Clarence Park Festival

18/07/2024

TIME TO MEET YOUR CLARENCE UNLEASHED ARTISTS!

NALGO BAY

Hailing from Cayton, home of salt licked cliffs and salt covered chips are Nalgo Bay a fiery hook driven indie rock outfit, oozing with Northern pride, drive and ambition.

Take Fleetwood Mac, add grit, roaring guitars and a dash of cheek from the edgy dual vocals and Nalgo Bay is what comes out.

Featuring Terri-Ann Prendertast (bass, vocals), Harry Bullen (guitar, vocals) and Jon Dawes (drums) the band sit comfortably somewhere between Florence & the Machine, Foo Fighters and The Subways.

CLARENCE UNLEASHED
27th - 28th July 2024
Clarence Park, Wakefield

17/07/2024

Rhubarb Roots on Rhubarb Radio

The next edition of Rhubarb Roots returns to the airwaves tomorrow evening.

Joining us on this weeks show will be Two Days Later who’ll be chatting with us about their upcoming performance at this years Clarence Park festival, and playing live in the studio!

We’ll also be playing lots of new and old tunes from local artists and a gig guide for the weekend.

So why not join Andy Philpott and Pete Taylor 8pm – 9pm Thursday 18th July on Rhubarb Radio.

If your in a local band, duo or a solo performer and fancy hearing your music on Rhubarb Roots just contact us via:

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16/07/2024

TIME TO MEET YOUR CLARENCE UNLEASHED ARTISTS!

Midnite Pharmacy

Midnite Pharmacy is a live electronic act formed by Liam Jones and Si Martin who met in Leeds. Their music takes heavy influence from Electronic, House and Techno styles. They perform live as a two-piece band, sequencing and playing multiple instruments between them.

CLARENCE UNLEASHED
27th - 28th July 2024
Clarence Park, Wakefield

13/07/2024

TIME TO MEET YOUR CLARENCE UNLEASHED ARTISTS!

Fond of Rudy

An Indie Pop 4-piece formed in London/Brighton. Their songs are washed with stylistic references from 80s icons and revived to a state of modernity through contemporary production.

With support on a string of singles from the likes of BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing London, CLASH Music and Wonderland Magazine, Fond of Rudy started touring across the UK supporting Cassia, Annabel Allum, Only Sun, Clean Cut Kid. This helped them to secure a slot at Canadian Music Week and embark on a mini-tour of North America.

Fond of Rudy’s epic and hook-filled Alternative Indie Pop has generated an influx of new followers attending their energetic live shows.

CLARENCE UNLEASHED
27th - 28th July 2024
Clarence Park, Wakefield

09/07/2024

TIME TO MEET YOUR CLARENCE UNLEASHED ARTISTS!

StoneVein

Hailing from Wakefield and playing a superb mix of Rock / Grunge, StoneVein count Queens of the Stone Age, Biffy Clyro and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes amongst their influences.

CLARENCE UNLEASHED
27th - 28th July 2024
Clarence Park, Wakefield

06/07/2024

TIME TO MEET YOUR CLARENCE UNLEASHED ARTISTS!

Jemma Johnson

Jemma Johnson is a rising singer-songwriter from Derby who was raised on David Bowie, Paramore and Damien Rise which bred a love of big choruses and lyrics that really hit home.

Has gigged with Charlie Simpson, Beth McCarthy, James Walsh, The Dunwells, Sunny Sweeney, Girlband, Sofy etc. Jemma played at Tramlines and Y-Not Festival (BBC Introducing Stage headliner) in 2023 and her live fanbase has been building rapidly, cemented by single releases and supporting UK tour dates.

Notable radio play for Jemma: BBC Radio 1, Radio X, Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing.

CLARENCE UNLEASHED
27th - 28th July 2024
Clarence Park, Wakefield

03/07/2024

We Need You!

All Wakefield Music Collective members will be out and about in the next few weeks putting up posters for Clarence Park Festival.

If you have somewhere where a poster can be displayed or if you are able to put some up in your local area, please reply here or drop us a message and we shall get some posters delivered to you.

Thank you for helping us make Clarence Park Festival as epic as possible!

28/06/2024

Finally!!!! We have lift off!! Please share

23/06/2024

Find the best outdoor music this summer in Wakefield! From music festivals to open-air concerts, enjoy the district's vibrant music scene.

15/04/2024

Rhubarb Roots on Rhubarb Radio

The next edition of Rhubarb Roots returns to the airwaves Thursday evening.

On the show this week we’ll be chatting about the upcoming launch of the Holyground Records podcast Pete has been working on with Shirley Levon.

We have new tracks from the Beer Snobs and Sarah Tymchak to play you, and as always, we’ll be playing lots of tunes from local artists and more!

There’s also a gig guide for the weekend.

So why not join Andy Philpott and Pete Taylor 8pm – 9pm Thursday 18th April on Rhubarb Radio straight after Annabel’s evening show.

If your in a local band, duo or a solo performer and fancy hearing your music on Rhubarb Roots just contact us via:

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08/02/2024

29/11/2023

06/10/2023

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26/09/2023

One of our wonderful sponsors Sewtec, is sponsoring this fab event

14/09/2023

Why not pop down to Wah Wah Records and show your support.

