ScumFest

ScumFest 2011

The Scumfest Crue — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:54:11 +0000

A huge thanx to all those who attended and supported ScumFest 2011. Cheers also to the following: The Deathdrop Crew for helping with accomodation and all other volunteers for their help throughout the weekend. DOOM for the pre ScumFest benefit that ensured all the bands had plenty to drink at the Fest, Carlos and Skinny for yet more amazing ScumFest artwork, Lauren for her time, patience and help with sound, Joe Siren for the lighting, the Cafe crew, Tina and Active Distribution for the BBQ, Active Rebellion for the badges, Stiv for being a drunk, Dom for sorting the projections, Mark for his Van (yet again), Chris, Mark and Rob (Agnosy) for lending their gear (yet again), the Teeny Tiny Tato company for yet another punk bingo extravaganza! Virginia Black for filming the weekend, Bison for recording the Sat night. Last but not least thanx to all the bands, whom without we would not have had much in the way of a festival! Special thanks also to Sam and Jen for making the trip down and being present for the ENT set and to Chris Mortimer for donating the photos for the slideshow of Phil, sorry we didn’t get to use them all on the night!

As a collective we are pretty happy with how smoothly the fest went and we feel the weekend ran more or less hitch free.
Apologies for the delay in letting you all know exactly how much £ has been secured for the benefits. This was namely due to the fact we were waiting to see if we got our bond on the Bussey building back . We are still yet to find out details on this so have decided to split the money raised as follows:
£ 2,100

Split between the following:

£700 To the funeral costs of the late Phil Vane (vocalist of ENT)

£700 Te Whare Romata (the House of Tears, A cgrass roots organisation in Christchurch NZ recently devastated by earthquakes)

£700 Nomada Assosiation (Polish anti hate crimes group)

Any suggestions or feedback regarding the weekend is welcome, as are any photos or footage from the weekend.

Some Pics of the weekend:

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/media/set/?set=a.222194761132054.64763.192163274135203&closeTheater=1
And some Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo3XqUoolc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGDjRXX3VRM&feature=related

And a nice review of the weekend:

http://www.cvltnation.com/scumfest-2011-review/#comment-171

The SFC have some gigs in the works for later this year so watch this space….

1struggle1fight,

The SFC 2011

NEWS: SHADES OF GREY from Sweden will NOT be playing ScumFest due to unforseen circumstances. Local London metal crusters AGNOSY will be replacing them on the Friday.

27th-29th of May.

Extreme Noise Terror (UK) holocaust in your head

Deviated Instinct (UK) stench-core pioneers

Appalacian Terror Unit (USA) thrashing mountain punx

Genital Deformities (UK) old-school crust

FUK (UK) punk rock!

Simbiose (PORTUGAL)

Icon of Evil (POLAND) Death metal punk… members of Infekcja and Evil

Unhaim (Switzerland) Hardcore punk… ex Pack, Lost, Norah and loads of others

Meinhof (UK) Londahn angry punx

Bullet Ridden (UK) cider-fueled mayhem

Falling Down (UK) female fronted (and drummed) hardcore punk

Lowest Form (UK) hardcore

Pre and Post ScumFest gigs

The Scumfest Crue — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:07:12 +0000

There is a warm-up gig on the Thursday the 26th of May and also a gig to go to after the Punx Picnic on sunday the 29th of May!

Scumfest Warmup Thursday the 26th of May:

free gig at the birdsnest, 32, Deptford Church St, London, SE8 4RZ. www.myspace.com/deptfordbirdsnest

Cease to exist- vile black metal laced HC www.myspace.com/ceasetoexisthc

Armour Of Contempt – London powerviolence

+1TBC

ScumFest Post-Gig Sunday the 29th of May:

@ the Grosvenor, 17 Sidney road Stockwell SW9 0TP. www.thegrosvenorsw9.co.uk

Cthulhu Youth – London Powerviolence cultists
www.myspace.com/cthulhuyouth

Human Junk – South Kent fast thrash
www.myspace.com/humanjunkthrash
http://humanjunkthrash.blogspot.com/ (http://humanjunkthrash.blogspot.com/)

Fuck Right Off- Birmingham Thrashcore
www.myspace.com/fxrxox

RISPOSTA – Czech heavy-as-fuck straight-ahead crust in the vein of DOOM or EXTREME NOISE TERROR
http://www.myspace.com/risposta (http://www.myspace.com/risposta)

EVIDENCE SMRTI – Czech metalcrust stench-core riffage
www.myspace.com/evidencesmrti

