Adam Ant Headlining at the West Dean Festival
Headlining the West Dean Festival on the Saturday 27 August is pop legend Adam Ant with his band The Good The Bad and The Lovely Posse.
"I’m going to give them a show they'll never forget!" Adam says, "I'm really looking forward to playing West Dean - the former home of surrealist patron Edward James."
Between 1980 and 1985 Adam Ant sold 15 million 
records achieving 22 hit records, including three number ones - Stand and Deliver, Prince Charming and Goody Two Shoes and, of late, has enjoyed something of a renaissance. He has just completed a sell out UK tour and supported Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks at the Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park and has been receiving rave reviews.
Co-Music Director, Chris Sullivan says "Adam Ant is a very special and unique artist; there is no doubt that the audience at the West Dean Festival we will be treated to something very, very special."
The first West Dean Festival is taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend; offering a wonderful occasion to gather and share your love of music, performance, creative making and much much more.
Alongside Adam Ant, Music Directors, Marlon Richards and Chris Sullivan, have brought together a diverse mix of music acts both established and up-and-coming across a myriad of music genres. Grammy-nominated soul singer James Hunter will be closing the Festival on the Sunday night with what the New York Times describes "the delicate and comforting soul sound of Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson … with touches of Chuck Berry guitar and some falsetto shouts from the playbook of James Brown, his style is too eclectic to be easily pigeonholed."
The line-up of music acts features:
Robin Jones and King Salsa - 12 piece salsa/mambo outfit led by ace congalero Robin Jones
The Third Degree – sixties inspired big band soul rhythm and blues
The Max Pashm Band – electro beats meets Balkan/kletzma refrain
The Polecats – Rockabilly
Katy Prado and the Mamboleros - rockabilly meets mambo
The Aros Quartet – classical string quartet
Cellophany – classical cellists
John Moore’s Rock 'n' Roll Trio
The Top Cats - ska and rock steady and studio one style
Ray Burley – classical guitar
Nick Jonah Davis – acoustic guitar
The Dulwich Ukulele Club – ukulele rock ‘n’ roll, ska and country
The Royal Organ Duo – funky organists
The Cuckoo Clocks – surreal symphonic melodies
Michael Campari – singer in the Sinatra, Bennett style
Slim Lightfoot - blues guitarist
Bands and singers from London, Chichester and the South Coast who are making a name for themselves on the indie/festival circuit include: Six Day Riot (alternative pop); Francis & Boyd (folk/rock); Under the Laurels (singer/songwriter) and Bess Cavendish (acoustic folk/soul).
‘Up and Coming’ Young Bands (aged 11 – 16) from the Chichester area will be offered their 15 minutes of fame in featured showcase opportunities. Coupled with this, over the weekend, are creative music (acoustic) and / or rock band workshops aimed at 9 to 13 year olds.
www.westdeanfestival.org.uk