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As always, thank you to all our customers. You are massively appreciated and I see your support, either coming to collect records or browsing through the racks (or both!) it takes effort to shop with us and you are all ace for making the effort.
It’s definitely been a testing summer, won’t go into specifics as I’m actually tired of hearing my own thoughts/words on it! But I look into the near future with optimism/hope. Our Vinyl bonanza day on the 28th of Oct (which I am genuinely excited about just having/seeing/selling this kind of stock) National Album Day (14th of Oct) and the usual run in we get to Christmas. Hope you can frequent our shop for all you need.
I’m always the first to admit mistakes I’ve made and like to think I can learn from them, as mentioned in a post a few month ago, as nice as the new shop is, how we fill it so well and how much people love it it may well end up being a financial jump we can’t afford (lots of decisions to be made on this in 2024) we may have to regress to exist….or some variation of that. We’ll see how we go. There will always be a Wah Wah though, in some form, as that is me, it’s a massive part of my life that I’d struggle to live without if I’m honest.
A different mistake I’ve made (in hindsight) was not doing RSD, not the day itself or the limited, coloured vinyl it releases for that day. But in particular the limited coloured vinyl records Warner Records give to RSD partaking shops the rest of the year. Blur’s new album and a plethora of other releases (including a coloured vinyl variant of the just announced New Order ‘Substance’) have literally taken money out of our pockets, you lose the big releases and you soon see the funds dwindling and the bills rack up and your shop not pushing its weight. That has been much of 2023’s story, amongst lots of other stuff of course, stuff we can’t change, but we can change the RSD thing, in 2024. Maybe. Obviously it goes against lots of my personal morals like Why should we be held over a barrel by a record label?, and why are they seemingly so interested in forcing smaller shops hands to sign up to RSD?, a day born to help support independent record shops hammering further nails into them for seemingly no reason for a full year if they don’t sign up for a one day event. Of course there will be a reason, we just don’t know it. So maybe if we can’t beat them we should join them? Play the game, play it clever. If the business depends upon it then maybe it’s just necessary, but putting our Wah Wah spin on it.
Personally I’m tired of limited coloured vinyl and how it’s been hijacked , but I shouldn’t make my views impact on the shop. There’s many that love the coloured look of wax or that desire the limited status of it, who am I to discourage or put my own reasoning into your buying habits.
Anyway, that’s a long, long way of putting we’re here to fight the good fight, next year will be our 10 year anniversary and I’ve got nothing but passion for keeping the good ship Wah Wah rumbling. It’s going to be tough, we’ll need you.
Thanks for your support.

24/08/2023

Our fantastic sunday headliners play Bradford!!

15/08/2023

Weren't they amazing? Thanks so much for joining us Almog Einav & The Mushrooms we can't wait to hear your new album 🎸

02/08/2023

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31/07/2023

Are you on a bit of a post Clarence comedown?

Fancy a bit of colour?

Oh go on then......

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31/07/2023

So… What did ya reckon??

As we wave goodbye to the festival for another year we would really appreciate your feedback on any and all aspects of the event 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

We’re not into surveys and all that jazz so you can either comment on here / on our Instagram page or email:

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Once again we would like to offer our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to all of the bands / crew / vendors / sponsors / stall holders / volunteers and to everyone who attended over the weekend.

Clarence Park Festival: 1991 - Forever

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31/07/2023

4foxsake you were an absolute blast!!

Great to meet you and see you perform. It's an honour that Clarence Park Festival was your very first festival !!

Thanks for being with us 🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥

31/07/2023

Thanks Jilly Riley you were fantastic, perfect Sunday afternoon vibes ❤️

30/07/2023

Well that wraps up another fantastic Clarence Park Festival weekend we really hope you've had a good weekend. We also hope you've enjoyed our running posts on here and Instagram. Please feel free to share your photos and tag us.

There are many thank yous to give out so here we go....

Thank you to our tireless volunteers who not only worked hard this weekend but during the last year to help this fabulous event come together.

Thanks to the Wakefield Music Collective members who have put so much effort in, Kate, Rachel, Nicky, Gareth, Sarah, Cam, Charlotte, Phil, Daisy, Pete and Andy.

Thanks for your help this weekend to Jack, Joe, Joe, all the security who did a wonderful job.

Thanks to John and Daisy for the fab photography.

Thanks to our amazing bands, many who travelled a long way to be with us, some of them overseas!!

Thank you to our brilliant food and drink vendors.

Thank you to our brilliant sponsors.

Thanks to our fab craft stalls, you are all so welcome to come back next year 😊

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed the weekend with us, you are the reason we do it.

Thanks to the many of you that helped us with litter, helped move barriers, donated money, bought programmes and t.shirts and gave us so many laughs and happy memories ❤️❤️❤️

I'm sorry if I've missed anyone, I'm a bit tired 😂

Here's to Clarence 2024. We'll see you by the bandstand 🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥

30/07/2023

Our final act of this amazing weekend.

The AMAZING Janus Stark

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