Scum Winter Fest 2010 flier (back)

The Scumfest Crue — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:59:28 +0000

Scum Winter Fest 2010 flier (front)

The Scumfest Crue — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:15:52 +0000

Scumfest 2010: The aftermath

The Scumfest Crue — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:20:23 +0000

A huge thanx to all those who attended and supported ScumFest 2010. Cheers also to the following: The Bastard Sqaud Collective, The Deathdrop Crew and all other volunteers for their help throughout the weekend. Poisoning the waves & Russian Nick for their donations, The Reknaw crew (for sterling sound given their current situation), Joe siren for the lighting, the Cafe crew, the Teeny Tiny Tato company for yet another punk bingo extravaganza! Thanx also to the United & Strong Crew for their donation and for stewarding on the Sat night. Last but not least thanx to all the bands, whom without we would not have had much in the way of a festival! Special thanks also to INSURRECTION for donating their travel costs to the benefits!
Overall we, as a collective are pretty happy with how smoothly the fest went and despite some trouble with the council on the Friday, the rest of the weekend ran more or less hitch free.

Apologies for the delay in letting you all know exactly how much £ has been secured for the benefits. This was namely due to the fact we were waiting to see if we got our bond on the Bussey building back . Unfortunately as there was some damage done this will not be the case (graffiti, broken window and door) Despite the damage we/you still raised the following:

£ 2,000

Split between the following:

L.G.B.T.I (£666)

56@ InfoShop (£666)

Gender L’viv (£666)

We also made a £350 an additional donation to Reknaw towards a new sound system as there one was destroyed in an arson attack just prior to ScumFest.

Any suggestions or feedback regarding the weekend is welcome, as are any photos or footage from the weekend.

What Next?

Plans are afoot for ScumWINTERfest this December so stay tuned for further announcements.

1struggle1fight,
THE SFC 2010

PS. To all bands/drivers contacting us RE upcoming tours of the UK please contact The Deathdrop (in our top friends on myspace) or other UK promoters RE getting gigs in London. ScumFest is an annual event and we do not book bands outside of ScumFest and Winterfest. Cheers

ScumFest 2010 Final Programme

The Scumfest Crue — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:06:01 +0000

Last chance for SF 2010 weekend passes!

The Scumfest Crue — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:53:12 +0000

ScumFest online weekend passes are available until midnight Wednesday (19th May) After then they will only be available from ALL AGES RECORDS, THE GROSVENOR PUB AND 56@ RECORDS. Tickets for each night will be available on the door.

Buy it here

Accommodation

The Scumfest Crue — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:50:04 +0000

Please be advised that ScumFest cannot guarantee accommodation to those travelling from out of town. We will do our best to help those of you in this situation and there is a chance there will be a number of squats that can assist you. However such is the nature of squatting in London this is not something we would want to guarantee until nearer the time of the festival.

We would advise those deeply concerned with guaranteed accommodation to check out hostels/back packers in the area (some links provided below). Otherwise we suggest you take your chances, make some new friends who may be able to put you up for the night and see where you end up. The ScumFest Info point will be located on the second floor of the Bussey building (where the fest will be held Fri/Sat) and as aforementioned we will d o our best to help.

Click here to find cheap accomadation near Scumest venues

Guided Cradle Cancellation

The Scumfest Crue — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:36:11 +0000

The following message is from Ethan of Guided Cradle. The ScumFest Crew wish Radek our kindest regards and a quick and full recovery. At this stage it is unlikely that another band will be replacing Guided Cradle’s slot, but we will keep you all informed of any further updates. More Info about the fest will be posted later this week so watch this space.
1struggle, 1fight,
The SFC 2010

“We are very sorry to say announce that we have had to cancel playing the scum fest 28.5. and gig in Prague 26.5.2010. Our drummer Radek, “Ctyrlist”, has just had an operation to remove a tumour that was found last week and will not be able to do anything physicaly for about 2 months. His situation is quite serious and we are all hoping the best for him and his family. We were all looking forward to the scum fest being our first gig in Britain but it will unfortunatly have to wait. We apologize to the scum fest crew that have put a lot of time and work into us getting there, and to all of you who were looking forward to seeing us over there.
Me and Austin will be there so see you all soon.
Ethan+ Guided Cradle”

ScumFest 2010 Venue Pics

The Scumfest Crue — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:05:50 +0000

Bussey Building – ScumFest 2010 venue for Friday 28.05 and Saturday 29.05