approx 20,000 people each year.  The Mela celebrates the
multi-cultural diversity of Maidstone & Kent through music, food and
dance & was the first multi-cultural Mela in the UK. Maidstone Mela
was the brainchild of former Maidstone Mayor Morelle De’Souza who
wanted a festival to bring all local communities together and
highlight their best talents in light of the global impact of the 9/11
attacks.
The Mela is organised in partnership by Maidstone Borough Council,
Cohesion Plus Kent and the Kent Equality Cohesion Council & The Mela
Advisory Committee inc. local community organisations and partners
including local schools and Kent Police which meets regularly in the
build-up to the Mela.

ESSENTIAL INFO:

DATE: Sunday September 9th 2012

TIMES: 12.30pm – 7.15pm

ADDRESS: Mote Park, Mote Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7SX.

TRANSPORT: Maidstone East & West Train

LINK TO MAP: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=Mote+Park&hl=en&geocode=CcaQ0-tRXpmYFfs7DgMdplgIACHzM-VE9j9B3g&mra=ls&sll=51.264708,0.541077&sspn=0.025806,0.052314&ie=UTF8&ll=51.26358,0.550432&spn=0.052956,0.104628&z=14

ENTRY PRICE: Free Entry

AGE LIMIT: No age limit

DRESS CODE: No dress code.

FURTHER INFO: maidstonemela.com , keepthefaithevents.com , twitter.com/maidstonemela
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